Oh, Say Can You See

The plane ride home was uneventful, although I was slightly afraid that the girl next to me was going to either cough up her lung or die (or both). She continually apologized for the 8-hour cough, and I said "Don't worry. But really, are you okay?" because at that point I was afraid she was going to pass the bubonic plague on to me.

I've been in New York for a few days now eating my way through the City and spending a lot of fun time with Travis. We went to the see the new Margaret Cho movie Assassin last night, and it was hilarious. I really like the fact that she will say positively anything with no fear. At the risk of sounding cliche, she's really what we need in the current political climate of America.

Speaking of home, it has been weird being back, but mainly because I've been out the U.S. loop for so long. Sure, I read the celebrity news daily (Britney! Pregnant! Kirstie Alley!) but I've really missed a lot of the real domestic news, and it makes me more than just a little upset to see what has been happening in this country while I've been gone. The country was divided in two by the last elections, and politically speaking, everyone seems so angry. What up?