obama's speech and an embarrassing memory from my past
Mood: embarrassed
Posted on 2009-02-25 13:23:00
Tags: essay politics
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Obama gave a sort of State of the Union last night - here it is in full and it was pretty good I thought. Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal (who some hope will run for president in 2012) gave the Republican rebuttal. As TPM points out he does a very good impression of Kenneth the Page! (Nate Silver covers why complaining about spending money on volcano monitoring isn't a great idea since it has saved lives in the past)

Unrelated memory that was randomly triggered at lunch: In 9th or 10th grade I was in the Houston Masterworks Chorus with my mom. For one rehearsal she couldn't make it, and so she arranged for me to catch a ride with someone (me not being able to drive) who was going to pick me up from home. Well, I'm a pretty shy person so I hadn't actually met this woman, but I sat outside on the curb reading a book waiting to be picked up. A car pulled up and scene missing and somehow I thought this was my ride and got so far as reaching in the window and unlocking the door before she asked "What are you doing?" I quickly apologized and went back to sitting on the curb. It was mortifying! Hopefully she didn't think I was a carjacker but I have a feeling she did. Later my actual ride came and I was careful to ask before entering the car :-)

4 comments

Comment from abstractseaweed:
2009-02-25T17:23:37+00:00
First the Republicans run Alaska governor Liz Lemon, now they're running Louisiana governor Kenneth Parcell. Just going down the 30 Rock cast list, it seems.

Comment from gregstoll:
2009-02-25T17:25:50+00:00
As soon as he says "I'm Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana. Tonight..." I find it hard to contain my laughter. His Kenneth is dead on!

Comment from djedi:
2009-02-26T09:26:19+00:00
So you're outside your house waiting for a person to drive up at approximately a given time. Someone else drives up to/near your house and you mistake them for this person? Completely understandable.

Comment from gregstoll:
2009-02-26T09:30:42+00:00
Seriously, what are the odds?

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