I just remembered about livejournal. it's been a while. i'm drinking a taddy porter alex gave me for by birthday back in december--i was saving it for a special occasion ( Read more... )

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racism on fox news, oooh.

this guy pulls out several fucked up lines:

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i am reposting this because it is an excellent blog post for everyone to read. i'm also posting it for those of us who think racism is over, in the past, irrelevant, or even just more subdued than it used to be. for those of us who live in the bubbles of california's bay area or new york city. especially for those of us who are white, because for ( Read more... )

Last fall in Jena, Louisiana, the day after two Black high school students sat beneath the "white tree" on their campus, nooses were hung from the tree.

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"Today... it is easier once again for white women to believe the dangerous fantasy that if you are good enough, pretty enough, sweet enough, quiet enough, teach the children to behave, hate the right people, and marry the right men, then you will be allowed to co-exist with the patriarchy in relative peace, at least until a man needs your job or ( Read more... )

"if we can call them friends then we can call them on their telephones ( Read more... )

How To Calculate Pi by Throwing Frozen Hot Dogs

Things That Make Me Laugh:
(in no particular order)

• the myspace page of my sister's bird, Weeno
  
• couples who look alike
  
  to be continued

in 24 hours i did a lot. here are the highlights:
played dress up
rode my bike
saw a mama duck lead 5 babies across the street and onto the curb, as traffic and passerbys watched and waited
slept in a soft, warm, queen sized bed (they say size doesn't matter... oh, but it does)
watched "The Last Unicorn"
got a few called-just-to-check-in-and-say-hi ( Read more... )