i own a lumber company??? that's news to me... (pause) want some wood?

was that not the funniest line of tonight's debate? dude...

before that, though, plenty else to do today... class, studying, pizza seminar, then home... mom got in last night to visit for the weekend, and she managed to be lazy and play snood all day long while i was gone, so i decided we should do something fun... i ran down the list of like 3 movies that i'd be willing to see that i haven't see yet, and she picked Friday Night Lights... it was definitely a quality film, with one disclaimer... the filming is so purposefully jerky, the imagery at times intensely bloody, and the sound so rowdy and loud at times that the overall effect is so tense (namely in the middle of games), that if you're not careful you'll start feeling nauseous at some points. that said, it wasn't glitzy or overpolished, and it told its story well. go see it once, but make sure you're aware that parts are moderately like a roller coaster ride for your insides before you go :-P

after that, mom declared that she needed caffeine since she couldn't find any in my house today other than tea, so we went to starbucks... and after that made dinner at my house and then leigh, mom, and i all three went to tonight's orchestra concert.

eric tried out for orchestra this year, and his horn teacher (a music grad student) insists that he didn't get in just because he's not a music major and department politics have that much sway (last year he was in wind ensemble which is less intense, although still competative)... anyhow, she's been smuggling him in to rehearsals so that although his name wasn't in the program, he did help play parts of the 1st horn part on their third and most impressive piece of the evening (Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1 in D Major "Titan")... so that was cool... it was the first concert of the school year for me and leigh and the first time in awhile mom had had a chance to go to such an event in a long time.

after that, we all curled up at the house again to watch the debate, recorded earlier. i'm not going to pretend to be great at political commentary, so i'll keep it short.

i don't agree with everything bush does, but even more than that i think kerry is way too naive -- he gives excellent and well polished responses to every question put to him in the debates, and presents himself very well, but i often feel like his words would much more easily be put into action in a world of 50 years ago or in a ficticious world that doesn't exist.

that lumber comment though... dude... i was about to bust a gut laughing for a bit...

new topic: tomorrow mom and me head to NYC to see "the producers"... this should be good :-)

night y'all