I just realized that "You Are a Runner and I am My Father's Son" would be a perfect Matt/Daphne song. lulz.

I also realized why I'm so into these ficbits. It's all about getting approval. :P Original writing gets me ignored. Fanfic gets read. And people love porn. IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW.

Have I mentioned yet how much I love Genius on iTunes? Because I fucking adore it. Instant playlists that are almost always made of awesome? Best idea ever! And I have so much music, it can always come up with some good follow-up songs. :D

Sleep. So much sleep. I wish I could get Butcher to sleep in bed with me, but he will only curl up next to me when I'm sitting, pretty much. Sadie will sleep with me, but she smells like gross dog, so.

has I been a twit today?

• 23:22 By day, I watch Heroes with my mom... by night, I commit porny acts of Heroes fic. You have no idea how glad I am that she's not telepathic. #

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Oh, there is something FUCKED with my computer. I can't go back in Firefox, it automatically goes forward again; I can't switch programs from the taskbar, I have to alt-tab; windows will come up and go not-focused, and I can't click to make them focus again.

THIS IS SRSLY FRUSTRATING ME.

I'm running AVG, but that takes about a year and a half to finish scanning. Does anyone recognize these symptoms? The whole fucking-with-Firefox thing makes it hard to look up processes myself. -_-

I suppose this is as good a reason as any to get out of the house. Feh.

With every new obscenity courtesy of the McCain campaign, I nudge my mother toward renouncing him. And with every new reason, she digs her heels more firmly in. Every time I say I give up, and then something new happens and I have to try again...

Anyhow. I'm riled up today, for a series of reasons. Let's start with the one reason I've held a deep and abiding disgust toward for many years now:
Focus on the Family's James Dobson to be honored by the Radio Hall of Fame. Don't even get me STARTED on the number of bullshit Focus on the Family books I've read/had pushed on me/tried to ignore on my parents' bookshelves. Everything you need to indoctrinate your kids into the most hateful and restrictive sort of Christianity is laid right out in his many books/radio shows/films available through FotF.

And you know what crazy right-wingers with huge radio audiences are good for: scaring the shit out of their constituents in the name of God Almighty! Even if they don't boldly come out and say Obama is the Antichrist, they're sure willing to paint the most horrible (to them) possible vision of the future with the only sane candidate winning the election: Gays in the military? and having their marriages recognized and defended? AND TAKING AWAY OUR GOD-GIVEN RIGHT TO HOMESCHOOL OUR KIDS INTO RIDICULOUS LEVELS OF HATEFUL INTOLERANCE? How dare they!

Every pro-life person should be voting for McCain, because he will refuse to label abortion clinic bombers as domestic terrorists. Shit, at this point I'd say the McCain campaign is made up of domestic terrorists. Spreading fear through the population? You betcha.

We're not even going to have the troops necessary to deal with the terrorists on the other side of the Atlantic, because the whole military will spontaneously combust if out-and-proud gays are allowed to serve.

Also, gay marriage would decimate the tacky bridesmaid dress industry. Can you imagine what gay churches might look like? (tastefully decorated? fewer bleeding Jesuses [Jesii?]? uh, compassion for the maligned of society...?)

I do have one shred of hope left: Jim Wallis is sane enough to put together a list of REAL priorities Christians should be voting on. Even if you take it real, real seriously, there are maybe six verses in the Bible that specifically address homosexuality. There are a LOT more on heterosexual adultery... and even more about caring for the poor and the oppressed. Clearly, we've got a problem with our reading comprehension skills among the right wing... (bee tee dubs, this is a really good list of ideas for ANYONE to consider, but more so if you're a Christian with doubts about who exactly would do better as a Bible-following President.)

Okay, I'm almost done. Just two more quick jabs at McCain. Teddy Roosevelt = closer to socialist than Obama. That's your hero, John. (Also, my cat looks like TR sometimes. It's the cheeks and whiskers.) I am completely leaving aside the Ashley Todd thing... besides, omg, race-baiting fuckup, way to go. Final note: the one chance the McCain campaign had to redeem itself, letting the Muslim McCain supporter at a rally who told off some anti-Muslim douches at a rally talk to the press about his story and maybe showing a little support for not being outright bigoted, was shot down from the inside. Seriously?

Someone tell the man to do the dignified thing and drop out of the race before getting totally humiliated, huh?

Once upon a time, America led the world in scientific advancements, inventions, and other good stuff. Now, we lead the world in obesity, serial killers, and personal debt. And a good part of it is because our children isn't learning. We're not even competitive on the world stage intellectually. The problem is even more intellectual than it is one of credit crises and crashing stocks.


And now, to end on a high note!
Eat your heart out, Virgin Mary. The Hindu god Ganesha found in an amaranth plant. Not just an amaranth plant-- one growing in a crack in the sidewalk in New York, completely out of its usual growing area. And the man who found it believes that the flower is a sign, and one which has cured his back problems. This is more convincing than Jesus on toast, I have to say. xD

In the tiny bit of personal news I have: I got a Vera Bradley notebook today. It's the only print from that brand I saw that I liked even a little, and it has owls on it. xD I also got a pomegranate, om nom nom. And I feel a lot better after making this post! :D