it may have been a bad day, but these items have made my day.


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likeacannonball :

This is a list of the top 100 most commonly banned/challenged books between 1990 and 2000 according to the American Library Association. Copy the entire list and these instructions into your journal. Bold any books you've read, for pleasure or otherwise. Underline any books if your community has been affected by a campaign to ban it. (I didn't ( Read more... )

okay.  since everyone's already heard this 983247823487 times:

VOTE.

it's even in purple, for all my fellow queers.  (Charity, this includes you.)

please, please do it.  we need to be heard.

also, if you're interested in making pancakes for your friend Nick, please do so as often as you like.

thank you.  this has been a public service announcement ( Read more... )

tonight, i cried. and cried. and cried some more. it was like when you have to throw up, and it's the most hellish feeling, and then you do throw up and it's simultaneously even worse and such a relief ( Read more... )

AS OF 3:30 THIS A.M., MY PERSONAL COMPUTER IS ON, WORKING, AND CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET.

i'm Nick Conrad, and i approve this message.

today, there was a rally on campus.  as in, a commercially-funded, formally-organized rally.  the Vote or Die Tour made a stop at Case, so we had some DJ stirring up the crowd for about an hour, and then P. Diddy came on to introduce Mary J. Blige.  sure, it's P. Diddy, but it was still a very energetic and exciting rally.  i couldn't believe the ( Read more... )

i have really sucked at updating lately. hopefully, i'll have a working home computer very soon so that i don't have to rely on public ones and Amber's laptop. ugh. now is a shitty time to update. we just watched Vertigo for class, and it fucked me up a lot.  i can't wait to sit in class and listen to everyone defend Jimmy Stewart for being a ( Read more... )

being at home with the parents (and Amber) has been fairly pleasant. they got her a birthday cake and some presents, and she enjoyed them. the cats are also bombarding her with affection.

today, i watched In America with my mom and Amber. there's a dead son/brother in the story, and i definitely saw my mom crying a few times. i hugged her ( Read more... )

Paul (wolf2feathers ) is really cool.  and we're Livejournal friends now.  i like sharing my addictions with other people.