Right. So, why is it that the year I go abroad, the most epic amounts of snow ever blanket Washington, DC, Georgetown calls not one or two but four consecutive snow days, and I am stuck in gloomy Britannia jealously eyeing the Facebook statuses of my friends back on the East Coast? Dear Impersonal Supreme Being, is this what I get for having ( Read more... )

As a resident of Arlington but an intern in the District of Columbia proper, my daily commute consists of two parts: taking the bus to the metro station and then taking the metro to work. I am, at this point, something of a seasoned, if young, WMATA veteran: growing up, I probably went to Washington more than any other city, Philadelphia ( Read more... )

And now for something completely unrelated to my previous entries ( Read more... )

I stumbled upon this little extremist gem while reading TPM just now:

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(Note: the above is TPM's abridged version wherein all of the noteworthy parts are preserved. The full clip can be found somewhere on the NBC website, I'm sure ( Read more... )

These presidential debates often devolve into my yelling at the image of John McCain's large projected face as he erroneously spouts off on some subject or another or tells me that I am his friend. (No thank you, John, I have better taste than that.) The one thing that really set me off came rather early in the debate, when the two candidates ( Read more... )

Although it is not particularly apparent from this journal, the election preoccupies quite a bit of my thinking these days. The disaster that is Sarah Palin, I must admit, was initially part of the reason: when McCain first announced that she would be his running mate, I would find myself scouring all of the major media outlets and favourite ( Read more... )

I normally don't write posts like this, but there is something within me that is trying very hard not to bubble over with frustration, and clearly, I'm failing very badly. The usual disclaimer applies: I don't meant to offend or convert -- I am simply a college student letting off some steam rather than studying for her multivariable calculus exam ( Read more... )

There are a few things in life that I determinedly and irrationally loathe. These are usually limited to things like spiders, rude customers, capricious grading, and such forth.

Chinese traditional characters have not only been added to the list, they have been accorded the honour of being ranked first in Things That Piss Virginia Off. For my ( Read more... )

Not like anyone cares what I have to say about it, as I do not write/draw chan or moderate any high profile communities, but theoretically speaking, freedom of speech still exists.

So, hurrah, here we go again: fandom spams news, threatens to migrate to [insert blogging service of your choice] (or actually migrates), and generally makes a fuss. It ( Read more... )

Last.fm and I had a rather serious spat last night, and we have since separated. ( That is what it deserves for fucking with my laptop. )