Delirium's Chartreuse Spatula

Some quick thoughts for the day.

Tomorrow I will be in Charlotte for the Radiohead show. I am pretty psyched. Not as psyched about the 4 hour drive each way, nor the $3.60/gallon gas for said trip. But ehh, what am I gonna do? It'd be awesome if they would go ahead and set up a train system similar to the eurail or britishrail in this country. By tomorrow, ideally.

Top Chef - while I still love this show, and I think I will go to culinary school after my midlife crisis, this season is a big ol' wtf?!?! In previous seasons, there has been a pretty distinct line between the wheat and the chaff. I have been able to predict the final 5 by the 2nd episode every prior season. This season, nobody seems that good. I get the impression that they chose the contestants 100% by personality and not by talent. Which is kind of weird, because by and large most of this season's chefs are "more qualified" than previous seasons, in that most of them are already executive chefs or restaraunteurs. My feelings are that the final 3 will be Antonia, Richard, and any one of the most obnoxious assholes (Spike, Dale, or Andrew). Stephanie is good, but I think she will crack under the pressure, she doesn't have a strong enough personality to hang with all those crazies. But ultimately, I don't care who wins because I don't really like any of them. Not like Casey from last year (rrrrrrowwwww!)

Root of All Evil - The new show on Comedy Central. I don't get it. I should like it, I am a fan of Lewis Black, Patton Oswalt, and several of the other comedians that have been on there. It just strikes me as a pointless and stupid show. Basically, two comedians are given a topic to defend as the most evil of the two topics and Lewis Black renders a verdict like it is a legal trial or something. The comedians do standup routines based on their topic being evil. But for the most part, the topics are unrelated to eachother and the material completely hinges on knowing about the topic (for example, last night one of the topics was Donald Trump. I don't watch the Apprentice and never have, so most all of the material was over my head, or under my feet in this case). So basically, it is two standup bits stetched out to fill 22 minutes of airtime. Not as good as it should be given the talent level usually on there.

Pick up a copy of Feeling Kind of Patton by Patton Oswalt on CD if you haven't already. It is phenomenal and I will be quoting it on this blog fairly often.

Inflammatory political comment - I don't vote. I have never registered to vote. I don't plan on voting this November. The system doesn't work. I live in North Carolina. It does not matter who I vote for, because this state always votes Republican for president (although it is swing by district for Congress and Governor). That is not to say that I am a Democrat, it is more a statement that the Electoral college is a tragically flawed dinosaur that should be abolished. The technology exists that the popular vote can be determined as easily as the bullshit electoral state by state breakdown, so what's the point of it? Is also gives unfair advantage to the large populations states (e.g. California, NY, Florida) regardless of how many people actually show up to vote. If all 1,000,000 Voters in Idaho show up and vote, their state's electoral votes are still 4. If two people show up to the polls in California, their electoral votes are 55, 14 times as many. Why is voter turnout so bad in this country? Because for the most part, your vote doesn't matter.
Oh, and if I were to vote this year, it would be for Ron Paul. As it happens, I agree with his entire platform except that he's pro-life (and I don't see anywhere on his site what he thinks about gay marriage, which I am FOR). http://www.ronpaul2008.com/

Props: Cinnamon Toast Crunch; Star Trek: The Next Generation; me, for my fantasticity

Slops: me, for not being able to turn off the ST:TNG dvds before 2am; the real estate market in Cincinnati; people too lazy to use their fucking turn signals