soul splitting action

I had an interview last Thursday with Prince William County Public schools for a position as a teacher's assistant for severely impaired and handicapped children. I was apprehensive when the interviewer went over the job description but I it is an opportunity to have a consistent paycheck. That means I am on my way to saving money and going back to school. 


Movies
Since Space Odyssey 2001 many movies have taken advantage of the amazing impact HAL 9000 had on movie audiences 40 years ago. Recently many movies have given their evil robots the same cold single red eye that HAL had possessed. I think this really speaks to the ability of Sydney Pollack's remarkably effective creativity. 

Last night I saw 9, the movie about the poorly sown, hand puppet looking creatures fighting mysterious looking evil machines. In the movie, mankind is annihilated by the evil machines who turn on their creators a la the machines in the Terminator. The scientist that created the master machine with the big red eye split his soul into 9 parts and put them in the puppets. 

This afternoon, I saw Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for the first time. I have read the book so I am not unfamiliar with the plot line but I thought that it was interesting that both 9 and Half-Blood Prince both had plot elements dealing with the splitting of ones soul being split. 

Town halls, cheetahs, and fantasy madness

Political

This health care debate is becoming irritating. Right now I am sort of fed up with of all the people involved.

I am angry with the GOP for not doing anything.

I am sick of the Democrats inability to unify under a single plan.

I am disappointed the President hasn't been more hands on in shaping the bill.

I am disgusted by the idiots protesting at town halls who aren't interested in civil discourse.

With that being said health care reform is too important of an issue to ignore. Health care costs are rising and the future doesn't look bright. Reform is necessary, we can't ignore it.

I am going to a town hall meeting next month and I am going and I am going to record the debate if they let me. I am really hoping that the protesters allow the town hall to become a debate and not a shouting match. Hopefully I can post something that enlightens the debate and

debunks some of the bad information.

Sports

I just watched Usain "lightning" Bolt obliterate the world record in the 200m and I am convinced he is either a gazelle or an alien. His last 5 races have all been world records. Seriously people, he maybe the best short distance runner of all time. Apparently through his sponsors he gets 100,000 dollars for every record he breaks, which pretty much sucks for anyone he is racing against. Right now he doesn't look beatable.

My friend Andrew just discovered fantasy college football today. Needless to say, I officially have all my Saturday and Sunday afternoons booked until next year. We limited the draft pool to the BCS teams which should keep things semi-sane.