i am just the type of person who would put related tv squee next to international econ news

1. Fed bails out Fannie and Freddie Mac. Good idea? I'm not qualified/sure enough to say, but I can tell you that the U.S. government just did exactly what they've been telling developing countries not to do for the past 30 years if they wanted World Bank/IMF funds. That sound you hear? That's entire Latin American countries screaming "Por que, idiotas? Por que?!?"

2. Thank you Jessie Spencer, ( for being the second of many many people who need to be making this joke/wearing this T-shirt )

why I cannot be on gchat all the time

Fiona: oh man west wing is gonna be great. maybe sometime this week? we could get mike, he is good for stuff
me: sounds sweet. I've got two interviews tommorrow, but otherwise the week is free
Fiona: sweet
me: I'm going to tell him that right now
Fiona: hahahahaha. mike: champion of bacon and xfiles. he's clearly good people
me: copy and paste, ma'am, copy and paste
Fiona: hahahaha
me: mike says thanks
Fiona: haha. hi mike. we should all make dinner and watch xfiles and west wing
me: no, I'm not having a conversation for the two of you
Fiona: it'll be the best thing that ever happened
me: haha yes, that sounds good
Fiona: and then we can steal a boat and row out to roosevelt island
me: I'm sorry, are you in gilmore girls season five?
Fiona: and declare it a new nation founded on the principles of liberty and awesome
and THEN we will see about the constitution
me: worked for the US
kind of

from the other side of the internets

• 17:35 Off to half-price pizza and beer at old college campus hangout. Will try not to get maudlin. #

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summer's over: a soundtrack

I was a bit bored today and enjoying the new tracks around my iTunes, so I thought I'd share :)



( tracks behind the cut )