hello again! i apologize for my infrequent blogging as of late - GREs and such. but i am pleased to report that as of now, the day before the test, i am flying high and should do fabulously on them. well not fabulous per se, but pretty damn good for me! i am even pleased with my math score - which, if you know me, is a huge surprise! i have managed to relearn everything i ever knew about math (which granted, is not a lot) and even learn new things that maybe would have made life a little easier in high school . . . but whatever i'm older and wiser now. so bottom line: tomorrow should be good. and after tomorrow, my life as a college grad without a worry in the world can officially begin!!

2 political thoughts for the day: 1 - i am going to see farenheit 911 today. the big US opening was in DC last night at a beautiful theater called the Uptown which i have been to many times - fun. i will of course blog tomorrow (or later tonight, given my mood) about the movie itself - but allow me ot take this time to comment on the buzz. i don't think this movie will have a huge impact in november, i want it to - and i think that people who see this movie will have serious doubts about voting for bush, but call me crazy in that i don't imagine a lot of hard core republicans will be lining up to buy tickets . . . i do think it'll do a great job firing up the base - which is always a good thing for dems. the film is supposed to be incredibly moving and well done, in addition to politically controversial - sounds like my perfect film! although i am a little nervous that the sept 11 stuff will hit a little hard - sometimes it's still a little raw for me - that day is still so vivid. i think that dems are right to embrace michael moore, even if he is a little more left than most people. the republicans embrace rush limbaugh and he plays the same role. but lucky for us, film is a much more powerful medium than radio. sweet. and no, i'm not bias towards film at all . . . i think that this documentary will speak to a lot of people, and i think that if swing voters go to see it they may lean away from bush - but i'm not sure that will put them in the kerry camp. i am afraid they won't vote at all. mainly the movie criticizes the war, which kerry did support in the beginning of everything. i wish it had a more pro-dem feeling, as opposed to an anti-republican one, but then again maybe no one will notice the difference.

political thought #2: watch out for barack obama in illinois. a friend at work made this comment, and it wouldn't shock me - plus it would be an amazing ticket. "edwards-obama - 2012" a little early to predict maybe . . . but better to start a buzz now . . .