Boo

I just had the biggest laughs in weeks from watching Borat on Youtube. Apparently he's already been to Amsterdam (Your city has very nice sewers) and Canada (Women driving are like monkeys flying planes), as well as a small Republican committee (Thanks to the anti-communists at Fox News). I love his jokes even thogugh a lot of times he leaves me gasping in disbelief.

And then there are the not so funny things - after a particularly stressful week in school last week, I stopped by at one of the largest supermarket stores to pick up some beer - only to realize that, there was none! So I went to the next one, same thing. Two days later, I returned to buy ice cream (my other substance abuse) and saw midterm campaign signs that said, "Vote Yes for Wine in Supermarkets." It saddens me to think that the poor 18 year olds can vote to put alcohol in supermarkets, but they can't (legally) buy it. Stupid laws.

On a happier note, I was sitting at home eating my ice cream and watching TV today and found that the Chinese CCTV news is available! I miss the sound of crisp news reporting in mandarin. The propaganda issues is a lot less than you'd expect from the government-controlled media. It is, however, rather unforgiving on US domestic policies. Kind of like watching a watered-down version of the Al Jazeera in Chinese.

Halloween is here. I am swinging between going all out and party for three days in a row, and just staying at home with my good friends Ben and Jerry. I think I might need to see a shrink about that.