The more I think about it, the more pissed off I am about Fall Out Boy's tour dates, and the 4 opening bands, and the boosies that come with not being able to see them do the new stuff. 4 bands really is pushing it guys, seriously. Especially at this point. And I'm probably not going to see David Cook either, which also sucks. I can't really travel to concerts...ugh. And more and more, I'm glad I did see FOB last month. Patrick is lovely when he revs up for "Suitehearts." Oh, they're all lovely to me. Boys in bands...kryptonite?

But I am supposed to go with the Mikes on Scandinavian Disco Adventure to Brooklyn next week, so hopefully that will work and it'll be fun. They have to come back and drink the whiskey that's sitting in my pantry.

I'm reading this catalog, I guess, from an exhibit on Russian fashion organized by Belgian designers a couple of years ago, and it's awesome. There's a page where they show some kerchiefs featuring propaganda/Communist designs, and they're really awesome. I wish I owned a couple of those; I wish it was kerchief season, actually. Not until summer or if I'm cleaning house. They make me look extra Russian-Jewish...woo.

Still can't believe we have a new President...Bush presidency seemed to last forever, and I think that's because it was the first one where I was really conscious of what was going on. My parents were not fans of Bill Clinton, so I was kind of blinded all of that.

Also, I'm reading "Confederacy of Dunces" again, and it's more awesome than I remembered. I hope they never, ever get the movie made. There's too much goodness in the book that would be lost, too many amazing details. And they wouldn't cast a real person as Ignatius, anyway, so you'd have to hear constant movie promotion leading up to the film's release about how Actor X had to wear a fat suit and it was soooo tough and KICK ME.

This is the year I gave up on awards shows. I'll look at Getty Images for Oscar dresses, but I could really give a shit at this point. I haven't seen any of the "big" movies and I don't plan to, either. Nothing really interests me. I'm too excited to watch "Oklahoma!" with Hugh Jackman when it arrives tomorrow. Fine, the Oscars will be background noise, and I'll watch the Grammys so I can laugh and liveblog at Idolator, FINE. I won't be happy, though. Except if MIA wins Record of the Year or whatever she's nominated for; that would as awesome as Michelle Obama wearing Isabel Toledo.

All I'm going to note is this: I have not been at the same level of rah-rah enthusiasm as some of my peers about Obama, but watching the pre-inauguration today, watching him prepare to walk out as President-Elect... I almost burst into tears. Maybe because I only got 4 hours of sleep last night, maybe. It was so strange, watching everyone walk out like they were royalty, Pelosi in her purple, Dianne Feinstein, the Bushes...

But I didn't think this day would be here and now it is, and they've all made it through, safely. And Michelle wore Isabel FUCKING Toledo, which is the most bad-ass thing she could possibly wear, on a grand scale. Unless she busted out some like, crazy Olivier Theyskens, I dunno.

The Facebook status of my friend from high school: "X is depressed about the inauguration. Kiss America goodbye." And first of all, this is not a stupid girl; she's too smart to say something like that. I thought that maybe she was a social conservative, but "kiss America goodbye" is kind of pushing it. (Her away message right now is also really snitty; I'd love to know what she thinks is going to happen, exactly.) Give the guy a chance, huh? Were the last 6 1/2 years really so great? A lot of conservatives talk about how they're apprehensive and fearful of an Obama presidency, but I spent the last 6 1/2 years living in fear of what the Bush Administration would do, what they would take away. I spent the last few years fearing that they'd go nuke-happy or invade countries on the basis of promoting America's freedom or some BS like that.

I'm nervous about this presidency, too, but I'm not going to totally write it off just yet. Maybe we can get some civil rights issues sorted out, maybe make some good scientific advances and oh, give people some jobs while we're at it. I just don't think anyone should discount the President before he even begins to do things. Plans and rhetoric are one thing; it's wait and see time, now.

ALSO: I suck at Risk. But maybe we shouldn't have started playing it at like 12:30, just a thought.