And though it seems heaven sent

[raybear]

I'm not totally feeling the first half as much, because I don't totally agree about the 'founding principles' aspect of patriotism, or whether patriotism is even ultimately a positive thing, BUT, I dig the second part about us being humans and always trying to do better.

I rescheduled therapy for later so I could be home watching pre-Inauguration coverage and the Inauguration itself. I like participating in cultural moments along with hundred of millions of other people worldwide.

Charles Gibson has gotten so weird in his colloquialisms and 'observations'. And Diane Sawyer isn't drunk....yet. Maybe just tipsy. Of course, these are the reasons I'm watching.

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[louche.livejournal.com]

ok so who is that guy?
and i agree, i like the second part, even though i'm not so hip on his intonation...

[raybear.livejournal.com]

really? i could listen to him talk for days and days about anything, even when i disagree with the substance.

he's jay smooth and is a video blogger, mostly about hip hop.

[unscrambled.livejournal.com]

The only thing that made Frost/Nixon worth seeing (excepting if it was on cable, or in the red box) was that Diane Sawyer was on the "Nixon bench" during the Frost/Nixon interviews. Who knew? (I mean, maybe you knew, but I didn't)

[raybear.livejournal.com]

I was planning to watch a bootleg of that movie on my laptop before the Oscars, but wondered if I should see it in the theater -- thanks for answering that question!

I didn't know that about Diane Sawyer. I'm mildly fascinated by her. Like, I'm not making an effort to watch her, but if I'm going to watch something broadcast on every channel, I'll pick ABC to see what bizarro thing she'll do while reporting.

[unscrambled.livejournal.com]

I had no idea she had behaviors like that. I am, stereotypically enough, a PBS partisan.

[raybear.livejournal.com]

She was practically performing a cabaret lounge song on the newsdesk during election results. And today, while the chopper with Bush took off, she said "after 8 years, George W. Bush finally leaves Washington." And she made no effort to hide that emphasis. This is all extra fascinating given what you've just revealed about her past!

[raybear.livejournal.com]

Also, I caught a snippet of a Terry Gross interview the other day and she made me yell and change the channel and I thought of you.

[fuzzilla.livejournal.com]

I watched the inauguration with Chris. We were flipping channels and chitter-chattering. At one point we had on FOX News and this guy, about an hour after the inauguration, said something about "IS he legitimately the president now, though? I mean, technically this could go to the Supreme Court..." I was like "huh? What's he talking about?" Chris said the guy's comment was about Obama flubbing a line or two during the swearing in. I was like "whoa, are you fucking kidding me? That's pathetic."

[raybear.livejournal.com]

Charles Gibson kept getting fixated on the most inane facts, like whether the limo was the presidential limo or the presidential-elect limo and which side the seal was on and who sat where. Which, I expect all that random blather to be happening during long coverage, but he kept interrupting people to fixate on it in these weird ways. He also would just say randomly offensive things, like "Cheney is such a proud man, I'm sure he hates having to leave in a wheelchair". Wow, thanks for insulting everyone who has to use a chair.

[unscrambled.livejournal.com]

Huh, that is interesting. Well, he managed to piss off the right wingers too.

And I'm sorry that you were also enraged by my NPR nemesis. That's one that usually makes me feel like an enormous contrarian.