Their technology is far superior to what the other networks demonstrated. Their HD broadcast had 6 analysts who were scoring the debate real-time, as well as independents in Ohio with dials who could react throughout the debate.

I love watching independents react. Last week’s debate, they reacted positively every time someone spoke. Last night, they were divided on the graph as men and women. At one point, the men went back in time and reacted very negatively. The women reacted positively as stereotypically expected — personal stories, things that would cause empathy or other strong emotions, etc.

And then the analysts! Last week, Begala was asleep for the first half hour, but totally came back and had a score close to the rest of the analysts.

Rosen and Rollins were the token extremists. Their scoring was clearly partisan, sometimes giving their candidate more points than the other analysts combined. Last night, Rosen was keeping up and was pretty even with Rollins… until about 10 o’clock. At which point, Rollins fell asleep on the plus button for Palin and gave her 10 points all at once, even though she had stopped talking. This was obviously a mistake, because soon after that, he reduced that to only a 9-point increase.

By the end of the night, Rollins definitely had the win for the most total points on his scorecard, awarding Palin 4 times as many points as other analysts and twice what he awarded Biden.

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I think it started last week when I finally rid my body of the influenza virus. I’ve been having some trouble sleeping, but it was mostly like 11-12 o’clock trouble. After I spent 2 days last week completely out of it, I was wide awake after pre-Thanksgiving. I stayed up progressively later each night, until Saturday night when I was up until 7am. This didn’t turn out too badly since I woke up at 11 and had a normal day. I got drowsy around 6, but willed myself to power through it by doing laundry and fidgeting a lot. And once I made it over the hump, I thought I would go to bed around 9 or so and get back on track. But no.

Once I made it through the drowsy period, I was awake. I stayed up and watched the Patriots and the Eagles play some sub-standard football. Not like bad football, but just not up to their usual standards. By that I mean Tom Brady had a less than stellar game. They still won, but not enough for me to get a fantasy football win. *sob*

Yenny suggested it might be my new meds. Which is possible… that doesn’t explain last week, but combine that with starting back up after taking a week off, and it might explain my self-perpetuating issue now. I hope I get used to this soon. The staying awake part is good. And I’m not tired in the morning — even get up before my alarm regularly now. It’s kind of scary. But it’s a little unsettling to be up at 1-2 in the morning on a weeknight, especially when I’ve been getting up early to catch the bus lately.

I’m afraid this might affect my sanity. You know, what little of it I have left…

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Consensus: INTP.

The issue in the last category is that I like being organized with lists and schedules to facilitate multiple projects. I procrastinate, but will usually get things done on time in the end. It’s just not as important to me to stick to the actual schedule, just that I have a plan. The other test was more focused on the scheduling and deadlines aspect of things, so I was strongly J.

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Ian explained to me very calmly that it was Tuesday.

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Saturday — Got groceries, hung out with my gramma, ran errands… Went over to Ben’s for board games and booze. It was loads of fun. SPJ even came down from NY to hang out. There was boggle, clue, guitar hero II (2 player!), poker, and, of course, celebrity. Some memorable celebrities: Livvy’s mom, GOP (Which, btw, Ian and I later figured out was supposed to be God. Oops.), George Washington Carver, Claude Debussy, and Don Hyatt. Ah, friends…

Now, I’ve just started trying to remember as many of the celebrities as I can. I’m up to 33. Out of 52, I think. Must… keep… remembering…

Sunday — loafed around and slept a bunch. Went over for Gilmore Night at Ian’s parents’. The electricity went out. It was very exciting.

Monday — Slept a bunch again. Went over to hang out with gramma, Yenny, Sonny, and Anna. Sonny and Anna got me a hokie vase! It’s so cute. It’s not actually hokie, just hokie-colored. It’s under our TV now. :)

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Anyway, I signed up for a facebook account and looked for people I knew. Within 12 hours or so, I got found by a few former classmates. And 2 weeks later, I’m, again, wondering what all the hype is. The night I signed up, I spent about an hour poking around looking for people. Then I looked again a few days later when I received my first post on my wall.

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Ohh, two dollar signs. Is that like the in restaurant reviews? Should I hold out for $$$?
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Sigh… Kids these days…

I think I’m getting old. Or maybe I’m just cranky. I just clicked on “Students Against the International Astronomical Union” and it made me laugh.

In 2006, The IAU stripped Pluto of its status as a planet. We will not stand for such an outrage.

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How do you politely say, “I’m sorry, but I need you to leave my office now. My face is burning from your stench.”

And in gossip news, my cousin is interning at *GOOGLE* this summer!! So awesome!

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2/5 – Happy Workaversary, Ian!

2/6 – Sofa Delivery. It is fantastically comfortable, but the delivery guys scuffed the corners and started a tear at one of the seams. We are waiting for sofa parts and then the repair guy is going to come back and fix up the sofa. All very strange to me. Sofas have parts?

2/8 – Got to take a day trip up to NY for work. I went by to visit our NY office (a block away from the Empire State Building!) before heading over to Hoboken to watch some model testing. It was pretty cool, but I think the DVD they made will be better. Each test run took about 15 seconds and then they would have to wait 10-15 minutes for the water to settle. Can’t have any residual waves… that would ruin *everything*.

I had fun riding the train. I don’t think I’ve been on a train since my family moved to Louisiana. That was 20 years ago. They’re so fancy now… I sat in the quiet car on the way up and caught up on some lectures and started my homework. There were even outlets next to some of the seats. So convenient!

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2/19 – Returned from Omaha just in time for dinner at my parents’ house. Ian was waiting for me at the airport when we landed with a batch of snickerdoodles! Mm!

2/20 – Happy Mardi Gras!

Checked my grades when I was uploading my homework for submittal this weekend and saw that my score for the test I took last Wednesday was 10/100. 10%. How is that even possible? I was a little freaked out, so I emailed my prof and found out that they had only graded one question so far. That’s a weird way to post grades. Anyway, didn’t do as well as I had hoped, but still much better than 10%. We’ll see how things go…

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After reading a pamphlet when I was waiting for the doctor, I suspect I actually might. I need to do more research.

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Other highlights: we had several copies of Thursday’s circulars, so everyone could decide where they wanted to go shopping on Black Friday. Wii!!!! Man, that was crazy fun. I also heard a rumor about Animal Crossing for Wii, where you actually fish and have to use the numchuck to reel the fish in. I’m very excited about this.

Second Thanksgiving at Ian’s parents’ place. Relatively quiet this year, compared to the past couple holidays where it was at his aunt’s place. Got a taste of some of the things I missed on my family’s usual menu: mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes. Mm! There was also turkey, of course, green bean casserole, stuffing, cranberry sauce, rolls, and olives (I’m making progress on learning to like these! I think I’ll like them next time I try them. That was #6, I believe.). And for dessert the options were home-made pecan pie and pumpkin pie, with hand-whipped cream on top. I’m disappointed because I was so stuffed by that point, I was only able to try one type of pie.

On the way back, I stood in line in front of CompUSA for about an hour and got inside to find no trace of the sale items I was interested in. Not even a sign and an empty shelf. I suspect they didn’t have what I was looking for. Cheaters.

Friday, I hung out at Costco for about three hours waiting to get 2 new tires. I wandered Costco for an hour, hung out at Borders for an hour, then read my new book (Are Men Necessary? by Maureen Dowd) in front of the tire center until I saw my car come out. I even talked to some strangers. Conversation spurred by the book.

Saturday night, met up with DW and one of Ian’s coworkers at Lost Dog. Fun time. Haven’t been there in a while. Got plenty of gossip too!

Sunday, I worked on the new blanket I started. Not sure what/who this will be for, but I had a pound of dark green yarn and I couldn’t think of anything to use it for. I don’t even know why I have it, since I’m not particularly fond of the color. Otherwise, spent a lot of the weekend watching tv and reading. Finally getting around to “studying” for the GREs. Yeah, it’s half-hearted, but at least I’m making an effort. That’s more than I did for the SATs and that actually had an impact on my future. Well, technically, it did.

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* 3 eggs
* 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 2 1/2 cups white sugar
* 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
* 1 teaspoon ground allspice
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2. Cream oil, beaten eggs, pumpkin and vanilla together.
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Notes: Replaced half the oil with apple sauce and made without nuts. It had a very dense, moist texture. Baked in a cake pan instead of bundt pan. The middle kind of sank, so I probably didn’t bake it long enough. The edges were cooked through though, so it probably needs something that would distribute the heat more evenly. If a bundt/tube pan is unavailable, these would probably do well as loaves.

Served with vanilla ice cream instead of the suggested cream cheese frosting. Might try making cupcakes next time for more variety… nuts, chocolate chips, frosting, etc.

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“I’m obviously disappointed with the outcome of the election and, as the head of the Republican Party, I share a large part of the responsibility,” Bush said.

Right, the message was clear. He’s obviously disappointed that Americans want to set aside partisan politics and expect politicians to behave ethically and collaborate. Good one.

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Now courts can’t do that because of the gay marriage amendment, Friedman wrote.

Apply to insurance, medical decisions, wills… This isn’t to say that I would be for this if they actually went to the trouble of specifying same-sex individuals, but this is writing into our Bill of Rights that we are to take away rights currently upheld in the Commonwealth. If I understand this correctly, my company could be prohibited from offering health coverage to my domestic partner. They weren’t required to before, but this would be offering rights/benefits and recognizing a “relationship of unmarried individuals”. *Gasp*

People who are gay already knew that they weren’t welcome in Virginia, but now we have it in writing! Thank goodness we now have protection for people like Britney and Kevin to uphold the sanctity of marriage. Right. Thanks.

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So, my brother has this box of “door prizes” and every time people visit him, they can pick a prize out of the box to take with them. It’s filled with things like old CDs, DVDs, and magazines. Stuff he doesn’t want anymore, but someone else might find useful. The last time I was over there for Karoke Jam, I picked out a hair dryer because I’ve never owned one before. Why my brother had one, I don’t know. He’s been in the army for like 6 years and has no hair to speak of. Explains why he didn’t want it though.

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After that, my sibs went back to the hotel with the parents and DW, Ian, and I met up with Jessica and wandered over to the Science Museum. There was some new fancy exhibit, but we decided it was too expensive for us, especially since we were only going to be able to stay for an hour or so. Wandered off from there and went to the Dairy Fresh candy store. Oh, there was so much candy. Bought some for presents, some to share with the family, and some for us. :)

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While we were headed there, Ian and I got to point out where we rioted 2 years ago when the Red Sox won the World Series. We watched in Beer Works, so we were right across the street from Fenway and in the Eye of the Storm.

We all headed back after lunch and loafed around until it was time for the weekend’s main event: my cousin and her husband’s wedding reception. It was so fancy — table cloths and

name cards. It was a big traditional Chinese banquet, so it was a lot of drinking and a lot of really good food. She let her uncle emcee for her. I don’t know if she expected him to tell so many, uhm… jokes. ;) Lots of fun and definitely a good excuse to visit Boston for the weekend. And it’s always nice to see the cousins again.

The fam headed out after dropping Yenny, Ian, and me back off at the hotel. We spent one more night, got breakfast at the Busy Bee, then caught the T to head to the airport. Yay Jet Blue!

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