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July 29, 2004
Convention Questions
what's happening in Indiana?
FIND a clip of the CSpan post-convention interview from Wednesday night's coverage with the woman from Indiana with the silly hat. Please. Target, singing, no words.
who knew I'd be a flag waver?
tonight, I wore red white and blue, sat in my mom's delegate seat, waved a flag and chanted "U - S - A"! I haven't fully processed that yet...
delegates, alternates and honored guests should know...
1. It's July. National cellphone courtesy awareness month.
2. When you give Al Sharpton the mic, you better be ready to take whatever he's got.
signography?
I suppose we all know it's not an accident that suddenly everyone has a new sign. Nor is it an accident that everyone knows when to ditch the old sign and use the new one. However, watching the process, up close and personal, was PRICE(less).
Quote of the day:
"... and home of the great and famous historical Indian guide, Sacacawaya." - North Dakota Delegate
No. That is not a typo.
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July 27, 2004
Live from the Convention... or the Hotel Near the Convention...
1. We love wireless internet access in the hotel room.
2. They turn the applause sound DOWN on TV. I was on the phone with my mom (b/c the front desk suddenly had no key for me) and on the TV in the lounge it seemed as though no one was clapping. However, on the phone, I needed it at least 10 feet from my EAR.
3. At the end of the portion of the speech that concluded the international portion of Teresa Heinz Kerry's speech, she mentions all the "Continental Africans." The C-Span cameras immediately went to a light skinned black woman, who was clearly from the suburbs of some medium sized city, NOT, I repeat, NOT a Continental African by any stretch of the imagination. Not even a by mistake.
4. Some delegates are scary.
5. Some of their children are even more scary.
6. Sometimes, delegates know they are on camera (when it's supposed to be candid). I don't think, however, that they know they look lame, trying to pretend they don't know they are on camera.
7. Cheney time out - funny.
8. Chochkeys = bad.
9. Red white and blue themed chochkeys (that light up) - worse.
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July 25, 2004
Backpacks
Kanye West is on Def Poetry Jam right now (btw, not doing nearly as well as all the amateur poets), and he is wearing a backpack. Can someone explain to me this fashion "statement" if you will? WHADUP WIDDAT? Gabriel? Perhaps you know...
And how cool is it that the the violinist I randomly stumbled across in a downtown jazz club 7 years ago and decided right then and there was the best thing since sliced bread, now does the theme song for Def Poetry Jam, in addition to being known as "The Hip-Hop Violinist." She even recently released a hip hop song. Miri Ben-Ari. I really don't know what's going on with all that, but it's still cool.
A good friend of Maya's, Vanessa Hidary, was on tonight and she was good. Damn good. she posed a very good question - "why are we always tryin' to change grown ass men?"
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July 24, 2004
Lick Lick
Tonight I was licked by a dog's tongue (the cleanest dog in NYC, mind you). Apparently, I am allergic to dog tongue. What does this mean? Does this mean I can't ever be the picture of American Happiness?
Not that I really mean that question - but still...
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July 23, 2004
This Just In
Apparently, Gabriel is TOTALLY a Gangsta
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Quote of the Day
Gabriel, Ted and I are the only ones who are here right now, so Gabe's playing music over his speakers. It's been hard core rap for the past 40 minutes:
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Nicole: Gabe, are you a gangsta?
Gabriel: Sometimes.
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btw - this is Gabriel.
So not a gangster. Much less a gangsta.
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Ordinay Whirled
One of my 8 BFF's from HS launched her blog today - Ordinary Whirled. Her description: "It will not be a journal chronicaling my life (because why would I put that on the Internet?) but rather, insights into my crazy thoughts on pop culture. It's like 'I Love the '90s,' but I'm the only panalist." She also authors a weekly Lyric Quiz that should be being licensed by some media conglomerate, but is not - anyone who can help out with that, please make yourself known.
I must say that I'm surprised that the key change from TNKOTB's "Cover Girl" did not make the Dozen-Plus Ass-Kicking Moments of Pop post...
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July 20, 2004
Crazy is as Crazy Does
Why do we tolerate crazy people? We all know them. We all work with (a few of) them. And most of us tolerate them. How has this become the norm? When (and why) did we collectively decide that we would simply allow the crazy people to infiltrate our every day, disrupting good and logic everywhere? Don't we have better things on which to expend our energy? We come up with intricate and involved methods by which to deal with the crazy people, instead of saying "hey, CRAZY - GO AWAY!"
I mean, really.
What if we all just decided that we weren't going to take it anymore. No more indulgance of long and drawn out rampages over things no one has control over. When you know someone's telling a little white lie you call them on it. When someone blatantly steals or takes credit for someone else's idea, they get told off. When some simple ACTS CRAZY, they get TOLD.
Stop the crazy-making.
Posted by nikl at 09:57 AM | Comments (0)
Tore It Up Indeed
I have to say, that Mr. Jeremy Pelt tore it up and then some last week at the Village Vanguard. This 27 (soon to be 28) year old bad ass does more than hold his own, he paves the way. In and out of all genres and playing with everyone out there, Jeremy is takin' care of business. Which is nice to see.
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July 12, 2004
Requiem Isiable Sanford
"Jeffersons" Star Isabel Sanford Dies Age 86
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I Really Don't Understand
I don't understand how the current administration can think it makes any sense to do a constitutional amendment regarding same-sex marriage. I mean, really. This is my latest favorite quote on the matter:
"Our analysis of the swing voters shows that they are concerned about Iraq and about the economy, and I don't think they are likely to be swayed, or have strong feelings about a constitutional amendment," said Andrew Kohut, director of the nonpartisan Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. "If anything, they may see it as putting the emphasis on the wrong place when the country has other problems." - NYtimes
Is he kidding? No, really?
Posted by nikl at 10:01 AM | Comments (0)
July 11, 2004
Anchorman
It's funny how you can sit through a movie, fall alseep for 15 minutes in the middle, think during the entire movie that it's really not as funny as you'd hoped, yet still, when you think of it, you smile and/or laugh out loud.
There were some very very funny moments. However, you got the feeling that the entire movie was one big improv section, and some of the shots they chose were probably really funny on the 9th take, but not so much as part of a movie. Must be nice to be able to play like that on a multi-million dollar playground. I can't wait... :)
Posted by nikl at 11:09 PM | Comments (0)
Spiderman 2
After a week and a half of sticking to our promise to see it together, Pia and I (and Callista) went to see Spiderman 2. I loved it. I find it odd that while I dislike comic books, the fact that the movie is so true to the comic book genre is my favorite thing about it. The lighting, the cinematography, the attention to detail - there were so many scenes where if it had just been a movie there would have probably been much less detail, but b/c it was based on what would be a drawing, it was laden with detail. If that makes sense. There was indeed a lot of "teary eye" acting, but I could totally see the comic book frame with the close up of the eye and in it a single blue tinted tear. Love it!
Stop reading now if you haven't seen it.
Asian woman + violin + Spiderman theme = hilarious.
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Yamani
My cousin, who is brilliant, has started a blog.
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