SITREP

Just didn't want the headlining entry on my blog to be a political rant from waay back before Super Tuesday. A few updates:

• Busy as hell on the current show. Had a great time wrapping up this summer's shows, Iron Man and Wall-E (very, very minor role on Wall-E). Took a few days out of my one week off to finally go check out tapings of the Daily Show and Colbert. A co-worker got me and a few other co-workers backstage for Colbert which was absolutely awesome. I took pictures, but I think they don't want me to put those up on the blog.

• I swear to God my body is just deciding to fall apart on me this year. The ankle thing from early on got re-aggravated three times through the spring/summer, putting me back on a cane for about a week or two each time. Now my back is acting up. I think a lot of it is the heavy work schedule resulting in lack of exercise and probably a bit too much 'comfort food'. Looking forward to spending time working out more and recuperating after the show wraps.

• I'm working with Milo to give up Tuna (the cat). I've got to say that folks really undersold the issues involved in getting a cat when I was originally making my decision. Contrary to what I was told, yes, I'm too busy, and yes, my apartment is too small. Maybe she's comfortable with the apartment's size, but even with daily litter changes, my apartment regularly smelled like poo. I also was never told about the kind of 'blame-the-victim' outlook on pee problems. If a cat pees somewhere, it's your fault, and there's no point in scolding or spanking them because they don't understand why you're upset. In my case it's probably the erratic schedule that upset her, which just can't be helped. I've seriously had a much easier time with dogs. While I still like cats, I can pretty firmly count myself as a dog person.

• A bit of a political rant: We're in the middle of the post-RNC bump for McCain, which is naturally disconcerting to see. Though I'm still somewhat confident for Nov. 4, I've got to admit that I've gotten pretty disappointed in Obama for not taking the offensive early and often. Like so many times before, it seems like the Democratic candidate is constantly on the defensive when the opponent has so much more to answer for. This campaign has managed to surprise me several times before, though, and we are still nearly two months out.