and then I die a little
This is probably going to be a horribly depressing post, because a) both my teams are out of the playoffs now and b) both my teams are out of the playoffs now.
But in all seriousness,
Both my teams are out
of the playoffs.
I can't even words right now, I'm too full of feelings.
So not only am I hockey-sad, which is one of the worst 'sads', but then I read this: http://www.freewoodpost.com/2012/04/18/ann-romney-why-should-women-be-paid-equal-to-men/
I'll let that sink in for a minute. LOOK AT YOUR LIFE, LOOK AT YOUR CHOICES! The thing that just twists my heart up about this is that there are going to be women, young girls, who look at this and think 'but of course, this makes perfect sense'. And before you cut me off, know that I'm not saying that a woman has to get out and work in order to be considered 'feminist' or 'equal' or 'valuable'. I'm saying that a woman should be able to do whatever the fuck it is that she wants to do, and if that's being awesome and taking care of your kids at home, then good fucking on you. But if a woman wants to go out and be awesome and work, and she can do that work as well as any male counterpart, then good fucking on you; do that damn thing and get paid based on your performance and qualifications, not on your sex. Okay, so I lied, that thing that twists my heart up about this is that this something that has to be talked about.
In an effort to make myself feel better about life and humanity as a whole, I read this fic by
hazel
Fair warning ya'll, this is a Goon fic- this is the only Goon fic on AO3, and it is wonderful. Bear in mind that I watched Goon, I watched Goon multiple times and I loved it, so it follows that I will love this fic. However, if Goon didn`t do it for you as a movie, this might not be your bag. But if you`re curious, the characterization is spot on and as someone who just wanted to squish Doug and Xavier together into my bosom while watching the movie; well, there is some squishing in this fic that I can relate to, let`s just leave it at that. (Bonus: Awesome Eva remains Awesome in this as well, which made me just want to hit the kudos button a billion times)
I have read other delicious fictions this past week in an attempt to not stab myself with a pencil while doing finance calculations, but they are currently camouflaged in the jungle that is my bookmarks list. I found myself reading Hawaii Five Oh fic for the first time in forever- bright spot to my week, oh yes.
But in all seriousness,
Both my teams are out
of the playoffs.
I can't even words right now, I'm too full of feelings.
So not only am I hockey-sad, which is one of the worst 'sads', but then I read this: http://www.freewoodpost.com/2012/04/18/ann-romney-why-should-women-be-paid-equal-to-men/
I'll let that sink in for a minute. LOOK AT YOUR LIFE, LOOK AT YOUR CHOICES! The thing that just twists my heart up about this is that there are going to be women, young girls, who look at this and think 'but of course, this makes perfect sense'. And before you cut me off, know that I'm not saying that a woman has to get out and work in order to be considered 'feminist' or 'equal' or 'valuable'. I'm saying that a woman should be able to do whatever the fuck it is that she wants to do, and if that's being awesome and taking care of your kids at home, then good fucking on you. But if a woman wants to go out and be awesome and work, and she can do that work as well as any male counterpart, then good fucking on you; do that damn thing and get paid based on your performance and qualifications, not on your sex. Okay, so I lied, that thing that twists my heart up about this is that this something that has to be talked about.
In an effort to make myself feel better about life and humanity as a whole, I read this fic by
hazel
Fair warning ya'll, this is a Goon fic- this is the only Goon fic on AO3, and it is wonderful. Bear in mind that I watched Goon, I watched Goon multiple times and I loved it, so it follows that I will love this fic. However, if Goon didn`t do it for you as a movie, this might not be your bag. But if you`re curious, the characterization is spot on and as someone who just wanted to squish Doug and Xavier together into my bosom while watching the movie; well, there is some squishing in this fic that I can relate to, let`s just leave it at that. (Bonus: Awesome Eva remains Awesome in this as well, which made me just want to hit the kudos button a billion times)
I have read other delicious fictions this past week in an attempt to not stab myself with a pencil while doing finance calculations, but they are currently camouflaged in the jungle that is my bookmarks list. I found myself reading Hawaii Five Oh fic for the first time in forever- bright spot to my week, oh yes.