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I really don’t understand why Obama winning the Peace Prize actually upsets so many people. At first I thought it was because maybe some think that he really didn’t deserve it – but the Peace Prize is at least partially (I think largely) about inspiring hope and promise for a better future, and I think anyone can see that Obama did just that during his campaign. And before anyone says that I’m just drinking the Obama kool-aid – I wasn’t for him in the beginning. But he won me over. By his rhetoric and by inspiring people across the nation and across the world. How often is it that people in countries that despise America rejoice in the celebration of his presidency? It wasn’t because they thought they got one over on us. Obama is an inspiration. So maybe it’s about racism. And no, of course the war isn’t over yet. No one who is honestly thinking about the troops or the people we were originally trying to save would assume that pulling out of the war immediately is a good idea. Things ...

I couldn’t decide how many “favorite” episodes I would list, so I’ll just start and see how far I get. I could rank every episode, but that would take forever and I’m at work so it would be a massive waste of time. I am leaving out seasons four and five because yuck. The episodes are listed in order of awesomeness, so number 1 is my favorite episode. 1. The Pilot, Part 2 This is hands down my favorite episode. When Sawyer shoots the polar bear, when Michael finds the handcuffs and Sayid gets into a fight with Sawyer, Locke explaining backgammon to Walt, etc etc there is nothing that isn’t amazing about this episode. 2. The Moth It surprises me that a Charlie episode is one of my favorites, but this one is great, especially the conversations between Charlie and Jack when they’re stuck in the cave together. 3. The Pilot, Part 1 It’s classic! And each time I watch it I come up with another theory or try to figure out if Jacob or Jacob’s nemesis is in the wreckage. 4. Walkabout The first L...

I personally believe that seasons four and five of LOST were not very rewatchable and ultimately sucked. That being said, I think I know what would make me relatively happy when the show ends. At Comic-Con this year, they released all of these videos that made it seem like once the nuke goes off, the crash never happened and possibly events change well before then too – more on that once I’ve watched all the videos, but the one for Hurley was pretty weird – maybe he didn’t play the numbers but still won the lottery. We don’t know, really. In light of those videos, I think the best course of action is to go with two realities, one that continues with the survivors on the island and shows that the nuke didn’t do anything, and one reality where everything gets reset and we get to see what might have happened to each character had the crash and other stuff not happened. We might see Shannon, Michael, Boone, Ana Lucia, Libby, and Charlie again, if that is the case – which makes me think I c...

When I started seeing the previews for “More to Love,” which is basically just “The Bachelor” with fat girls, I was super excited, especially about the sort of mean title of the show. At least they didn’t call it “The Fat-chelor” which would have been awful. My first issue with the show is that the weight of the girls doesn’t seem right. Some girls said they weighed the same or less than me at the same height and they look HUGE compared to me. Maybe I wear my weight better or something but yikes. Or maybe I’m delusional. Either way, something seems off. My second issue is that the guy voted off the fattest girls in the first cut. Like, I get it, but if those girls didn’t have self esteem issues, they sure as shit do now. And each girl talks like they are so happy with themselves and their bodies but then the next second they start crying because they hate themselves and eat their feelings. Okay, nobody actually *said* that last part, but it’s true. Maybe a few of them seemed actually o...

I was just at the Wright State bookstore and as I was checking out, the lady at the cash register said “take a free stick of gum” so I did. Who doesn’t like free things? I don’t remember what the gum was called because I threw out the wrapper, but it was sour, then turned sweet like bubble gum. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? Does this mean that the whole meal in a stick of gum concept made popular by Willy Wonka is in our future? I hope so.

On Saturday, Ryan, Rachel, their mom and I went to see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. First, a brief comment on the audience. I understand that the books are largely viewed as children’s books, but the books really grow with the characters and by the time the sixth book comes around, the students are fourteen and the general tone is pretty dark and depressing… cause that’s what fourteen-year-olds are like. They are. It’s true. My problem, then, is not with the books or the movie, but with the parents who allow their VERY young children (like under the age of eight, as young as around two or three) to come to the movie theatre for the seven o’clock showing and sit through two and a half hours of gruesome and scary scenes. Let’s be honest – if I was really young and saw this movie, it would probably scar me for life (much like the movie It – that is terrifying and you know it). In fact, when the inferi come out of the water I jumped, as did most of the audience including the rea...

I know that I haven’t posted anything in awhile, but it’s hard to keep up a blog when you actually have other things to do. Right now I’m interning full-time in the archives at Wright State, after which I will graduate with my MA!! Exciting!! Things are good. Except that Michael Jackson died. There have been so many different views about him stated in the last day or so, the worst of which are that he was a child molester and people are glad that he’s dead. I don’t understand. I mean, I get that he may have done some unspeakably awful things – but he *was* acquitted. So was O.J., but still. And to wash away all of the amazing contributions he made to music and dance is shocking and appalling to me. I think that he was amazing, even to the end. Perhaps his final tour may not have been so amazing, but we will never know. He had an extraordinary amount of talent and he was a force to be reckoned with throughout his entire life. I will miss Michael Jackson, if for no other reason than anyo...