Dan Posluns

As a daily follower of fivethirtyeight.com I’ve seen McCain’s chance of victory drop steadily from around 8% over the past month all the way down to less than 2%, so last night’s election results hardly came as a surprise. Still, it is an immense relief that there will be no chance of a President Palin in the immediate future.

Interestingly, I thought McCain’s concession speech was remarkably stately and gracious, as though in defeat the old McCain that I actually liked before the campaign twisted him into a total dick had finally returned, kind of like Vader’s redemption at the end of Return of the Jedi. Too bad he couldn’t have behaved so nobly during his run for the highest office.

I am optimistic that Obama will reduce the opacity and increase the pragmatism of government, and perhaps do something to restore the dignity of the nation. There was a time when I would have thought four or eight years is such a blip in the history of a country that it’s hard to see how it even matters, but the last two presidential terms have taught me that eight years is actually a very long time in which a whole lot can get farkakte with the wrong person in office.

My cold is feeling a lot better today, although I am still coughing up a lung.

I think it should be illegal for a utility company that I have an account with to send me mail with red letters on the front saying “PLEASE OPEN IMMEDIATELY” if what’s inside is promotional junk that has nothing to do with my actual account. I’m looking at you, Verizon.

Dan.

I’ve obtained a photo of me in my new suit:

… Dashing.

This past weekend was hectic as a friend was visiting from Edmonton. We ran around the city doing and eating far too much. I performed at Theatresports and it was okay, although the energy was a bit weird in a way we couldn’t quite explain afterwards. I also attended what was hopefully my last wedding this summer… it was beautiful and the ceremony was (mercifully, in the summer heat without air conditioning) about the shortest I’ve ever seen.

My attempts at getting the iPhone have failed miserably so far. I went on launch day only to witness a line of several hundred people that apparently was taking as long as six hours for people to get through, and I was having none of that (although I did know three people in the line who were apparently much more dedicated than myself). I thought I stood a decent shot this morning as I returned from dropping my friend off at the airport… but after an hour and a half in line and being second to the front I was informed that they were all out, which was quite a bit infuriating as they kept insisting they didn’t know how many they had left but when the final answer is sixteen they are either deliberately misleading you or grossly incompetent. There’s talk that they might be getting more by Wednesday. My patience is wearing thin, though… I’m sick of my Ocean.

I grabbed a bunch of pictures taken from the last few hours of the Improvathon and added them to my gallery. Unfortunately I don’t have a more complete selection available. I’m hoping to get galleries online of other shows I’ve done as well… Damn Yankees, Urinetown and the like. Dredging up photos is hard, though.

I was feeling kind of ill today but I think I’m better now. It’s probably from all the sun, food and activity over the weekend. My stomach still hurts a bit though… bleagh.

We’ve been having some beautiful weather. I hope it lasts a while longer.

It’s audition season, and I have an audition every week for the next three weeks (including this one). Depending on how I do at them, I may have three callbacks as well in the final week. I’m also pre-invited to a callback in August. It’s all so much stuff… I’m almost as scared of getting cast as I am of not getting cast.

Dan.