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October 25, 2006
13 Days, Hodgmania, What Do New Yorkers Have Against WaPo?
There's 13 days until the General Election. My stomach has been residing somewhere up around my throat for the last two weeks, and I suspect it's only going to get worse. As much as I've made every effort possible to insulate myself from a bad outcome, I can still feel that I do have some emotional investment going in - the exact thing I wanted to avoid.
I have always been someone who's thrown themselves emotionally into their work - often as an outlet for other frustrations and disappointments of the more personal variety. And once again I find myself avoiding my personal disappointments as of late by charging harder and harder into work and school.
I'm going to do what I can to maintain this personal detachment I worked so hard to build up for the last year. I cannot allow this referendum on the state of our country become a referendum on my personal life like it was last time. But much like you write a concession speech so as to not tempt fate, I believe I will buy that bottle of Whiskey to make sure that I don't need it . Plus I'm having a party that weekend, so I know it'll get used one way or another. At least I know that I won't have to be the last one to lock the doors of the campaign office this time.
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John Hodgman made a return to DC last night, and read from his book The Areas of My Expertise. A Hodgman reading is always fantastic - perhaps one of the funniest book talks anyone can attend. Last time he came through, the event was also at the Warehouse Theater - but it was in the upstairs screening room instead of the actual theater space. Therefore, there was a lot more room and I actually go to sit!
The show itself was very similar to the first one, although it did feel slightly more abridged. Last time it was a little more personal - the tight space and bottle of Whiskey that was passed around ensured it. But Hodgman was, as always, spot on and hilarious. After the show he signed copies of the book, including one for my friend I went with - he'd already signed my copy which was at home. We briefly discussed a couple of mutual acquaintances in the world of professional comedy and on the Daily Show staff, as well as the state of politics right now. If you see the word John Hodgman, go check it out.
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One of the presenters...maybe openers is better...for John at the event was David Rees, the ultra-left cartoonist who's well beyond me. Rees was overall fairly funny (though he had one fairly offensive joke that fell really flat), but his best moment was when he was making fun of the Washington Post. Here's the thing - what do New Yorkers have against the Post exactly?
Sure - I love the New York Times. If I subscribed to two newspapers, the second one would be the New York Times. But I only subscribe to one and that's Wapo. There's something very pleasurable about having a newspaper waiting at your door every morning, as well as being able to hold it in your hands as you read it on the train.
Back to what I was saying. New Yorkers seem to have this inferiority complex where they do nothing but insult the Post at every opportunity. What's the matter? So they scooped you on Watergate! So they have Bob Woodward and Fareed Zakaria while you have Judith Miller! Get over it - both papers are fantastic news sources, and it's time you stop harassing the Post.
Oh - and the Yankees suck.
Posted by MikeSager at October 25, 2006 5:45 PM
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