Hiya doin'.

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So my sister made me listen to that "Hiya Doin'" song-thing when it came on the radio today.  I hadn't heard it before, and it's pretty funny, but it's pretty much designed to get you to automatically add "Hiya doin'" to the end of anything you say after you hear it.  All night I've been thinking "I want some more apple juicehiyadoin'," and "I'm

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This is kind of apropos of Jesse's post, too, but I think it's lame to root against a team instead of rooting for one. I can't see how anyone can get enjoyment out of that, especially a sports fan. If you root against someone you're not hoping that it's an evenly matched, good game with your team being better skilled and playing better. Which I would think would be more interesting than, say, a game where the final score is 19-8 or something.

I tried to compare it to something I actually care about, so I was thinking about the Oscars. Sure, Jack Nicholson has won a ton of them, and he's a good actor, but he doesn't need any more. If he gets nominated for something, I wouldn't sit and think "Oh man, it's gonna be great if he LOSES for once!" And if he did lose, there wouldn't be any satisfaction in it for me. If there was someone else in the category who did as good of a job that hasn't won yet, I'd hope that person would win. And I'd feel good if that person won, because it would be different, interesting and well deserved. Not just because they beat Jack Nicholson (who doesn't win every year anyway). I don't see how that would be fulfilling in any situation.

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But in the Oscars there are 5 nominees. Maybe it'd be better to compare it to the presidential election. Do you really like Kerry and want to race to be close and well-debated? No, you want Bush to lose! (OK, so it's not totally analagous because I wouldn't want him to lose to Pat Buchanan or something, but it's sorta close.)

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Yeah, I think in an election the ideal would be to vote for a candidate I actually liked instead of against one that I absolutely hate (dearmercifulGoddon'tlethimwin). *Sigh* maybe someday.