things to say

it's been a very very long time. i realize that. this is funny now, because somehow this feels awkward, even though it's just me in my house sitting at the computer and there is no one to witness my tricky first-post-in-a-long-long-time attempt. i was thinking earlier, after kris told me sunday that i should post again, that perhaps i haven't done it in so long because i have nothing to say. then i got sort of upset for a minute, because i thought, "of course i have things to say." having things to say is critical.

so here goes. here's what i have to say:

1. the koger center broadway series had RENT a few weeks ago and i went and it was a great time. the reviews in the paper the next day panned it and i thought that was stupid and presumptuous because hello, how many people from columbia even go to broadway? so comparing that production to the broadway one is silly.
2. i think that american idol has become less about finding the best singer and more about finding people to make fun of.
3. i'm very hyped about election 08
4. emily vancamp, who portrayed "amy abbot" on the relentlessly wonderful yet still cancelled everwood, has signed on to play "rebecca" on brothers and sisters, and this was likely the best news i came across all weekend.
5. i really think that little miss sunshine should win the oscar for best picture
6. i think that angelina jolie is too pompous. she's all about good causes, but she turns people off with that "i'm above this" attitude, because she's so "above" everything. you know, how she's so enlightened and above everything that she was rude to ryan seacrest at the golden globes? i thought that wasn't cool. so then, i don't want to listen to her spout off about saving the world, because she's such a jerk. so what's she really accomplishing? maybe that's just me.
7. oprah is the number one example of a great person. she has loads of money, and she truly uses lots of it to try and make the world a better place. and she is not "above" everything.
8. i'm going to poland this summer as part of a prestigious seminar for teachers. it's internationally renowned, and they only take about 30-40 teachers from the country each year. i got accepted. so off i go to poland to get educated on the Holocaust, so that i can be titled a "tolerance education leader." oh yeah. that's my life's work.
9. the latest anne brasheares book, the fourth in the traveling pants series, was borderline terrible. this worries me for the seventh harry potter book coming out this summer.
10. i think that when people are obnoxiously all about putting their three-week relationship in your face 24/7, and they plan their wedding right in front of you, that it is hysterical when it falls apart. i think that if you act that stupid, you deserve what you get. this could possibly mean that i'm a mean person, but i don't really think so.

that's it. this was hard.