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If it's called Daily Blah, how come you don't ... hey, wait, you're writing every day!
See? Told you I'd try harder.
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I say, old chap, you forgot the "u" in "colour."
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Daily Blah for... Thursday, October 09, 2003
No More Movies, Ja?
Thought you'd seen the last of bad movie comparisons in the media now that the "total" recall election is over? Thought Ahnuld's promise that he wouldn't make movies while in office might cause the press to cease the recycling of Hollywood jokes? What were you thinking? Check it out: the fact that Bustamante will serve under Schwarzenegger as his lieutenant governor is being compared to the plot of Twins by none less than the Christian Science Monitor. Will this movie-critic envy among reporters never end?
Pause to reflect on the fact that we just elected a governor who had to promise not to make any more freakin' movies. In other words, we just put Narcissus at the helm of the world's sixth-largest economy. I think the Washington Post said it best: Arnold's Vision is All About Himself.
Although that is an opinion piece with much skepticism, it also ends on the kind of healthy, positive conclusions I haven't been able to reach in recent days:
I'd like Schwarzenegger's win to inspire modest souls of every shade -- men and women who take themselves out of the running for governor, school superintendent or even college -- to rethink or create their own master plans.
Once, the gubernatorial election of a Teutonic-sounding, Austrian-born film star -- even a rich, superbly connected one -- wouldn't have happened. Giggles notwithstanding, a man with a plan -- whose stunning confidence we all could mimic -- will govern the Golden State.
Californians will get what they deserve.
For their sakes, pray that Arnold keeps surprising us.
Meanwhile, if you've been wondering what unearthly antics that job-changing funster Arnie will get up to next, Worth 1000 has the answer.
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