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I don't talk much about politics - I often watch it like a spectator sport. Since the neighbor woke me up at 5:30 a.m. due to their alarm going off and NOT SHUTTING IT OFF, I've been watching the news channels. First of all, hope everyone stays safe from the hurricane. But second of all, I am already sick to death of hearing about Sarah Palin and lipstick and did she have an alien baby and all the other nonsense the 24-hour news channels keep going over and over and over. This country has problems and issues and can we please goddamn talk about them?!

/end up-too-early rant

In fictional news, I watched Fringe last night. (I'm getting way too addicted to Hulu.com.)

You could TOTALLY tell this was a JJ Abrams thing since stylistically it was Lost. But story-wise it was a cross between the X-Files and CSI.

It was entertaining enough and it kept me watching, although it didn't have its hooks in me quite the way Lost did. There was some really odd pacing to it at times. One minute they'd be tracking down a suspect and the next moment they'd be having a moment or something. (I have to admit I'm glad the boyfriend turned out to be bad - whenever the two of them were together the blandness oozed from the screen. Even when they were having sex it was bland.) And there were far too many closeups of the female lead staring vacantly at something, which I think was supposed to be dramatic. Or acting. (In spite of this she makes for a decent enough main character - even though the plot has her doing some ridiculous things.) But Joshua Jackson was fun.

The science on this show was HYSTERICAL. Someone needs to explain to me how a water-based contaminant could spread through an entire plane that quickly. And what was up with the co-pilot coming out of the cockpit at a disturbance in the cabin? Okay, not a "science" thing, really, but don't cockpits stay locked nowadays? Why couldn't they have had the pilots stay locked up and land the plane instead of having a self-landing plane? *snickers* I hardly feel like I can poke at the stuff that went on in the lab though, since that's pretty much the premise of the show: fringe science. So they're going to have wacky stuff like mind-melds and stuff.

I might catch this show again, although I'm a bit iffy about it because it's already got a mytharc, and one that looks a lot like the X-Files. (Something that eventually turned me off to the show.) Big shadowy group of people using the world as guinea pigs. All they need are aliens, and who knows? They could pop up.

OH! How they used location text cracked me up. You know how normally you'll see a typed blurb at the bottom of the screen of something like "Harvard University, 9:30 a.m." They did something, um, different. The first time they did it I had to rewind it just to figure out what I was looking at. :D

Another OH! What was up with all the shots of lights? Flickering lights, people looking at lights... Heh. It will be aliens, won't it? Ones made out of electricity. Either that or it was a "we paid for lights, we're going to show you lights, dammit!"

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Honestly, Kirk Acevedo is the only reason why I watched this and will continue to watch. He played her work associate. I'll watch him in anything but if something happens to him, I'm out. Because, despite my loyalty to Doctor Who, I'm not actually a sci-fi fan or even a JJ Abrahms fan (even though I adore Alias and can't seem to quit Lost). Plus, it fills that time slot for me until Dancing with the Stars comes back.

I'd never seen that guy before. *looks up* Ah. All the major stuff he's been in I don't watch.

And I was the opposite with Alias and Lost for some reason. :D

He's Miguel Alverez from HBO's OZ and I'm sure he's been in more then one of Dick Wolf's Law and Order shows at one point in time too.

I too am watching Fringe only for an actor Joshua Jackson. Didn't know Kirk Acevedo was in this until ten minutes in and I went wait a second. I would watch anything for Pacey Witter.

I never was one to watch Dawson's Creek either, really. But he's a great character on this show. He's snarky but actually has a heart.

But he's a great character on this show. He's snarky but actually has a heart.

Pretty much the description I would give for Pacey too. And his character who I can't remember his name because he's still Pacey too me. Is a very nice mesh with the rest of the cast.

Don't you know Sarah Palin is going to be the Doctor's newest companion? And there will be Teim babies and crossdressing and by the end of it, when she departs to spend the rest of her life/career with an even older man, the Doctor will be showing Jack and the members of Torchwood how to field dress a moose so they can save the world from the DARK TERROR OF THE DARK.

*nod*

BWAHAHAHA! EW!

Although, she'll probably get kicked out the second she starts cleaning her guns. :D

Or better yet, the Doctor walks in to find a stuffed moose head mounted to the console.

Poor TARDIS!

Thank you I'm in Houston and I so needed that right now,.

Shouldn't you be out of Houston? RUN!

Well I'm in The Woodlands which is about two hours from the coast so we are just worried about winds right now. We were here during Aliicia in 83 too.

Stay safe!

But second of all, I am already sick to death of hearing about Sarah Palin and lipstick and did she have an alien baby and all the other nonsense the 24-hour news channels keep going over and over and over. This country has problems and issues and can we please goddamn talk about them?!
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It's really a joke right now.

I hear you on the Palin coverage. Of course, she doesn't help matters by being a walking, talking gaffe machine. And to think I was worried about Biden's foot in mouth disease.

The VP debate should be really entertaining.

I need to see when it's scheduled. I really need to have a chat room that night. Place bets on certain phrases like "hockey mom", "mooseburger", and "community organizer" cropping up. Closest guess to the actual number gets a graphic of their choosing from me or something.

I think someone mentioned October 2 this morning.

And there TOTALLY needs to be a drinking game or something.

Hockey Mom
Mooseburger
Community Organizer
Change
Real Agent of Change
The Great State of Alaska
Family Values
Maverick
Terror

And that's just Palin. Biden will probably just start talking about how he thinks Hillary should have been VP pick.

OOoo. Good ones. :D I blame these distracting itches for making me forget MAVERICK. Bonus points for Original Mavericks.

Totally! (Must be the itching.)

Oh, another will be "experience" in whatever context. Also "executive experience." And probably "9-11." And many, many sentences that start out with "As a mother..."

And many, many sentences that start out with "As a mother..."

Of course you get to drink the whole bottle if this is from Biden.

BWAH!

Chris pointed out last night that the best thing Biden could do as soon as he gets the mic is say "We're here as candidates for a position of public service, no more, no less. What gender or religion we are should have no bearing on this contest."

Ah, but those words make too much sense.

One can only hope.

Having watched Biden for many years, I can say it will likely be a pleasure to see him clean her clock.

Dude, you have no idea how BADLY I want to write up a manifesto about HOW and WHY she is not what any mother should strive to be. Between her platitudes of "I know how it is to be a special needs parent" (No, you don't. You've only been one for four months. get back to me when you have some EXPERIENCE. And you're hardly there for him. You never will be if you win.) and her claims of sexism.

GAH.

Sorry. Didn't mean to spew all that out, but the "understanding special needs" thing REALLY pissed me off.

I had a feeling that would be an issue for you. The "understanding special needs" thing, I mean.

As far as the sexism, Jon Stewart really said it best with that one episode. I'm sure you know the one I mean. Well, he wasn't the one saying it, pundits and Palin herself did it for him.

You know, the whole thing with her apparently giving ultra limited interviews until she receives appropriate deference is starting to remind me of Cartman's "RESPECT MAH AUTHORITAH!"

Yeah, my jaw dropped to the floor when I heard that. How can someone against stem-cell research, who carts their 4-month-old Downs Syndrome baby all over the country, leaving him in the care of others, and now want to take one of the most demanding jobs in the world even come NEAR to claiming they do what other special needs parents deal with. I just... She has NO IDEA.

Jon Stewart is brilliant. It's a crying shame that the most objective and informative news program out there is a comedy show.

I'm not sure it's that. I honestly think she's gone through some intense information cramming and it hasn't taken. Her interview with Gibson just proved that. And that was freaking Charlie Gibson. I think she'd end up in the fetal position, rocking and sucking her thumb in the corner, should she have to deal with the likes of Bill Moyers or the late, great Tim Russert.

I haven't really heard much of the Gibson interview, other than what they played on the radio this morning - the part about the Bush Doctrine.

Yeah. That part was just bad, but from what I've read, the rest was just as bad. (Like how she didn't even stop to think about how it would impact her kids to take on this role. Nice gorb there Mom of the Year.)

BTW: When you get home (if you can deal with listening to her) here's a link to the unedited version of the "Bush Doctrine" gaffe. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NGXlsqPL2A

I really think you guys need more pooping puffins. XD

Oh, we've got lipstick on pigs.

Bah! I tried to google the etymology of "lipstick on a pig" since the phrase is as old as the hills, but instead got a billion links to "ZOMG OBAMA IS SEXIST!" and "ZOMG HE'S NOT!" It's like a goddamn annoying internet flamewar.

I'm almost wondering if an internet flamewar would have more dignity.

At least an internet flamewar would (probably) shut down when someone brought Hitler into it. I can't help but feel this political flamewar... not only wouldn't, but would somehow manage to descend further. *sigh*

On that cheery note, I think that perhaps both you and Michelle would enjoy this clip by Craig Ferguson from a couple of nights ago: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pdRVQ4xwwmQ

That vid is fantastic! That is exactly how I feel.

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