Disappointed, but on track

I was a little disappointed with the Paul McCartney interview on the Colbert Report last night. It seemed a little stifled and over-edited. Paul didn't seem to get into it at all, which I think he could have. But, it was still nice to see a couple of my favorites talking to each other.

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And I'm absolutely on track to meet my article goal today. Because Thursday all my favorite TV shows are on, I don't get to make up for the slacker in me earlier this week, but there's always the weekend. It's not like I have anything better to do.

So, first of all, my horoscope for today says that I am highly attracted to the opposite sex today... and they are attracted to me. Just my luck, huh? It's still spring break and no one is around. Oh well, maybe this will carry over into St. Patrick's Day. I could have plans... I don't really know yet.

This day has just been weird. I woke up from a dream about Stephen Colbert and for the life of me cannot remember what it was about. Then, when I was making a peanut-butter melty fudge concoction, the smell of laundry detergent on my sweater plus the peanut butter gave the most amazing smell... but it made me think of the way new babies smell after a bath. Strange, right? I think I'm going insane. I need my roommate back!!!

To top it all off, I was watching the second episode of the third season of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, and I started crying. Barely a whole tear, but still it was crying. Go figure!

How sad am I about Colbert?? I think it's a shame that the Democrats wouldn't put him on the ballot in SC. I mean, this could have truly been a revolution in the election. I'm not saying that Colbert had a chance, I'm just saying that by doing this, he was showing a younger generation about how all this works. And he got a lot of people interested in voting as well. But sadly, there will be no President Colbert (of South Carolina) in 2008. Oh well. Now I have to find a new candidate to support.


I finished Dispatches from the Edge. It was a total mind-blower. Not only was it good writing, but it had a purpose and didn't beat you over the head with it, like some non-fiction titles do. Of course now I feel like I'm wasting my life by not going out and seeing all the suffering in the world compared to my little problems. Though, it has inspired me to write more eloquent prose when I write personal things instead of writing journal entries that still sound like a 14 year old wrote it. Right now, I only write decent, mature things on this blog... and trust me, this also sounds like a 14 year old writing. But trust me, I'm pulling out of awkward phase (I hope!).

I'm not complaining, but I totally know why The Daily Show and The Colbert Report were off all last week... Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert had appointments with their stylists!! Not kidding you, when I was watching both shows last night, the first thing I noticed was their hairtcuts. It takes a week?? Or do they give them a week so the audience won't notice that it's happened... I'm a kook. I know.

But it was great that the facebook group 1,000,000 Strong for Stephen T Colbert got a shout out on the show... I remember when I joined the group... it was only at 300,000 and something. Ah, how the days fly by....

I've been freaking out all weekend because I need to start working on all of my projects and papers for the end of the semester, but you know what? I've been doing homework for about four hours now and most of the small stuff is done. I shouldn't have made such a fuss abot this morning.

I'm must correct a previous blog entry. I received my Japan Through John Lennon's Eyes book and "Ai" means LOVE, not YES. And I even checked with my Japanese for Dummies book... apparently I didn't remember that's one of the first words I learned when reading that book. Anyway, that book is amazing, and I think I learned more Japanese from that book than I have in the J for D book (of course, I haven't finished reading that one yet). It's such a beautiful book, and you can see just how Lennon was able to learn and comprehend the Japanese language by sketching drawings. He even had the dog speaking German in one of the drawings... it speaks to me on SO many levels!

Guess what? I'm writing a musical!! And you know what, I HATE musicals. I can stand them, most of the time, but it isn't a medium a thoroughly enjoy. But here I am, with a really great idea for a musical, and I can't shake it, so I guess I'm just going to have to write it and see what happens. Plus with nanowrimo coming up, there are just SO many ideas floating in my head I need to get them all down and see what I can do with them.

My biggest influence is the album "Sounds of Silence." Right now, I'm playing it endlessly on my iPod. I can't help it. The songs are amazing. I've heard them since I was 12 or 13, but always on box set compliations. To hear just the album as a single entity is an entirely different experience.... I'm rambling again, aren't I? Well, it's not hard when you're listening to a song called "Roving Gambler."

Okay... I switched it... S&G were tired... I'm back to listening to Metro Station again.

I really want to get Stephen Colbert's book, and I was going to get it with a gift certificate from an email points company... you know the kind, you read about a million emails over two years to get a $25 gift certificate. Well, I finally earned mine, but they never sent me a code and told me that the problem will be worked out in 3-4 WEEKS. Crazy, right? I guess Colbert will just have to wait. I mean, I still have Cooper's book coming in the mail, probably within the next couple days. That should tide me over for about 15 minutes. I cannot be as big of a reader as I am and be poor at the same time. It just doesn't work.