THE CRITICAL CRITIC

OK, Australia is a really bad movie. I have decided that the critics that were kindly toward it, didn't see it. They must have sent their 14 year old daughters or kindly elderly aunt ,who reads
romance novels ,and spliced their reviews with the info that the studio sends them. I mean this movie is over acted, over directed, badly written and just plain ridiculous.Unless of course you believe that a 7 year old, three foot tall boy can stop 1500 stampeding cattle, by staring them down on the very edge of a cliff.If it was supposed to be funny(it wasn't) or a fantasy(No) then I could accept it. BUT IT WAS A SERIOUS MOVIE.And furthermore it forever spoiled the "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" song, which I used to like

EIGHT YEARS TODAY(MARRIED)

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT? AND TOMORROW WE ARE GOING TO THE OPERA(CARMEN) I HAVE NEVER GONE TO THE OPERA, SUSIE AND I ALMOST DID BUT I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE TICKET PRICES. SO THIS IS WHAT I FOUND OUT IF YOU DON'T MIND SEATING IN THE CEILING , YOU ONLY HAVE TO PAY $65, IF YOU WANT GOOD SEATS, THEN IT IS MORE LIKE $350, THAT'S PER SEAT!

OH NO

THE PURPLE ROOM IS NOT PURPLE ANYMORE

AMERICA WINS

What Obama has done is engage people in politics for the first time in a very long time. This brings politics back to the people. It feels like my vote does count(even though I lost the gay marriage one) I am just sooooo happy! I am just so relieved! I am just so grateful!

ADDENDUM TO PREVIOUS POST

FORGOT TO ADD.... THE BEST THING ABOUT WORKING AT THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN CENTER WAS SEEING THE PARENTS , WITH THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN(10 and up) WHO WERE WORKING RIGHT ALONG SIDE THEM, USING THEIR OWN CELL PHONES ,THEY WERE BUSILY CALLING OUT OF STATE AND FOLLOWING THE SAME SCRIPT.

TIME TO VOTE

I had a very interesting weekend working the phones at the Obama campaign headquarters in Ventura. On Saturday I called registered Democrats in New Mexico urging them to early vote and telling them where their polling place was one sweet little old 85 year old lady said" drop dead and go to hell" but most of the other people were polite. On Sunday I called all registered voters in Indiana and most were going to vote for Obama and had already been called 2 or 3 times, but were nice and wanted to talk about the election. One bonus for me was my awful cheap old cell phone stopped working after two hours, even though I was plugged in to my charger and the socket. So I got a new much better phone from good old Costco. Yea!

Now we just have to wait .For you that don't care or want the same old policy of the last eight years you can not imagine how nervous the rest of us are. In my long life this is the election of a lifetime.