Okay so.

As I mentioned before, I'm currently sharing a car.

Why am I sharing a car?

Because my brother loaned his to his former roommate.

Okay, fine, so ex-roomie loaned him his own car in return.

But then ex-roomie's car dies, so mine has to be shared.

Okay, fine, whatever, as long as I can get to school we're good, right?

Ha ha ha, if only it was that ( Read more... )

Ladies and gentlemen, may I just say:

( WHAT. )

I can say without any fear of overstatement that I hate one of my classmates.

It is a simple fact, nothing more.

As part of a class exercise on interpretation and other such things, we had to listen to Eminem's '97 Bonnie and Clyde. If you're unfamiliar with the song, please read the lyrics before you go on ( Read more... )

Birth of a Nation Liveblogwrite.

So I'm taking a Film History course. This means we get to watch some really awesome things.

This also means we get to watch some really... uncomfortable things.

Things such as The Birth of a Nation.

So I took down notes while watching it, as best as I could, anyway. ( Because I felt like sharing my pain with you. )

So.

One of the current trending topics on Twitter is #itaintrape.

Do I even need to say what is wrong with this?

karnythia is working making #ARapistJustifyingYourCrimes a trending topic.  Anyone care to help?

Dear world at large,

Racists exist in places that are not the South.

I know that this may come as a shock to some of you, but rest assured that the American South doesn't even come close to having a monopoly on racism.  Sure, they're the most open about it, but for the love of GOD.

People, stop scapegoating the South so you don't have to face the ( Read more... )

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So, okay, I just saw the new TV spot for The Last Airbender in the vain hope of spotting anything that resembles my beloved show.

There wasn't, but that is not the point of this post.

The point of this post is that before I was able to watch this TV spot -- which is, y'know, an ad -- first I had to watch... an ad.

There is a line.

It has been

AND NOW THE EMAIL ABOUT NO CLASS TONIGHT SHOWS UP.  AN HOUR AND TWELVE MINUTES AFTER CLASS NORMALLY STARTS.

I don't believe this.

I will quote the relevant parts for the link-phobic: ( Cut for FLists )

What the shit is this?

No, seriously.  What the shit is this?

There is so much wrong with this I can't even BEGIN to--

Like that's going to stop me.

( Problems with 'My New Pink Button' )