It's always wonderful to reconnect (or at least make contact) with old friends (above title provided via the profile of one such friend, who I've missed a lot).
Let's see, a whole list of things to muse over coming your way:
Nothing says Christmas like wrapping presents in front of the tree, the house glowing with lights (sadly, no snow was falling) and the Christmas episode of Futureama playing on [adult swim]. Mmmmm, holiday goodness.
Thinking of random things on television, the Eucaneuba dog show was one. Wait a minute, didn't we just see it on Thanksgiving? That's what I was thinking, but it was on again, but it was a different competition. One, because the carpet was different. And two, a different winner. This time, it was an English Setter, the first time a dog from the sporting division has ever won, so that was cool to watch, I felt like I was part of history. A part of history that will be overlooked by all but a very small portion of the general population, but history nonetheless.
Also on TV (and I think I heard this on Family Guy), has anyone noticed how Oprah's shows are strangely bi-polar? One day she gives away cars, the next, she's walking with Elie Wiesel through Concentration Camps (the first I heard about all over the news, the second I watched after seeing a promo for, and it was really good). Just odd.
I think it's also odd how much attention the Muslim Senator-elect from Minnesota (I think) is getting. Yes, again, it's interesting and historic, but must be a bit disconcerting, especially for him. I do think it's outrageous the stir people are causing because he's said he'll take the oath of office on The Koran. I think people should let him get to the work of being a Senator and actually respect not only his religion, but the fact that he decided to make sure he stayed true to himself (it makes me wonder how many Senators/other people in public office read the book they took the oath of office on).
I've also come to the conclusion that I don't particularly like most painting and photography. When I took aesthetics, I was always drawn to sculpture and installation pieces, things that push mediums to the boundaries (and of course music, but rarely will you find music associated with pieces in galleries and museums, except of course for the Vespers piece from the exhibit last year at Saint Vincent, which was so cool). And yes, I have a few paintings that I like (even less with photography), I just don't like it all that much (as compared to "getting it"). But hey, people will like what they want and that's fine with me, afterwards, everyone can always agree on getting ice cream!
And randomly speaking of food (wow, there's been quasi-transitions and everything in this post!), I went to Qdoba on 22, across from Miracle Mile, and I highly recommend it. The food was excellent, the atmosphere was decent, and I even found out that I really like Tabasco green pepper sauce.
Ok, I think that's all for now, have a good one!
