I AM SO PROUD OF MY COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. PRESIDENT OBAMA. MARRIAGE EQUALITY. AND A LESBIAN SENATOR GETTING ELECTED. AND ASSHOLES WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND RAPE NOT GETTING ELECTED. I'm so fucking proud. For the first time in quite a while, I really feel like progress is possible, like we are fundamentally moving forward and not back ( Read more... )

I had a whole bunch of people in the last few days tell me it was really stupid to try to go into DC for the inauguration because it would be crowded and cold and I wouldn't be able to see anything and I wouldn't be able to get home. Well, SUCK IT. Because IT WAS AWESOME. AND IT WAS TOTALLY WORTH IT ( Read more... )

There is totally no porn here, so the subject line's kind of a lie. But I wrote this while watching election coverage to keep myself from spamming LJ every time the numbers changed.

( Come On Up, Lay Your Hand in Mine (CWRPF, J2, G, 300 words) )

YES!!!

OH BABY YES!!! VIRGINIA IS BLUE!!! WE WON!!! WE WON!!! WE WON!!! MY COUNTRY IS CHANGING, AND CHANGING FOR THE BETTER FOR ONCE.

And now, I'm going to BED.

I am so twitchy right now, and just... I VOTE IN TWELVE HOURS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF. I know you've all had eight zillion political posts thrown at you today, but yeah, this is another one. I'll try to be brief ( Read more... )

I had this terrifying dream about John McCain winning the election (no, seriously, I woke up shaking and couldn't get back to sleep) and decided I needed an Obama icon. I really want this to be my first couple, y'all.

Bruce Springsteen kicks ass.

Also, I wish John McCain would stop talking to Barack Obama (and the rest of the country) in that patronizing tone of voice. It makes it really hard to listen to him.

If Obama does not win the Democratic nomination for president (as some Hyde Park residents are predicting today), I now know the reason: HIS KIDS THROW WOOD CHIPS AT OTHER KIDS ON THE LAB SCHOOL PLAYGROUND! Admittedly, "some Hyde Park residents" means "a bunch of Lab School kindergarteners" and "predicting" means "this is an unsubstantiated rumor ( Read more... )