I AM REALLY CONFUSED.

Scene: 6:59 PM, Eastern Standard Time. I turn on the VS network and catch the last thirty seconds of something called the World Combat League.

It ends. I see the "CBC Productions" logo. I say yay, it's awards time!

It's....Coronation Street. It's on for a few minutes. I am cracking up, because they're putting this on a sports network?!

Then it switches to, uh, the draft lottery? Now, I love the draft. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the draft. But the draft lottery, no I would not like to watch this. And they just said....one day after the regular season wtf.....

WAIT OH. Finally, it's Ron MacLean.

Someone over at VS is really in trouble.

( Okay, so I'm going to spam about it )

Well, there was no drunken Fischer (seriously, the highlight of the 2002 Cup) and the camera wasn't on my Wallaby for his turn at the Cup, but I did get to see Holmstrom say what sounded a lot like "We don't need this shit" and generally be the cutest chipmunk ever, and McCarty's interview of Osgood was adorable. And, uhm, oh yeah, the overwhelming feeling of WOOOOOT.


High-fives to all my fellow Detroiters and Wings fans, BIG HUGS to all the Pens fans on my list.

Just because I want to join in the train, I have to say that I was really disappointed that Sykora did not dedicate his goal to his chinchilla. However, I was quite amused that his post-game interview was only 25% actual words.

It could be worse. There could have been five overtimes. We could have broken someone. We would have been too tired to adequately party down. We could have to go some place much worse.

That said, I may have to kill one of those announcers if I have to hear the phrases "next goal wins it," "nhl.com/edge for stories about the playoff beard,"or "Kronvall" ever, ever again.

What the headlines should read-

Michigan Conservatives: "Gays Not Even Good Enough For the Truth"

In 2004, the people of Michigan passed Proposal 2, which added an amendment to the state constitution banning gay marriage (as if we could anyway.) The driving force behind this amendment (Citizens for Protection of Marriage) swore up down and sideways that no really, this was just about protecting our families! And no, no, no, we're not going to go after domestic partner benefits, really! I can't cite my source on this, as google won't help me out, but the AFL-CIO remembers it too, so hopefully that's proof enough that I'm not making it up.

Well, it took them four years, but they did it. No benefits for gay partners, court says. Yes, that's right, the Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that Proposal Two bars public employers (such as, oh, the public school system) from offering domestic partner benefits.

Get this. This is what really, really makes me rage. Patrick Gillen, a professor at Ave Maria Law School and a coauthor of the amendment, said the court was correct to understand that same-sex benefit policies are an attempt to have "same-sex partners treated as spouses ... to redefine marriage and the family in a very radical way."

EXCUSE ME? That is not what you were saying in 2004. It's the exact opposite. So either you're changing your mind now or you were lying then, and I'm pretty sure it's the latter. I think there might be a commandment against that.

I don't even know what to say. This is not family values. This is sick parents and sick children and lawmakers and judges and worst of all, ordinary citizens who want to keep them from having health care.

I've been trying to write this without profanity, but it's times like these where I can't come up with a better expression of my feelings other that fuck you.



EDIT: In related news, And Tango Makes Three is the most challenged book in public schools and libraries for the second year in a row. I'm laughing and crying at the same time.

Karl Urban? KARL URBAN??!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?

Don't get me wrong, it's exciting to get to lust after him. But. KARL URBAN WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK?!

I'm having a mix of emotions right now, and at first I wasn't sure I wanted to post about either of them, the first part because it's spammy and the second because I'm not sure I can properly articulate myself, but recent events in both areas have pushed me to make the post.

First, the good ( Regarding Due South )


The second, and far more serious matter, is related to much more current events.

The most disturbing thing I have ever seen in my life, hands down, more than anything, more than all the internet shock sites or horror movies or anything, was on a tv show. I do not remember the name, but I can tell you that it was on Spike TV and it was either about "incredible real-life videos" or "incredible police videos" or something of that sort. This episode was showing at maybe three in the afternoon. I wasn't trying to watch-- I was in the living room doing something else and my brother had it on for lack of anything better to do. In the segment that got to me, the police were called in regarding four girls (probably in their early twenties) who had handcuffed themselves to a tree stump in the middle of a bank. They were protesting something, I don't know why. The officers asked the girls to leave, and they would not. There were threats of legal punishments. I think maybe one or two left. All I remember was what the officers finally did. They put tear gas on a q-tip and stuck it in the girl's eyes. She was screaming in pain. I can't remember anything else, only my sense of nausea and horror and disgust. The girls weren't hurting anyone. They were handcuffed to a tree, and the officers decided to react so violently, so deliberately and sadistically violently. But what really got me was that someone had decided "Oh my God, we need to PUT THIS ON TV!" I couldn't believe I'd seen it, not as part of some news report, but just as part of a collection of videos viewers were supposed to be fascinated by.

If you've been looking at headlines today, you've probably seen the one about the University of Florida student tasered for, apparently, acting violently during a campus discussion thing with John Kerry. I don't want to debate the ethics of the actions of the police-- others can do that far better than I can, and as bad as this sounds, to form my own judgment would require me to watch the obligatory youtube video (in a sad bit of full-circleness, the video is prominently linked on spiketv's homepage) and I will not do that. I've already seen enough. A short clip was played on the noon news here in Detroit. I couldn't see anything, it all happened so fast, but what can clearly be heard is the student begging "Don't taser me, I didn't do anything!" and then screaming in pain. Now, at least this was a news show, with a reason to play the clip, but there was no warning for graphic content.

And I just don't get it, I really don't. Seeing a nipple at, what, nine or ten pm during the Super Bowl is going to scar children for life, but we can show someone begging not to be hurt at noon? I know it's a school day, but kids could easily be watching. These things, these moments of real people in pain, are somehow less offensive than nudity or profanity. Sally Field can't say "goddamn" at ten on a school night, but three o'clock is a fine time to show very large police officers causing pain to young women? How does that make any sense? I'm 24 and I wanted to vomit after I heard that clip; what could it do to a six year old? This kind of moral policing is incomprehensible to me.

(to cheer myself up i'm watching goofy sga interviews. and then i'm going back to fraser as a girl.)

So I decided I don't feel like figuring out where the library does donations, and anyway, I figure I'd try this.

So, FREE TO A GOOD HOME ! First come, first serve and all that. Leftovers from my Contemporary Drama class.
(I can't imagine WHY anyone would want these, but just in case...)

Brecht on Theatre- The Development of an Aesthetic edited and translated by John Willett. Great condition, some highlighting.

Zoot Suit and Other Plays by Luis Valdez. Great condition, some highlighting and notes in the first play. Also contains Bandido! and I Don't Have to Show You No Stinking Badges!

The Homecoming by Harold Pinter. Looks a bit bent on the spine, some highlighting and notes.

Collected Shorter Plays by Samuel Beckett. going to offspeed

Plays 3 by Edward Bond. Great condition, some notes and highlighting on Bingo. Also contains The Fool, The Woman, and Stone.

A post full of cut tags and other points.

1. I am procrastinating on watching the season two finale of Supernatural because I'm afraid it'll depress the shit out of me.

2. ( Another HP question. No spoilers but I'll cut it anyway )

3. Alex and I were discussing Eric Gagne and she expressed interest in the 2004 ESPN Magazine article about him. It's a really great article which makes me want to squish him, so I scanned it as text and posted it. I'm leaving this post unlocked (shock! awe!) in case people want to link it or whatever.

( Eric Gagne kindly requests that you take your seat! )


4. New icon. Feel free to doubt me on this, but I SWEAR this is Matthew Lewis at the OotP premiere. No further comment.

So I actually think this is kinda accurate (not the animal, but the description) but I thought this was so freaking cool so I did it.

( Fix my daemon!!!! His name is Elleron, which is an awesome name!!!!! )

I am so twelve years old.

christyedna is a horrible horrible person who made a request I could not refuse.

Mumble is actually standing on a box (hee) so he could do his full dancing action.

I am so so sorry.

This is the post I was going to make yesterday.

So, as I understand it, my story about my mini-tree being tacky like JAke Shears of the Scissor Sisters caused much enjoyment. Thus, I bring you visions of the tree.

( Pictures and, because I have too much time on my hands, video )

Unrelated to the tree, I also want to show off my totally awesome dancing Mumble.

Happy birthday Christiane!!!!!!!!!!! May it be a wonderful wonderful wonderful one (and may you bask in the glory of having your POTC fic recced by like, everyone on my flist) ;)

Now, a poll.

Poll #780198 Matching
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

Does navy blue match with brown?

Is it possible to be born without the matching colors gene?

Is my mom just plain crazy?

Why Steve Yzerman is my hero, by Chrissy, age 23.

You know, when I think about it, no matter where I go or what I do, I too would like my legacy to be that I did the best I could.

Thank you, Stevie.

O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills;
For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning

I'm slacking on EVERYTHING I should be doing, so I

( stole a trillion book memes from SDQ )

Most of the time, I really hate spam, but sometimes it totally makes my day.

I just got an e-mail with the subject- "Listen to the voice of your penis. He is asking to get the Penis Enlarge Patch."

I think if your penis has a voice, you might want to start looking into some serious therapy.

I just managed to cook a frozen pizza, remove it from the oven rack, slice it, and clean the oven rack using only a plastic spoon and fork, a towel, and a brillo pad. Go team me.

As you can tell, my supply of necessary things in this house is dwindling, and as such I'm not sure how much internet access I will have for the next few days. Tonight may be doubtful, tomorrow as well, but I should be back by Tuesday, barring total disaster.


See you soon!

I am physically incapable of passing up a book meme.

( At least this one is relatively short )

I have been so so drained all day. I partly know why but am denying it.

zdarovyeh is the new winner of my Sweetest Person Ever award. Thank you so much!

Kimmy and I were talking and have come up with the ultimate in ultimate things ever. Celebrity Jeopardy with contestants Jon Stewart, Anderson Cooper, and Stephen Fry. Thoughts? Brainlust? Urgent appeals to NBC? I thought so.

I (finally) bought Eats, Shoots and Leaves today. Read the intro and I LOVE IT. The author goes on a huge rant about people pluralizing by apostrophe and I was right there with her. What took me so long to finally buy this book?!

I also bought Between Men because I was fascinated by Epistemology of the Closet. Sedgwick isn't the world's clearest writer, but after Butler her prose is like crystal, and she's funny. One of these days I'm gonna talk about Gender Trouble and where I think Butler went wrong, but to make a long story short, Epistemology was great, there was much reference to Between Men, I decided Sedgwick was worth it, and now I have it. I read the intro of that and now I'm kindasorta reading three books at once, the two new ones and Confessions of a Wicked (Ugly? can't remember the title) Stepsister. Yipes.

I was also useful today, installing a doorknob all by myself. My parents were impressed, though I'm not sure why. Okay, actually I am sure why, because I'm not very good at these things, but still. I also hooked up a showerhead and a toilet seat, because I am just that good.

There is a very small wasp's nest between the door and screen of the back door of the new house. It really kinda makes me want to cry. It also makes me angry, so I spend a lot of time tapping on the glass whenever a wasp gets near.

I cannot believe it is June already., Where has the time gone?

Le squee! 'tis the birthday of Her Disconess, the wonderful SDQ!!!! Hope you have a wonderful day.

On that note, I got your graduation announcement and ee your picture is so pretty!