Anyone else have the Sunday night, Nobama blues?

[Clio the Leo]

So I eat, sleep and breathe Washington news ... one of the first things I do in the morning is check The Page and Politico (I know filthy rags but they've got stuff to read before anyone else) to see what's on the schedule for the day. I then set my Tivo accordingly.

During the day, instead of smoke breaks, I take iphone breaks to see what news has happened while I've been away.

Evenings are filled with watching Tweety, Keith and Rachel and then watching them AGAIN and then watching CSPAN's replay of the days tv events.

And that's how it goes Mon-Fri.

Saturday is tolerable because I'm gone most of the day and night ... even if there's no news, I dont miss it.

And on through Sunday UNTIL Sunday night rolls around. Things are settling down from the weekend, there's nothing on TV .... I've read all the threads at DU 14 times .... bored bored bored.

Politico and The Page have had the same headlines up for going on 48 hours .... there's nothing listed for Monday's schedule yet.

THE PAIN BECOMES ALMOST UNBEARABLE!!!!!! :)

HOW WILL I MAKE IT ANOTHER 12 HOURS!!!! AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and dont point and laugh at me, you know you're just as addicted as I am. :p

I'm seriously! We did not elect this man for only five days of the week! DO SOMETHING BARACK SO WE CAN READ ABOUT IT!!!! (ha ha)

[Critters2]

1. The House of Commons is on C-span.

And there's always beagle-cuddling that needs doin'!

[Clio the Leo]

2. a ha!

I'll switch just as soon as Katy Perry is done singing "Kissed a Girl" at the Grammy's ..... she's dressed like a circus ballerina and dancing around giant fruit .... well, if you could call it dancing ..... more like pointing and rolling her eyes.

it's like a train wreck ...... cant turn away .... dont want to see ......ewww!

The Jonas Bros. were just on with Stevie Wonder ..... couldn't help but wonder if two little girls in DC were watching that ..... and whether or not their mommy and daddy put the TV on mute when the fruit girl came on. lol

[firedupdem]

6. That girl was a disaster...not an ounce of rhythm in her body... n/t

[Clio the Leo]

7. Fortunately Jennifer Hudson's performance .....

.... made up for Katy and Mily's (ouch! my ears!) combined.

[firedupdem]

8. I missed her...darn... n/t

[Clio the Leo]

9. Oh, it will be Youtubed......

.... trust me.

[Pirate Smile]

36. My kids were mesmerized by the dancing fruit. One said, "she is in a banana". I did a diversion

before we hit the chorus.

[Captain Hilts]

12. Isn't the Westminster on now??? NOT the one in London....nt

[Critters2]

14. I thought it started tomorrow night. nt

[Jennicut]

28. Its so weird/funny to watch that. Lots of insulting each other directly.

Not like here where its all games. PM gets insulted by all kinds in the government, and stands up and down to answer questions. Gordon Brown was slammed hard over and over again the last time I watched cause of the economic crisis in the UK. Highly entertaining stuff.

[spartan61]

3. OMG, I thought I was the only one with the addiction.

I am so happy that I'm not alone.

[Clio the Leo]

4. You are among friends.....

.... and we're here to help you. Just dont tell anyone ELSE you have this problem.

I'm sure my friends have no clue ... I've got them convinced I'm not Googleing the news but instead reading text messages from an exotic stranger who's currently an astronaut on a secret lunar mission.

And as for my cowokers ..... I dont think they've caught on either .... anyway they're too busy decorating my desk with Obama news clippings to notice that I'm reading my phone all the time. :)

[shellgame26]

5. you've got it bad man...

Try a few light breaks of Project Runway reruns or Top Chef.

[Jennicut]

25. Top Chef....I love that show....makes me hungry though.

[Raine]

10. I miss him too

I hate the weekends when there's no Obama. :-(

[Captain Hilts]

11. Read presidential history...

Harry S. Truman by daughter Margaret Truman is a fun read.
Eleanor Roosevelt Vol. 1 by Blanche Wiesen Cook is more readable than Eleanor and Franklin and has more modern sources.
Richard Reeves' biography of JFK is the best along that line.
Franklin and Winston touches on biography, diplomacy and history and is a surprisingly easy read.
Any volume of Caro's mult-volume biography of LBJ would be good.
I have issues with the research in it - she missed some major sources - but Doris Kearns Goodwin's No Ordinary Time about the Roosevelts in the White House is an easy read.
I have not yet read Team of Rivals, but as an Obama fan, you probably have. If you haven't read it - start there!

Reading about the Tuskegee Airmen is always invigorating.
I'd also recommend Marinnis's biography of Robert Clemente.

[Clio the Leo]

15. Read? What is this "read" you speak of?

I'm sorry, you probably dont know that I was voted by my fellow grad students as "President, CEO and sole member of the 'Bad Historians Club'" because of my general disdain for reading.

I dont suppose Barack Obama has recorded any of those books you mentioned in audiobook form? Because, if he has, I'm all on it! :)

[Pirate Smile]

37. You can hear him say all kinds of dirty words on the audio books. I'm sure you've

seen some of the new excerpted/spliced versions running around this week.

I did freak some people on DU out before the election when I acknowledged that I have literally heard Obama say the word "mother-f@#ker".

:)

[annabanana]

13. I'm in the same boat as you..

It is comforting to know I've got, uh.. co-addictionists..

[Clio the Leo]

16. We're not addicted!

We're being good citizens!!!

yeah! that's it! ;)

[Bicoastal]

17. You need to get out more, buddy.

:P

[Clio the Leo]

20. No, I need to get out and......

.... LEAVE MY PHONE AT HOME!!!!

Last night my friends put me on Google-time out. It was quite a shameful thing .... there was some talk of an intervention.

But if I go too long, I get the shakes! lol

[realitythink]

18. NO!!!!!

[Lint Head]

19. Apparently the Grammys are more important.

:dem:

[EraOfResponsibility]

21. I hate that I'm so addicted to politics now

it's Obama's fault, darn his wonderful self. :)

[Clio the Leo]

22. But hey, it's cheaper than cocaine! NT

[dbmk]

41. You can get quite a bit of cocaine for 700 billion ;)

But yeah, I am in the same boat. And I don't even have the same access as you guys do. Hell, its not even my country. It still fascinates me to no end.
:)

[nevergiveup]

23. Have you tried sex?

It does wonders and in my case zonks me for about 10 hours so I don't know or care what is happening in the world. I am old though, so maybe this wouldn't apply to you.

[Jennicut]

26. HA!

[Clio the Leo]

29. as I said above, I can multi-task. ;-) NT

[Pirate Smile]

38. I knew you had to be a man before I confirmed it on your profile.

:)

[ecstatic]

24. I thought for sure I'd be done with DU and politics after the election

I thought that Obama winning the election would cure me of the unusually high interest I have in politics... but that wasn't the case... Maybe after the stimulus is passed? :shrug:

[EraOfResponsibility]

39. EXACTLY! LMAO I said that's it after Jan. 20 I'm done with this place

but nope! I'm still here LOL!!

[Cha]

27. They're sequestered away

at Camp David enjoying a fam vaca.

[Clio the Leo]

30. No, they're home now .....

.... got home about 7 hours ago. Michelle was wearing the cutest black and pink Nike's.

And the fact that I KNOW this just shows what a sad sad person I am. lol

[Cha]

32. I figured they be home by now

and someone would update me..and I really like the updates.

You're not sad..you're happy!

[firedupdem]

31. You're not alone my Dear...

I have always been a Democrat, watched the news and kept up a bit. Never in my wildest dreams would I have become this addicted. I realized there was so much I didn't know and now I can't get enough! Mr. Obama made me a politics junkie!

[Clio the Leo]

33. I know! And it's 1am! There's gotta be SOMETHING going on right?

Gimme an update on the raccoons ..... ANYTHING ..... raccoons are nocturnal ..... what are their thoughts on the stimulus bill?

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2009/02/raccoons-take-u.html

[Pirate Smile]

34. LOL. I just talked to my Mom who said she had had an Obama free weekend and was afraid she was

having withdrawal issues.

I told her the good news was that Monday brings a town hall during the day and a prime time press conference at night.

:woohoo:

A good fix is coming.

[CTyankee]

42. I have largely given it up. I watched just a couple of minutes of Morning Joe

and then I turned off the TV and did some work on a short story I have been developing. I am writing about a group of affluent liberal suburbanites. The story takes place right after Obama's election and politics flavor the story but it is basically about a suburban woman's infidelity and includes flashbacks in her life.

Hey, this situation for some creative endeavor, even if you don't get published (which I don't pretend I will, tho I might try).

[Trajan]

35. I am almost completely weened from 'Life on the News Cycle'

I go online and read what I want to learn, when I want to learn it ...

If any devastating news occurs, I will know of it soon enough ...

FUCK the news channels - I cast off their yoke in 2000 ....

I'm free ! ...

[silverojo]

40. We just saw Obama speaking on C-SPAN tonight

This Sunday was definitely not "nobama". :)