ok so just pushing enter posts these things now.. ok.. well i wasn't supposed to do two posts but here is an opportunity to make jenn laugh outloud with this lovely gale/jesus icon.. cracked me the fuck up. i wish i could read the smaller writing but i can't. ok. the debate. i was first caught offgaurd by how good bush was doing. i had too low expectations of him and when he slightly surpassed them i didn't know what to do and he seemed to be doing much better than i guess he actually was. he had that whole "i am one of you, one of the people" thing going on and kerry seemed too uptight and formal at first and i was freaking out. and then we all got comfortable and bush started having those ridiculous cut away looks and kerry started making a hell of a lot more sense and bush started getting defensive and pissed off and even THREATENED us! "and you better have a president that is willing to make these shitty mistakes, god help you if you don't!" wow! that was hilarious. so that makes me think the bush camp is desperate and that makes me feel good inside. i just rewatched fahrenheit 9/11 tonight and i'm all pumped. i'd really like to see that kerry documentary. i've been reading pieces of this GQ interview with him where he just sits and has a beer with this guy and talks about his family and good rock n roll music and meeting people on the road and it just makes me calm down and sigh and think, ok this is a good guy, i can put aside that he's filthy rich and he's not exactly fighting for gay rights at the moment, he's a decent human being, he's got a strong woman who excites him, turns him on, who is "sexy and saucy and challenging".. a "full woman. confident.. loves being a woman.. wears her womanhood. smart. has a sense of self." you know? laura bush seems like a sweetheart but these words i'm sure have never been passed about her. so anyway, i'm rambling about teresa, i understand, but dammit kerry's a smart guy and he's not going to fuck up. my absentee ballot has come and gone. i have voted. and my vote will count. thank god. speaking of god.. i watched the most amazing little documentary about gay orthodox jews the other night - the movie wasn't as spectacular as the special features with all this extra footage of rabbi interviews.. and it floored me, mainly about just how smart jews are.. did we know this? they make it their mission to always be challenging their faith and struggling and proving and learning and listening.. your average non-religious jew is almost always smarter than your average other human. look at the west wing for chrissake. so i'm listening to these rabbis speak and i'm aghast at how understanding and intelligent and just GOOD they are and i really want to start seeing one and have them give me life advice and make me into a better person, when i'm not drowning in gay sex, but i'm afraid that's off limits because i'm not jewish.. but it was just bizarre to, for the first time in a very long time, really see the necessity for some sort of religion in some people's lives and appreciate that and almost envy it. so wow. it's called Trembling Before G-d and you should see it. goodbye now.