I know a lot of people who used to be really into music, but they aren't anymore. I will probably always be obsessed, and one of the big reasons is nights like tonight when I think nobody understands, and then I realize, Greg Dulli understands. Nina Simone understands. Joanna Newsom understands. And I remember this is why humans created art, and ( Read more... )

And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world: our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. To those who would tear this world down, we will defeat you. To those who seek ( Read more... )

YES
WE
CAN

This has been such an emotionally intense week ( Read more... )

No, not Sarah Palin. Erik Nelson of Boston.

I have been in a bad mood all day because I watched this twice last night:

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The part that really gets me is that in spite of how much I disagree with Gov. Palin, fear her power as a marketing device and just generally can't stand her voice or face, I did not think she was dumb, and she really comes across as dumb in the Couric interviews. Shouldn't ( Read more... )

It's funny that I'm reading Harry Potter for the first time now, since I am probably in more of a position to identify with Harry than ever before, because of Jeopardy. I was "famous" before I even got to my new job, and the other day I heard some older ladies in the cafeteria talking about me. Nobody has asked for my autograph yet, but I totally ( Read more... )

Something else is that I'm pretty sure there was a point tonight where I was yelling "You're in maya! You're on maya!" and when no one understood, I was all like, "Well, it's a Hindu concept, and something Hare Krishnas say, but also it's a Mountain Goats song about whiskey." And we were drinking hella whiskey.

I had my birthday party tonight, and it was really fun. My boyfriend got way too drunk, which is something he does once in awhile, and for reasons you can't really understand if you aren't a 25-year-old woman who's been involved/in love with the same person since she was 19 even though she never really expected this to happen and makes all her life ( Read more... )

The past few months have been the most insane roller coaster. So I was all depressed all winter and spring because I was applying to all those jobs and not getting one, plus I was hella homesick. So I went back to Ohio for a week, and in the two months since, the following things have happened. Starting with the most exciting:

1. I was on Jeopardy ( Read more... )