OMG, people, this is so good: there is now a way to play with the American federal budget online. Check it. Being told "you have cut the defecit by 57.23 billion dollars" is very cool indeed ( Read more... )

I went to see Noam Chomsky speak today. He was funnier than I thought he'd be, and generally the whole thing was very cool - he was talking about the Israel/Palestine question with relation to US foreign policy, and seeing complex issues discussed in depth was fascinating and very worth the $10 I paid to get in. I suspect everyone, regardless of ( Read more... )

( Exam stuff. Grr. )

You know how some days you'd just like to hit something? Yeah, that's today. I mean, not all of it's been bad (I'm now a beta-reader for Checkmated and this is way amusing me) but on the other hand people sometimes make me want to become a hermit. Urgh. Quite often it's not even the big things, like rape and murder, that make me feel like that, but ( Read more... )

Today so far has, to put in plainly, sucked. More than two hours spent wanting to scream "But it's so freaking OBVIOUS!" tends to make one feel like a freak, which does not a happy Katie make ( Read more... )

Today, a whole load of students marched right out of their schools and colleges and into the centre of town, as a protest against the now-inevitable. Some of them, perhaps misguidedly, started 'improving' on the plan to just sit in the street and block the traffic, and began banging on bus windows and things. The riot police got called in ( Read more... )

However, I feel spectacularly stupid today. It's probably the humidity making me all lazy and sleepy and blah. (The cat just yawned in my face, smacking me over the head with ass-breath, which presumably means he agrees with this.)

In other news, a house on my road is in the process of being painted a very disturbing shade of pink, and it's Hippie ( Read more... )

Today was much, much better than yesterday (I love you all to itty bitty pieces, thankyou for cheering me up, you ROX). I feel much more like venting now instead of just lying awake going slowly insane, heh.

Before I get to the rant though, I'm going to try and take after Circe and think about the good things. 'Cause there are a lot of good things ( Read more... )

She's not really my type
but I think you two are forever
and I hate to say it but
you're perfect together so fuck you
and your untouchable face
and fuck you
for existing in the first place
and who am I
that I should be vying for your touch
and who am I
I bet you can't even tell me that much

Meh. *sigh*