pop cultural musings

Just finished a long work day, with aforementioned hated coworker. I could complain in great detail about the day, but my mood was lifted somewhat after I watched the season finale of SNL with guest host Steve Carell: lacklustre, for the most part, saved only by the presence of Amy Poehler and Kristin Wiig, and the sketch featuring the 2 a-holes at a karaoke bar. They do a great job of of capturing dead-on a very frightening contemporary urban archetype. Saw a new Ipod ad, and loved the song, which a quick bit of research revealed was 'Shut up and Let Me Go' by the Ting Tings. I listened to it in its entiretly, loved it, and then came by chance on 'Black and Gold' by Sam Sparro, which I am playing as I write this, and love even more. Anyhow, I am about to watch recordings of the last couple of episodes of 'Fashion File', as well as a CTV program by Josh Freed about packrats and clutter, an affliction with which I am personally well acquainted, having last week emptied my apartment of 4 garbage bagsful of recylable material. Also read a piece in the Guardian by Germaine Greer about how Ayers Rock is being ruined by mass tourism, and in particularly climbers. Sehr interessant. I love the Greer, despite her being, in the words of Salman Rushdie, a 'sanctimonious philistine'