Celebrity Circus

Yes, it's that time of year again - election time that is. Today and tomorrow are going to be insanely hectic on campus. One of my usual shortcut routes has been effectively blocked by a giant porta-stadium. Who's going to be using the stadium, you ask? Well, today at 6, John Kerry is going to be giving one of his routine stump speeches, and his presentation will be punctuated by appearances from famous people like Jon Bon Jovi and Ted Danson. Lovely. And tomorrow, Condie Rice is coming on over to give a lecture. Our studio professor sent us an email last night that strictly forbade us to skip classes in order to go ogle at the spectacle. I doubt I'd be all that interested anyway. I might like to run on by just to catch a glimpse of the famous people so I could brag to someone eventually, ten years down the road, but I don't think I'd be willing to skip class for all of that. Ted Danson's pretty awesome though...
As I was running to class this morning, I noticed the porta-stadium was bounded by five porta-potties. I wonder if they expect the presidential candidate of the democratic party, or even those famous celebrities, to use those. Somehow I doubt it. I doubt they'd even use the oddly shaped maze of stalls that make up the first floor toilets in the CFA. They probably have a special marble toilet in a trailer somewhere hidden away. How odd of me to think of that. Hmm, I think I won't get to see any of them, since I have a class at 6:30 and the speeches start at 6. O well, this will be the second time I missed seeing Ted Danson. At least I got to see John Edwards.
So why has Angela been so elusive for the past few days? It's because Angela has been spending all week finishing her mid-semester presentation. It took forever and was underappreciated in all of seven minutes. Not that I particularly care. I wasn't overly attached to it anyway. And yet, at the same time, I'm severely disappointed in my craft and have the urge to make something perfect and beautiful in woodshop. I think I'll stop by there after studio today and have a chat with the shop monitor about making a chessboard. Or maybe I should start on my wire ornithopter...Anyone know how to bend wire into a subtle but exact curve?
O and I have no classes on Friday so I'm completely free after 4:30 on Thursday. That means shopping with my Benny-Bean! (Yup, that'll be my blog nickname for you, my dear. Sappy, isn't it? I told Rachel and she made a noise that was somewhere between amusement and totally wierded out - I took that as a sign of it being just perfect. Perhaps I'll come up with something more inventive later...)
O and I forgot to mention that Michael Moore has rescheduled and is coming to CMU some time soon...insane!