So hi internet-at-large, yes, it's been awhile.
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So, my Facebook status today was, "Melissa is contemplating things like "change," "choice," and "options."" These are my thoughts on Choice. Change and options will come around tomorrow. Long work days = too little time for writing.

Anyway.
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Politics first:Change We Need Rally with Barack Obama ( Read more... )

I wasn't going to post bluesgirly's Maverick post since a good portion of my friendslist has but this way, I can reread it again when I need to be amused.

Also amusing is this forward that was posted in the political thread on the bpal.org forum. I find it funny in a very bitter way.
If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you're 'exotic, ( Read more... )

So this lj post was linked on my friendspage. I read it, and every single comment. And most of the links within the comments. I recommend it, it was good reading. Though, it ate a lot of my internet time for the evening.
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So I had this wee boring post about my day that turned into this long thing so I erased that and I'm leaving the rest and making this post public to maximize pimping out That Which Is Important To Me.

On a completely different note, shadesong and Joss have invaded my brain. shadesong is doing Blogathon tomorrow, to benefit her local rape crisis center in Boston. ( ( Read more... )

So the "post this if you're for gay rights" meme is going around. I must say, I think it's pointless. Of course, there's not much point to any meme but this one? I'm pretty damn sure that 100% of my friendslist is for gay rights. (If I'm wrong, wtf are you doing here?) As for me, I believe as Ibsen did - that is not a matter of [special interest ( Read more... )

So Tim "too liberal to be governor" Kaine won the election for governor in VA. Woot.

For everyone in Austin upset about Proposition 22 (anyone ever upset about same sex marriage bans in US states), I have 3 words for you: Remember the Prohibition. We the People overturned a Constitutional Amendment. So, all is not lost, the war is not over. I ( Read more... )

http://www.illwillpress.com/kat.html - warning: it's 95% audio and Foamy is fond of swearing.