ugh. life. money. dad quit his job stupidly and i'm running around trying to find new jobs to fill as much of my time as possible. movie gallery looks like a sure thing. finally. new management. i'm ready to move out and be free of these obligations. looks like my only job opportunities are in selling movies and cleaning dog kennels... it's kind of fun tho. i need a car. and HBO so i don't have to keep missing the Sopranos. hopefully i'll see last week's episode before it's too late. i'm addicted to elvis costello and 102 Jamz. frank: i'm in love with jay-z and you're in love with the west wing.. we're turning into each other. i miss the days of watching the first four seasons of the west wing for the first time.. that made me so happy.. what a show it was. made me so fucking excited about being a democrat, you know? gets you so pumped about politics. you watch and you shake your head and slam down your fist and say "this is how politics should be!!! these are the logical conclusions to our country's issues, why debate?! why can't the men and women in the white house be as noble and intelligent and compassionate and GOOD as these fine people?!?! WHY CAN'T TOBEY AND SAM WRITE OUR PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES!?" and i just fell completely in love with the characters. I WANT JED BARTLET TO BE OUR PRESIDENT. i love leo and charlie and CJ and donna and margaret and i always have a crush on cocky yet sensitive josh and i have incredible love for tobey, the most complicated and beautiful character of the bunch maybe. you're in for a treat. keep watching. and this is why i'm so sad about the new season. aaron sorkin, the main writer/lifeblood of the show, went and left after season four and the new main writer keeps giving us these stupid "you can't miss the next all-new west wing.." military catastrophe, government upheaval bullshit storylines and they pander to the audience now, explaining big words and such, and it's just colder - the warm family witty banter thing is dwindling slowly.. it's terribly sad. yknow the west wing has won the emmy for best tv drama series for its first four years, which is amazing to say the least, but i'm afraid this year things will change. but you know what? even with its quality lowering so dramatically, it's still one of the best damn shows on tv.