I am irrationally angry today.

So I missed the debates, my Tivo didn't record them, and my new haircut, while having the potential to be really cute on a good day makes me look like a damn Popple because it's raining.

So maybe my rage is not so irrational. On the plus side, Pushing Daisies is tonight. Better yet, it is set in a CIRCUS!!!!!

In reality I am terrified of the circus. Clowns are completely sinister, and the animals just make me sad. But I do love the idea of the circus and sideshows of the Victorian and Dust Bowl eras.

There's something totally romantic and mystical about daring women on horseback and acrobats completing extraordinary and intricate feats with grace and perfection. I am hoping that my desire to ram people with my car will fade tonight while I watch Pushing Daisies, CSI: NY and America's Next Top Model. Sidebar: SOOO happy that Clark girl is gone. Cocky little witch.

Presidential Beer Pong

I think that the key chug word tonight will be "fundamental".

I wonder if the gloves will really come off during this debate. With the media supersaturation and 24/7 surveillance of the candidates, Americans tune in, expecting confrontation and drama, as though daring the candidates to make in person the wild accusations that they fling out so carelessly at fundraising and partisan rallies.


I think we'll be disappointed if we head in looking for drama. It appears in the last few elections(this one in particular) that the debates are the last arena of politics in which the candidates act like intelligent, civilized human beings and actually discuss political issues, leaving elitism, racism, age and gender bias out of the picture. Sadly, it makes for boring TV.


I try to avoid 24/7 media... in my mind, the mudslinging and snide comments do little to further any party, and I am somewhat soured on both sides when that fateful Tuesday hits. Of course, far more so by the Republican party, who seems to think that smear campaigns easily take the place of socially responsible political viewpoints. The debates show me where the candidates stand, and in reality, that is what I look for in a president.

Wow. That was deep. In order to counteract this, here's a funny picture of some weird toys:

What the hell?

Why is Britney Spears so f-ing crazy? She wore this go-karting. Do they make you wear robber headgear when you're touring the track? If that walked into my place of business, I would have leapt on it from behind the counter and rode it like a pony while my co-worker called the police. But on the loony bird, not me. oh... wait.

I didn't score and I went home early.

The punchline to a joke about the 2008 Cubs being a lot like the senior prom. Sigh. It's a time of mourning at Birv's house as the hopes of yet another year circle the drain. Oldest Brother once compared Cubs fan-dom to a marriage... a lot of ups and downs and a hell of a lot of work to stick to it.

I imagine that having faith that the Cubs will one day win a series must be much like faith in God- you believe it's possible, you just can't explain why. Being a quasi-Wiccan myself, I believe that the goddamn team is cursed.

Ah well. I have 5 months to heal, and when April comes around, I know I'll be ready to get my heart kicked in once more.

Gosh Darn Ya, Joe...

So apparently Sarah Palin has seen Fargo, and decided that the best way to reach the Joe Six-Packs of the nation was to channel Marge Gunderson. Her home-spun, folksy "wisdom" made me want to barf.

I am perplexed by the GOP's insistence that the debate was a "win" for the VP candidate. I can only assume it's because they are relieved that the debate didn't resemble an episode of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader, and she ended up not having to point out where Iraq was on a world map. It's either that, or they assumed she would mistake Biden for a rogue wolf and try to shoot him as he took the stage, rip out and proceed to eat his still beating heart in an attempt to try and gain his power.

Regardless, party officials have intimated that Sally Oilhumper will not do any more interviews prior to the election. I can't imagine why.



Politics. Too. Depressing.

In order to survive, it is back to my florid fantasy life... I watched my Tivoed season premiere of Chuck yesterday. It was good... finally giving a plausible plot for why the government hasn't just built a new damn supercomputer already.

I can only hope that my sophomore season shows: Life, Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Reaper, my beloved Gossip Girl (no new episode this week-GASP!) survive... I think that a lot of them were hurt by the writer's strike last year. With as much as 10 months since we last saw some of these shows, I am concerned about whether or not people care about what's happening now.

Tonight is another smorgasboard of Tivo delight- most notably Ghost Whisperer. They hinted last season that someone's biting it this season! woot woot! I assume it's Professer Rick, since Jay Mohr's got that dumb looking new Gary UnMarried. I like you so much Jay. I just wish your agent got you more roles like 200 Cigarettes and Go. And yet no... you're voicing Leisure Suit Larry, probably without a sense of irony.

My heart hurts a little. (This is a long 'un!!)

Ok.... the Cubs game didn't end so well. Hey, at least Big Brother and I paid face value for the tickets! I have faith that they will win tonight- simply because they have to. I am reserving discussion about the game because I am in mourning (and perhaps also slightly hung over).

I WILL, however, discuss the new Pushing Daisies. Right after I watch it sober. It appears I missed quite a bit of it... though I did NOT miss both the visual delight of Olive twirling away atop a mountain, as well as the killer Happy Time Temp reference. (Dead Like Me... HOLLA!)

In other Birv news... who's pumped for the VP debate tonight? I am jazzed about it right now, with the full knowledge that I may not be able to stomach Sarah Palin and her stuttering, nonsensical responses for long. I have fortified myself with Netflix and several Tivoed shows... just in case.

Honestly- the thought of this woman in any position of power frightens me. Barring the fact that McCain seemingly chose her as a running mate by pulling her name from a hat, the very fact that Palin believes that she is REMOTELY capable of fulfilling the vice-presidential position is cause for concern.

What frightens me most is that Palin supports causes and takes positions on issues with little to no ability to explain her reasoning behind her political stance.

All I can say is that I hope fervently that Biden ignores requests to go easy on Palin, and strikes her down swiftly and decisively. In other words, I hope he annihilates her tonight.

Some choice Palin moments are below... I don't think I even need to comment on them- her baffling world view stands on it's own merit. (Courtesy of http://thinkprogress.org/palin-digest/):

Palin Opposed Expanding Hate Crime Laws. A 2006 Eagle Forum Alaska questionnaire asked, “Will you support an effort to expand hate crime laws?” Palin replied, “No, as I believe all heinous crime is based on hate.” [Washington Blade, 9/2/08]

Palin Believes The Founding Fathers Wrote The Pledge Of Allegiance. In 2006, when asked by the Eagle Forum Alaska if she found the phrase “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance offensive, Palin replied, “Not on your life. If it was good enough for the founding fathers, its good enough for me.” But the words “Under God” didn’t appear in the Pledge until 1954. The Pledge itself wasn’t written until 1892. [Huffington Post, 9/1/08; Slate, 6/28/02]

Palin Is Unaware Of The Bush Doctrine. During an interview with ABC’s Charlie Gibson, Palin was stumped about the Bush Doctrine, thinking it was the President’s “worldview.” [ABC News, 9/11/08] See it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z75QSExE0jU

Palin Hasn’t Given The War In Iraq Much Thought. Palin told the Alaska Business Monthly, “I’ve been so focused on state government, I haven’t really focused much on the war in Iraq. I heard on the news about the new deployments, and while I support our president, Condoleezza Rice and the administration, I want to know that we have an exit plan in place.” [Alaska Business Monthly, 3/1/07]

Best Wednesday EVER

Though it may be early, I have dubbed today the Best Wednesday Ever. I have tickets to Game 1 of the NLDS between the Cubs and the Dodgers, we are allowed to wear jeans to work today (AND it's a half day for me), and a new season of Pushing Daisies airs tonight (with the promise of a Sound of Music tribute), as well as a CSI:NY in which it looks like most of the members of Maroon 5 die.

I'm living the dream, people.

Cubs gameday pictures are sure to follow... unless Big Brother and I look like we are yet again let out on a day pass.