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Christmas is hereby cancelled.
I don't know what it is about this year. I have not been this bugged by the extention of the Christmas season, possibly, ever. Maybe it's because some switch has been tripped and now I am officially old. Maybe it's that I saw decorations creeping into the stores before Halloween. Maybe it's that I went into a store on November first and heard ( Read more... ) -
For people in the majority when dealing with those in the minority:
The problem with having friends who are of some kind of minority-- racial, religious, sexual orientation-- is that when someone shits on them for that reason, I tend to feel stupidly helpless. I mean, I wasn't the one of my race/creed/orientation who was a shit, but still, the fact that I am part of that bunch means that I feel like I have a ( Read more... ) -
This is the greatest thing I've ever seen in my life
As reported here:
Saturday May 26th the VNN Vanguard Nazi/KKK group attempted to host a hate rally to try to take advantage of the brutal murder of a white couple for media and recruitment purposes ( Read more... ) -
More on the Sandbox Universe concept
After getting responses on both journals and pondering a bit, I've started a new community, sandboxverse, so that anyone who wants to mess around with the Sandbox Universe game idea can join in-- or just watch and keep tabs on this thing.
I've got a first post up as obsession_inc, taking a stab at hashing out some rules. Let me know what you think. -
Here's a meta question re: fanfic.
I am having a weird feeling about fanfic these days. I keep reading all this stuff that goes dramatically AU, and/or uses original characters, and I think, why the heck are we all still here? why still so dependent on other peoples' universes? I mean... so damn many of us are so damn good at this, sometimes a lot better than the source material ( Read more... ) -
"Bittersweet" sums it up
So, it looks like we got it. House, Senate, majority of the governors, lots of state legislatures, all that jazz. Howard Dean was proven correct with the 50 State Strategy. Yay. I'm still depressed ( Read more... ) -
When bitter, I take what comfort I can get
I have a very long rant stored up about Republicans and torture and the general idiocy of an entire political party that appears to be dedicated to short-term plans that make things seriously bad in the long run.
HOWEVER. In the meantime, I bring you this gem:
Foley Resigns Over Sexually Explicit Messages to Minors ( Story under the cut. ) -
Yarrrr, ARGH
Me: ::screams at top of lungs::
Token: AGH! WHAT? ARE YOU OKAY?
Me: FUCKING REPUBLICANS!
Token: Next time you let loose with a barbaric yawp like that, you'd better have some kind of physical injury to justify it, because you scared the hell out of me.
Me: FUCKING REPUBLICANS!
Token: ::sigh::
( Ahoy, mateys, I'll spare ye the rant in a cut, eh? ) -
I can't help but feel good about this
LAMONT WON. Six months ago, nobody knew who the hell he was, and yet he beat Joe Lieberman in the CT primary ( Read more... )