January 2006 Archives

I just started this week at a great company that is right down the street from the Capitol. I'm starting what is the fourth - and I'm now deciding final - internship in politics. If I can't get a real job after this, I may have to turn to a life of crime.

I got over my cold from last week in record time, thanks Drixoral! Believe me when I say that it is rare that I get a cold and don't have a nagging cough for 2-3 months [or seasons] after.

The Peter Sarsgaard episode of SNL last night was so-so, but I did enjoy the Jesse Jackson dessert cart bit, as well as the Chuck Lane/Shattered Glass/Cat Fancy spoof. I guess I laughed a little at the pirate convention and the Peter Sarsgaard "SARS Gaurd" bits as well, but two sketches surrounding the host's name?? The man is an amazing actor with many fantastic roles to lampoon. The most recent show hosted by Alec Baldwin had a fantastic Glengarry Glenn Ross/Santa's workshop send-up; they should do more stuff like that.

I usually wait until after the Academy Awards to express my un-ending disappointment with their choices for Oscars, but for the first time in many years, I've shifted my tutting to the Golden Globes. Usually I can count on the Globes to pick the actual best picture of the year, and not Brokeback Mountain or Walk the Line. I did agree with the choices of awards for Philip Seymour Hoffman and Steve Carrell in their respective categories, since they were actually the best. But Walk the Line?? I love Johnny Cash and Ray Charles, but Ray and Walk the Line were two of the biggest disappointments I've had in my moviegoing experiences. Leave it to the Hollywood Foreign Press to pick the cliche musical over quality musicals (Hustle and Flow) or fantastic [dark] comedies (like The Matador or the Ice Harvest). They also are dead to me for picking Geena Davis for her role in the lamest show in a long time, Commander in Chief. I love Geena Davis (usually), but I hate they she has anything to do with this show. We certainly have learned what the White House would be like with a female president: boring and pretentious. Desperate Housewives is a lame, watered down "comedy" and should not have won because there were so many fantastic and hilarious shows from last year. Off the top of my head, there's Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Weeds, Extras, The Office, Starved and Family Guy. They were all much better, but ignored by the HFP. I think I might just start boycotting these stupid awards shows.

OK, the blog has a new name now: A Mineshaft Gap.

I've also upgraded the MovableType software to version 3.2 and slapped on this nice new skin.

I hope to make quite a few improvements over the next few days and weeks. I've started doing a lot of digital photography, so I'll get something set up for that too.

Comments now work too, feel free to leave them. I hope it screens out the spam too.