*trying to connect her brain*
I must be cursed. Does the LJ Strike have to be on my birthday ? Of any day they could've chosen, they choose the 21th of March.
That's not fair. Really not fair.
Dunno about the strike in itself. The feeling is there, I can understand the righteous anger with SUP. I'm just not sure it will really work. I mean, obviously not everyone will do it and I don't see it having an impact on SUP given their view on their users. I don't post/comment everyday, so it won't really change for me.
An interesting post on the Strike : http://tafkae.livejournal.com/186859.html
Today, I had an exam on American History. I'm not sure I've succeeded. the 'Manifest Destiny' and the American Exceptionalism have fried my brain last night. It is so stupid, so unbelievable and headache. No one has taken it as far as the US.
Some chosen pieces of BS from Wikipedia :
From : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_destiny
Historian Beshoy Shaker has noted that three key themes were usually touched upon by advocates of Manifest Destiny:
- the virtue of the American people and their institutions;
- the mission to spread these institutions, thereby redeeming and remaking the world in the image of the U.S.; and
- the destiny under God to accomplish this work.
That is, O'Sullivan believed that God ("Providence") had given the United States a mission to spread republican democracy ("the great experiment of liberty") throughout North America. Because Britain would not use Oregon for the purposes of spreading democracy, thought O'Sullivan, British claims to the territory should be overruled.
GAWD. Whatevar.
Representative Robert Winthrop ridiculed the concept in Congress, saying "I suppose the right of a manifest destiny to spread will not be admitted to exist in any nation except the universal Yankee nation." Winthrop was the first in a long line of critics who suggested that advocates of Manifest Destiny were citing "Divine Providence" for justification of actions that were motivated by chauvinism and self-interest.
At least, someone saw it for what it was u_u
Americans became increasingly accepting of the presence of British colonies to the north after the War of 1812, although Anglophobia continued to be widespread in the United States.
Anglophobia ? Can someone please remember them that they came from there ? ==
From : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Exceptionalism
The term has also come to describe the belief that the United States has an exceptional position among countries, and should not be bound by international law except where it serves American interests.
It speaks for itself. The Egocentrism...*retches*
The basis most commonly cited for American exceptionalism is the idea that the United States and its people hold a special place in the world, by offering opportunity and hope for humanity, derived from a unique balance of public and private interests governed by constitutional ideals that are focused on personal and economic freedom.
BS.
One thing I love because it's a 'shooting in one's own foot' type XD
From
It actually praises the 'supposedly' unique american values - that are not so unique, see my lessons sporked in my Ij that I'll post soon - but one sentence made me laugh so much :
Every generation moved further west and became more American, more democratic, and as intolerant of hierarchy as they were removed from it. They became more violent, more individualistic, more distrustful of authority, less artistic, less scientific, and more dependent on ad-hoc organizations they formed themselves. In broad terms, the further west, the more American the community.
....BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA XD Meaning the further west you went, the more ruthless bastards you'd find XD
I agree, that's the American.
And there was this guy in the underground, same schoolmate as last week, staring at me XD Like he recognised me too, maybe XD Who knows ? We had PE class together and we might have spoke to each other.
And seriously, people. When you're trying to racket money in the money by playing music in the underground, play it well. There was that old bloke, playing violin and it was awful oo he kept on playing wrong notes. He butchered Mozart's Symphony n°40 (1st Movement) and Brahms's Hungarian Dance n°5.
And now TORCHWOOD TIME ! Because 2x11 had this scene, a classic ; I have to share it.
SPOILERS FOR 2X11 (AND A BIT OF 2x12) : IMAGE HEAVY & NEKKIDNESS
One scene for the whole episode and it totally stole the light for me, I swear XD
Gwen walked on something in the Greenhouse...
SNOGGING ! Half Naked (or Naked for Jack XD)
... Look at Ianto's hand XD He's a sly one, Mr.Teaboy and Jack looks like he's appreciating it ♥
I love the look on their faces : Busted !
Jack is finding that funny...XD
And John Barrowman said he was not in a good shape ? He's crazy *drools*
Ianto ♥ "It doesn't matter."
Jack showing off his underwear. (Briefs ? Boxers ?)
"... for naked hide-and-seek."
"He cheats. He always cheats."
And as soon as Jack is back in the greenhouse, he takes his shirt off.
While Ianto makes coffee, Jack is yelling at him to come back. I don't know but I love the idea of Ianto leaving an aroused and tied up Jack to go and make coffee X3
Preview of 2x12.
That is hot. Really HOT. *needs to make an icon*
And Torchwood 2x12 is airing tomorrow *_* The viewers of BBC Three (and those who download) got spoiled this week. But we have then to wait two weeks before the finale :\
Shiyume~