Sweet Asa

Fun!

This is such a great idea. I want to remember to do this on all future trips. Very reminiscent of my London jumping photos, some of which I will post once I find them.

Kate's Survey About Katie

Had to post this on my blog so I would have it always. Kate posted this survey on MySpace:

Can YOU answer 22 questions about YOUR number 1? DON’T change your top friends, and answer 22 questions about the 1st person in your top friends.

1) Who is it?
Kathryn Lurie

2) Where did you meet them?
I met her in Albany years ago.

3) What was your age when you first met?
22

4) Is this person one of your friends?
My best

5) How long have you know them?
5

6) Is this person older than you?
A few weeks.

7) When was the last time you saw this person?
December

8) Do you miss them?
Always, always always.

9) Are you related to this person?
not so much.

10) Do you have nicknames for each other?
Um, not really. We call her Katie, instead of Kathryn, maybe that is a nickname.

12) Do you think this person will repost this?
Not likely.
She is busy, busy, busy!

13) Why is this person #1 on your top friends?
Because she is always in the trenches with me, no matter what.

14) Have you seen this person cry?
yes.

15) Do you know this person’s last name?
Lurie!

16) Do you tell them a lot about your life?
She knows many, many details.

17) Doing anything with them tonight?
Sadly, no.

18) If yes, What?
Refer to #17

19) Would you have them at/in your wedding?
yes! of course.
She will be the one holding onto my train as I try to escape!

20) Would they date you?
if we were lesbians, we would be life partners.

21) What’s something this person is obsessed with?
pink? the cat fur accumulating in her apartment? Where all time in her day goes?

22) Does this person make you laugh?
always.

Mitch and Kathy Come to Visit

So my brother Mitch and his girlfriend Kathy came to visit me for the weekend. I was thrilled to see them, and thrilled for an excuse to have some fun.

Here are some of the things we did:

• walked through Central Park
• went to the Museum of Natural History to see the butterflies and the H2O exhibit
• had lunch in the Upper West Side
• went to Union Square, where a hungry squirrel ate peanuts out of Mitchell's hand
• toured my school
• went to the Build-A-Bear store on 5th where Mitch and Kathy added two to their collection
• took a pedi-cab ride down 5th
• ate BBQ in Times Square
• went to see Horton Hears a Who at the AMC on 42nd Street
• on Sunday, spent the morning at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, where we bought cactuses

Looking at some of the awesome plants at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden.

OK, It's Time to Give Up the Dream and Go to Bed

I will dream about Obama getting the nom.

Good night.

Damn. Clinton Wins Ohio.

AND she's pulling ahead in Texas. WTF is going on here?

If Wolf says that Texas is "a nail-biter" one more time, I will flip. That is all.

Texas is Going to Rock & Roll All Night

Texas will likely not be called until the wee hours what with their caucuses and all.

The race is Texas between the Dems is thisclose and the gap is closing a bit in Ohio.

CNN is all high-tech with Apple technology--their big flat screen may as well be a giant iPhone. The political analyst who is laying out the nuts and bolts of how this election is actually working is using the "pinch" element to zoom in and zoom out of maps and graphs.

Holy Teleprompter, Batman

Can McCain make it any more obvious that he's reading off a teleprompter? I mean, really.

And if you're gonna run for president, try pronouncing Taliban correctly. It's not Talley-ban.

Thank Goodness Mike Huckabee is Officially Out

. . . considering he's the most boring speaker I've ever heard.


CLINTON WINS RHODE ISLAND breaking Obama's winning streak.

Clinton's also gaining in Texas, but only 4 % of polls are reporting so far.

"It's Like Marrying a Girl You Didn't Want to Date!"

So said a political commentator on CNN in regards to McCain joining forces with the president in terms of now supporting Bush's tax cuts, which he initially opposed, and he will go to the capitol tomorrow to get his all-important (and when I say important, I mean notsomuch) endorsement from the president.

Mike Huckabee is giving his concession speech.

Didn't See That One Coming

Texas polls are closed and it's official: McCain won the Republican nomination. Wolf Blitzer has been holding court on CNN and just congratulated John McCain on his nomination. Hip hip hooray.

Blitzer says that McCain's locking up of the GOP nomination is "historic." OK, sucky campaign and political scandals aside, what the hell is so historic about this? Another old, white, balding, Republican guy has earned the GOP nom. WTF?

Hillary is going to have to do some heavy thinking if she loses Texas--she needs to take it like a man and bow out gracefully. And then there will be two. Obama v. McCain. As it should be.

Just One More Reason to Hate Texas

Texas will begin their caucuses as soon as the polls close, which will be very shortly. Why is this state voting twice? I DON'T KNOW. Obama is still ahead in Texas. . . hopefully that remains the case.

CNN is reporting that Bush is preparing to endorse McCain. If I were McCain, I'd run as far away as possible.

Obama Ahead in Texas; Clinton Ahead in Ohio

We'll see how this goes--there are only a a fraction of polls reporting in.

Why Vote? It's Raining!

Officials from Obama's campaign have gone to a federal judge to appeal to have the polls open later at some polling stations in Ohio, reports Fox News. Apparently the weather has been keeping people from rockin' the vote.

McCain Wins Vermont and Ohio

MSNBC is reporting that John McCain won Ohio and Vermont--this is pretty much clinching his nomination for the Republican candidacy for president.

Texas polls close in about an hour and 15 minutes. It's so exciting! I'm on the edge of my seat!

It's the Economy, Stupid

CNBC is reporting that in exit polls, the economy was the biggest concern for Democratic voters. Lord knows that will sway their vote one way or the other, depending on who they deem more capable of leading the economy out of recession.

All Eyes On Ohio

The Ohio polls are about to close--there are quickly diminishing counters on every major news channel. In a day of voting that could determine who becomes the Democratic candidate for the presidency, Vermont, Rhode Island, Texas and Ohio are the states that are casting the votes.

Obama already won Vermont.

On CNBC, they are reporting that the liberals are voting for Obama. Surprise, surprise.

This is What You Call a LiveBlog

So for an assignment for my Interactive class, I am live-blogging the primary election returns this evening.

I decided to use this blog to do this instead of my school blog, because I'm far more comfortable with Blogspot as a vehicle than Wordpress.

I'm already a bit behind, because Vermont already closed their polls.

Anniversary

15 years.