Balls the size of mountains

Stephen Colbert did a bit at the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner, with George Bush and others attending.

It is perhaps the most satisfying piece of television I have ever seen. Ever.

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Jon Stewart is brilliant. His takedown of Tucker Carlson on Crossfire was incredibly ballsy. But Colbert has surpassed the master. My choice quote:

Most of all I believe in this president. Now, I know there’s some polls out there saying this man has a 32% approval rating. But guys like us, we don’t pay attention to the polls. We know that polls are just a collection of statistics that reflect what people are thinking in “reality.” And reality has a well-known liberal bias. So, Mr. President, pay no attention to the people that say the glass is half full. 32% means the glass — it’s important to set up your jokes properly, sir. Sir pay no attention to the people who say the glass is half empty, because 32% means it’s 2/3 empty. There’s still some liquid in that glass is my point, but I wouldn’t drink it.The last third is usually backwash.

In other news, there's a decent amount of stuff going on in my life, which I'm not going to talk about in great detail; nothing too bad and quite a few good things. Maybe some other time, when I'm less busy and more bothered.

An Anniversary

How strange.

A year since I returned, with life still little different. I don't feel any more integrated here than I did when I got back. It was easy getting in the swing of things at first but now...

I left the States for so many reasons, which I won't get into. One of them was to feel like I'm integrated into a body politic. But I suppose it was never that simple; that I never can be a "real" Singaporean. Few circumstances in my current existence are available to most people, like the job or the Singapore exit strategy.

So now what? Quo vado? I don't know, but it's time to change. I need to step up the job, the gym and the hunt.

It's fitting that on my anniversary though, I saw Singapore Dreaming's premiere. It was excellent, just truly excellent. It drips authenticity, every last inch of it. It is as Singaporean a movie as a movie can be. Colin has done a truly brilliant job.