Save the cheerleader, save the world

I admit it. Heroes has me by the nads. In my teens I occassionaly watched soap operas, mostly because the suspense drew me back in. I have to thank advertising for turning me off of tv. I am probably happier without. Sure, the daily show rocks, and I loved babylon 5, but tv=bad for you.

Heroes is very well done. The acting is good, the story believable, compelling, and interesting.

There’s probably something about being a social reject in one’s youth that leads to a love of comic books, fantasy, etc, etc. I’m not quite sure why these genres are so compelling to me, but they are.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with Heroes, it’s a nbc tv series. People with strange abilities from “around the world” (ie, almost all from america. One indian and two japanese people not withstanding). “Normal” people. Who get an array of abilities, many of which are remarkably reminiscent of x-men, for the most part. But there’s no professor X. This is a darker, more sinister world. And more mysterious. Sorta x-files meets x-men. But more intimately grounded in real life. It’s good watching, I much recommend it.

Not enough time

So I want to

  • do a daily workout (on day 3, aerobic only.)
  • eat fresh fruit and vegetables (it’s good to have dreams)
  • make friends with new chicago people (note this does not mean sleep with them)
  • travel to interesting new places (like my recent trip to Seattle and Denver).
  • do board games
  • pursue my environmental interests
  • level up my WoW characters to keep pace with friends
  • read

Did I mention that I have a 8.75 hour work day, and a 1.75 hour roundtrip commute? Assuming 8 hours of sleep (why not assume a magical genie to grant wishes), that leaves 5.25 hours per day for all the above, as well as breakfast, dinner, and routine maintenance.

not. enough. time.

breaking news: catholics screwed up about homos

A few bishops voiced concern Monday that the guidelines, on which a final vote is expected Tuesday, would not help them reach gay Catholics. Bishop J. Kevin Boland of Savannah, Ga., said the distinction between calling homosexuality a disordered inclination and insisting that gay people are not disordered would be lost on gay men and lesbians.

“I think that is quite reasonable for the heterosexual, but for the person with the inclination it will be very hard to accept,” Bishop Boland told the conference. “To apply it pastorally can be quite difficult.”

It can be quite difficult because we’re not all idiots or filled with self-loathing. That particular absess took a long time to drain, and I don’t particularly feel the need to refill it. Assholes.

Dispossessed

There’s a little beautiful irony to the fact that as I was landing at SLC, and finishing up The Dispossesed, I left my winter coat on the plane. At least I didn’t lose another of ‘s loaner books. When Ellen loaned it to me, I didn’t recognize it, but this was the second time I had started to read it. It’s not an action oriented novel, and it has alot of obscure philosophizing in it. But it definitly picks up at the end. Maybe I’ll read more LeGuin… =)

Yay for congress and a thought on gay prostitutes

So, Dan Savage wrote about something that was on my mind in the Haggard case (the pastor who’d been hitting it with a male prostitute, and snorting meth to boot). Prostitutes generally do not kiss and tell. It’s bad for business.

I have very mixed feelings about this particular case. The prostitute violated an expectation of confidence. The john sooooo had it coming.

What are your thoughts?

PS. Yay on the election.

I didn’t vote

And it doesn’t really matter. That’s a prediction. But I’m in fucking chicago, ferkrissakes. If a democrat (or green) that I could have voted for loses by 1 vote, you may feel free to stab me in the thigh with a fork.

I was late about the early voting, got my shit together a day late, and now I’m a time zone away from my polling place for training. So, sadness, but not a big deal.