Palin on SNL

Is it just me, or was it refreshing to see the human side of the American Presidential hopefuls over the past week?? Amidst the suffocating media coverage -CNN should change its monniker - it was a breath of fresh air to watch Barack Obama, John McCain, and even Sarah Palin step out of themselves for a short time and bestow their (or what we are to believe is their own) comedic prowess on us. First Obama and McCain take turns roasting each other at a charity dinner in New York Wednesday - Obama goes all out to win this one in my opinion - then Tina Fey...I mean Sarah Palin..I mean - it's honestly hard to tell - put on a skit on Saturday Night Live that was actually funny. I mean, you have to go back to Toonces the Driving Cat to remember something that actually induced outward laughter on that show....and besides, I invented laughter, and I own the show, sooooo (you have to be a fan of the show to get that one...I hope someone does). With under twenty days to go until the votes get recounted several times, it was actually a joy to watch.
Since this blog is on the verge of becoming political, someting I once said I'd avoid, I'd like to offer a "Hell Yeah" to the Edmonton Oilers, who are 4-0 this young hockey season and still haven't put together a complete effort. Though it's early, it seems things in Oil Country are finally on the up and up. But...on the flipside, the Calgary media still refuses to pin Calgary Flames losses on the fact that, heaven forbid, there are teams out there that are actually better than their beloved
Flames. Here's an idea...how about penning something like:"Kiprusoff hasn't played well, Phaneuf's been too busy trying to look mean all the time to do anything productive on the ice, and let'sbe serious, Mike Keenan's done....well nothing, since Mark Messier won him the Stanley Cup fifteen years ago...." - great last name though.

The Right to Vote?

Well, another Federal election has come and gone - thankfully. I myself do not vote, and quite frankly this choice was made for the plain and simple fact that, well, I just can't find myself caring. This is especially true when: a. we just had a federal election (are we going to turn this into an image-tarring, pertinent issue dodging event to be held and subsequently scoffed at every nine months?) and b. I didn't see, in any way, shape, or form, any significant change arising out of this forum. Too, I should point out that along with my apathy towards the voting process comes an absence of complaining. You will not hear me whining about financial policy or foreign military involvement - which is part-in-parcel to my stance on voting at this juncture in my short and thus far politically uninvolved life. What did amaze me though - almost to the point where I considered stopping in at my local polling station - was the amount of involvement in the process by my peers. There are not enough fingers on my hands to count the number of times I was asked if I had voted? Answer: no. Response: GASP...eye roll...and somewhat snide, "Well, why not??" Essentially, my response was the same each time, "I just don't have it in me to care, and besides, I don't know enough to make an informed choice." Perhaps one day though, when I get through the mindset of taking life one step at a time - an approach which every now and then leaves me stepping in it - I will mark a ballot box. The encouraging thing to me though was that my generation, often misjudged for being lazy, devoid of communication skills vis-a-vie the text message revolution, and considered to have lost the attention span to read and enjoy a good book is taking a stand...and perhaps ultimately having their voices heard. But wait...on the flipside, when my choices include Stephen "not really too sure what to think of you" Harper, Stephane "man you look more scared than Bambi in a headlight show" Dion, or Jack "somehow I'll find the money to make our country work like Sweden" Layton, maybe I was right not to vote.