Enough said.

On to page 19.

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In any case, Sarah became an Alaskan.

And learned to read.

Wow.

Slow going to page 15.

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Basically, at least from an upbringing standpoint, Sarah was pretty normal. It’s pretty clear where she got her spirit of political activism. And to some degree its evident how that activism was bent towards the go-it-alone (vs. communal) brand. Sarah appears at this point in the book to take more after her dad than her mom, but of course influences exist from both DNA lines.

The only real funny in this section was the oh-so-not inadvertent name dropping of Ronald Reagan (again), this time in reference to a family member. It seems she’s hellbent on making sure you get it…Sarah is a Reaganite.

Thus concludes page 12.

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The first thing we’re told is that Sarah’s arrival in Alaska was foreshadowed by a massive disaster, an unprecedented 9.2 earthquake, on record at the time as the largest in North American history. It’s quite possible that Alaska was shaking in fear of the climate disaster yet to come (and yet to be generally ignored by Ms. Palin).

Regardless, we do learn one key fact about the young Sarah: she’s very independent-minded; a free spirit if you will. She attempts to fly and stubbornly refuses to accept the alphabet as is. And because its small town Alaska, she’s even allowed to walk the town alone at age four.

Of course in flying and (presumably) alphabet penmanship she eventually conforms.

But that’s all we know for now, because that’s page 9.

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But for Sarah, Wasilla was her stepping stone. She would take on Juneau and the Big Oil monsters — from the comfort of Big Oil’s economic development post. From there, the governorship! She could tear through the political barriers and break down the corrupt back-room deals. Or maybe she simply had no idea what she was doing?

Anyway, back to the fair. That’s what’s important after all.

Oops, no, whiplash! Back to politics, that’s what’s important after all.

She did GREAT! She pissed off nearly everyone along the way, but that only showed she was good. Well, and the 88 approval ratings. Perhaps she was actually pleasing the public and doing right. Then the call came. And everything changed.

Thus we finish page 6.

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It seems that America has lost its way through the political machine of Washington, D.C.

But perhaps Sarah and Ronald Reagan can fix it all?

We’ll have to see next time, for that’s page 3.

Forward to pages 4-6

What is interesting is how easily a democracy can be fooled. The great masses in today’s United States democracy are vaguely aware of how little power they wield. In actuality, it seems, the United States is actually an oligarchy. The corporations and others with wealth or power herd the masses in the direction of their choosing. Today this is evident under the leadership of the right and left wing nuts that are derailing any reasonable discussion around health care reform. The right have created terms such a “death panels” while the left insist any program without a single-payer system is corrupt. In the middle, the herds dutifully shift left or right and ultimately no one is left for common discourse.

Newspeak is alive and well but not quite in the form the adherents of Ingsoc imagined.

-Eric Small, literary deconstrutionist

The second is a follow-up to the first, but this time, the Enterprise is investigating the gates to once again save the Federation. And once again, they get stuck far, far, FAR from home. And there’s once more a mysterious enemy that threatens the mission.

Together these two kept me busy for about a week. And I’m sure I’ll read them again in times to come. They bring me back to my youth, whilst also taking me away to the future. You can’t beat that!

– Geeked out in Sci-Fi, Eric Small

My favorites parts were the opening with Perez Hilton and the deep, dark, leathery scene about mid-show where Brit is hoisted up by two arm-entwined, mostly naked guys, all three blindfolded. Fantastic!

Click the photo above to see the full album, or click here.

Here’s some of the really good ones though…

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Yours in Britney Bliss, Eric Small

Well, sort of.

The great thing about this show is how good a job the producers do at interweaving the threads of the storyline. Arcs you thought were long gone pop up now and then, or sometimes simply in a flash before they’re gone again. And somehow they manage to keep a complex story and very complex timeline from unraveling into a chaotic mess. Sometimes its by focusing on one character; sometimes by focusing on an event or object. But they always manage to keep the story cohesive while throwing you for a loop.

I do love this show.

-Eric Small