awww shucks! and i really liked it when he used to say we're gonna "stay the course"

Last night I watched Reality Bites for the first time in I don't even know how long. That movie was standard viewing for awhile with my bestfriendfromhighschool Patty. When it was showing at the dollar theatre in Burlington we'd drive her little Tercel down there once a week and spend entirely too much time discussing the merits of Troy vs Michael. Clearly you're supposed to be a fan of Troy--the unemployed philosopher/songwriter/intellectual who spends most of the movie making Lelaina feel bad about herself, insulting her new boyfriend Michael and acting like an insecure child. Michael is a weenie. There is absolutely no way around that. He's not very smart. His job is fairly lame. But every once and a while he gets it. He gets the bigger picture relationship shit that Troy completely misses because he's too busy trying to be clever. And for those of you who are either too young to have fully appreciated this movie or just wrote it off--watch it. There is a subtle satirizing of the Gen Xers that is a beautiful beautiful thing. Regardless, the viewing of this movie left me with no choice but to track down a computer immediately and write Pev. Dang me. I miss that girl. She's not officially a Canadian yet but she's been up there for a few years now. She lives in a purple house. Allegedly she's got herself a big tattoo and a nose that is pierced once again. It looks like we're going to miss each other this year as I'm not heading home until Christmas and she's making the VT appearance for Thanksgiving. Ah well. The best thing about Pev and I is that we won't see each other for years and when we finally do get together it's as if no time has passed.

What.did.I.say.on.Saturday?!? With the election 2 weeks from now, the administration is scrambling to put together some "benchmarks and milestones." Ready for the best part? It's not a change at all. It's a change in language. That's it. There will be no exit strategy nor will there be a real timeline set. It's a way for the White House to appear as if they are doing something about the Iraq problem without actually doing anything about the Iraq problem. I'm optimistic that the voting population will not be fooled.

You guys are gonna lose.
And it is about time.

Tonight it's Game 3 in St. Louis. Robertson's got himself a rough night. I'm there for you, man. Just don't screw up, okay? We just need one on the road to get us back to Detroit and Rogers. Just one.