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commotiocordis) wrote2006-11-07 10:58 pm
commotiocordis) wrote2006-11-07 10:58 pm
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Election not looking as good for the Democrats as I had anticipated. I wonder how much of it was the Kerry thing that screwed it. Because, compared to all the stuff that the Republicans have had hit them lately, that was nothing. Yet it was really close to the election. And though people seemed to be making a big deal out of it, it was mostly through jokes about how that was going to lose the election for the Democrats, not even seriously. But polling before seemed to be much more Democrat favorable than the results that are coming in now are. I'm doubting the Democrats are going to get the senate, as it's pretty much looking certain that they're not going to get MO and out of the 5 big contested states, they could only lose one and still take control. MO is going to be the one. And the other states look pretty Republican leaning to me.
Didn't pass a couple of things I wanted passed (tobacco tax? I was a fan of that bitch), passed a whole bunch of stupid crap changing the town charter for my municipality basically giving the aldermen unlimited power, and my district is stuck pretty heavily republican House-wise. Which is dumb, as I pretty much live in the ghetto. Though I suppose the district probably incorporates the rich people on the other side of the town too.
So yeah. Worked at the fakey kids elections today for like 7 hours. Craziness. Talked quite a bit with this law student from SLU, though, who was cool. Got a headache again, so didn't go to the liberal union meeting. I think that makes two in a row I've missed. Bad.
I've had really really bad headaches for the past four days or so, and they're getting really annoying as I can do even less work. I'm thinking they're yet another stress manifestation. I'm not even trying to do anything anymore. I can't. I was feeling better but now I'm not and as it stands, I don't even know if I'm going to pass this quarter because I've been doing so badly and really don't see being able to do any better, as I'm just sinking farther and farther under.
So. To recap. Election: bad. Headache: bad. Me not doing work and never going to get in to college: bad. House episode: good.
Speaking of. OMG, House slipped up. Now Cameron knows. She doesn't believe it was just a joke. No way. I think she can figure it out. She knows now. Which is yayyayyay for Cameron/Cuddy shippers como yo. So is Cuddy yelling at House and then finding out it was Cameron who really did it and that Cameron had a good explanation and then looking like she was fighting to keep the disapproving face on just for show but was really proud that Cameron stood up to her like that. When Hugh said the line something like "Because I can't come up with any more amusing things to say", he totally slipped up at the end and started laughing. I wonder why they used that take. A little quirky smile would be like House, but that was a little too much of a laugh. Were I the director, I would have reshot that scene.
Yeah, and I watched House because my little sister had her parent-teacher conferences so both of my parents had to go to that and couldn't take me downtown for the tour of the medical school. Because even though I didn't really care about the lectures today (this time I actually wasn't interested, not just apathetic, as they were glaucoma and diabetes and I don't care about glaucoma and I know diabetes), I really wanted to go on the tour. So I'm rather pissed about that, seeing as how it was probably the one of the extra minimed things that I wanted to do most and they both didn't really have to go to her conference. So good in that I got to watch House, bad in that I didn't go on the tour. And bad that there was no SVU because of stupid elections.
Also bad? The 6 million emails I had yesterday and today from all these different people reminding me to vote for their endorsed candidates. And I really want to know who's got my name and is giving it to everybody, as I'm getting regular mail every day from random stuff I don't care about. Such as yesterday's letter from the Cheech and Chong fan club. Or some kind of marijuana people. Personally? I'm not a fan of drugs. So you're just wasting your mail on me.
Oh, oh, oh! Ha! Perhaps not as bad as I thought, the elections. The Republican (Talent) has some 60,000 more votes than the Democrat (McCaskill), but the 53% reporting is only hickville MO, it appears. They just mentioned vaguely that St. Louis and Kansas City haven't reported in yet. What, both urban with some 8 universities between them? Meaning young people and African-Americans have pretty much not been counted yet, so there's still a chance. I was wondering why they weren't just calling it as he's got a 4 or 5% lead. This is why. I still don't hold out a whole lot of hope, as MO has been pretty Republican in the past bunch of elections, but it's not as far gone as I had thought.
So yes. Cautiously optimistic seems to be the phrase of the day. Call me cautiously pessimistic.
Didn't pass a couple of things I wanted passed (tobacco tax? I was a fan of that bitch), passed a whole bunch of stupid crap changing the town charter for my municipality basically giving the aldermen unlimited power, and my district is stuck pretty heavily republican House-wise. Which is dumb, as I pretty much live in the ghetto. Though I suppose the district probably incorporates the rich people on the other side of the town too.
So yeah. Worked at the fakey kids elections today for like 7 hours. Craziness. Talked quite a bit with this law student from SLU, though, who was cool. Got a headache again, so didn't go to the liberal union meeting. I think that makes two in a row I've missed. Bad.
I've had really really bad headaches for the past four days or so, and they're getting really annoying as I can do even less work. I'm thinking they're yet another stress manifestation. I'm not even trying to do anything anymore. I can't. I was feeling better but now I'm not and as it stands, I don't even know if I'm going to pass this quarter because I've been doing so badly and really don't see being able to do any better, as I'm just sinking farther and farther under.
So. To recap. Election: bad. Headache: bad. Me not doing work and never going to get in to college: bad. House episode: good.
Speaking of. OMG, House slipped up. Now Cameron knows. She doesn't believe it was just a joke. No way. I think she can figure it out. She knows now. Which is yayyayyay for Cameron/Cuddy shippers como yo. So is Cuddy yelling at House and then finding out it was Cameron who really did it and that Cameron had a good explanation and then looking like she was fighting to keep the disapproving face on just for show but was really proud that Cameron stood up to her like that. When Hugh said the line something like "Because I can't come up with any more amusing things to say", he totally slipped up at the end and started laughing. I wonder why they used that take. A little quirky smile would be like House, but that was a little too much of a laugh. Were I the director, I would have reshot that scene.
Yeah, and I watched House because my little sister had her parent-teacher conferences so both of my parents had to go to that and couldn't take me downtown for the tour of the medical school. Because even though I didn't really care about the lectures today (this time I actually wasn't interested, not just apathetic, as they were glaucoma and diabetes and I don't care about glaucoma and I know diabetes), I really wanted to go on the tour. So I'm rather pissed about that, seeing as how it was probably the one of the extra minimed things that I wanted to do most and they both didn't really have to go to her conference. So good in that I got to watch House, bad in that I didn't go on the tour. And bad that there was no SVU because of stupid elections.
Also bad? The 6 million emails I had yesterday and today from all these different people reminding me to vote for their endorsed candidates. And I really want to know who's got my name and is giving it to everybody, as I'm getting regular mail every day from random stuff I don't care about. Such as yesterday's letter from the Cheech and Chong fan club. Or some kind of marijuana people. Personally? I'm not a fan of drugs. So you're just wasting your mail on me.
Oh, oh, oh! Ha! Perhaps not as bad as I thought, the elections. The Republican (Talent) has some 60,000 more votes than the Democrat (McCaskill), but the 53% reporting is only hickville MO, it appears. They just mentioned vaguely that St. Louis and Kansas City haven't reported in yet. What, both urban with some 8 universities between them? Meaning young people and African-Americans have pretty much not been counted yet, so there's still a chance. I was wondering why they weren't just calling it as he's got a 4 or 5% lead. This is why. I still don't hold out a whole lot of hope, as MO has been pretty Republican in the past bunch of elections, but it's not as far gone as I had thought.
So yes. Cautiously optimistic seems to be the phrase of the day. Call me cautiously pessimistic.
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y'know, I didn't even think about that until you mentioned it. i actually brought that up to my dad, who noticed it too. i feel like that whole line was ad-libbed and the directors were like, "hey, that was pretty funny... let's keep that!" and they kept that scene the exact way it was shot. i kinda wanna see that part of the show again...
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I could see that. It does sound like something Hugh would say, but it also sounds like something that they would write in for House, so I'm not sure.