I am not in a good mood.

[apocalypsos]

-- HOMIGOD I WANT THIS BOOK. Why did I buy other books yesterday when I could have been buying this? *wibbles*

-- Perez Hilton's reported on the whole Luke/Noah phone campaign. I thought I couldn't stand that guy, and then I read the comments. Okay, I still can't stand him, but at least I know he's not the most repugnant person on that website. (If I have to hear, "How will I explain that to my kids?" one more time, I'm going to smack someone. The same way I explained it to my brother, morons -- "Some boys like girls, some boys like boys, some girls like girls." It's not actually that difficult.)

-- Western Oregon senior Sara Tucholsky had never hit a home run in her career. Central Washington senior Mallory Holtman was already her school's career leader in them. But when a twist of fate and a torn knee ligament brought them face to face with each other and face to face with the end of their playing days, they combined on a home run trot that celebrated the collective human spirit far more than individual athletic achievement. This is an awesome story, and makes up for the asshats on Perez's website.

-- I really need to clean my apartment today, if only so that tomorrow I can devote all of my time to trying to finish my Bigbang.

EDIT: Oh, and also, only a couple more days for apocalyptothon submissions. C'mon, you know you want to ... ;)

Comments

[denorios.livejournal.com]

That story about the baseball players is lovely. Major kudos to the girl who stepped up and had the idea to carry the hurt player around the bases - no matter what she says, not everyone would have had the heart to do that. Her parents must be so proud of her.

[siberian-skys.livejournal.com]

I want that book, too. It sounds fabulous. I wonder what the odds are of my local bookstore either having it or being able to get it.

[xturtle.livejournal.com]

That ESPN story just utterly made my day.

[ysabel.livejournal.com]

(If I have to hear, "How will I explain that to my kids?" one more time, I'm going to smack someone. The same way I explained it to my brother, morons -- "Some boys like girls, some boys like boys, some girls like girls." It's not actually that difficult.)

I totally less-than-three you for this. Just sayin'.

[girlwiththebook.livejournal.com]

if homosexuality is a person's biggest worry when it comes to explaining things to their kids, man they must live in an apple-pie-in-the-sky world.

i can think of many things that would be more difficult to explain to a child concerning the things people do. like say, the holocaust. arranged marriages and child/sexual abuse. the various wars that are constantly in play around the globe. the scary creepy people who think it's a good idea to lure kids and kidnap with them with pieces of candy. i could go on and on and on.

homosexuality? so low on the list it might as well not even be there. oh wait, it isn't. how 'bout that.

[scary-being-me.livejournal.com]

The softball story is truly awesome. A lot of players wouldn't help the opposition like that.

I've been on the fence about apocalyptothon. I've never written fanfic (I've always done oiginal fic) and I don't think I'm familiar enough with most of the fandoms to post 5 I could write.

[florahart]

(If I have to hear, "How will I explain that to my kids?" one more time, I'm going to smack someone. The same way I explained it to my brother, morons -- "Some boys like girls, some boys like boys, some girls like girls." It's not actually that difficult.)

No shit. When my older son was very small (three? four?) he explained to his year-younger cousin what "parents" meant --she knew the words mommy and daddy, but not parents, somehow. He told her Your parents are the people who take care of you all the time, like your mommy and daddy, or sometimes two mommies or two daddies, or maybe something else. Not your teachers, but more at home.

Now, I decided when my first kid was born that I was going to explicitly refer to partner relationships with both gay and straight terms all the time (still true), but really, if a preschooler can explain it, it's just not that hard.

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

Danke for the sportsmanship link, Ms. Princess. I linked to it as well, plus passed the story along to shadesong, who I think will appreciate it.

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

And here's a photo from that game, for further demonstration that what happened was a good thing.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

Central Washington is the college right up the street from my high school, and my AP Government teacher is the assistant softball coach there. He was telling us about that story today during first period.