I remember, as a relatively small thing, living in Spain with my mother. I was home-schooled during that time, but my mother made a friend who had a Dutch niece staying with her, a couple years older than I was, and I took dance classes. So despite my lack of Spanish (or Catalan), I had a group of friends, of a kind.

And I remember, sitting on the ( Read more... )

Originally posted by gabrielleabelle at Mississippi Personhood Amendment
Okay, so I don't usually do this, but this is an issue near and dear to me and this is getting very little no attention in the mainstream media.

Mississippi is voting on November 8th on whether to pass Amendment 26, the "Personhood Amendment". This amendment would grant fertilized eggs and ( Read more... )

For a sudden realisation is which is really something you knew all along or at least for a while and it just crystallised ( Read more... )

Originally posted by seachanges at Signal Boost: Return of the DDoS
From galeni:

Originally posted by deathpixie at Signal Boost: Return of the DDoS
For those wanting to know more about the recent DDoS attacks, yes, it looks like it was the Russian government trying to shut down the dissidents again.

As I said last time, while it's frustrating not to have access, LJ is a ( Read more... )

I'm in Pennysylvania right now, getting ready for a friend's sister's wedding and it's so heteronormative and it's this amazing feeling not to resent it. because today, for me and New Yorkers, marriage isn't "straight marriage" or "gay marriage". it's just marriage ( Read more... )

Apparently unconfirmed reports say that at LEAST one "undecided" senator has anonymously said that they will vote for marriage equality. Rumours are saying it's possible we have a SURPLUS of aye votes. I just called Skelos' office and was told "I hear they're really close."

Please, please keep calling. But keep calling Senator Skelos at 518 455-3171 ( Read more... )

Call Senator Grisanti: 518 455-3240. If you've called already? Call again. And again. Tell them it's the first time you've called about an issue. Tell them how much of a basic human rights issue this is. Tell them that you'll support senators who support us. Tell them they have to bring this to the floor for a vote. I can't even stress how ( Read more... )

Seem like very big, melodramatic words, but er, today they are ENTIRELY the point. I've been calling, emailing and tweeting at undecided NY Senators to get them to support Marriage Equality. This is a bill that could go to vote any time in the next couple days and currently, it looks as though we're only one vote short.

One Republican senator was ( Read more... )

This was the weekend of ALL THE STUFF. After last weekend, which was all the stuff, WEST COAST EDITION.

Friday R and I put together one of our bookshelves, unpacked some stuff and FINALLY watched Neil Gaiman's episode of Doctor Who. So there was a brief shining day in which we were only two episodes behind. Now we are back to three.

Saturday P, G, R ( Read more... )

You guys, my hard drive just died a horrible and inexplicable death. Withdrawal. Panic. WOE. Stress. Unhappitude. And a 5 hour bus ride tomorrow.

LIFE IS AWFUL.

(Am borrowing R's macbook for the weekend. STILL AWFUL THOUGH. Especially because his has trackpad issues)