Contest/No Contest

The pace over at nie has definitely gotten more demanding as of late, and probably the combination of the longer school hours plus the already (generally) unspectacular classes and always draining journey to and from the place have combined to really such out all the energy from me, particularly from this week onwards. By the time i reach school, even before any lessons have started, i already feel so sapped of energy, as if it's time to go back. So for this weekend, instead of going for the fes conference thingy, i've decided to just stay home and re-energize (eh, and of course try and get some more of that seemingly neverending stream of boring school work done).

Of course, staying home means that the usual distractions are commonplace. I thought that once the Olympics went there would be less stuff to keep me from my work (which i oh so want to do) but then came the Democratic and now Republican National Conventions. The fact that CNN has basically let these take centerstage over the past two weeks has meant that it has become oh-so-easy for me to plop my laptop in front of the telly, hoping to type out some assignment, only to instead end up watching convention coverage for hours on end. I've always been intrigued by American politics, and this is no exception.

You can therefore imagine my fascination in seeing McCain's veep pick. For some strange reason, unlike apparently most of the American public, i knew who Sarah Palin was before her name was announced - guess it says a lot about how much i allow politics-watching to distract me from other stuff. But that aside, i was quite amused to see some of the stuff that has popped up on facebook as of late in response to her being chosen, with groups emerging that are both for ("draft sarah palin for veep") and against ("i have more foreign policy experience than sarah palin") the choice. The latter was quite funny really. And there were (i suppose and hope what were) amusing doctored pictures of her as well, handily summing up some of what has been learnt about her over the past week - not the most flattering of shots, but here it is anyways - cracked me up (can't imagine similar stuff popping up over here too often)


Oh well, whatever it is, looks like i'm going to be getting myself very distracted with this all the way until november... (And seriously, is the best CNN can do for an interview with a Republican activist really Stephen Baldwin??)