Conan O'Brien, Seattle, Etc.

For some reason (I think it had to do with nostalgia) I watched the entire last week of Late Night With Conan O'Brien.


It was weird seeing a recap of such a minor part of my youth so glorified by everyone significant.



But the craziest thing that I guess I never really understood was how smart and self aware Conan O'Brien is.


I'll explain. After recovering from my initial 4 hours in Seattle (and yes, it required recovery). I didn't realize he was a Harvard grad (which, in all relativity, is insignificant). Prior to watching the final episode last night, I watched an "Inside The Actor's Studio" interview with him. It was enlightening to see him discuss his show with such a dedication and artist prose. The thing that he said that most appealed to me was what he said towards the end of the show:


(in paraphrase) "It's not an exact science. But really nothing is an exact science. Science isn't even an exact science. I mean, just look at today. Just look at wall street. We need to realize that no one really knows what they're doing. Because of that, some people choose to live in fear. Other choose to feel liberated. I choose to be liberated."


I almost feel as if I'm living in some sort of psuedo-utopia . Obama is president, O'Brien is hosting The Tonight Show. Things just seem right, even if the recession isn't changing and I've got a splitting headache.

Tomorrow I'm going to do everything I need to do and then try and figure out whether or not I hate or love Seattle.