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Note to self: don't post on the internet when you're drunk
I get so ridiculously, goofily happy when I drink and I just want to share my love for everything with everyone. But it's so embarrassing when I sober up. I'm 31, I really should know this by now, but it's a lesson I keep forcing myself to relearn over and over... -
my subconscious moonlights as a B-movie director
A while back I had this dream where there was this sort of dual effect, feeling myself in two places at once: an actor-me, taking part in the dream; and an observer-me, just watching and thinking. I only recall the tail end of the dream, but protagonist-me was trying to kill a gigantic venomous snake with my bare hands. The other, semi-disconnected ( Read more... ) -
THANK GOD
Now I can go back to caring about my other, non-poll watching related hobbies ( Read more... ) -
Apparently I have an unpopular opinion
I went into the Presidential Debate full of anxiety. Mitt Romney has been trailing (thank God) and apparently trapped in a death spiral of his own making. The word for weeks has been that the debates are his last chance to turn the momentum. He had everything riding on this debate and would for sure be prepared as humanly possible ( Read more... ) -
payroll taxes v income taxes
When did payroll taxes cease to be "real taxes ( Read more... ) -
pseudo-independence
So, uh ( Read more... ) -
So we are apparently moving to Texas
We haven't been here a year! I'm happy about the circumstances that make moving inevitable, but less than happy about the moving itself. I've been to Texas. I was born there, yes, but I'm not anxious to take up shop there. I don't like being hot, I don't like bugs, and I don't like conservative politics ( Read more... ) -
This Trayvon Martin business is getting to me
I've actually gotten a lot angrier over this whole thing recently than I was just to begin with, when the story was that George Zimmerman shot and killed an unarmed kid and wasn't arrested or charged with anything. THAT was terrible, and I was amazed by it, but I thought a lot of people were going too far. The outcry I relate to. The protests are ( Read more... ) -
Game Change - 3 stars!
So I watched that HBO movie, "Game Change," about the addition of Sarah Palin to McCain's 2008 presidential election campaign, and was very impressed -- and also rather horrified. What sort of surprised me was how much I enjoyed it just as a drama, that would have been compelling to watch even if 100% fictional (as some on the right are claiming it ( Read more... ) -
dammit Ace Attorney
Back when I first found TVTropes, in 2008, one of the first series I wound up checking out just because of its ubiquity there was Ace Attorney. Playing just the first case of the first game was enough to make me an addict -- once "Cornered" started up (the soundtrack is legendary and with good cause) I realized I had found something special indeed ( Read more... )