See, this year is going to be ugly. Not that every presidential election year isn't ugly, because hello, I wasn't born yesterday, but yeah... this year in politics is just going to be especially ugly. And I think that's maybe a good thing ( Read more... )

I'm seriously not even going to say all that much, except to say that those that live in glass houses should stop throwing stones.

Al Gore, environmentalist, is actually less environmentally friendly than his "evol" counterpart, George Dubyah. At least when comparing Gore's home in Tennessee versus Bush's home in Texas ( Read more... )

Okay, so I'm pretty annoyed at this point, which probably means I shouldn't be posting about a political issue, but.. I'm going to anyway. Fair warning, kay? Kay ( Read more... )

Oh, Louisiana. You never fail to piss me off. Okay, so LA has this tuition program called TOPS. Tuition Opportunity Program for Students. It started in I believe 1998, when I went to college. It's possible it started the year before, but anyway. The requirements were a GPA above a certain number, and that you lived and were going to college ( Read more... )

Apparently the topic of race in fandom has been brewing again, which leads to the topic of race period. I've in the past made commentary about it, and not fully explained myself. I have a tendency to think in half-thoughts and assume others can infer what I mean. I should know better... in fact, DO know better, because when dealing with a hot- ( Read more... )

I made the below post on the Writers Guild Strike, and apparently woke up the political activist that beats its tiny fists inside my chest a little bit ( Read more... )

I can't seem to sleep more than four hours tonight, and so I'm up now ( Read more... )

So for the past however long it's been going on, I've purposefully chosen to remain silent about the whole Jena 6 debacle going on in my home state because it just makes me so... angry's not even the word. Oh, and let me tell you how proud I am that it's occurring in my home state. SO PROUD. [/sarcasm ( Read more... )

Do you know what word I love? Heteronormative. Do you know what word makes me run screaming from anyone using said word? Heteronormative. Now that's a conundrum isn't it? The thing for me is that I think it's a clever word. I think it sounds cool. And I think it's one of those perfect words... one of those things that some clever person came ( Read more... )

Hi. I am exhausted. And how are you? I am EXHAUSTED. I'm sure I'll write more about the concert later but for now just let me tell you a few things ( Read more... )