stuart smalley & kumar go to washington

well, yet another attempt to see if i can't become a regular poster here on this unfocused blog. i'm just back from book group- our book was the inheritance: the world obama confronts & the challenges to american power. i had read about one quarter of the book-most of the group had not read it or had only started it (in our defense, we ended up meeting a week earlier than usual at the last minute). what i have read of it is quite interesting- it does activate the old anger at W- amazing how fast it comes up. & that's just on the basis of reading the part about iraq & iran & afghanistan.

politics have been interesting lately. stuart smalley is going to washington- how weird is that? i remember when reagan came to washington & everyone talked about surreal it was to have a former actor as president- now we've really spread the surreal-ity! so minnesota finally settled the election & al franken is our newest senator- & kumar in the white house?! kumar (actor kal penn) started work yesterday as the associate director in the office of public liaison with an emphasis on connecting the white house with asian-american & pacific-islander communities, as well as arts groups. i sure hope he returns to the role of kumar- harold & kumar go to white castle is truly a classic. it's right up there with bill & ted's excellent adventure- the only rule for which keanu was truly suited & well-cast. & what about the weird sarah palin resignation- rather bizarre. but worry not, for some things never change- marion berry has again been arrested (this time for stalking a woman). it's comforting to know that we can count on some things.

so, i've done some soul searching about the difficulty of posting for me. part of it is my usual pattern of heading out of the gate strong & then kind of losing steam .... i also decided i didn't have a particularly "blog-able" life. but then again, how many people who blog do? & perhaps i can write a bit gooder than many others? so i have a blog without a clear focus & a not especially blog-able life. & yet i do want to continue on with it- just because. who knows- something interesting could happen. & maybe if i do it regularly & make it sufficiently interesting, someone may read it regularly??!!

so i've once again broken the blog/post fast- i'm certain i can develop more regularlity. because i'm good enough & i'm smart enough & doggone it, people like me.