Shove It!

to hear the media (especially katie couric who grates on my nerves more and more each and every friggin' day) talk about theresa heinz kerry and her infamous "shove it" remark, you would think that she was afflicted with tourettes' syndrome. it's a good thing i'm not thinking of having a future in politics. in heinz kerry's position, i would have been too tempted to tell that journalist to, "get the *$%#$ away from me you right wing nut job."

anyway. i haven't mentioned it but yes, the democratic national convention is in town. and let me tell you, i've been able to make it to work in 35 minutes as opposed to an hour. it's like driving in on a sunday night! as far as i'm concerned, we can have a convention here every single day. hell! invite the republicans!!! true, i haven't ventured downtown but i think i may tonight. J has sent me back to live in the city for a few days. he asked me if i wouldn't mind staying in boston until saturday so that he can just buckle down and finish what needs to be done to the house without me being a distraction (which really means that he wants to finish things his way without me going into project manager mode and nagging him.) i said fine. i can do some packing AND live like carrie bradshaw, without the fabulous wardrobe (and the slim figure, and rich boyfriend, etc.) one last time. anyway, i haven't really listened to many of the speeches -- i did catch some of bill clinton's but that's because i love him and always will even if he did cheat on his wife and lied and i wish he could be president again -- because it really is just a bunch of bullshit. i'm a bit of a cynic and i just can't get all gung ho over words. watching the DNC is like watching the academy awards, without the possibility of seeing Jude Law and without the fabulous clothes, with everyone talking about the future, and how great everyone is and how they love everyone that's here and *puke*. (and what is with the wacky hats?) i just want the election to be here, and for everyone to go out and vote for kerry because i want bush out. he's a menace. i've been voting since i've been old enough to vote and NEVER EVER have i ever felt that if my candidate did not win, we'd be up shit's creek. i feel that way now. and i'm terribly afraid that too many americans are still too stupid, selfish, or rightwing freaky to do the right thing and vote for someone who's college GPA was higher than mine. (again another example of why i can't run for political office).

"why am i running for office? because the other candidate is an idiot, thank you. and needs to stop smoking crack."

*abrupt topic change*

i really really wanted to make this post about knitting. i had downloaded some pictures of completed items and everything. but somehow between home and work, i managed to "lose" all of my pictures.

so i'll post them this weekend.

*sigh*

Comments

[carolyn]

Just wanted to say hi! I live in boston too and went to work through the whole of the DNC. It was actually pretty great. I managed to get a seat on the T everytime!

[maryse]

i ended up going home to knit. so lame.

[Rachael]

Enjoy your weekend-a-go-go! Ponchos, ala Carrie Bradshaw, might be the way to go. Or not. Definitely not those dang heels, though. Beer, yes.