urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhorse488 In a non-defined, non-conventional way Sarah 2009-10-27T21:29:15Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhorse488:105487 2009-10-27T21:28:13Z 2009-10-27T21:29:15Z Hey! So a friend of mine, <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_la_fields' lj:user='la_fields' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://la-fields.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://la-fields.livejournal.com/'><b>la_fields</b></a></span>, wrote this awesome book called Maladaptation. She's a fourth year undergraduate student at New College and she already has her own fiction book published! Cool, right? Plus it's totally all about the gay. If you are interested you can check it out and order a copy on amazon <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Maladaptation-L-Fields/dp/1608640035/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1247191139&amp;sr=8-8">here</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhorse488:104204 2009-09-22T04:09:50Z 2009-09-22T04:52:25Z I watched the first episode of Mad Men. It's filled with all of the intrigue, subtext, symbolism, and intensive character focused drama that I love. I have no idea why I haven't been watching this sooner, but I can tell you that it was a horrible idea to start during my thesis year.<br /><br />I'm rewarding myself with the next episode after I finish the Derrida readings. Thankfully the reading has gotten somewhat easier as it's gone on, but it's still rough going. Apparently, it's intentionally as confusing as possible! Ah, how I love readings like this. It brings back all my fond memories of reading Kierkegaard as a first year.... &lt;/sarcasm&gt; urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhorse488:104148 2009-09-16T01:27:04Z 2009-09-16T01:29:09Z For any parents, older relatives, or non-computer people out there, memorize this graph. You too can now become the local computer expert!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/darkhorse488/pic/0000w707/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/darkhorse488/pic/0000w707/s320x240" width="213" height="240" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://xkcd.com/627/">Original Link</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhorse488:102541 2009-09-01T18:18:24Z 2009-09-01T18:48:39Z This is the coolest thing I've ever seen posted on facebook. Thank you Glenn Beck, because your douchebag self noting how much you hate my school just made me love it all the more. I would kill to see this guy in a class with one of my professors and receive that "feel good" commentary my professors love oh so much. Or, how about the 9 kids who received Fullbrights last year out of a school of only 800 students ceremoniously stone him to death?<br /><br /><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=vTUouErmu0YC&amp;lpg=PA115&amp;ots=5MVmTdKFkj&amp;dq=glenn%20beck%20%22new%20college%22&amp;pg=PA115#v=onepage&amp;q=&amp;f=false"><i>An Inconvenient Book</i> (in which Beck rails against our narrative evaluations)</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhorse488:97266 2009-06-01T04:58:11Z 2009-06-01T05:00:35Z I'm a little late, but I still wanted to say Happy Birthday <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_equusentric' lj:user='equusentric' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://equusentric.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://equusentric.livejournal.com/'><b>equusentric</b></a></span>!!! You are a wonderful, giving person and I'm very happy to have you as a friend. Hope you had a fantastic day! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhorse488:97002 2009-05-31T20:48:17Z 2009-05-31T20:48:17Z I'm at Hunter's graduation. It's hour 3 out of a nearly 5 hour ceremony. The principal is talking for 3 minutes about all 177 kids. Kill me now. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhorse488:94077 2009-05-02T13:48:51Z 2009-05-02T13:49:23Z I'M GOING TO SEE THE KENTUCKY DERBY IN PERSON TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so fucking excited I am honestly shaking. I had such a hard time falling asleep last night because I felt like an 8 year old on the night before Christmas. The only way my life could get any better is if whoever wins today goes on to win the Triple Crown. If this happens, I could die completely content. I don't think this entire experience is going to feel real. I already feel like I'm dreaming it. I AM SO FUCKING EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! &lt;3 &lt;3 &lt;3 &lt;3 &lt;3 urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhorse488:93639 2009-04-28T21:03:17Z 2009-04-28T22:26:00Z It's a meme about books! How could I turn that down? It's also long, you have been warned. <br /><br /><a name="cutid1"></a><br />1) What author do you own the most books by?<br />Most likely Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I have 6 books by him and a collection of short stories. I also still have a ton of Anne Rice books. Actually now that I think about it, I may own more of her books.<br /><br />2) What book do you own the most copies of?<br />I own at least three many even four copies of Black Beauty from when I was a kid (I was obsessed). I own Spanish versions of a few books that I also have in English and I own two copies of Anne Rice's Feast of All Saints (my paperback and my first edition)<br /><br />3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?<br />No. My grammar is not perfect enough for me to be a grammar Nazi. <br /><br />4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?<br />I don’t know who it would be now. It used to be Heathcliff from “Wuthering Heights” because I’m a dark romantic like that. I was also mildly obsessed with Sydney Carton from “Tale of Two Cities”<br /><br />5) What book have you read the most times in your life?<br />This is really difficult. Probably either “Kiss of the Spiderwoman”-Manuel Puig or “Feast of All Saints”-Anne Rice<br /><br />6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?<br />Black Beauty certainly, but I think that was when I was much younger. I remember being really into the James Harriet novels when I was around this age. I wanted to be a vet so badly because of those books.<br /><br />7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?<br />Only in the past year? There’s not a whole lot that would qualify, probably “Song of Solomon” by Toni Morrison. I just really didn’t like that book. <br /><br />8) What is the best book you've read in the past year?<br />There are so many. “The Feast of the Goat”-Mario Vargas Llosa, “I, The Supreme”-Augusto Rao Bastos (for his sheer insanity and crazy gift for language.), “Black Boy”-Richard Wright. For fun I also really liked “Furies of Calderon”-Jim Butcher. I haven’t finished it yet but “The Brief and Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao”-Junto Diaz is also an incredibly amazing text.<br /><br />9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?<br />My favorite books are very specific to my interests and I would in no way expect anyone else to like them. Personally, I think everyone should read “Kiss of the Spiderwoman”, but I know that opinions on that are likely to vary greatly. I always recommend “One Hundred Years of Solitude” because I think it lives up to the hype and then some. As far as more easy to read books go, everyone should read “Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavars” by Mary Roach because it’s hysterical and really informative. “Bonk” is also really good, but her first book is the best. <br /><br />10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature?<br />Phhh I have no idea. <br /><br />11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?<br />If they could do cast it convincingly enough I think “Middlesex” could be great, but boy it would be long. While I was reading it, I kept thinking that Edmund Spenser's "The Fairy Queen" would be hilarious if made into a modern day epic movie.<br /><br />12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?<br />Ulysses<br /><br />13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.<br />Do not recall, sorry guys. <br /><br />14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?<br />I don’t like classifying things as lowbrow. I think literature should just be fun and there doesn’t need to be a hierarchy where one person is “better” than anyone else for reading Kafka or Nobokov in their spare time instead of Sci-Fi/Fantasy. Then again, if you read Nicholas Sparks or Romance and think they’re actually good, god help you. That said, “The DaVinci Code” is a pretty low point. I wanted to see what all the fuss is about. I learned why I should never read badly written pop culture-lit like this.<br /><br />15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?<br />“Paradise Lost”, which is not a book but whatever. To fit the definition a little better I suppose “Ulysses” or maybe “I, The Supreme” which is basically a Latin American response to Ulysses in a way.<br /><br />16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?<br />I’ve only seen “The Tempest” performed, which is not obscure<br /><br />17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?<br />The Germans. (See answer to 22)<br /><br />18) Roth or Updike?<br />Haven’t read either. Yeah, yeah, yeah I’m correcting it in the Post-moderism/Post-colonial class I want to take next year.<br /><br />19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?<br />David Sedaris rules all.<br /><br />20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?<br />Milton or Shakespeare tossup. FUCK CHAUCER, seriously. <br /><br />21) Austen or Eliot?<br />Eliot<br /><br />22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?<br />I am seriously ashamed to admit this because it makes me a horrible literature student. I have read NO Russian or French literature. None. Zip-zero nada despite the fact that I own copies of Anna Karenina, Crime and Punishment, and Les Misérables. I am trying to rectify this in my last year at New College at least with French lit. I already know that I won’t be able to take Russian. None of my literature major friends know about this.<br /><br />23) What is your favorite novel(s)?<br />This is like asking me to choose a favorite child. “Heart of Darkness”, Kiss of the Spiderwoman”, “One Hundred Years of Solitude”, “Feast of the Goat”, “Middlesex”, “A Room of One’s Own”, “Feast of All Saints”. There are many more that should be mentioned, but I’ve covered the big ones.<br /><br />24) Play?<br />“Equus”-Peter Shaffer, “Angels in America”-Tony Kushner (yes I know most consider this outdated now because the AIDS epidemic isn’t as immediately lethal as it once was, but the way these characters become interconnected and what it says about human relationships is so incredibly appealing and fascinating to me)<br /><br />25) Poem?<br />“The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock”, most of Pablo Neruda’s 20 love poems (in Spanish not English), “Ellen West”-Frank Bidart, a couple Whitman poems, mostly from Leaves of Grass<br /><br />26) Essay?<br />I've read a couple essays for class that I enjoy, but nothing that sticks out. <br /><br />27) Short story?<br />Most of Kafka’s short stories, “El ahogado mas hermoso del mundo”-Garcia Marquez<br /><br />28) Work of non-fiction?<br />“Stiff”-Mary Roach, anything by David Sedaris, Seabiscuit, and probably my absolute favorite “The Tao of Equus”-Linda Kohanov<br /><br />29) Who is your favorite writer?<br />I hate that I like Garcia Marquez’s work so much because he’s the most well known author in Latin America and so many people read his works and don’t bother to read any of the other good things out there, but the man is amazing. Not everything he’s ever written works, but I truly love his writing. I suppose if I absolutely had to pick one he would be it. That said, Puig’s writing style is amazing, Conrad’s use of language in Heart of Darkness is one of the most perfect things I’ve ever read and I love every single one of the Virginia Woolf works I’ve read thus far.<br /><br />30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?<br />I think Jonathan Safron Foer has been a little too overhyped. I like him, but he’s not a favorite. I still hate Hemingway and you will never be able to convince me otherwise. <br /><br />31) What is your desert island book?<br />I actually have no idea what I choose for this.<br /><br />32) And ... what are you reading right now?<br />For class I’m in the middle of “Middlesex”, Kafka’s “The Trial” and “Next Year in Cuba”-Gustavo Pérez Firmat. For fun I’m off and on reading “Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History” and “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”-Junot Díaz urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhorse488:90957 2009-03-20T08:46:58Z 2009-03-20T08:46:58Z The past 4 days I have not gotten more than 5 hours of sleep. It is now 5 in the morning. I am still up writing this paper. I have three pages done out of seven. I want to do bodily harm to myself for not getting this done sooner. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhorse488:90586 2009-03-15T04:36:55Z 2009-03-15T16:48:55Z I am knee deep in paper hell. Here is my to do list this week:<br /><br />Sunday<br />150 pages of "Black Boy" by Richard Wright<br />75 pages of "The Confusions of Young Torless"-Robert Musil<br />Finish 8 page "Crisis of Identity" essay of which I currently have <s>two</s> four pages done<br />Do a draft of thesis prospectus to give to my advisor<br /><br />Monday Night<br />Spanish reading and 2 journal entries<br />Start Spanish essay<br />Develop topic and ideally get at least halfway through 5 page Cuban Revolution paper<br /><br />Tuesday Night<br />80 pages of Cuban Revolution reading<br />Finish Cuban Revolution paper<br />Finish Spanish essay if not done on Monday<br /><br />Wednesday Night<br />Spanish homework and journal entries<br />remaining 75 pages of "Young Torless"<br />200 pages of "Black Boy" (I truly hate this professor for assigning this much reading during midterm week)<br />Start 7 page American Masculinities paper<br /><br />Thursday Night<br />Finish American Masculinities paper<br /><br />*scampers off to get work done* urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhorse488:89901 2009-03-04T04:04:33Z 2009-03-04T04:06:41Z "Come What May"-Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor Season 3 of Queer as Folk is so freaking awesome. 308 and 311 have got to rank very high in my top 10 episodes of this series. I always think I'm done with the show and then one day I pop in a DVD for the hell of it and I'm reminded why I fell for it in the first place.<br /><br />Also, <i>Moulin Rouge!</i> is my happy place. I love it because it's cheesy, it's a musical, and it is utterly and insanely ludicrous. I love it because it reinterprets songs in a completely new and inventive way that makes you view the original song differently. I love it because it's completely aware of the cliches and genres it relies upon and makes fun of them and itself. I love it because the singing is imperfect but done with heart. (Ewan McGregor's voice in "your song" to this day makes me melt into a giant puddle.) I love it for Nicole Kidman's amazing red hair and the fact that her face moves like that of a real human being and not an barely animated doll. I love it because it is epic and visually captivating and the dancing is incredible. It is comedy, tragedy, musical, drama, and satire all in one giant red bow. I love it because it's the reason my best friend and I became friends 9 years ago and we can still sit down once a year and squee about it. Finally, I love it because I have watched it more times than I can count and I never, ever, get tired of it. My favorite review site doing a write up of my go to happy movie in their blockbuster review column? <a href="http://www.pajiba.com/moulin-rouge-review.htm">is the total icing on the cake.</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhorse488:89320 2009-02-17T04:39:10Z 2009-02-17T04:39:10Z Hello flist, I need your help for a moment please. I'm working with a group of students to set up an American Masculinites film festival on campus. What I need from you is a short list of movies that you have seen which deal with issues of masculinity, fatherhood, the homosocial continuum, gender identity including cross-dressing and transgenderism, and/or other themes related to these. Easy right? If you would like, please also include a very brief description of why you think the film is worth including in an event like this.<br /><br />Some examples of films we are including or are considering:<br /><br />The Godfather<br />Some Like it Hot<br />3:10 to Yuma<br />American Beauty<br />Spartacus<br />Fight Club<br />The Crying Game<br />The Searchers<br /><br />Thank you for any help you can provide, it is much appreciated! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhorse488:88075 2009-02-03T05:33:23Z 2009-02-03T05:33:49Z I got into all the classes I wanted, yay! I'm pretty excited about all of them. American Masculinities was a particularly awesome class. We spent 30 minutes talking about the Superbowl and how it relates to issues of American masculine identity. I love being in school.<br /><br />They finally produced a Dead Like Me movie. They had to replace the actress who played Daisy (one of my favorites) so I'm a little apprehensive about the quality of this, but anything dealing with Dead Like Me is game in my book. I miss that show so much. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhorse488:86853 2009-01-20T17:45:14Z 2009-01-20T17:45:14Z <font size="4">Barack Obama is officially the 44th President of the United States!!</font> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhorse488:84248 2008-12-11T19:03:42Z 2008-12-11T19:03:42Z Your computer breaking in the middle of finals week... Priceless. <br /><br />*sigh* At least I finished my Renaissance Epic Poetry paper (yay!!!!!!!) and I have only my Spanish paper left to write. Almost done. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhorse488:83338 2008-12-01T01:59:48Z 2008-12-01T02:00:19Z Hey guys, thank you for all of the Happy Birthday messages and well wishes. I greatly appreciate them. Full write up will be available tomorrow but I just have to say...<br /><br /><font size="4">I HAVE AT LEAST TWO POSSIBLY UP TO 6 BOX SEAT TICKETS TO THE 135th KENTUCKY DERBY!!!!!!!!!!!!</font><br /><br />I CRIED when my parents handed me that message. I'm still in shock. We have to hammer out details and all that, but jesus I am on such a high. I cannot even believe it. I am starting to cry now even thinking about it. I have been dreaming about this since I was 12 years old. This is literally a dream come true for me. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhorse488:83009 2008-11-29T18:32:03Z 2008-12-28T22:53:52Z I hope everyone in the US had a fabulous thanksgiving. Beth, Demarick and their two kids ended up not coming, so we had a pretty relaxing time here. It was good to spend some time with Isabel's family. I adore them and my parents have really warmed up to them a lot. It was nice. Plenty of good food (I personally ate about half the sweet potato souffle) and fun family times. Today I'm just trying to finish a paper due Monday and looking forward to midnight tonight when I turn 21.<br /><br />However, there is a news story I wanted to share just in case anyone hadn't heard about it. It isn't intended to ruin anyone's holiday, but I think it's good to think about our priorities right now and whether this countries craven consumerism is really worth it. In this news story, a 34 year old temp worker named Jdimytai Damour was trampled to death in Long Island, NY by a mob of 200 people lined up at Walmart to get special black Friday deals. This mob tore the door off its hinges trying to get through. This is an incredibly tragic story, especially considering this man was only trying to do his job and did not willingly put himself at risk like the holiday shoppers. What truly sickens me is that when it was announced that the store was closing to deal with this tragedy, there were people who screamed at employees that this wasn't fair since they'd been there since 5 am. <br /><br />I know in this bad economy everyone is trying to save and they're attempting to still provide a very fun Christmas for their kids, but I think we can all agree that no 50% off playstation 3 will ever be worth someone's life. We can blame Walmart for not hiring enough security and taking enough precautionary measures (and believe me I do), but these people are still responsible due to this mad dash mentality about accumulating more things. While I will never judge someone for celebrating (or not celebrating) the holidays in whatever way they see fit, I think this story and our troubled economic times do call in to question whether this American mentality of simply buying more stuff because we can or because we're supposed to is truly meaningful or fulfilling. Besides, isn't the core of the holidays about spending time with close family and friends? I urge you to take this in to consideration and determine for yourself what is truly important this holiday season.<br /><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/11/28/2008-11-28_worker_dies_at_long_island_walmart_after.html">Worker dies at Long Island Wal-Mart after being trampled in Black Friday stampede</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhorse488:82670 2008-11-19T19:35:17Z 2008-11-19T19:35:17Z Happy Birthdady to my lovely friend <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_patty1943' lj:user='patty1943' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://patty1943.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://patty1943.livejournal.com/'><b>patty1943</b></a></span>!!! I hope you have a fantastic day today. Thanks for all of your well wishes and kind thoughts these past few months. They have helped me enormously. I'm very grateful to have a friend like you. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhorse488:81862 2008-11-06T02:25:13Z 2008-11-06T02:25:13Z Victory is ours at last.<br /><br />I sat glued to the election coverage last night until after midnight. This was my first time voting in a presidential election and I cannot tell you how incredible it felt to vote for the first time in this historic election for a candidate that inspired me and that I believe in. I had heard all of the news discuss Obama's chances for victory, but I didn't dare get my hopes up only to be disappointed like in the 2004 elections. This time around, I finally got to see the candidate I wanted elected, and what a win it was. To watch Virginia, Indiana, Ohio, and most importantly for me, Florida, go blue was awe-inspiring. My county, one of the most Republican I know of in Florida, which hasn't given the election to a Democrat since 1944, was within 200 votes of electing Obama. That's incredible.<br /><br />Unfortunately, even with this huge victory, we still have a long way to go. Prop 2 (an anti-gay marriage amendment) in Florida, Prop 8 of California, Prop 102 in Arizona, and Initiative 1 in Arkansas banning gay adoption, all passed. Our amendment in Florida, which needs 60% of the vote to become part of the state constitution, passed with 62.2% of the vote. It puts a damper on things to know that we can elect an African-American man as President by a huge margin, but are still too bigoted to allow for gay rights. Yet, I am hopeful that someday we will get there and Obama is merely one tiny stepping stone in that long journey. <br /><br />Of course, the true test will come when Obama hits his first 100 days in office. He will be challenged liked no other. There's simply too much riding on him. Yet, I am hopeful that he can meet the challenges ahead and succeed, so for now at least I am choosing to remain optimistic about the future even as we face the huge struggles ahead. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhorse488:81172 2008-10-28T01:02:00Z 2008-10-28T19:54:54Z Shame your friends into voting by customizing this video. Don't be that asshole who forgets to vote!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cnnbcvideo.com/taf.html?id=&nid=On.Qhg1fUwT2hSP00WXvqDE2NTkx">http://www.cnnbcvideo.com/taf.html?id=&nid=On.Qhg1fUwT2hSP00WXvqDE2NTkx</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhorse488:80669 2008-10-18T13:59:23Z 2008-10-18T13:59:23Z Happy Birthday <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_wpadmirer' lj:user='wpadmirer' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://wpadmirer.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://wpadmirer.livejournal.com/'><b>wpadmirer</b></a></span>!! You are an incredibly talented, intelligent, caring, strong woman. I'm so happy to have gotten to know you and to call you a dear friend. Have a wonderful day! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhorse488:80037 2008-10-03T04:17:15Z 2008-10-03T04:17:15Z Well, personally I think Biden clearly won and did an incredible job. That's not even due to my obvious liberal bias. He was polite and well spoken, he addressed the questions at hand, stayed on message, and he had thorough and GOOD responses. Unfortunately, I know all too well that many Americans will be won over by Palin's so called "likeability" and forget the fact that in many cases she refused to address or did not adaquetly respond to key issues.<br /><br />Biden totally called Palin on her "As a woman whose raised 5 kids, I can raise the country" bullshit, with his choked up response about his wife and son. Geniune and made him seem more personable than he did in the rest of the debate. Right on.<br /><br />So happy Biden brought up Darfur. Far too many politicans simply ignore this huge issue.<br /><br />No one is winning me over with gay marriage, but at least Biden didn't have the same condescending attitude of Palin with her so-called "tolerance". Gotta love how her response was of the "I don't hate gay people, some of my best friends are gay!" variety.<br /><br />So let me get this straight, McCain knows a lot about winning wars because we did <u>so</u> well over there in Vietnam. *rolls eyes*<br /><br />Mavarick, Mavarick, Mavarick, Mavarick...Mav-- sorry I dozed off there for a second.<br /><br />Happy Biden called her to task for a plan that would only give $5,000 to Americans and somehow that's supposed to cover their entire health insurance problem when they wind up loosing benefits from work.<br /><br />Too bad he couldn't take about how "clean coal" isn't a real solution, something I disagree with Obama about, but at least he pointed out that off shore drilling wouldn't see results for 10 years. Not that we even have enough oil in this country to save us from our dependency for it to even matter.<br /><br />----<br />But enough about me, what did you think? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhorse488:79770 2008-10-01T04:38:14Z 2008-10-01T04:47:01Z "New Romance"-Laura Marling You know, I haven't participated in fandom for a while now and I don't get the same rush from QAF as I used to, although I still love the show, so I knew I wanted to check out Desperate Housewives this season because Gale has a big role, but I was dragging my feet a little. I finally saw it today and holy God, that man does things to the inner fangirl part of my brain. I was squeeing so hard the entire episode I could barely even contain myself. I didn't even realize how much I missed seeing him on my tv (or computer as the case may be.) until now. Then I read teary's write up of the episode which interlaced screencaps of Gale singing karaoke on the show with pics of Randy singing karaoke in real life and man it's almost like I never stopped.<br /><br />I also watched the Dexter premier. There was a much calmer vibe to this episode, even though it's still classic Dexter. I have a feeling the calm isn't not going to last long. I can't wait to see where they take this season! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhorse488:74370 2008-05-19T19:59:43Z 2008-05-19T19:59:43Z You know you're a literature major when... 2 lines about a tea pot take up a page and a half of your essay. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhorse488:73639 2008-05-14T20:36:58Z 2008-05-14T20:36:58Z Roundtrip plane tickets (which we found for an even cheaper rate and at a more convenient time), vacation apartment, and 3 days of a rental car, all bought and reserved as of today. YAY!!!