i have to speak to a college class tonight

: nervous, natch

not sure what im gonna talk to them about. which is probably for the better. dont wanna use up all your good lines on an audience of zip.

i will try to remember to tell them the golden rule of good reporting: go places most people cant go, and then come back with what you saw and tell us in an interesting way.

im going to tell them that anythings possible in this world and it works best when you decide to go for exactly you want.

be yourself like Arcade Fire i’ll probably tell em.

hoping the kids of today even listen to arcade fire.

be creative, try new things, express joy, sweat when you work, dabble in spirituality.

be yourself like Monotonix i’ll probably say.

knowing full well the kids of today have no idea who they are.

rewrite the rules, tear down the 4th 5th and 6th walls, sweat when you work, dabble in anarchy.

be yourself like Prince

knowing that all generations love the Minneapolis soul from the purple one.

be creative, try new things and dive head first into the sexy.

because love is everything.

second only to blogging.

its sass’s birthday today

shes 25

theres many reasons to like people, but i like sass cuz when i say photo shoot? she says heck yeah

sass often has a sad or bored look on her face. its cuz im boring

my favorite picture of your friend from toronto was when she met Pau right after the Lakers won it all

i like it because we get to see how tall sass really is: pocketsized!

closetsized!

happy birthday sexy girl who spent most of the year living in a suitcase

may you find some sweet love, real love, this time around

try this: crush on some straight ones this year 🙂

you know what would be a great job?

the official white house photographer

Pete Souza has that gig and does its beautifully. All day he follows around the President and takes pictures and then puts the best ones up on the White House Flickr feed. Some even get used by the press.

For the last year he has presented his Photo of the Day.

This weekend on the White House Blog he put together his Top 10 favorite Photos of the Day.

The one above is my fave.

Photo: President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama’s hands rest on the railing of a boat during their tour of St. Andrews Bay in Panama City Beach, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. Credit: Pete Sousa / White House

the rally to restore sanity was so good,

i gladly rewatched it with the truest

she hadnt seen it, so as we recovered today from all the halloweening this weekend, i ordered a zpizza and we laughed at the quality entertainment.

but this last, final, reasonable speech given by Jon Stewart was so good i wanted to share it with those of you who maybe missed it.

we have some really smart people in this country. a lot of them never make it on tv.

but sometimes its nice when a few of them do.

party on.