I was intending to vote first thing this morning. All right, no later than 1 pm. Some of the people I know are saying, “Hmmm… I’m actually going to vote for a Republican today.” (Schwarznegger, they mean.) I know one thing for sure — Jerry Brown for Attorney General! If you’re a Californian and want to vote the lock-step liberal line…naah, you can figure it out yourself. People say they’re liberal or conservative or libertarian, but they mainly belong to the Green Party. As in the color of currency.

“Some close to Sacha Baron Cohen point to Borat‘s amazing $31,607 per-playdate average as a sign the film had enough appeal for a wider release. But some distrib execs point to the still-low awareness — in the latest tracking, which reflects polling from over the weekend, just 57% of people were aware of the film, while 90% had heard of Santa Clause 3 — and argue that Borat will benefit by waiting a week for word of mouth to build before going out wider.” — from Gabriel Snyder and Ian Mohr‘s 11.6. Variety story. How is it possible that 43% of the public is still unaware of this film? What, are they living under rocks? Imagine the kind of brain you need to have, the non-interest levels in the outside world…amazing.