Celebrity Sightings

A week in LA, and two celebrities seen. The minor one: Stewart Copeland, the drummer for the Police and collaborator with Trey Anastasio in Oysterhead, seen twice, at a horse-y dance acrobatics show in Santa Monica and then riding a bike with his family on the pier the next day. The major one: Jude Law, at a restaurant in Beverly Hills, seen with a guy with huge dreads and two other unassuming-looking dudes. I've got pictures of him on my phone, though I won't post them here unless my deal with US Weekly falls through.

Six-Hour Sunset

Travel west by plane in the late afternoon, especially over water, and you'll be gifted with a spectacular sight. The sun setting, for hours. Gradually it slips away into night, and all your rolling back the clock can't stop it. But you had six hours of sunset, and you turned the fleeting into the lasting.

A Sampling of My Yahoo Buddies' IM Status Messages from the Day After

"America the Ignorant"
"Red Sox pass curse to America"
"At least my Halliburton stock is up"
"All it means is we get the police state a little sooner"
"At lunch, call my cell"
"America: coming soon to a country near you"
"Red is the new asshat"
"Red is the new I'm moving to France" (mine)
"Moving to Canada"
"Moving to Canada"
"Moving to Canada"
"Moving to Canada"
"Moving to Canada"
"Moving to New Zealand"
"Moving to Canada"
"Fuck" (also mine)
"Double Fuck"

and my personal favorite,

"Quintuple re-disillusioned"

The Morning After

Assuming

I've instant messaged with a few friends today that I haven't talked to in a while, and it's remarkable that without ever having discussed politics before, we each assume that the other person is supporting Kerry, and we're right. In some ways it makes me feel warm, both because it's an easy solidarity and because it gladdens me to think that everyone I know agrees with me about what's right and what's wrong here. That doesn't happen much -- I'm really quite the contrarian. On the other hand, it makes me uneasy to think of the other 50% of the country, the unwashed masses covering the red states and even (by land area) most of the blue states. What are they talking about today? Are they worried that if their guy loses we'll lose our resolve in Iraq, whatever that means, and we won't be winning there anymore? Are they worried that they'll be forced to be gay? What do they like about this guy?

Today Is the Day

Let's win this motherfucking election. It's time for them to go. Well past time.