Tonight was a TV night. Some Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune on in the background while doing dishes and eating dinner, and then the 2 hour premiere of American's Next Top Model. This season features Isis, a MtF transgendered woman, and she's amazing. She was sought out by Tyra and co. after being one of the background models in the homeless shoot last season. Homeless woman becomes model? Good TV fodder. Transgendered homeless woman becomes model? Wow. But Tyra and the show's judges and producers are dealing with the issue in a pretty respectful and cool way, as are many of the contestants. Some of the other contestants? Not so much. Grr. But Isis took great photos and wowed the judges (2 of whom didn't know she was trans until the panel discussion) and got called second, so she she'll be sticking around for a bit, yay!

And then we switched over to the Republican National Convention. Why? I don't know. First up: Rudy Giuliani, with one of the most mean-spirited and condescending political speeches I have ever heard. Seriously, my jaw dropped at the way he said "community organizer." The level of cruel mockery in that speech was appalling. It was followed up with Sarah Palin's speech, a horribly bland thing that spent way too much time talking about her family. Yes, family is important. Yes, you are a mother. (Side note: Piper Palin is frigging adorable, and the camera caught her licking her hand and then slicking down her baby brother's hair. Hilarious.) But come on. When people are questioning your experience and ability, is it really a good plan to spend about half the speech focusing on your family? Mention them and move on. Of course, while I was bored with the family talk, I got grumpy when she talked about politics, so maybe I'm just hard to please. Or just too liberal to listen to that crap without my blood pressure rising significantly.

Oh, and one last political note: I am now registered to vote in the state of New York. Twice. That's right, the state of New York essentially committed voter fraud for me and sent me two different voter registration cards. Exact same info on both except the serial number. I tried to call them and straighten it out today, but I couldn't get through to a an actual person. I guess I'll have to go to their office next week. Fun times!