Back in London for a week, staying with my friends here. We were meant to watch this new movie “Jumper” the other night. You know, this one:
A genetic abnormality allows a young man to teleport himself anywhere. He discovers this gift has existed for centuries and finds himself in a war that has been raging for thousands of years between ‘Jumpers’ and ‘Paladins’ who have sworn to kill them.
But here, “jumper” means what “sweater” means in the United States. So if you want to destroy my sweater …
Do your country proud
One of the first things my friend Devon did when she got home last night was ask if I wanted to be on TV today. I would be one of a few Americans on a panel talking about the U.S. presidential election.
I did a little soul searching and then agreed to make a fool of myself on European cable TV. The next morning I got out of bed and rushed over to the studio, where I met the four other people — they were all more than well-informed. They were students of the London School of Economics and a couple were even campaigning for Barack Obama, if not Hillary Clinton.
Basically, in comparison, I sounded a little silly. To keep my nervousness in check, I pretended we were just making a Wayne’s World sort of video podcast with all our African friends phoning in to debate the virtues of Barack versus Hillary.
I hear I will get a DVD of the event, though I doubt I will ever subject myself to the watching of it.
Nice Weezer joke. I’ve seen the trailer for Jumper and pegged it as a renter, but definitely something I want to see. I don’t know how I would react to representing my country and discussing the presidential election. I have very strong opinions on the election, but nothing easily articulable.
P.S. I am jealous of all people who can go to London for a week. I haven’t been in 9 years. I also haven’t left the U.S. in 8. (sigh)
“I hear I will get a DVD of the event, though I doubt I will ever subject myself to the watching of it.”
How many times have you watched the DVD of it by now? I enjoyed watching and laughing with you, if not at you.
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And it looks like a good forum, so just wanted to say hello!
And looking forward to participating.
Going on vacation for a few days, so i’ll be back