last night our video was on tv! it was so freaking exciting, even if it was only on local tv, we looked all famous and !@#$%.

a semi just hit a tree with it's highness right outside my window and the tree fell on it. or part of it at least. the top of the truck is all smashed. weird. right now the tree is still all attached to the truck and the driver is just sitting there reading something, it doesn't seem like he even realizes he hit the tree. why is there a semi on my street anyway. weird.

hours and hours of doing nothing. time to clean the emeffing bathroom.

my new york grandma always used to have candy from the u.k. and i'm craving these little hard but chewy things that were i think cassis flavor or something. they had all different flavors in one roll but the blackish purple ones are the ones i want. now. NOW.

i still miss my long blonde hair.

You've been to how many states, Senator Obama?

Not that it's an important error. He's obviously tired.

But, I did want to point out that if this had been W. Bush saying it, he would have been called an idiot for at least a week by the media and left, and if McCain had said it he would have been called senile for at least a week by the media and left. And when Quayle misspelled a word when running for Vice President, the media and left were all over calling him an idiot for at least a month (and it's still sometimes mentioned when Quayle's name comes up). But is anyone all over Obama for claiming there are 57 states, with one left to go, that one being the Hot-Cold state of AlaskaHawaii, which his advisers wouldn't let him go to? Nope.

Leaving Obama's domestic errors aside, of more importance is the fact that Obama has had a series of important foreign policy advisers resign lately, with one today making this newsworthy.

One excuse for Obama's lack of experience, particularly concerning foreign policy, is that he will choose good experienced people for his advisers and cabinet. But two recent important resignations call that into question in my mind: Samantha Power, former foreign policy adviser, resigned for attacking Clinton as a monster; and Rob Malley, Middle East policy adviser, resigned (today) for ties to terrorist organizations and having recently met with the terrorist organization Hamas. It's no coincidence also that both of those folks had ties to billionaire George Soros, who is about as far left as they come as far as foreign policy.

Two more noteworthy folks with ties to Obama are his friend and fundraiser, domestic terrorist Weatherman Bill Ayers; and his friend and fundraiser, the indicted Tony Rezko (who also has ties to terrorists).

The next foreign policy adviser likely to go is Zbigniew Brzezinski (Obama's Chief Foreign Policy Advisor). Two weeks after Obama named him to the post, Brzezinski went to Damascus, Syria, to begin talks with the terrorists and political assassins of the Assad regime. Despite his credentials (which are good), Brzezinski's not a good adviser, and makes mistakes (like that) fairly often. I would not be surprised if he makes a doozy soon. Oh, and he also has ties to Soros, surprise surprise.

My point? Obama isn't himself experienced with foreign policy, and he doesn't choose to surround himself with the right people to make me have some faith that he will choose the right set of advisers to make up for his lack of experience if he actually did become President. And that is a big problem for me.

But for now...I guess he is working on domestic policy, with all 57 states, plus the 58th state of AlaskaHawaii, if his advisers ever let him visit that climatically challenged state.

I enjoyed this:

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/16E.Noakes.html

Classes My Top-Tier Law School Should Have Offered as Warnings About the Profession.

Cutting and Pasting Legal Lingo

Explaining Business Associations to the People Who Are Running Them

4 A.M. Word Processing and the Law

Ethics of Conspicuous Consumption

Forwarding E-mails: Theory and Practice: Seminar

Arbitrary-Deadline Negotiation Strategies

Crying Quietly: Clinic

Jeans-Friday Advocacy Workshop

Cutting and Pasting II: Plural to Singular

the last few weeks i've been worried because of how little work i've had lately and then four count 'em four jobs wanted me for tomorrow and wedesday so i had to turn some down. freelancery is annoying sometimes. but the good thing is the sweet flippin' breeze wafting in my window of my home office. and not wearing makeup.

woah.

Hours upon hours of fun

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i have a client meeting here at home in an hour and i have to admit, it rules so much more to have clients over at this condo compared to my old apartment. i was always a little embarrassed of the tinyness and old fashionedness of my old apartment. and the fact that i had my 20ft long stuffed animal snake right by the front door. i got another job today, a tiny one, but one that my other client hates what the previous designer did so i have to redesign it to remove the suckiness. those jobs kind of blow, because i always feel sorry for the first designer. oh well.