the sisterhood of the traveling pantsuits

[dianora2]

I watched on PBS tonight and it was SO MUCH better, even if I did have to tune out every time David Brooks opened his yap.

Mark Warner gave a solid, but not extraordinary, speech. He hit all the right points and was a fairly engaging, comfortable speaker. Were we seeing a future president speaking tonight? Hard to say. As he admitted, following Obama as the keynote speaker was rough. But I thought he acquitted himself well.

Watched most of Lily Ledbetter's speech even though I found her mouth distracting. Only watched a little of Deval Patrick but he seemed to do well.

The governor of Montana is fairly awesome.

The package introducing Hillary Clinton made me cry a little. Really well put together, and Chelsea did a great job narrating. I thought Hillary's speech was masterfully delivered, certainly one of her best if not the best deliveries she's ever given. Very natural and commanding and approachable all at once. The speech itself was strong, deftly highlighting the stark differences between Obama and McCain and tying McCain to Bush. Loved the line about their appropriately being together in the Twin Cities since they're awfully hard to tell apart. The best line: "No way. No how. No McCain." But she also gave a really positive message of what Democrats stand for and why it's so important that we keep pushing forward. Because a woman who adopted two children with autism got cancer and can't afford treatment. That's why. And she didn't wear blue, yay. And I confess I felt a pang for what might have been. I was proud of her and am proud that she's my senator.

Honestly though my favorite parts of her speech may have been the Bill Clinton reaction shots. PBS had a lot of them, and I don't know, it was just hilarious. When Hillary said something funny, he would give this surprised and proud laugh, all "My wife is funny, heh heh." He often had tears in his eyes while watching her. At one point I think he mouthed "I love you." And when she referenced his presidential term he had this total Big Dog look of "Yeah, that's right." Hee! The man cracks me up.

From Gawker: Protestor raises crucial issue at convention. Hilarious.

This picture of Michelle and Sasha is SO CUTE. And this new campaign ad is awesome.

On a completely different note, tonight I watched last week's Burn Notice, and was that the greatest episode or what? So delightful and hilarious and I loved every minute of it. Michael needs to play characters like that more often. I'm so annoyed that there are only two episodes left! A nine-episode season? What the hell is that? Sigh.

Also, if you had any questions as to whether the guy who plays Sal on Mad Men is himself gay, wonder no more. LOL.

Lots of cool shots from Nylon of stars from upcoming and returning TV shows. January Jones is so much prettier in 1960 than in 2008, y/y?

The new commercials for Desperate Housewives have me raising an eyebrow, as at the end all the women are walking toward the camera and Eva Longoria is noticeably more prominently placed than the rest of them. Is she the star of the show now and nobody told me? Did Teri Hatcher approve that? Very interesting. Also, when watching that promo it really strikes me how painfully thin all six women are. I might exclude Eva from that because she's so petite that I'm sure she's naturally that way, but everyone else makes me wince a little. If you eat more you'll have less wrinkles, ladies!

OK, what am I still doing up? Off to bed.

Comments

[kradical.livejournal.com]

I suspect that the size of the second season of Burn Notice was reduced due to the writers strike. But that's just a guess.

And yeah, Senator Clinton's speech was made of yay.

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

Oh man, you're probably right. Boo.

[jjworld.livejournal.com]

whether the guy who plays Sal on Mad Men is himself gay

OMG! It's "Darius, we all thought you were faaabulous!"

Did anyone but me see that movie?

[kopernik.livejournal.com]

I think USA is splitting up the Burn Notice season. Futon Critic says there will be sixteen episodes, up from last season's twelve.

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

Oh, cool! Like they do with Psych I guess. That would make me happy.

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

I might try CSPAN tonight. I think the problem is I do actually like some commentary, I just don't want it to be asshat commentary. Which is increasingly more difficult to find.

Michelle is like me, her default expression is a frown. She probably gets told to smile by men on the street a lot just like I do. Sigh.

[jasminelily.livejournal.com]

I don't understand why some Hillary fans are complaining about the Michelle Obama reaction shots -- she looked perfectly pleasant! Just because she wasn't grinning the whole time doesn't mean that she had a sour look on her face, I thought she looked pretty happy with the speech.

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

I thought so too. Like I said I think i can relate b/c she and I seem to have the same default look. *g* She seemed happy to me.

[jasminelily.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think that she was just listening intently, and not concentrating on trying to smile. I thought she looked pleased and touched.

[k2daisy.livejournal.com]

I just read the transcript. That was a hell of a speech. Good for her.

[no1-antielitist.livejournal.com]

And I confess I felt a pang for what might have been.

That's exactly how I felt when I was watching. Also, I teared up a few times, I'm not ashamed to admit. The whole thing just gave me chills.

[juliedarling.livejournal.com]

Also, if you had any questions as to whether the guy who plays Sal on Mad Men is himself gay, wonder no more. LOL.

Heh, you don't need the pants for that; John Hamm actually confirmed it in his interview with The Advocate (http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid59212.asp) a while back.

Did you know there's actually a long version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExsoS1fnwbQ) of the Desperate Housewives promo with footage from the season? (Gale fangirls are on the case!)

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the links! I'm not sure how I feel about them giving Gabby kids, hrm.

[adventurepants.livejournal.com]

Did Teri Hatcher approve that?

HA!

[twinparadox.livejournal.com]

The Bill reaction shots were AWESOME. OMG. And every time I see Chelsea, I remember the gawky, awkward, homely kid she was in '92, and I'm so proud of her.

I thought the speech was very, very good. As one of the PBS pundits remarked, she gave the Obama camp everything they could've reasonably asked for (that won't stop people from complaining about it, of course). She was a class act and better get a cabinet appointment out of this if he wins, IMO.

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

Chelsea was lovely. I read a New York Magazine article on her a while back and it was interesting. I'm wondering if she's going to follow public life at some point as well.

And I would selfishly prefer to have Hillary still fighting in the Senate...especially if anything's going to get done on health care.

[sarmoti.livejournal.com]

One of my favorite lines (and there were many!) from Hillary's speech was "My mother was born before women could vote. But in this election my daughter got to vote for her mother for president."

I was at a movie tonight so I recorded the convention tonight and am watching it now. Nerdy! :)