L'aventure américaine

Happy Thanksgiving! I think that this is the first time that I've brought in Thanksgiving in style, being awake for the first 8 hours of it. I'm not even sure that I've done that with New Year's (usually I crash around 3am... if not before). Having done it, for the first 4 hours of Thanksgiving, I can't say that it's all that thrilling. However, I can assure you that late night cable television is not that bad. Here at the hospital, channels are full of movies (not great movies, but movies) and cop shows. I went with movies for awhile, but I'm now opting for the cop shows, since they allow me to count the hours a little better. I'm also hoping that they'll keep me more involved around five and six am when I start to crash. So... I've been feeling a little guilty lately because I haven't kept in contact with people as well as I had thought I would since a little Art came into my life. I'm also going to blame this on school, work,...

Sunday's are tricky. Football is on all day, which usually calls for some beer. However, I often have some overdue studying to do too, which calls for no beer. It's a compromise this evening. I studied with the Colts game on, gave studying my entire attention during the first half of the Titans/Jaguars game, but in order to face the rest of my OB notes, I'm combining studying with the 2nd half of the game and a glass of wine. Obviously, since I'm typing this, it's all going swimmingly.

So, this is something that has bothered me for quite some time and I'm glad that someone addressed it. Don't get me wrong, I love a good, large latte from Starbucks, but I can never call them "venti's". Because venti means twenty. And although the large hot drinks may be 20 ounces, the large cold drinks are not. And so we have have Americans, nay, people WORLDWIDE thinking that venti means big because Starbucks told us so and instead, it means 20! And tall is not small! It's bothered me, in the way that stupid little things do, since Starbucks became successful. And you will never hear me say: I'd like a grande cup of coffee or a tall chai or a venti americano... because it's small, medium or large all the way for me, baby. So, watch this clip from "Role Models." The rest of the interview is funny, but doesn't address the little things that bother me quite so well!

The headline of "Le Monde" reads: 'L'espoir d'une nouvelle ère dans les relations internationales.' The New York Times reads "The election unleashes hope worldwide." BBC: "World leaders hail triumph." And the Indianapolis Star: "Obama makes history." No matter where you are in the world today, this news is prevalent and the sentiments are the same. It's historical and inspirational and change is coming. Yes we could. It's been a surreal day today and I hadn't let myself fully realize how wonderful this is this morning. Only after a two hour nap and having a little time to read today's papers am I letting this sink in. Savoring. Basking. Yes we did. Last night, the past few days, the past few months, the past two years have been exhausting, draining and amazing. I started working with the campaign in February and dedicated much of my time to voter registration and encouraging my classmates to vote and try...

I'm preparing for my next three days with the campaign and alternate between optimism and a sick fear in the pit of my stomach. Yeesh. It's been awhile since I've posted a Jon Stewart clip, but this one was great . If you don't have the 7 minutes to watch it, skip to the last minute to see the McCain story from Obama's infomercial. It's hilarious.