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Gung Hay Fat Choy. That's Happy New Year in Chinese. I learned it in Pre-Kindergarten when we celebrated the Chinese Lunar New Year by making a big dragon costume and walking up and down the halls of the school in it. These days, my celebrating the Chinese New Year usually just consists of eating Chinese food. Which come to think of it is not very different from the rest of the year. But last night while eating Chinese, I opened my fortune cookie and got the funniest fortune ever. It said "The weather is pleasant."
Last night's episode of "Lost" was terrible. Just terrible. As are any episodes that center around Charlie. The next time the writers are looking for a character to kill off, I gladly volunteer Charlie.
I've mentioned a couple of times before on this blog how much I enjoy "How I Met Your Mother." But the last couple of episodes have been amazing.
In yesterday's comments, Gabe linked to the "Top 10 Uses for Vassar Squirrels", as published in 1996 by the now-defunct Vassar Daily.
January 20th. Inauguration Day. I remember that on this day last year, I was very upset and doing everything I could to ignore Bush's second inauguration. I had wanted so badly to see John Kerry sworn into office on that day. How different would things be in this country if that had happened? For that matter, how different would this country be had Al Gore rightfully been elected in 2000? Would Gore have been re-elected in '04? How would he have pursued the War on Terror? The Iraq War would have been non-existant under a Gore Administration but to what extent would the campaign against Al Qaeda be successful?
So how about this weather? For two hours this morning, I lay in bed listening to the pounding sounds of the wind. It was very tempting to stay there and build a fortress with my blankets. Bad weather + good book that I'm reading (Philip Roth's "The Plot Against America") + several TV shows stored on my TiVo = day off? Not to be. Having been off for the MLK holiday on Monday and having a doctors appointment scheduled for tomorrow, I trudged my way in through the rain and the wind. After all, there's stuff to be done!
The Anonymous Blogger has tagged me to fill out a meme. How exciting!
As movie award season approaches and all of the critics have released their year-end Top 10 lists, I thought that I would do so myself. There are a few movies that I haven't seen yet that, based on critical acclaim, might warrant a ranking such as Munich, Walk the Line and A History of Violence. But based on the movies that I have seen this year, here is my Top 10!
One year ago, I mentioned on this blog that Fran Fergusson, the President of Vassar College, had announced her retirement. Fran had been President since 1986 and was there while I was a student from 1995 to 1999. This morning, I received an e-mail from the Board of Trustees, declaring that they unanimously selected a new person. Although the college is 145 years old, this new appointee will only be the tenth president in the school's history.
23-0. The Giants lost yesterday by a score of 23-0. Pathetic! But a great time was had yesterday at the Riviera Cafe in spite of the game. Still, it would be nice to go there one time and see the home team win for a change!
A recap of the first week of 2006.
Last night's Rose Bowl between Texas and USC has got to have been the most exciting college football game that I'd ever seen. And I don't watch that many college football games. Although I was originally rooting for USC, it was impossible to not be impressed with Texas's comeback. But where was the defense on either side? I guess defense is in short supply in the college game as each team passed and rushed with ease. Or maybe that was just a testament to how good Vince Young, Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush are.
Tragedy in West Virginia. The accident involving the miners resulted in 12 deaths, with only one survivor. This is very sad, made worse by the false hope given to their families.
Brooklyn gets screwed again. I'm talking about the backroom political theater that is the selection of the Speaker of the City Council. Despite being the most populous borough, and despite having the largest delegation of City Council members, once again a Brooklyn person will not be elected speaker. In this case, Park Slope Councilman Bill de Blasio was unable to get the requisite amount of votes to defeat Chelsea Councilwoman Christine Quinn. It is a shame because one would hope that all of the Brooklyn councilpeople would band together to elect one of their own. This never happens though. Feuds, fights, jealousies and rivalries always get in the way. Sorry, Bill.
So this is 2006, eh? Seems to me to be no different than 2005. And yes, I am making a conscious effort to incorporate "eh?" into my vocabulary. All in anticipation of my vacation to Canada in June. Gotta assimilate myself with the locals.