RIGHT NOW #10

i have been up to my ears in schoolwork and well…. real work so this week’s right now is pretty weak.
this might be the norm for the rest of the semester- so sorry in advance.
RIGHT NOW:

I am so glad Slumdog Millionaire won all of those Oscars!
Now it’s being turned into a musical which will probably not [...]

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RIGHT NOW- #8

what is it with me and koalas?!?! second week in a row…
THIS WEEK’S RIGHT NOW:

Australian Fires = Burnt and thirsty koalas
exhibit A (above)
and exhibit B:

Precious!

idk, my bff darwin

DAMN STRAIGHT.

Dachsunds are magical….

…. but spaniels are the BOMB!!!! This dog looks like Buffy Champagne’s grandpa.

I thought she looked ADORABLE!!!!

I will forever see this when I look at the new pepsi logo.

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GOBAMA

I would just like to say that I am happy to finally see the day that George W. Bush leaves office…
I would also like to say that the day is made exponentially better because Barack Obama is the one taking his place.
8 long years! OVER!
In preparation for the occasion, I made a huge batch of [...]

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Other Stuff

I am totally boring and uninspired today.
So until I snap out of this I give you Other Stuff:

What is with me and my fascination with food jewelry? WANT
A Florida woman saw the Virgin Mary in the MRI image of her brain and is now selling it on ebay to pay for her medical bills (she [...]

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Not Quite

Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Singers of All Time
100 Mary J. Blige
99 Steven Tyler
98 Stevie Nicks
97 Joe Cocker
96 B.B. King
95 Patti LaBelle
94 Karen Carpenter
93 Annie Lennox
92 Morrissey
91 Levon Helm
90 The Everly Brothers
89 Solomon Burke
88 Willie Nelson
87 Don Henley
86 Art Garfunkel
85 Sam Moore
84 Darlene Love
83 Patti Smith
82 Tom Waits
81 John Lee Hooker
80 Frankie Valli
79 Mariah Carey
78 Sly [...]

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Other Stuff

-Holy shit- ZIPPER JEWELRY is kinda amazing.
-Nate Silver of Baseball Prospectus used his knowledge of statistics on the election this year….. His estimation for the popular vote (pre-election) was Obama 52.3% and McCain 46.2%….. The actual results?: Obama 52.4% and McCain 46.3%- off by one tenth of a percent. He was more accurate than pretty much [...]

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election blah blah blah election

Last night after having a margarita with Reeda while she ate queso-
I got home right in time for the meaty part of the election returns-
and of course 30 minutes later the entire election was called for Obama….
I will not repeat what basically everyone else has said all over the internet today-
However I will humbly admit [...]

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NERVES!

I am so nervous today- for one thing I am nervous about the election…
I honestly thought Gore would win in 2000 and that was shot to hell…
So who knows what will happen tonight.
Also I am nervous because I have an appointment with an academic advisor on friday at UofH.
I am nervous about the prospect of [...]

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Other Stuff

-George W. Bush in Photos: An Exhaustive Collection – I will not miss him. but these are hilario!

-Comcast charges Woman $931 after Hurricane Ike Washes Away Their Equipment- WTF?! Comcast are assholes!
-Iggy Pop Wears Crocs. I think the world just ended.
-Aquarena Springs in San Marcos, TX (home of Ralph the swimming pig) will be bulldozed. [...]

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Political Whirlwind

My family has been traditionally conservative as long as I can remember.
The 2000 election happened my senior year of high school and at the time I was HUGE green party supporter. I collected signatures to petition the ballots for Ralph Nader- I even attended the Nader rally that year at the University of Houston (John [...]

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