i love kanye's song "love lockdown" SO MUCH! so so so so much.
when those drums come in... it's like, YES!!!
it's been a long time since i've loved a song this much.
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here's a better angle of the whole "big titty bra" incident:
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one more thing: you know those celebrity playlists on itunes? i hate it when they pick one of their own songs. it's so tacky.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
waste of time
the kings are looking like SHIT tonight. seriously. like little turds with skates and sticks. like this:
where'd the real team go???
where'd the real team go???
Saturday, November 22, 2008
= B
1. sharp cheddar > colby jack cheese. i wish i could get my family to agree. maybe then they'd buy better cheese.
2. jack black is very funny. instead of sleeping, i'm up watching nacho libre.
chancho, when you are a man, sometimes you wear stretchy pants... in your rrrrroom. it's for fun.
3. wrestling is a super-duper gay sport.
4. my dad offered to buy my ticket for the game tomorrow. well, later today. and i decided not to go because i don't want to make the trek to la alone and nobody can come. so i'll be watching it on tv. if it turns out to be a really good game i'm going to cry. i can't believe they've already played 18 games and i haven't gone yet. OMG the season's almost 1/4 gone! IT GOES BY SO FAST!!!
2. jack black is very funny. instead of sleeping, i'm up watching nacho libre.
chancho, when you are a man, sometimes you wear stretchy pants... in your rrrrroom. it's for fun.
3. wrestling is a super-duper gay sport.
4. my dad offered to buy my ticket for the game tomorrow. well, later today. and i decided not to go because i don't want to make the trek to la alone and nobody can come. so i'll be watching it on tv. if it turns out to be a really good game i'm going to cry. i can't believe they've already played 18 games and i haven't gone yet. OMG the season's almost 1/4 gone! IT GOES BY SO FAST!!!
Friday, November 21, 2008
you know what i was? wrong!
this "getting their asses handed to them" business i spoke of earlier? well, no. that was inaccurate. the kings actually ended up winning 5-2. which is deceptive because two of the goals were empty net goals.
i didn't know that semin was injured and not playing. :(
and ovechkin had a stinky game and wound up -4. and he was REALLY involved in three of our goals... in a not so good way. our first goal actually came off of his stick. our second goal was thanks to his turn-over. and our third goal was on the power play, which we had because he bowled over dustin brown. but i will say that even on an off night, he's still amazing to watch. he scared the bejesus out of me every time he was on the ice because i was sure he was going to score.
the caps hadn't lost in regulation in 8 games. and in the last game they scored 6 (!!!!) goals, and 5 in the one before that, and 3 before that, and 5 before that, and 4 before that. they're the third highest scoring team and get tons of shots on goal.
this was their first regulation loss since NOVEMBER 1. we only allowed them 21 shots. stingy. this was only the second loss for their goalie. ersberg was solid tonight... and the two goals that went in weren't his fault. and drew doughty is a stud. he is hot stuff. he seriously makes me shout out how sexy his play is every single game. it's' like: "OMG DID YOU SEE THAT SAUCY LITTLE PASS!? YES!!!" tonight he punked ovechkin one on one and took the puck away from him and skated away. it was awesome.
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oh, and omg!!! i never, EVER thought i'd see this again:
i can once again get a whole tank for 20 dollars.
i didn't know that semin was injured and not playing. :(
and ovechkin had a stinky game and wound up -4. and he was REALLY involved in three of our goals... in a not so good way. our first goal actually came off of his stick. our second goal was thanks to his turn-over. and our third goal was on the power play, which we had because he bowled over dustin brown. but i will say that even on an off night, he's still amazing to watch. he scared the bejesus out of me every time he was on the ice because i was sure he was going to score.
the caps hadn't lost in regulation in 8 games. and in the last game they scored 6 (!!!!) goals, and 5 in the one before that, and 3 before that, and 5 before that, and 4 before that. they're the third highest scoring team and get tons of shots on goal.
this was their first regulation loss since NOVEMBER 1. we only allowed them 21 shots. stingy. this was only the second loss for their goalie. ersberg was solid tonight... and the two goals that went in weren't his fault. and drew doughty is a stud. he is hot stuff. he seriously makes me shout out how sexy his play is every single game. it's' like: "OMG DID YOU SEE THAT SAUCY LITTLE PASS!? YES!!!" tonight he punked ovechkin one on one and took the puck away from him and skated away. it was awesome.
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oh, and omg!!! i never, EVER thought i'd see this again:
i can once again get a whole tank for 20 dollars.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
and i already kind of loved him.
"What's so special about [Sidney Crosby]? I don't see anything special there. Yes, he does skate well, has a good head, good pass. But there's nothing else. … I think that if you take any player, even if he is dead wood, and start promoting him, you'll get a star. Especially if he scores 100 points. No one is going to care about anyone else. No one is going to care whether he possesses great skill. Let's say you put someone in front of the net and let him deflect pucks in, and he scored 50 goals -- everyone will say, 'Wow!' and then hand him a $10 million per year contract. That's what they like here."
-- Washington Capitals forward Alexander Semin
but now i kind of really love him. FINALLY!!! i have been complaining about crosby's overexposure pretty much since the day he was drafted. WE GET IT! he's a good hockey player. fabulous. but there ARE other players. i hate that every single day there's a story about the pittsburgh fucking penguins on the nhl site (or any site that's discussing hockey). 30 teams, guys. 30 teams. anyhow, all you EVER hear is people singing crosby's praise because he's the superstar and the face of the game. whenever people who don't know hockey try to talk to me about it, they always ask me about crosby. i won't even say he's overrated, but i'm just so sick of him. and i'm so glad to hear alexander semin (pronounced seh-min, not semen, fyi) speak his mind.
now, semin's on the caps with ovechkin. and ovechkin gets a lot of exposure too (though definitely not as much as crosby) and there's this brewing rivalry between the two clubs. i think a lot of it is fabricated by the media, but when they play each other the playoff atmosphere is there. i love ovechkin, though. i love semin. i love the caps. i don't get to see them play very often since they're an east coast team, but whenever i watch them it's such a good time. and there is NOTHING better than watching ovechkin celebrate scoring a goal. homeboy gets SO EXCITED!!! EVERY TIME!!! and he scores a shitload of goals. more than crosby. he's jut so much more fun than crosby.
anyhow, i can see how semin would be the one to say this about crosby. i hope that it takes the rivalry to a new level. and i can't wait for the kings game against the caps tonight. i think the kings are going to pretty much have their asses to them. i mean, they are going to get SMOKED. poor little ersberg isn't going to know what hit him. (although the caps [i think] will have theodore in net and heaven knows he is permeable, so i'm hoping for a high-scoring affair). but whatever, it'll be fun because you know ovechkin is going to score and jump around like an excited little girl. a big, hairy russian girl.
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and in looking for a picture of semin to accompany this post, i came across this and decided it was definitely worth posting for the lolz:
where to start? (he's the one on the far left, by the way). i cannot look at that picture without laughing. first of all, i fucking LOVE foreign fashion. *especially* eastern european fashion. i don't think it gets any funnier. that is one tight, sparkly tank top. neatly tucked in. and those jeans! lol. i've seen jeans with that many sexy holes in them... on women. this is probably the gayest get-up ever. but you can't make fun of him because he is 6'2" and huge and will kick your ass. as funny as those jeans you mustn't overlook the muscular thighs bulging out.
ok i'm done with that. i just couldn't believe that picture was real and alexander ovechkin was voluntarily wearing that outfit.
and i've lost interest in finding a good picture of semin. like i said, ovechkin is just really entertaining.
-- Washington Capitals forward Alexander Semin
but now i kind of really love him. FINALLY!!! i have been complaining about crosby's overexposure pretty much since the day he was drafted. WE GET IT! he's a good hockey player. fabulous. but there ARE other players. i hate that every single day there's a story about the pittsburgh fucking penguins on the nhl site (or any site that's discussing hockey). 30 teams, guys. 30 teams. anyhow, all you EVER hear is people singing crosby's praise because he's the superstar and the face of the game. whenever people who don't know hockey try to talk to me about it, they always ask me about crosby. i won't even say he's overrated, but i'm just so sick of him. and i'm so glad to hear alexander semin (pronounced seh-min, not semen, fyi) speak his mind.
now, semin's on the caps with ovechkin. and ovechkin gets a lot of exposure too (though definitely not as much as crosby) and there's this brewing rivalry between the two clubs. i think a lot of it is fabricated by the media, but when they play each other the playoff atmosphere is there. i love ovechkin, though. i love semin. i love the caps. i don't get to see them play very often since they're an east coast team, but whenever i watch them it's such a good time. and there is NOTHING better than watching ovechkin celebrate scoring a goal. homeboy gets SO EXCITED!!! EVERY TIME!!! and he scores a shitload of goals. more than crosby. he's jut so much more fun than crosby.
anyhow, i can see how semin would be the one to say this about crosby. i hope that it takes the rivalry to a new level. and i can't wait for the kings game against the caps tonight. i think the kings are going to pretty much have their asses to them. i mean, they are going to get SMOKED. poor little ersberg isn't going to know what hit him. (although the caps [i think] will have theodore in net and heaven knows he is permeable, so i'm hoping for a high-scoring affair). but whatever, it'll be fun because you know ovechkin is going to score and jump around like an excited little girl. a big, hairy russian girl.
~~~
and in looking for a picture of semin to accompany this post, i came across this and decided it was definitely worth posting for the lolz:
where to start? (he's the one on the far left, by the way). i cannot look at that picture without laughing. first of all, i fucking LOVE foreign fashion. *especially* eastern european fashion. i don't think it gets any funnier. that is one tight, sparkly tank top. neatly tucked in. and those jeans! lol. i've seen jeans with that many sexy holes in them... on women. this is probably the gayest get-up ever. but you can't make fun of him because he is 6'2" and huge and will kick your ass. as funny as those jeans you mustn't overlook the muscular thighs bulging out.
ok i'm done with that. i just couldn't believe that picture was real and alexander ovechkin was voluntarily wearing that outfit.
and i've lost interest in finding a good picture of semin. like i said, ovechkin is just really entertaining.
complete sentences ARE scary!
kind of funny, kind of stupid article
and this was funny too. we would so never get an ad like that here.
and this was funny too. we would so never get an ad like that here.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
chuck norris does not love the gay, but don cherry does
ok, so you know those really cheesy kiss cams they do at games? and how in the dying seconds they always put it on two players who look straight ahead and pretend it's not happening? well, instead of doing this, stephane veilleux decided to lean over and kiss his teammate's helmet. this was hilarious and unexpected.
the commentators said a little bit about it, with the obligatory "Yeugh" noises. overall everyone thought it was funny, but they also made sure to be (jokingly) mildly grossed out because that's the norm in america. ESPECIALLY in the sports world.
so then i decided to look for more hockey kisses and i found this video of ziggy palffy laying one (a real one) on travis green:
now, for those of you who aren't in the know, the loud, old dude on the right is don cherry. he's the host of hockey night in canada and he's major over there. anyhow, he's pretty hard to peg but he's a major patriot and seemingly excited about military stuff and generally strikes me as pretty conservative. but you'll notice (and i don't know when this video is from but it's gotta be pretty old considering palffy hasn't played in a while and that islanders uniform looks way 90s, so this was, you know, when gay stuff was a little less mainstream) that while cherry was definitely amused, he didn't say anything homophobic. keep in mind that hockey in canada is like football here. hockey night in canada and don cherry are classic. i could be wrong about this, but i would imagine that if two football players were to have kissed on the lips, at least one of the commentators would have been like "EWWWWWW!!!!!!!"
i just thought it was interesting because it so wasn't the reaction i expected from don cherry. that old guy is nuts. and upon further research, i found out that cherry went on the record in support of same-sex civil marriages (which canada has allowed for quite a while now). he is an anglican and doesn't support same-sex marriage in the church, but he said something to the effect of: "well it's not costing me money so why should i care? let people be." i wish more americans could have that attitude, especially on record.
oh, and an yzerman man-love moment just for kicks:
and again, without don cherry screaming, for fun:
the commentators said a little bit about it, with the obligatory "Yeugh" noises. overall everyone thought it was funny, but they also made sure to be (jokingly) mildly grossed out because that's the norm in america. ESPECIALLY in the sports world.
so then i decided to look for more hockey kisses and i found this video of ziggy palffy laying one (a real one) on travis green:
now, for those of you who aren't in the know, the loud, old dude on the right is don cherry. he's the host of hockey night in canada and he's major over there. anyhow, he's pretty hard to peg but he's a major patriot and seemingly excited about military stuff and generally strikes me as pretty conservative. but you'll notice (and i don't know when this video is from but it's gotta be pretty old considering palffy hasn't played in a while and that islanders uniform looks way 90s, so this was, you know, when gay stuff was a little less mainstream) that while cherry was definitely amused, he didn't say anything homophobic. keep in mind that hockey in canada is like football here. hockey night in canada and don cherry are classic. i could be wrong about this, but i would imagine that if two football players were to have kissed on the lips, at least one of the commentators would have been like "EWWWWWW!!!!!!!"
i just thought it was interesting because it so wasn't the reaction i expected from don cherry. that old guy is nuts. and upon further research, i found out that cherry went on the record in support of same-sex civil marriages (which canada has allowed for quite a while now). he is an anglican and doesn't support same-sex marriage in the church, but he said something to the effect of: "well it's not costing me money so why should i care? let people be." i wish more americans could have that attitude, especially on record.
oh, and an yzerman man-love moment just for kicks:
and again, without don cherry screaming, for fun:
Monday, November 17, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
wow!
the kings/stars game last night was one of the better ones i've seen this season. it had everything, including the memorable WOW moments that i've been missing.
1. look at brown's hit on robidas. and note doughty's face (first guy on the bench to the left). he's grinning as much as i was. best hit of the season!
2. look at doughty's play to keep the puck in the zone. as the guy who posted the video said, "he's like the canadian superman." seriously, this is probably the coolest move to keep a play on-side that i have ever seen.
brown had another monster hit, but i didn't find footage of it. but it wasn't half as cool as the one i posted. and the kings went on to win in a (5-round!) shoot-out, which made an exciting game even better.
and it looks like the brown/kopitar/whoever tm decides to play line is picking up. and this was the third win in a row. in short, this could be the breakthrough game. things look like they're coming together. and brownie looks like he's picking up the hits.
yay!
and if you're reading this and you don't care, that's fine, but just watch the first clip. it's like 20 seconds long and so entertaining.
1. look at brown's hit on robidas. and note doughty's face (first guy on the bench to the left). he's grinning as much as i was. best hit of the season!
2. look at doughty's play to keep the puck in the zone. as the guy who posted the video said, "he's like the canadian superman." seriously, this is probably the coolest move to keep a play on-side that i have ever seen.
brown had another monster hit, but i didn't find footage of it. but it wasn't half as cool as the one i posted. and the kings went on to win in a (5-round!) shoot-out, which made an exciting game even better.
and it looks like the brown/kopitar/whoever tm decides to play line is picking up. and this was the third win in a row. in short, this could be the breakthrough game. things look like they're coming together. and brownie looks like he's picking up the hits.
yay!
and if you're reading this and you don't care, that's fine, but just watch the first clip. it's like 20 seconds long and so entertaining.
Friday, November 7, 2008
last time for a while
i can't help but still be so pissed off about proposition 8 passing. the very idea that we get to vote on who gets civil rights is beyond me. thank god we didn't leave it up to voters to decide whether women should have been granted the right to vote because how many men were gonna go for that? and it's a good thing southern voters weren't the ones to decide whether black people could attend the same schools as their precious white kids.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/06/state.laws/index.html
"Proposition 8 is not against any group in our society. Its sole focus is on preserving God's plan for people living upon this earth throughout time," Cardinal Roger Mahony, archbishop of the Diocese of Los Angeles, said in a statement Thursday."
that entire article drove me crazy. first i'd like to tell cardinal roger mahony that he is full of shit. prop 8 is not against any group in our society? REALLY?!
and preserving god's plan? i can't believe i even read that. i mean, it was obvious that the initiative was totally religious, but they were careful not to mention that too much because we're supposed to have a separation of church and state, right?
just the notion that now, for the first time in us history, we have eliminated an already existing right because of CHRISTIANITY... i mean, wow. WOW.
this would be so different if the courts hadn't already granted the right. yeah, i'd be mad if we voted on whether or not to allow same-sex marriage and people voted no. but now we have approximately 18,000 married gay couples (and i'm hearing they'll get to stay married) and then everyone else gets to just be in a civil union. how confusing and unfair.
i think we should just get rid of civil marriage. let the churches do it if they want, but the government should only recognize civil unions. problem solved.
oh, and i learned today that prisoners get to get married while in prison. i'd heard something about that long but never followed up on it or anything. but yeah. murderers are still better than the gays, right?
i'm curious to see what will happen now with the new lawsuits being filed. i'm also curious what else christians are going to force on the rest of us.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/06/state.laws/index.html
"Proposition 8 is not against any group in our society. Its sole focus is on preserving God's plan for people living upon this earth throughout time," Cardinal Roger Mahony, archbishop of the Diocese of Los Angeles, said in a statement Thursday."
that entire article drove me crazy. first i'd like to tell cardinal roger mahony that he is full of shit. prop 8 is not against any group in our society? REALLY?!
and preserving god's plan? i can't believe i even read that. i mean, it was obvious that the initiative was totally religious, but they were careful not to mention that too much because we're supposed to have a separation of church and state, right?
just the notion that now, for the first time in us history, we have eliminated an already existing right because of CHRISTIANITY... i mean, wow. WOW.
this would be so different if the courts hadn't already granted the right. yeah, i'd be mad if we voted on whether or not to allow same-sex marriage and people voted no. but now we have approximately 18,000 married gay couples (and i'm hearing they'll get to stay married) and then everyone else gets to just be in a civil union. how confusing and unfair.
i think we should just get rid of civil marriage. let the churches do it if they want, but the government should only recognize civil unions. problem solved.
oh, and i learned today that prisoners get to get married while in prison. i'd heard something about that long but never followed up on it or anything. but yeah. murderers are still better than the gays, right?
i'm curious to see what will happen now with the new lawsuits being filed. i'm also curious what else christians are going to force on the rest of us.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
drained
still haven't been to bed. today has been epic.
i can't remember the last time i was this proud to be an american. and i've certainly never been this happy about an election result before. when they called it for obama, we flipped our shit. i reacted in a way that i could not possibly anticipate. i wanted him to win, sure, but i had no idea i cared as much i apparently did. (actually, to be perfectly accurate, i flipped my shit when i heard he won ohio and that brought his ev tally to 200. i just kept shouting "CALIFORNIA HAS 55 VOTES!!! THAT'S IT HE'S WINNING!!!!). we screamed and danced and ran through the streets. then we partied at the dem hq in chula vista, where total strangers were crying and hugging. i mean, it was a PARTY. it was like the movies. i'm so fucking excited to have this guy be our president. he is so inspirational to people. tonight i saw sooooo many people of color just bawling because they never thought it would happen. i remember watching "head of state" a few years ago and thinking "yeah, ok, sure." i just didn't think it would happen. but it DID. MUAHAHAHA.
i also can't remember the last time i was this fucking embarrassed and disgusted to be a californian. prop 2 passed no problem. and 4 looks like it'll pass. and 8 looks like it will as well. are you kidding me? we're more concerned about the rights of CHICKENS than we are about the rights of HUMAN BEINGS?!?!?!?!??! i've been baffled for a while as to why these religious groups were campaigning so hard for 8 but barely mentioning 4. especially since they went the "protect your kids" route... i mean, 4 actually pertains to children. i believed 8 would pass from the get-go, but what is so heartbreaking is how close it is. you better believe i've been tracking this thing all night and yes has been leading by roughly 300,000 votes the whole time. come ON. that's nothing. i can't believe we've singled out gay people to legislate against. and arkansas banning gay adoption? and arizona and florida banning gay marriage? whatever. i mean, i didn't expect much from those other states, but i expected more from my home state. i'm so fucking pissed off that those assholes with their little yes on 8 signs on my street get to rejoice and praise god that they won.
and now, a little story:
a few of us were holding no on 8 and obama signs on a street corner today. for quite a while, we were receiving generally positive responses. i was very surprised. most people were honking and giving thumbs up, with the occasional douchebag in a truck booing or shouting "MCCAAAAAAAAIN" as he drove off. then, this parade of ULTRA douchebag trucks arrived. (gotta say, size and amount of lift a truck has is negatively correlated with IQ. OMG do i hate men in lifted trucks). a douchey looking teen in the first truck threw something at us that landed at my feet. i looked at it and had an "oh fuck" moment, but didn't react in time. then it exploded. i dont' know much about firecrackers and explosive devices, so i couldn't really tell you what it was. but it made a loud noise and exploded gas and color?? then he drove away screaming and laughing like a maniac. at this point i was kind of frightened but mostly angry. then another truck came by and it was overflowing with white trash looking kids screaming stuff at us. i decided it was probably time to get going because these morons in the trucks obviously knew each other and probably planned to go fuck with the faggots who dared to protest for their rights. as i was walking back to my car, the truck overflowing with kids came back and they had a megaphone and were just SCREAMING at us. i couldn't understand most of what they were saying besides "yes on 8" "mccain" and "faggots." we didn't back down though and they turned out to be pussies because they drove away in a hurry. whatever. once they parked their ridiculous, enormous fucking truck and started heading into the market (we were all parked in a shopping center), i drove by them with my sign just to rile them up again. fuckers.
the experience was eye-opening. i mean, nothing much actually happened to us but it was nonetheless kind of scary and very unpleasant. i would never do anything like that to, say, the yes on 8 people. yeah, i yelled "bigots" at them but i wouldn't throw an explosive device or chance them with a megaphone. whatever. the point is, as much as i support lgbt rights, i'm still not a lesbian. much less a gay man. i have never really had to endure something scary like that. like, people wanting to intimidate me and threaten my safety and scream hateful insults at me. it gave me just a tiny sample of what so many gay people go through just because of who they are.
things i'm sick of hearing:
1. "i have no problem with gay people but i just believe marriage should be between one man and one woman." no, sorry to say, you do have a problem with gay people. you think their love is somehow less valid than your own. and don't tell me about your gay friends because i seriously doubt you have any. and if you do, they hate you.
2. angry mccain supporters ranting about the election and posting things like this stunning facebook update:
"***** is so not excited about the horrid future of our country. I'M MOVIN' TO CANADA!!!!!!"
tonight i've heard from and read about tons of conservatives who are pissed off as hell about obama winning, and who are worried that we're gonna become this socialist nation. these people have been threatening a move to canada or, in many cases, western europe.
to this, i say: o rly? you see, a threat like that only works when someone like me uses it. i've pondered a move to canada or france many times in the past 8 years because this country was frustrating for someone like ME. but a conservative moving to canada to escape the evils of obama? REALLY!?! do you KNOW anything about canada? their conservatives are more liberal than a lot of our democrats. they have higher taxes, universal health care, and *GASP* GAY MARRIAGE!!!! oh, and they don't want you. and europe? i don't know where you're planning on going, specifically, but many of those countries are vastly more socialist and liberal than obama could possibly make this joint. oh, and they also don't want you.
by and large, western europe and canada don't like our republicans. yeah, usa has gained some instant cred abroad, but that is solely because obama won. i reckon that if mccain had won, they'd hate us more right now. so, these conservatives should either try to find a country that thinks more like they do (these countries exist, but are probably not the most pleasant to live in), or they should just shut up! nobody wants your ass except others like you in this country so just stop it, k?
3. sick of hearing sarah palin talk. luckily, she'll probably fade away now. at least for a while. and she'll definitely stop appearing in my hockey games now.
4. sick of hearing people, mostly conservatives, try to take credit away from obama, the campaign he ran and the people he inspired. ok, the economy tanked and sarah palin was a horrid choice for vp. there's this talk that any dem, doesn't matter who, would've won. well yeah, the democrats had momentum but you're trying to tell me obama isn't special, you're lying. first, he defeated hillary. i had a professor who called her the "hildabeast" because he believed she'd easily become the new president because she had SO MUCH support and he just didn't believe she could be stopped. whatever. then this guy comes out of fucking nowhere and he's so intelligent, articulate and just... for lack of a better word, special. i was a full-on hillary supporter, but when i voted in the primaries for some reason my hand acted independently and marked obama. whatever. i guess i've been the one whining for the past 8 years (with good reason) and now that i'm on the winning side (for the first time! i never vote for the winner!) i should just get used to the other side saying stupid shit.
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i've been trying to type a lot and kill time because i'm waiting for official prop 8 results. with 92% of the vote in, it's not looking good.
but 1a looks like it'll pass. so that's cool.
i'm now seriously considering grad school somewhere else. the more i learn about massachusetts, the more i like it. so maybe there? (they just voted to decriminalize marijuana possession under one ounce. i don't smoke, but it's cool that that could even pass). sandi's been telling me from the day that she met me that she thinks i would be completely at home in MA.
it's 6 am now and i'm so tired so i think i give up and am going to bed.
to recap:
obama winning? very good!
prop 8 passing? very depressing.
big, lifted trucks? should be banned
and their drivers? should be shipped out of state
conservatives claiming they're gonna leave the country and be happier elsewhere? awesome. (ps- i wish they WOULD leave).
i can't remember the last time i was this proud to be an american. and i've certainly never been this happy about an election result before. when they called it for obama, we flipped our shit. i reacted in a way that i could not possibly anticipate. i wanted him to win, sure, but i had no idea i cared as much i apparently did. (actually, to be perfectly accurate, i flipped my shit when i heard he won ohio and that brought his ev tally to 200. i just kept shouting "CALIFORNIA HAS 55 VOTES!!! THAT'S IT HE'S WINNING!!!!). we screamed and danced and ran through the streets. then we partied at the dem hq in chula vista, where total strangers were crying and hugging. i mean, it was a PARTY. it was like the movies. i'm so fucking excited to have this guy be our president. he is so inspirational to people. tonight i saw sooooo many people of color just bawling because they never thought it would happen. i remember watching "head of state" a few years ago and thinking "yeah, ok, sure." i just didn't think it would happen. but it DID. MUAHAHAHA.
i also can't remember the last time i was this fucking embarrassed and disgusted to be a californian. prop 2 passed no problem. and 4 looks like it'll pass. and 8 looks like it will as well. are you kidding me? we're more concerned about the rights of CHICKENS than we are about the rights of HUMAN BEINGS?!?!?!?!??! i've been baffled for a while as to why these religious groups were campaigning so hard for 8 but barely mentioning 4. especially since they went the "protect your kids" route... i mean, 4 actually pertains to children. i believed 8 would pass from the get-go, but what is so heartbreaking is how close it is. you better believe i've been tracking this thing all night and yes has been leading by roughly 300,000 votes the whole time. come ON. that's nothing. i can't believe we've singled out gay people to legislate against. and arkansas banning gay adoption? and arizona and florida banning gay marriage? whatever. i mean, i didn't expect much from those other states, but i expected more from my home state. i'm so fucking pissed off that those assholes with their little yes on 8 signs on my street get to rejoice and praise god that they won.
and now, a little story:
a few of us were holding no on 8 and obama signs on a street corner today. for quite a while, we were receiving generally positive responses. i was very surprised. most people were honking and giving thumbs up, with the occasional douchebag in a truck booing or shouting "MCCAAAAAAAAIN" as he drove off. then, this parade of ULTRA douchebag trucks arrived. (gotta say, size and amount of lift a truck has is negatively correlated with IQ. OMG do i hate men in lifted trucks). a douchey looking teen in the first truck threw something at us that landed at my feet. i looked at it and had an "oh fuck" moment, but didn't react in time. then it exploded. i dont' know much about firecrackers and explosive devices, so i couldn't really tell you what it was. but it made a loud noise and exploded gas and color?? then he drove away screaming and laughing like a maniac. at this point i was kind of frightened but mostly angry. then another truck came by and it was overflowing with white trash looking kids screaming stuff at us. i decided it was probably time to get going because these morons in the trucks obviously knew each other and probably planned to go fuck with the faggots who dared to protest for their rights. as i was walking back to my car, the truck overflowing with kids came back and they had a megaphone and were just SCREAMING at us. i couldn't understand most of what they were saying besides "yes on 8" "mccain" and "faggots." we didn't back down though and they turned out to be pussies because they drove away in a hurry. whatever. once they parked their ridiculous, enormous fucking truck and started heading into the market (we were all parked in a shopping center), i drove by them with my sign just to rile them up again. fuckers.
the experience was eye-opening. i mean, nothing much actually happened to us but it was nonetheless kind of scary and very unpleasant. i would never do anything like that to, say, the yes on 8 people. yeah, i yelled "bigots" at them but i wouldn't throw an explosive device or chance them with a megaphone. whatever. the point is, as much as i support lgbt rights, i'm still not a lesbian. much less a gay man. i have never really had to endure something scary like that. like, people wanting to intimidate me and threaten my safety and scream hateful insults at me. it gave me just a tiny sample of what so many gay people go through just because of who they are.
things i'm sick of hearing:
1. "i have no problem with gay people but i just believe marriage should be between one man and one woman." no, sorry to say, you do have a problem with gay people. you think their love is somehow less valid than your own. and don't tell me about your gay friends because i seriously doubt you have any. and if you do, they hate you.
2. angry mccain supporters ranting about the election and posting things like this stunning facebook update:
"***** is so not excited about the horrid future of our country. I'M MOVIN' TO CANADA!!!!!!"
tonight i've heard from and read about tons of conservatives who are pissed off as hell about obama winning, and who are worried that we're gonna become this socialist nation. these people have been threatening a move to canada or, in many cases, western europe.
to this, i say: o rly? you see, a threat like that only works when someone like me uses it. i've pondered a move to canada or france many times in the past 8 years because this country was frustrating for someone like ME. but a conservative moving to canada to escape the evils of obama? REALLY!?! do you KNOW anything about canada? their conservatives are more liberal than a lot of our democrats. they have higher taxes, universal health care, and *GASP* GAY MARRIAGE!!!! oh, and they don't want you. and europe? i don't know where you're planning on going, specifically, but many of those countries are vastly more socialist and liberal than obama could possibly make this joint. oh, and they also don't want you.
by and large, western europe and canada don't like our republicans. yeah, usa has gained some instant cred abroad, but that is solely because obama won. i reckon that if mccain had won, they'd hate us more right now. so, these conservatives should either try to find a country that thinks more like they do (these countries exist, but are probably not the most pleasant to live in), or they should just shut up! nobody wants your ass except others like you in this country so just stop it, k?
3. sick of hearing sarah palin talk. luckily, she'll probably fade away now. at least for a while. and she'll definitely stop appearing in my hockey games now.
4. sick of hearing people, mostly conservatives, try to take credit away from obama, the campaign he ran and the people he inspired. ok, the economy tanked and sarah palin was a horrid choice for vp. there's this talk that any dem, doesn't matter who, would've won. well yeah, the democrats had momentum but you're trying to tell me obama isn't special, you're lying. first, he defeated hillary. i had a professor who called her the "hildabeast" because he believed she'd easily become the new president because she had SO MUCH support and he just didn't believe she could be stopped. whatever. then this guy comes out of fucking nowhere and he's so intelligent, articulate and just... for lack of a better word, special. i was a full-on hillary supporter, but when i voted in the primaries for some reason my hand acted independently and marked obama. whatever. i guess i've been the one whining for the past 8 years (with good reason) and now that i'm on the winning side (for the first time! i never vote for the winner!) i should just get used to the other side saying stupid shit.
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i've been trying to type a lot and kill time because i'm waiting for official prop 8 results. with 92% of the vote in, it's not looking good.
but 1a looks like it'll pass. so that's cool.
i'm now seriously considering grad school somewhere else. the more i learn about massachusetts, the more i like it. so maybe there? (they just voted to decriminalize marijuana possession under one ounce. i don't smoke, but it's cool that that could even pass). sandi's been telling me from the day that she met me that she thinks i would be completely at home in MA.
it's 6 am now and i'm so tired so i think i give up and am going to bed.
to recap:
obama winning? very good!
prop 8 passing? very depressing.
big, lifted trucks? should be banned
and their drivers? should be shipped out of state
conservatives claiming they're gonna leave the country and be happier elsewhere? awesome. (ps- i wish they WOULD leave).
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
cue mission impossible music
a GRIP of yes on 8 signs appeared in the medians of major streets around my neighborhood. and on street corners. this pissed me off. i'm talking a veritable shitload of signs. something had to be done. we decided to drive around and nab them all. ALL. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
to be clear, we didn't take any that were on private property. although that would be very gratifying (because there are so many). just the ones on public property.
anyhow, after running around for an hour being sneaky, i started getting sad because it is very unsatisfying work. i wanted to SEE the reaction of the pro-h8te people once their signs were suddenly ALL missing. then, as i was taking the last sign, some lady pulled over across the street and screamed at me "PUT THAT BACK YOU NASTY BITCH!!!" it made my night complete. i was glad i was able to see just that one pissed off bigot.
ok, goodnight.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
j'adore canada!
http://perezhilton.com/2008-11-02-sarah-palin-got-punkdbig-time
oh WOW is this entertaining. how did she not get that this was fake?!
i also find it amazing that the potential vp didn't know who the top canadian officials are. especially since she supposedly worked with canada a lot as governor. keep studyin', you betcha!
oh WOW is this entertaining. how did she not get that this was fake?!
i also find it amazing that the potential vp didn't know who the top canadian officials are. especially since she supposedly worked with canada a lot as governor. keep studyin', you betcha!
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