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( Obama's speech last night in four parts. )
I'm really going to have to sit down and rewatch the whole thing after I make a Pepsi run.
I'm really going to have to sit down and rewatch the whole thing after I make a Pepsi run.
Jun. 4th, 2008
... AWWWW.
They always look so damn cute together, you know? And last night after the speech when they were standing together waving to the crowd, they both looked at each other at one point and she clearly said, "I love you," and he just looked at her with this dreamy look in his eyes and I kinda maybe DIED.
Oh, my God, my political OTP of luuuuuuurv.
They always look so damn cute together, you know? And last night after the speech when they were standing together waving to the crowd, they both looked at each other at one point and she clearly said, "I love you," and he just looked at her with this dreamy look in his eyes and I kinda maybe DIED.
Oh, my God, my political OTP of luuuuuuurv.
Random links
Jun. 4th, 2008 01:24 pm-- 6-Year-Old Saves 5-Year-Old Friend From Drowning
-- Reading the comments of this Smart Bitches post about the cover of next week's New Yorker makes me want to go spend the rest of the day in a bookstore. And why isn't there a scented candle or something that'll make your house smell like old books? I'd buy it in bulk.
-- As someone on Jezebel said, you'd think the conservative Christian camp wouldn't want their daughters displaying their sexual attitudes on their pants.
-- An Indian couple was divorced without their knowledge ten years ago.
-- Greece holds first gay weddings. Yay for them! Although this statement annoys me: A Greek Orthodox priest described their homosexuality as a curse and the mayor of a neighbouring island said the sight of same-sex couples would upset "good families" on their holidays. So those families not upset by the sight of same-sex couples are bad? Thanks for that.
-- Jason Biggs is going to repeat his marriage vows after eloping. I link mostly because a lot of the article is from Alyson Hannigan's point of view, since it sounds like she introduced them, and she sounds so darn cute. :)
-- Kevin Federline named "Father of the Year" by a Las Vegas Club.
-- Reading the comments of this Smart Bitches post about the cover of next week's New Yorker makes me want to go spend the rest of the day in a bookstore. And why isn't there a scented candle or something that'll make your house smell like old books? I'd buy it in bulk.
-- As someone on Jezebel said, you'd think the conservative Christian camp wouldn't want their daughters displaying their sexual attitudes on their pants.
-- An Indian couple was divorced without their knowledge ten years ago.
-- Greece holds first gay weddings. Yay for them! Although this statement annoys me: A Greek Orthodox priest described their homosexuality as a curse and the mayor of a neighbouring island said the sight of same-sex couples would upset "good families" on their holidays. So those families not upset by the sight of same-sex couples are bad? Thanks for that.
-- Jason Biggs is going to repeat his marriage vows after eloping. I link mostly because a lot of the article is from Alyson Hannigan's point of view, since it sounds like she introduced them, and she sounds so darn cute. :)
-- Kevin Federline named "Father of the Year" by a Las Vegas Club.
Dear Starbucks, Borders, McDonald's, and every other restaurant/cafe in the area that offers Wi-Fi you have to pay for,
It's stories like this that are the reason I'm more apt to just go to Panera or walk to the gas station cafe down the street, both of which offer me Wi-Fi for free and feed me a good meal at the same time, another thing not one of you can claim. It's also why Panera's always crowded with people with laptops and I've yet to see more than one or two people with laptops at any of your damn places of business.
Sincerely,
Me
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Also, this is my new favorite picture of the Obamas.
It's stories like this that are the reason I'm more apt to just go to Panera or walk to the gas station cafe down the street, both of which offer me Wi-Fi for free and feed me a good meal at the same time, another thing not one of you can claim. It's also why Panera's always crowded with people with laptops and I've yet to see more than one or two people with laptops at any of your damn places of business.
Sincerely,
Me
**
Also, this is my new favorite picture of the Obamas.
Spotted on IMDb ...
Jun. 4th, 2008 04:52 pmThe Golden Compass author Philip Pullman is leading a campaign to block publishers' plans to introduce age guidance limits on books - insisting the proposals would be "damaging" to young readers.
Pullman, who penned the His Dark Materials trilogy, from which the 2007 film was adapted, is at the forefront of a group of authors and illustrators who are all unhappy about the plans.
The new guidelines would see children's books stamped with age limits, in a similar way to the guidance ratings given to movies.
And Pullman has started an online petition to try and stop the new rules being introduced by publishers, insisting the proposals are "ill-conceived and damaging to the interests of young readers".
This would have pretty much screwed up my entire childhood. Considering how far ahead of the curve I was always reading at, I would have gotten bored so fast if my local library played by these rules. (Meanwhile, my parents probably would have had no problem buying me whatever book I might want no matter what the contents. I was hopelessly spoiled like that. :))
Pullman, who penned the His Dark Materials trilogy, from which the 2007 film was adapted, is at the forefront of a group of authors and illustrators who are all unhappy about the plans.
The new guidelines would see children's books stamped with age limits, in a similar way to the guidance ratings given to movies.
And Pullman has started an online petition to try and stop the new rules being introduced by publishers, insisting the proposals are "ill-conceived and damaging to the interests of young readers".
This would have pretty much screwed up my entire childhood. Considering how far ahead of the curve I was always reading at, I would have gotten bored so fast if my local library played by these rules. (Meanwhile, my parents probably would have had no problem buying me whatever book I might want no matter what the contents. I was hopelessly spoiled like that. :))
Dear graduating seniors,
1. Don't you annoy the piss out of me the rest of the year as is by gunning it down Main Street past my apartment? Is the horn-honking really necessary?
2. Then again, without the horn-honking, I wouldn't be able to see how many of you classy, classy people wrote "No Fat Bitches!" on your car windows.
3. Did you all seriously vote "Don't Stop Believing" as your class song? SERIOUSLY?!
Wait, what the hell am I making fun of? The popular people in our class banded together and voted for a song we couldn't even sing at graduation like everybody else. ("Sky Blue and Black" by Jackson Browne, for the record. Not that it's a horrible song or anything, but we wanted to sing our song, damn it.)
1. Don't you annoy the piss out of me the rest of the year as is by gunning it down Main Street past my apartment? Is the horn-honking really necessary?
2. Then again, without the horn-honking, I wouldn't be able to see how many of you classy, classy people wrote "No Fat Bitches!" on your car windows.
3. Did you all seriously vote "Don't Stop Believing" as your class song? SERIOUSLY?!
Wait, what the hell am I making fun of? The popular people in our class banded together and voted for a song we couldn't even sing at graduation like everybody else. ("Sky Blue and Black" by Jackson Browne, for the record. Not that it's a horrible song or anything, but we wanted to sing our song, damn it.)
