If I were Veronica Mars

A few weeks ago I got a break up/make up email from a boy. And no, I don't know any boys. It was not for me. It was for another Katie C. who has a very similar email address to me.

Because I am a total snoop with no self control (and I secretly harbored hope that this was from a long lost admirer) I read the whole email. It was clearly not for me. But it did contain a long passage about a water bottle that intrigued me to no end.

Then I replied to the dude that he had the wrong Katie.

But the story continues.

This week the other Katie emailed me for verification that said emailed had really been sent. She included the line, "I know you still don't have it." Well, clearly she doesn't know me. I am a digital packrat and just because some juicy email is none of my bee's wax is no reason to discard it.

So I forwarded the email to bizarro Katie. I wonder if she disapproves of my reading and keeping it. But she did reply "thank you."

I also wonder what is going on between these two people that bizzaro Katie is emailing strangers to check up on her man.

If I were Veronica Mars I would get to the bottom of this (and it would probably involve a murder.) But, alas, I am only just a viewer of soap operas and who will sit here and speculate.

Isn't it nice to have a president elect!

In Chris Rock's latest HBO special (filmed before the election) he makes a joke that a black man can't be president because no black woman can be first lady. This is based on the premise that black women don't stand politely in the background, a la Laura Bush. You know, like a white woman. "Oh, you think you got elected president. No, we got elected president."
Like most of this routine, it made me laugh. Then I thought, "Maybe Bill Clinton was the first black president." 'Cause we all know that Hillary didn't stand politely anywhere.
Later this year, Michelle Obama was on the Jay Leno show, where she shared a story about Malia Obama. Apparently, when Malia heard that Barack had bought prime time air space to advertise his campaign she said, "Is this going to interrupt my television!"
"No," Barack said, "we did not buy time on The Disney channel or Nick."
It's a cute story, worth utubeing, because the way Michelle tells it, you can really hear how Barack talks to his family with the same calm confidence that he talks to the public.
When I look at pictures of the first family elect I think two things. First, they are a naturally good looking group of people. Its been a while since I've seen a public family that good looking and that plastic surgery free.
Then I think, that man is surrounded by too many women. Too many. Soon he will be the most powerful man in the world, and you know that won't amount to much at home. I bet they still won't cut him any breaks.

P.S. Martha Stewart just had Seal on and said to him, "Isn't it great to have a president elect who thinks like you do, who thinks like I do."
Then she made a stuffed doll out of a glove, gave it a buzz cut, and named it Obama.

Obama's hidden contribution: High School English Curricula

This is a link to the transcript of Obama's victory speech.

Throughout this campaign Obama has made headlines for his live speeches and how they excite a live audience. Recently, I read a great editorial (I can't remember where, boo) about how even though these speeches are so well delivered, they are even better read. So true.

I am just so jealous of high school seniors who will get to analyze Obama speeches. Like most aspects young life that will be improved for those who grow up with Barack Obama instead of George Bush on Pennsylvania Avenue, the AP English essays will be better. Obama's speeches are so beautifully written, dense with literary and rhetorical devices. You could write a great exposition on one of them without much effort and you could probably find enough to fill a semester's worth of essays in a single speech.

Take some time this week and look back over the transcripts from this election. It's worth it, especially if you love alliteration, allusion, juxtaposition, meter, repetition, rhyme, and all the rest from Intro to Literature. I know I do.

It's all happening!

Obama volunteers knocked on 1.8 million doors.
I knocked on 8 blocks worth of those doors.
That's what we're talking about Pennsylvania!