Hello, internet! Roll call: who's still here?

(You can put your hands down, angeldesignpro and stuck. Bullying me back here means I know you're here ( Read more... )

...And, because this warrants a separate post all on its own:

International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for the President of Sudan.I cried so hard when I read that this morning ( Read more... )

Fuck.

Fuck.

A light has gone out.

More on today later, because it deserves its own words, but this hits so damn hard.

When it came, it came on like a tidal wave; it didn't all happen at once, but kicked in slowly that it was more and more improbable that McCain would make a comeback and win the election. Consequently, I didn't do all my crying at once, but began breaking down after Pennsylvania was called, and then Ohio, and then Virginia ( Read more... )

Of all the things I've been up to lately, this is the one that I think you'd enjoy the most right now.

Mount Holyoke's Jazz Ensembles perform Bohemian Rhapsody.

That's about all I have to say for myself right now! More at eleven.

Whatever it is that you do when shit happens, be it pray or meditate or yell a lot, please do it today.

For reference: A strangely written but comprehensive summary of what's going on, and a pretty good timeline that covers what's been going down in the last couple months ( Read more... )

The good: First gay marriage in SF under new law for lesbian couple together fifty-five years to happen this afternoon.

The sad: The geriatric version of Romeo and Juliet.

The ugly: "Pro-life" pharmacies refuse to fill prescriptions for birth control.

The utterly adorable, from cleaning out the archives:
( Baby cousins in six-part harmony. )

Virginia kids: it's time to get out and get your vote on today. Don't forget! This is a pretty cool thing to be able to do and you can do it, so be one of the cool kids and go vote.

That's pretty much all this morning has for you, because now it's time for four hours of French. Wheeeeeee.

Earlier on this fine fine morning, rockershrimp posted what is probably the sexiest thing known to mankind, and I feel it just has to be passed along. An a cappella group from Minnesota, apparently, is the party responsible for this rendition of Daft Punk's Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.

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More videos of their stuff can be seen here!Also from the front: ( Read more... )

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