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Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Liveblogging on SOTU

So, as promised, here's a snarkfest some of my friends had on the 2006 SOTU. Names have been changed to protect the innocent... or snarky. It begins about 30 minutes into the speech, when it was starting to get really good:

IloveOSU(9:39:17 PM): hessssbollah!
SnarkQueen(9:39:19 PM): LOL
IloveOSU (9:39:34 PM): barack is mimicking ted
SnarkQueen(9:39:48 PM): The simultaneous drinking = wack
YogaMama(9:39:50 PM): i wish you guys were here
IloveOSU(9:40:06 PM): me too
YogaMama(9:40:07 PM): cheney seriously looks like he swallowed something terrible
SnarkQueen(9:40:14 PM): Maybe it was his foot
SnarkQueen(9:40:28 PM): Are they both chewing gum? How rude.
SnarkQueen(9:40:45 PM): Michael Chertoff doesn't look real
IloveOSU(9:40:49 PM): FREEDOM
SnarkQueen(9:40:50 PM): Perhaps terracotta clay
IloveOSU(9:40:59 PM): omg...john warner... is he alive?
SnarkQueen(9:41:19 PM): I think Nance yawned
IloveOSU(9:41:24 PM): WOOOOWW. condi... OMG scary!
YogaMama(9:41:56 PM): freedom! finally -- that was like half an hour with no freedom
SnarkQueen (9:43:21 PM): TERRA
SnarkQueen(9:43:26 PM): Nance looks bored
IloveOSU(9:43:38 PM): Cheney looks out of it
IloveOSU(9:43:42 PM): bad meds
IloveOSU(9:43:57 PM): nancy -- what are you eating?
IloveOSU(9:44:40 PM): i am so unimpressed with NBC
SnarkQueen(9:44:41 PM): Yeah, he's totally not smirking anymore
IloveOSU(9:44:50 PM): totally not focusing on like the 13 presidential hopefuls in teh room
IloveOSU(9:45:03 PM): he's got a porn stash!
SnarkQueen(9:45:05 PM): I've seen some good McCain/Obama/HRC time
YogaMama(9:45:07 PM): cnn is putting the barack-hillary combo shot on once in a while
SnarkQueen(9:45:07 PM): I know!!!
YogaMama(9:45:09 PM): hahahahah: re: porn stash
SnarkQueen(9:45:16 PM): PORN STASH!
SnarkQueen(9:45:19 PM): Totally cracking me up
IloveOSU(9:47:26 PM): he hasn't done any shout-outs to the peeps sitting with laura
IloveOSU(9:48:33 PM): camera on cowardly lion!
SnarkQueen(9:49:00 PM): Oh the cowardly lion
SnarkQueen(9:49:05 PM): Yeah who the F are those people?
IloveOSU(9:49:13 PM): i feel like biden has trimmed his hair down
IloveOSU(9:49:20 PM): puffy = not presidential?
SnarkQueen(9:50:00 PM): I like it how most of these people are reading copies of the speech
IloveOSU(9:50:16 PM): TROOPS!
SnarkQueen(9:51:21 PM): THANKS GEORGE
IloveOSU(9:52:37 PM): Boehner = orange
SnarkQueen(9:53:06 PM): Nancy totally has a Ricola or something in her mouth
IloveOSU(9:53:30 PM): peace in the middle east -- no prob
YogaMama(9:53:54 PM): i'm going to be the best biden i can be!
IloveOSU(9:53:56 PM): NUKULAR
SnarkQueen(9:53:58 PM): Hooray!!!
YogaMama(9:54:06 PM): that is my favorite line of the 08 race so far
YogaMama(9:54:10 PM): riiiiiicola
SnarkQueen(9:54:11 PM): NUKuLAR
SnarkQueen(9:54:25 PM): Amurrrrrrrrica
YogaMama(9:54:26 PM): dah-fur
SnarkQueen(9:55:18 PM): TERRA
IloveOSU(9:55:26 PM): investigate what the hell nancy is chewing on
IloveOSU(9:56:19 PM): that is the longest lasting cough drop of all time
IloveOSU(9:56:45 PM): oh here we go!
SnarkQueen(9:56:46 PM): I need to get my some of those
IloveOSU(9:56:47 PM): the shout-outs
SnarkQueen(9:57:06 PM): If he threw some signs and said "This goes out to my homies" I'd be totally stoked.
YogaMama(9:57:06 PM): muhhhhhhkemmmmmmbe
YogaMama(9:57:12 PM): i would LOVE that
YogaMama(9:57:16 PM): that is my dream come true
SnarkQueen(9:57:23 PM): Oh totes.
SnarkQueen(9:57:33 PM): NUKULAR
IloveOSU(9:58:22 PM): BABY EINSTEIN?!
SnarkQueen(9:58:24 PM): LOL no sense. At all.
YogaMama(9:58:33 PM): hi baby einstein lady! what the hell is this about?
IloveOSU(9:58:35 PM): am i on drugs?
YogaMama(9:58:39 PM): i wish i were
SnarkQueen(9:58:53 PM): God, I feel like I am
IloveOSU(9:59:44 PM): ncb: "the subway hero"
YogaMama(9:59:56 PM): get ready -- shrapnel is up next
YogaMama(10:00:09 PM): the guy happens to be "a teenager pumping gas in Independence, Kentucky, "
IloveOSU(10:00:13 PM): OMG
IloveOSU(10:00:18 PM): Best moment of the night
SnarkQueen(10:00:28 PM): WTF
SnarkQueen(10:00:40 PM): These shoutouts are SO WEIRD. They are always awkward
SnarkQueen(10:00:56 PM): Laura looks, um... fat....
YogaMama(10:01:50 PM): ooh, i have not seen her
YogaMama(10:02:01 PM): i wish lynne cheney would get a lesbian lover to come with her into the box
SnarkQueen(10:02:05 PM): God, I know
YogaMama(10:02:26 PM): is that a bono shoutout?
IloveOSU(10:02:31 PM): awww bono
YogaMama(10:02:47 PM): god bless, yo
IloveOSU(10:03:22 PM): He just grazed nancy's breast
IloveOSU(10:03:24 PM): that was odd
YogaMama(10:03:30 PM): cooties!
SnarkQueen(10:03:43 PM): YAM YAM
YogaMama(10:04:16 PM): get ready for webb
SnarkQueen(10:05:12 PM): Apparently Pat Buchanan called Webb's speech the best he'd ever read
SnarkQueen(10:05:20 PM): For whatever that's worth
YogaMama(10:06:03 PM): um, whatever
SnarkQueen(10:06:47 PM): When does Webb start?
IloveOSU(10:06:55 PM): did clinton ever sign autos?
IloveOSU(10:06:59 PM): this looks soo freaking weird
SnarkQueen(10:06:59 PM): Um, no
SnarkQueen(10:08:31 PM): I HATE KATHERINE HARRIS
IloveOSU(10:08:55 PM): omg...i missed her
SnarkQueen(10:08:55 PM): Chris Dodd = lurker
SnarkQueen(10:09:34 PM): DENNIS KUCINICH!
IloveOSU(10:09:38 PM): hug for dennis!
SnarkQueen(10:09:42 PM): THey just had a meaningful handshake
IloveOSU(10:11:56 PM): i'm sorry...but "barney lover" is my favorite thing ever
SnarkQueen(10:12:07 PM): Barney lover!
SnarkQueen(10:12:28 PM): PURPLE PEOPLE EATER
IloveOSU(10:12:42 PM): come on dodd
SnarkQueen(10:12:50 PM): He's a total loswer
IloveOSU(10:12:56 PM): i'm sorry... i'd take biden over dodd
IloveOSU(10:12:59 PM): if we're going for bottom tier
IloveOSU(10:13:05 PM): we'll... god, there are like four tiers
SnarkQueen(10:13:06 PM): fucking fantastic
IloveOSU(10:13:06 PM): here biden is second to last tier b/c, of course, we have kucinich
SnarkQueen(10:13:24 PM): Correct
SnarkQueen(10:13:52 PM): Brian Williams just called Webb a Republican
SnarkQueen(10:14:01 PM): THE DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE
SnarkQueen(10:14:32 PM): I hope Tim Russert rips him a new one
YogaMama(10:15:27 PM): oh i love that
YogaMama(10:15:45 PM): maybe dodd will be the best biden he will be
SnarkQueen(10:15:47 PM): Jim Webb is kindof badass
YogaMama(10:15:54 PM): who stole jim webb's neck
SnarkQueen(10:15:58 PM): He was the one who wore his son's boots the whole campaign
SnarkQueen(10:16:13 PM): And he says "New Orleans" correctly
SnarkQueen(10:16:26 PM): "New--ahhh-lense"
YogaMama(10:16:35 PM): you have to love the anti-macaca
YogaMama(10:16:42 PM): just like i have to grudgingly love bob casey as well ... on the merits of doing nothing but beating the idiot
SnarkQueen(10:16:44 PM): what if
SnarkQueen(10:16:48 PM): we were watching a GOP response
SnarkQueen(10:16:54 PM): and it was George Allen?
SnarkQueen(10:16:56 PM): I'd barf.
SnarkQueen(10:17:12 PM): Or, worse, if it were a SOTU, and it was GEORGE ALLEN?!?!
IloveOSU(10:17:18 PM): kill me
YogaMama(10:17:19 PM): you are going to give me nightmares
IloveOSU(10:17:24 PM): awwwwww.....i miss you guys!!!!
SnarkQueen(10:17:25 PM): I would totally move to France.
IloveOSU(10:17:33 PM): we must live blog every year
SnarkQueen(10:17:38 PM): Totes.
SnarkQueen(10:18:05 PM): I love us.
SnarkQueen(10:19:10 PM): Jim Webb has on too much rouge.

Thursday, January 18, 2007

GFY on the Golden Globes

Thank goodness for Go Fug Yourself. If you have some time to kill today and want to read catty analysis of fashion at the Golden Globes, click above, and enjoy.

Quick update...

Wow, I have really been neglecting this for a long time, huh? Well, I guess it's time for a quick update:

* Brink and I got engaged!

He proposed on Dec. 23, 2006, while we were flying from Columbia to Memphis to spend Christmas with my family. Actually, he had our captain pop the question to me, somewhere over Chattanooga, Tenn., going 410 mph, at 28,000 feet. It was an absolute surprise to me, but not to my family and high school friends; Brink had given them the heads up, and they were all waiting for us at the Memphis airport. It's been a whirlwind couple of weeks, but we have set a date and a location -- Oct. 13, 2007, in Charleston, S.C. -- and the planning is in full swing!

* We are thinking of building a new house... Our current house is wonderful, but it just needs a lot of work, on a lot of different things, and we think it might make us happier as a rental property than as our home. Plus, Brink would love to design and maybe contract the new house himself, so that would be a whole new adventure.

* We traveled to Palm Beach, Fla., in December for Peter & Kate's wedding. It was a fantastic four-day weekend, and the ceremony and reception were absolutely wonderful. Plus, I got to see Jacob, whom I hadn't seen in about a year and a half. He's about to move to St. Croix, so who knows when the next time will be. We all had a blast, and I'll include a photo below:

I guess that's about it for now... I promise more has happened over the past few months, but those are the highlights.

Friday, April 28, 2006

John Sweeney -- even more fun than Traficant

If you haven't already, please, please, please check this out. Be sure to scroll down for the photos, like this one:

First reported by House Race Hotline, those lovable scamps:

Congressman John Sweeney, a Republican from the 20th district of New York State, appeared at a registered party at Alpha Delta Phi on Friday, April 22. The Congressman came from Geppetto's Bar and was described by witnesses as being inquisitive and engaging, while also acting openly intoxicated.

Sweeney dep. CoS Melissa Carlson is quoted in the story, saying the Congressman was attending the wake of a close friend earlier that day. "[The congressman] was impressed with the energy and enthusiasm the students displayed -- particularly on a Friday evening. Where better to receive feedback than on their own turf at the college itself?" Carlson said.

(The college, however, isn't in Sweeney's home district.)

Thursday, March 23, 2006

allergies

I just want to rant for a moment about allergies. WHY has no one been able to manufacture a drug that can effectively take care of the sneezing, itchy eyes, sore throat and overall ickiness that I have to endure twice a year??? I have tried just about every major-market drug out there, and I swear, it just takes time and rest -- and RAIN -- for me to be able to breath or just generally function at all. Any and all tips are welcome... I love spring, but not really right now!

Monday, January 30, 2006

is anyone even reading this any more?

i was going to go through the motions of posting some more photos (from christmas, among other things). but i'm relatively lazy, and formatting them takes a while, so i'm taking a survey of how many of you out there actually care. let me know... thanks!