Ahmadeniejad's Lame, She's No Role Model and 70's Japanese Sex In Public Parks Isnt as Interesting as One Would Think

This week has been fairly uneventful thus far, unless you want to include Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadeniejad being here in Manhattan.

-(photo taken by me)

He wasnt close to anywhere Ive been today, but If he gets his way, he will be at ground zero which is only a few blocks away from my building. Im not really sure how I feel about him being here, It makes total sense that he is here for the sake of the U.N. but to be speaking at Columbia University?...I dont know about all that. The guy is basically preaching in a dictator-esque fashion not to mention going off about "Zionist" occupation. And once you start talking about "Zionist" occupation when you hold a high position of power, most people get turned off by you right away. The guy is a little creepy I guess and not so hot of a dresser, I mean he could get a blazer that fits that is not an earthtone. Im totally waiting for him to bust out a members only jacket, which can be ok if youre a hipster, but not if youre the president of a country.

Im sitting here watching CNN's Showbiz tonight and they are going to be interviewing Hayden Panettiere on how she will never be like Britney Spears (you know, the drunken mental breakdown part) and applauding her by saying how great of a role model she is, they think she should offer advice to Spears and Lohan and even go as far as to call her a mascot for good girls of hollywood ...and I my friend beg to differ.

Everyone puts the NBC "Heroes" star out there like shes your average clean cut girl....psshhh, please. I know from a first hand encounter with our Miss.Panettiere that she is anything but. This past year my roommates and i were invited to a movie premiere party and Panettiere happened to be there as well with a mutual friend. She came to drag that friend off and was shouting in slurred words about how much of a party pooper he was. We all looked at each other and as we watched her dance alone, realized how waisted she was...did I mention she's 17? Sounds like she has a little more in common with Spears and Lohan than she would like to think or admit. Later on she was spotted outside drunkingly petting and cooing to the police horses. we were all a little bothered by the whole thing because all of the NYC clubs have made a seious supposed "crackdown" after a girl being murdered in the meat packing district last summer (where most clubs are located) yet a girl is let into a club underage (have to be 21 to get in) and let her get plastered at 17. If the NYPD are supposed to be cracking down in order to "protect us" (keeping underage people from drinking so they dont get themselves in danger), then they should be protecting them all. I know it makes me terrible, but im honestly waiting for her to get thrown under the bus by her friends with some secret scandelous pictures. I think shes full of crap.

Last week my Practicing Criticism class took a trip to the MOMA to see some sculptures by Richard Serra. This is Lucy and she is one of the funniest and most cynical people i have ever met, her facial expression basically sums up how i felt about the show.

It was ok, im not that into minimalist sculpture or painting for that matter. but it was really cool being able to walk inside of these giant metal figures, i mean theyre huge.

Wed. we will be going to some galleries in chelsea, not sure what we're seeing but i hope its good, the last few shows ive seen havent been as awesome as I wanted them to be; and i really would have thought that the photos by Kohei Yoshiyuki of people having sex in public parks during the 70's would have been realllly awesome. I guess I was going in there expecting super provocative and explicit pictures...think still porn images. But I have to say that it was interesting that in most of the photographs there are tons of people watching the act go down, which i found intriguing.

But like i said, hope its good. I will leave you with this...awesome guy i was sitting next to while waiting for the train the other night. can you say "Coming to America"?