Since I studied English Lit in college, I think it's only appropriate that I talk about Shakespeare from time to time. I have a Complete Works of Shakespeare book that I more or less inherited from my grandmother, and it is currently in my bathroom for those lengthy sit down times which crop up (or down, as it were) from time to time. If reading ( Read more... )

What is this thing...called livejournal?

If you questioned President Bush, you were unpatriotic. If you question President Obama, you're a racist.

I guess that makes me an unpatriotic racist. Too bad I was born more than a hundred years after the Civil War. I would have made an excellent soldier for the Confederacy.

President Obama called Kanye West a jackass.

Almost makes me wish I had voted for him.

Committed from memory (so probably somewhat inaccurate) from Meet the Press on Sunday ( Read more... )

I'm sick of talking about how I don't want to get married. I'm really tired of making fun of the entire institution. I like a good argument, I can't deny that, but it's gotten to the point of being ridiculous. Now if only all the parents and youth workers and teachers and whoever else watched me grow up would stop asking me, "When are you gonna ( Read more... )

What happens when two people with major passive aggressive tendencies get married?

If you said a wonderful life and a happy marriage, punch yourself wherever it hurts most.

I hate Tim Burton. He ruined Batman. He ruined Sleepy Hollow. He ruined Planet of the Apes. Now he's going to ruin Alice in Wonderland. I hate, hate, hate him. Quirky is only quirky if it's done a bit; when it becomes a trend, what you have is a one note director who is paid to take a shit on what other people have done ( Read more... )

Say what you want about Coldplay, but if I could write anything in my life half as good as the lyrics to Death and All His Friends, I would be very happy indeed ( Read more... )

Bloomington is a great town. I can't wait to move away. I'm bored with it all.