Wow. It has been a ridiculously long time since my last post, and... how everything at Xanga has changed! o_0 The interface has certainly gotten spiffier, newly decked with lots of pretty bells and whistles. It's kinda nice, but it has also become infinitely and unnecessarily complicated. I mean, I don't really need all of these stats trackers, do I?? And what's with the disturbingly personal survey -- waving promises of "credits" -- that had just popped out of nowhere and blindsided me as I was trying to navigate my way to my Xanga summary page?? They needed to know the names, birthdays, and email addresses of my family members... WHY??! *grumbles and clicks 'Skip Survey' immediately*
Ah well. I'll browse around, read up about, and tweak these new thingamajigs later... when I REALLY get down to redecorate this place. *looks arounds* This dusty old Barça layout from March of 2007? Deco? That little pic of Ronnie wearing the blaugrana?? *covers eyes* SOOO have to go.
But this post isn't supposed to be about my rediscovering Xanga, it's about dropping in and marking off the days left till the Presidential Election on Tuesday, Nov 4, 2008! This campaign season has definitely been one looooong and exciting ride. As evidenced by my 8-mos-long AWOL status, I've spent all of my time online this year following various news outlets, political websites, and other people's political blogs and forums (and enjoying every minute of it!). LOL. Guess I'm just too lazy (and busy) to blog myself. Besides, by the end of the day, I'd just be regurgitating news and opinions here anyway, and that would be pointless and, frankly, a bother. So, no, I'm not willing to do the day-to-day political tracker thing. Still, as the campaign grinds down to its last few days, I really do want to come back here and write about my feelings and opinions about this election as a whole. If I can dedicate time to cover a few topics (read: raves & rants), great! Continue with these election summaries even after Nov 4? Awesome! Tonight, though, I'm just gonna take it easy and pick the easiest (and fluffiest) topic of the bunch...
My Pick: Top 3 Funniest Videos of the 2008 Pres. Election Campaign!
(Listed chronologically, because they're difficult to rank!)
1. John McCain gets BarackRoll'd at the Republican Convention: I'm in complete awe at the video maker who is dedicated enough to sift through Obama's speeches and video/audio files and painstakingly edited together this little piece of gem. Hugh Atkin of Australia = totally awesome.
2. Saturday Night Live's Tina Fey's Sarah Palin: SNL hit a home-run this year with Tina Fey's portrayal of Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin. Matching the real GOP VP nominee perfectly in physical appearance, voice, and mannerism, I simply love watching Fey's Palin in all of her SNL skits, whether she's partnered with Amy Poehler in the mock Palin/Clinton press conference, going head to head with Jason Sudeikis's Joe Biden in the Vice Presidential debate, meeting (evading?) the real Sarah Palin at her mock first press conference, together with John McCaingetting endorsed by Pres. George W. Bush... By far my favorite, though, is the exclusive Part 4 of the Katie Couric Interview, with Amy Poehler as the confused and bemused journalist. XD
To fully appreciate SNL's spoof, one has to consider how closely it follows the actual CBS interview. Funny, yes, and scary, too!
3. MoveOn.org's 'Don't Let Your Friend Lose the Election' Video: Ingenious! Feel free to customize this video at CNNBCVideo.com and send it to everyone you know! As an example, here's one with my name in it:
4. Sarah Palin Pranked: Lastly, this isn't a video per se, but in breaking news(?) today, Sarah Palin got pranked by a pair of Canadian comedians from a Montreal radio station. In a 6-min long prank call, Palin believed she was talking with French President Nicholas Sarkozy... *speechless* Who was accusing whom of naivete? Failed to vet phone calls at the Republican campaign HQ? Behaved like a "star-struck schoolgirl" giggling in front of the fake French Pres? A preview of what future interviews with foreign heads of state would look like if she were VP??... It's incredibly hilarious, but devastatingly embarrassing to listen to.
Head on over to Daily Kos should you like to view the transcript of the prank call. ;)
Yes, this campaign season has been full of these and many, many other weirder stuff. It has been quite a thrill ride, but just so I don't have to endure any further embarrassment from the GOP (McCain, Palin, Joe the Plumber, the circus freak show and wingnuts which follows them around), Nov 5 can't come soon enough.
