There are two types of people in this world, which one are you?

I had a relaxing weekend. I took Friday off just to catch up on some needed rest. I baked some toll house cookies, because it seemed appropriate in the autumn like weather, I also knew Kate would definitely appreciate them. Saturday was a day of errands & house cleaning, and later Kate came over. We ate at Grimsby's, a locale restaurant/pub, and went for a walk in the damp night air. There were quite a few local teenagers, a few of them seemingly drunk, roaming the town center that night. I suppose it was the last hurrah of summer for them before heading back to highschool. Kate and I were approached once by one who must of thought we were teenagers until he got closer and saw otherwise. I've had trouble in the past on a couple occasions with some of the local "tough guys" that are bent on getting into a fight. Luckily this was avoided and his friends called him an idiot and dragged him back towards a group which was congregating in a convenient location: the middle of the street.

On Sunday Kate and I caught the latest in Indy-film success stories. "Little Miss Sunshine" which stars Greg Kinnear and Steve Carell is a dark comedy about a seemingly disfunctional family which pulls itself together to offer each other support in an array of various cathartic and emotionally trying events. We both enjoyed this movie quite a bit. While very funny at times, it really can be seen more as a drama. The movie was comprised of exaggerated symptoms that many people suffer on their paths through existence.

Review: Little Miss Sunshine

Monday we walked to Waltham from the Riverside T station. Waltham's Moody street was completely deserted on the weekend. We ate at Margurita's which was unfortunately the only restaurant out of a multitude of choices, which was open. Despite some initial disappointment, Margurita's hasn't disappointed me yet. I had a lovely plate of enchiladas and Kate had a sampler plate which was a enchilada, burrito, and a taco. Each dish came with beans and rice. We plowed through most of two baskets of chips and salsa too. I felt the need to "moo" intermittently as I grazed on the second basket of chips, after finishing most of my main entree.

After dinner we walked back to Watertown where we caught the "86" bus to Cleveland circle. From there we walked back to Kate's. Shortly later I headed home.

Crazy about Steve Irwin! Well, I guess considering the obstacles he was constantly putting himself through it doesn't seem that crazy, however, it is still awful. The real irony of it is supposedly the sting ray isn't that dangerous of an animal, and such an accident is quite rare. So a man who devoted much of his life to wrestling crocodiles and agitating poisonous reptiles, ultimately was done in by a usually harmless fish. Go figure.

Politics: I must say that this is a great move on the part of the democrats. It's about time.
Democrats raise Rumsfeld attacks to put GOP on defensive
Something like this is long overdue, and there are many situations where such activities could be done. Unfortunately the Democratic party has poor leadership currently, and many of the problems with the Republicans exist within the Democratic party as well, making it difficult to point the figure. Lastly Dean, the party leader, is currently to the left of a party that has been funding the Iraq war. The "pull the troops out" idea is unrealistic, and yet party leadership apparently doesn't get that.

I don't know. The elections will be interesting. I look forward to seeing if things will change. I somewhat doubt that they will. I kind of think these polls mean nothing. The polls are conducted usually in more urban areas, which trend to the left. Religion will determine elections in the south, there will be little change in blue states, and only a handful of seats may change hands. I don't think it will be enough to have any impact on the government. Come November I feel the story will be "Why didn't it happen?" rather than "How did it happen?" They'll be accusations of the left saying things were fixed etc., and perhaps some urban legend too. When it comes down to the nitty gritty, the problem will be bad polling. You need a break down of each state, then pull statistics from that. You can't say "55% want things to change" from a mass, non-specific cross country poll, because that is not how the make up of the congress is going to be decided. Its a safe bet that most of the new dissidence is coming from "blue states" which already have democrats in office, and that they place blame on the other state representatives rather than their own.