Four down, ? to go

I've survived another round of chemo. Nef reared his ugly head on Tuesday night when I couldn't sleep. On the night of chemo, I should learn to prepare for appropriate middle-of-the-night activities (whatever those might be). This week I read until after 2am and then turned on the radio. I flipped between NPR/BBC, WCCO, AM1500, and the chick station. I managed to catch an interesting interview with an abortion doctor, a crazy right-wing radio announcer blathering on about republicans while subtly and not-so-subtly ripping liberals calling into his show, a refreshingly silly woman who never once mentioned the election, and the start of the Large Hadron Super Collider. I have to admit, at that moment I was sort of hoping we'd all be sucked into a giant black hole. No more cancer. No more school. What a relief. They haven't start collisions yet, so there's still hope for the end of the world. (Note to my mom, I am kidding, sort of.)

On the hair front, the top has started to thin. My part looks a little wider. You don't really notice it unless you look straight down from above. But, I am not losing it in clumps. Just a little every day. I've decided I'm going for the Jesse Ventura look. Bald on top and long in the back. And then when the top starts to grow back, I'll win some mullet contests before I really decide what to do with it. For now, I've resorted to getting my hair out of my face by wearing bandannas rolled up into headbands. I remember this look from college and was wondering just how dated I looked until I saw a starlet in this week's People magazine exercising while wearing a rolled up bandanna around her ponytail. Phew, am I glad the 80s are back!

I saw Little House on the Prairie at the Guthrie last night. I had really low expectations so was pleasantly surprised. Laura and Mary were quite good. I don't think it is right for Broadway, unless you are expecting to see a show without a set, but it was fun enough.

I can't write a blog post these days without including some things related to current events and the election. Recently I wrote about how the dems might have to go negative. This writer from Open Left agrees.

The compliments Democrats regularly pay to John McCain are self-defeating and disempowering. We aren't going to win an election where we say our opponents are awesome, while our opponents say that we suck. I want to make a difference in the fight to defeat John McCain, but with this structural set-up, it doesn't feel like I can. McCain's favorables keep going up, and his poll numbers follow along in due course. Gee, I wonder why that is.

And, did you see Obama on Letterman last night? He was okay. Not the best I've seen him. And there he went, stroking McCain and Palin through the whole interview. Just shut up about them already.

And, in even more depressing news, have you read about the churches/pastors who are all going to revolt against the IRS rule that they can't endorse candidates from the pulpit? I guess they figure they can push their case to our conservative Supreme Court and win.

 

Comments

[Shan]

I so agree about the election. I understand--and respect--the high road, but the sad truth is that the Democrats MUST go on the offensive in order to win. No more being the bigger, nicer, more polite person. It does not work! It's unfortunate, but true.

Good luck with chemo this round! It must be so nerve-wracking (biggest understatement ever, no doubt). You are doing great; hang in there!