I really don't know where to begin. The last seven days proved to be one of the most interesting and exciting in recent memory and it all started with Borat last Friday.

Every once in a while a movie comes out that is anticipated that it sells out everywhere. Borat was no exception. The incredible buzz and reviews coupled with Fox only showing the movie on 837 screens meant sellouts across the country. Needless to say, my roommate and I ended up settling for the 12:20am showing here in Hollywood. Of course there was a line to get in and we had to sit way in the back. I was amazed we even found two seats together. Now I, being a huge Borat fan and using him as my Halloween costume idea, had the accent, the phrases, and the manorisms down to a tee. However, I must say that I refrained from yelling out "Jagshemash!" or "sexytime!" in the crowded theater as the film began. I do have some sort of self control. And I'm not that big of a d-bag.

The movie itself was hilarious. It's as simple as that. If you haven't seen it you need to. I will not recite anything from it as I do not want to ruin anything for anyone. I will say this though - I would have liked to seen a little more personal interaction of the unsuspecting kind but I understand there had to be some semblance of a plot for Borat to last 90 minutes. Also, being such a massive Borat connoisseur I had an idea of where he was going with certain pranks and what not so I wasn't as surprised when he let out the punchline. Someone who knows nothing about Borat will undoubtedly need to bring an extra pair of trousers as they will soil theirs. Four stars all around.

Continuing on through the week we come to election Tuesday. This was a big one, folks. Usually midterm elections are boring, uneventful, and largely insignificant. This one was not. Not only did the Democrats take control of both houses of Congress but they did it without ever announcing what their plans were to get out of Iraq, fix the budget, deal with immigration, etc, etc. All you need is an incompetent, stubborn, condescending president and a few corrupt congressmen. It's like the office supply store Staples, "yea, that was easy." For the Republicans to have kept control of Congress they would have had to kill Osama bin Laden, get out of Iraq with the Iraqi's in control of themselves, and send gas prices back down to a buck fifty where they oughta be all before noon eastern time on Tuesday. Yea, they didn't do it.

What's really interesting to me is that Satan, I mean Karl Rove, didn't pick up on something that could have swayed the results and at least kept the Republicans in control of the Senate. Chris Matthews mentioned this on MSNBC late Tuesday night. He noted that there was an article buried in the newspaper only a few days before the election detailing how the terrorist plot involving exploding airplanes coming from London's Heathrow airport was more than it seemed. Apparently, the planes were meant to be blown up over major American cities, not the ocean. Why Rove didn't see that and exploit it like he always does (9/11!! 9/11!!, don't forget. 9/11!! 9/11!!) I haven't the foggiest. Maybe he's losing his touch.

Regardless I'm glad to see that there's a traditional sense of government again. Remember that whole checks and balances thing that our forefathers wrote? Yea, sometimes that's a good thing. Granted new speaker Nancy Pelosi and Dubya hate each other, there should be some decent progress being made now. Progress. Wow. Haven't heard that term used in conjunction with our government in a while huh? Hey, it's tough to get any worse than the last Congress. In an ideal situation we'd have McCain take the presidency in 2008 with Barack Obama as the VP. Probably won't happen but hey, a guy can dream about positive change and an optimal federal administration, can't he?

The very next day the hammer dropped. The Architect, as he's called, stepped down. No not Art Vandelay, Donald Rumsfeld. When the news came down at work you'd have thought a dozen people simultaneously found out they won the lottery. I've never seen anything like it. Rummy never had a clue what he was doing and it showed...ridiculously. The only people who thought he was doing a good job were Bush and Cheney. The rest of the country had a look on their face similar to that of a kid that just took a big bite out of tuna sandwich thinking it was a PB&J. You know that face. Confused, unpleasantly surprised and just overall disappointed. Yea, that's Rummy for ya. And now he's gone.

Speaking of finally gone. Fedex has arrived. His parcel? About $300,000 and a shopping cart full of sneakers and hats. Hit the bricks Federline. Britney finally dumped him after 25 months. Everyone knew she'd dump him eventually but as Tom Petty once said, "waiting is the hardest part." So now Britney is available again. Now don't groan so quickly. It's ok (I think). The kicker to all of this is that Britney is hot again. If you caught her appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman this past Monday you'll remember Britney made a surprise yet brief appearance on Dave's show. Either by exercise or surgery, Britney is looking fantastic again. After initially hearing the news I decided the over/under on her getting hot and getting all slutty on MTV again would be six months. Guess I overestimated a touch. God bless her.

This was a very interesting week. Lots of excitement and lots of reasons to keep yourself alive for another year. (It's ok. Put down the bottle of pills; you don't want to do it. It'll be ok, Britney is single and hot again. There's no Rumsfeld and we have checks and balances in our government again. And Sacha Baren Cohen is making everyone double over in laughter.) Finally, the world is starting to make sense again.