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2005-02-04 - 12:05 p.m. Omigod the President actually got booed when he talked about Sosal Security! Hooray. For a minute there I thought we were in the House of Commons. That was the raddest part of the speech. I also liked the part where he said we have to keep kids out of gangs. As we all know, the gang members of today are the terrorists of tomorrow. All the newspeople talked about how the Iraqi woman hugging the American mom was "the highlight of the speech." Which is interesting because usually some collection of words, or something else having to do with what the President does on camera, is "the highlight of the speech." Don't get me wrong, it was a touching moment and all, but it grossed me out that it was being evaluated, and even sort of praised, for being "effective." I saw The Aviator yesterday because some gentlemen were in my yard cutting down all the trees and it was very loud. The Aviator is a long, boring, tiresome movie, and I don't know why Leonardo DiCaprio continues to get work. Cate Blanchett captured all of the mannerisms and none of the charm of Katharine Hepburn. Alan Alda was okay. In general, I'd say too many airplanes, not enough crazy. Where were the transfusions? Pee in a jar doesn't cut it. I wanted the real crazy. Right now I'm looking over a bunch of old stories and trying to figure out which one to send in to the Playboy college fiction contest. Thoughts? The choices are: 1. A woman finds the body of Ed McMahon in her trunk and drives it to Mexico. I am leaning toward #2. Does anybody read the fiction in Playboy? Can anybody tell me what it's like? I know they used to run all sorts of good stuff, Updike and Hemingway and Mailer. I have no idea what they're running now. Maybe I should get a subscription.
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