Just LALALA-ing here with my head in the sand...

[tjs_whatnot]

And the echo chamber that is MSNBC ♥ MADDOW ♥

I couldn't watch the SOTU. I just couldn't. I don't even handle the clips of his bits and pieces on the news during dinner, I knew I'd be punching something--many things.

But, I did catch this and all was well...

Watch on YouTube

♥♥

And I don't know if it's just been a VERY long time since I've heard a politician talk like this, or if it really was that great of a speech, but JFC, I've listened to it many times already. You know how many times he used the word "I" in that speech? ZERO TIMES. *sigh* And just like that, *pouf* faith restored.

Well, that and last night I watched David Letterman's new Netflix show where he chatted up with Obama and it was... just...

I forgot how much I loved him. Not Obama, I've basically been sustaining myself on the residuals of my love for Obama, no, Letterman. I was actually pretty obsessed for a huge chunk of my life. Like embarrassingly so... even in rabid fangirl norms.

But, enough of that. Here's something funny and not about politics at all. Last night I had a dream that I worked for Tom Hiddleston and Matt Smith. 0.o

I was in charge of their social media--which is funny as they have like zero of any of that--and was responsible for dealing with their fans. Mostly though, I spent the whole of the dream constantly searching for Matt's car keys... which I was told was my job because he was convinced that his fans had some how taken them, even though I always found them in places like in his couch cushions or in a kitchen drawer.

My mind, ya'll. So weird.

Comments

[tielan]

...personally, Social Media Liaison for those two sounds like the job from hell. I would just smack everyone upside and be fired on the first day...

[tjs_whatnot]

Haha, I spent many dream moments imagining all the ways I would ~become~ them on Twitter. ;)

[misbegotten]

Your dream... HAHAHAHA! <3

[tjs_whatnot]

I think it started the day that I went looking for vids for your More Joy day post. ;)

I sort of spent a ridiculous time watching them be ridiculous. It must have sunk deep in my subconscious. ♥

[jadesfire]

Oh good heavens. That is a very detailed and specific dream!

[tjs_whatnot]

Right? I could see it all so clearly.

♥

[ruinsplume]

"We are bombarded with one false choice after another." #truth

I didn't watch the SotU either; couldn't take it. But thanks for this! My faith isn't restored, but this was helpful.

Also, JFC he looks so much like John F and Robert Kennedy. It's eerie.

[tjs_whatnot]

*sigh*

He really does. I think he sounded like them too.

[sherylyn]

I'm right there w/you re: politics on allll of the above.

And your dream totally sounds like something my brain could have come up with. I have the weirdest dreams sooo often; my daughter thinks my brain's nuts when I'm asleep! LOL!!

[tjs_whatnot]

I used to have the strangest dreams, like ones that played out throughout years, and ones in Spanish when I don't speak Spanish... but I haven't been remembering my dreams too much these days, so when I do, I sort of cherish them. Especially the ones with Squishy-Face and Hiddles. ;)

♥

[sherylyn]

I dream up whole sagas at various times. Sometimes I'm the character/person in the dream, sometimes I'm part of the story along with whoever else, sometimes I'm just "watching," almost like a movie, but even if I wake up, I usually still know how the "story" would have gone, if I'd stayed asleep.

But yes, I'd cherish those dreams, too. Or ones with Matt Bomer (sometimes he's Neal, sometimes he's Matt! LOL!), or Harry Potter, or... yeah. Apparently, my brain likes to fandom when I'm asleep!

[arcanetrivia]

I couldn't bear to watch it either. On What the Fuck Just Happened Today they quoted a statistic that 48% of those who viewed it approved, which apparently is itself low compared to other presidents, but I can't help but think must have been tilted higher by those like us who did not view it because they knew they would not approve.

[tjs_whatnot]

Yes, I have to imagine that 48% boils down to like 12 people when you factor out the people who actually watched it. But still, who the fuck are those 12 people?!?!?! I don't get it. At all.

[kelly_chambliss]

I couldn't watch the SOTU. I just couldn't. I don't even handle the clips of his bits and pieces on the news during dinner

Ditto. I get triggered just by seeing photos of the Cheesy One and his GOP clown posse.

Since the speech, I've been reading a lot of suggestions about "Kennedy 2020." Not sure if this would be a good idea. I think the country is too wary of past elite family dynasties. I'm not seeing a clear front runner, though, and it's not too early to start planning. Problem is, I don't really know a lot about anyone who is being touted as a possible contender: Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillebrand. . .guess I need to start educating myself.

I think if they went with Bernie and gave him a younger firebrand running mate -- Warren, say, or Booker -- then Bernie's age wouldn't necessarily handicap him. He'd have a good chance.

My partner's mom worked for Letterman for years.

[tjs_whatnot]

2020 is going to be interesting. I can't see Bernie going for it again, and I really don't think I could handle the Bernie Bros for another election cycle... they're still pretty gross from the last one. Warren I like, but IDK, I just want someone who can be both a fighter and dish what they're given, but IDK... I'd also sort of like someone who can reassure me that we're not all monsters, someone who can convince me that America, the ideal, is still there and worth fighting for. Maybe Kennedy, maybe Booker or Harris. I also really love Schiff and Lieu who seem to have fun poking at the president and can stand up to him while also leaving me feeling optimistic. Whoever it is we HAVE got to stop with the in-house bullshit and get behind them like WHOA.

OH man, I am sooooo jealous of your partner's mom. My dream throughout my teens/college was somehow working for him. Doing what, I didn't know, but just something.

[magnetic_pole]

I couldn't stomach the SOTU, either, but thanks for linking to the Kennedy response. It *was* moving--and at a time when politics does nothing but make me feel vaguely sick, constantly.

Dreams are the best. :) I wish everyone would post about weird stuff that goes on in their heads while sleeping. M.

[tjs_whatnot]

I wish everyone would post about weird stuff that goes on in their heads while sleeping.

Right? It would be so fun to get that peek into everyone's subconscious. :)