rock over London. rock on, Chicago.

today is St. Patrick’s Day. happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Alisha is apparently pretty close to accepting a job in France. as a nanny for a year. and now she’s getting cold feet. she seems to think the choice between 1. living in Chicago with her friends and 2. living in France with a guaranteed job for one year, is one that she should get really upset about. I don’t get it.
no, that’s not true, I get it, but really. Chicago or France? it can’t be that bad.

the NCAA tournament bracket was announced today. Indiana plays Arkansas on Friday, and if they manage to win that, they almost definitely get North Carolina on Sunday. which they’ll probably lose. after all, this is in Raleigh, and the best basketball team in the country needs all the help it can get. so why not let UNC play in Raleigh?
anyway, Stubhub says shitty tickets cost between $120 and $250. and I don’t actually go, one of the sports editors is a huge UNC fan, so I’m going to talk shit all week. I’ll make the assumption tht Indiana can beat Arkansas, and I’ll talk awful, nonsensical shit. and if they lose, so be it. I will have represented my alma mater with a complete lack of dignity.
I’m just saying. I have to work friday and sunday, anyway.

in world news, the Chinese government has given Tibetans involved in last week’s violent protest an ultimatum, to turn themselves in by today. also, at least 13 and maybe more than 80 people have been killed. watching China have to present a measured response to a nationalist movement within its recognized borders is awesome, because they can’t just completely crush it. oh god do you know they want to, but they can’t. but they might anyway.
because if they do, the floodgates of criticism will open up. and I want to see the political and economic fallout from an Olympics boycott. I really do, I want to see it. so, fuck them.

and that’s it. that, is, it.