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I tried convincing Will to start a blog and start posting his very interesting viewpoints. He's a very opinionated guy, but apparently doesn't like writing--yet most of his opinions he writes to me? Silly man! Mom is driving me crazy. It's incredibly hot outside, and she wants me to help her build a planter. Alright, that's fine, if I have to. The problem is, I wanted to wear a spaghetti strap top, because it's well, hot. But apparently wearing a tanktop in our backyard (which is in the middle of nowhere) is too whoreish, so I have to wear pants and a T-shirt. ....Crazy? Yes. She's also been a hassle to deal with while I'm trying to find an apartment. I found a very affordable apartment downtown, and for some reason she is doing everything she can to make sure I don't get it. They didn't list a phone number, just an address, so I wanted to leave a note. So what did she do? Say no, and drive off. She wants me to pay more on minimum wage for an apartment that she likes? How fucked up is that? My dad, who has pretty much almost never spent any money on me for seventeen years (insurance, clothes, school fees, etc, have always had to be paid by mom) is suddenly acting very nice and offering to help pay for a lot. I'm lost. I just saw The Happening on Saturday, and I was blown away. The movie is just awesome. I know it got alot of bad reviews (talk about 20% fresh tomatoes!) but the movie seemed perfectly done to me--the characters were interesting and realistic, and even the ones that had only a little movie time were well done. The entire movie had me on the edge of my seat, and laughing nervously at the (good) jokes. It gave me a great deal to think about afterwards. I'd liken it to Day After Tomorrow, I Am Legend, and The Birds. Nature taking revenge on humanity. I loved it!
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As a continuation of my brief comment on blogging, I'd like to say why the internet and blogging in general mean so much to me. I don't mean that my blogging personally means a lot to me, it really is just a place for me to chatter. I mean the blogosphere, it means a lot to me. As someone who is extremely quiet and shy in real life, I tend to be a pushover and I rarely speak my own opinions. I just go with the flow. Online, I take on a completely different personality--I'm outspoken, I'm pushy and sometimes bitchy, I'm very honest and quite hyperactive. The internet and blogging is more than freedom of speech to me--it's freedom of being. I'm not a strong person. Offline, I'm too afraid to be who I want to be half of the time, I lie because I'm afraid to speak the truth, I can't look anyone in the eye and I agree with everyone to save myself trouble. I'm ashamed of it. Will is the only person I've ever been able to be completely myself with offline, and I am incredibly grateful for it. Anyways. Blogging. In the past, people have always had to speak as a group. We didn't have the ability to speak out loudly enough to be heard by more than a few people unless we stood together and as a group. You had to meld your beliefs into that of the group so that the general message would be heard. The bloggers of today would be left speaking their radical ideas to only a small group of people, and almost no one would hear them scream what had to be screamed. Nowadays, thanks to the internet and the blogosphere, the INDIVIDUAL speaks, not the GROUP. You can whisper your ideas and the world will hear you. You can scream your ideas and the UNIVERSE will hear you! The individual, the id of all of us, each and every one of us has become a god in our own right. We create our own little worlds where we can say whatever we please without fear of reprisal, usually, and we can look at the worlds of others and debate freely. It is something akin, perhaps, to the world of Ancient Greece, where philosophers could almost freely debate and be heard by a wide audience. Now instead of an auditorium, we speak our ideas to the entire world, and I'll be damned if I let anyone censor us without a fight.
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I've forgotten how much fun blogging is! Since I've returned to the internet, I've restarted a few blogs, worked on a roleplaying NWN2 server, and jump started my hopefully future career in journalism. Will, my new boyfriend, will be moving in with me when I hopefully get a new apartment. Will really is a dream guy, and perfect for me. Sensitive, caring, respectful, honest, mature, very smart, a native French speaker!, and funny. And though other girls might not agree with me that being nerdy, dominant, an atheist and liberal also makes him perfect, I do. :) He's fine with being a home caretaker--he doesn't mine cleaning around the house and cooking while I work, and both of us feel we are equals. I'm kind of scared about telling my parents about him. As far as they know I've never even had a crush, let alone a boyfriend. Most of my family, especially my dad, are very hardcore, traditional conservative Christians. The fact that he has no love for America won't make them happy, either. He's really nervous about meeting them, though if they don't like him, too bad. I've never been a person who does something just because her family wants it, or won't do something if her family disagrees. It's my own choice, and if they don't like it, they can go fuck themselves. The idea of moving out and being completely independent is pretty scary. I'm fairly lazy and distracted, and I've never liked responsibility. I'm a huge slob and don't have a head for economics or anything like that. Hopefully my friend Ester, who will be living with me and also working, and Will will (heh) both help me out, even if its just emotional support. I'm really excited about voting. I'm definitely voting Obama. Thank god I'll be 18 in July, just before voting starts. I'm just twitching to register!
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 While our government likes to toot it's own horn about how much it cares about democracy and the people of Iraq, obviously it doesn't. After the democratically elected lawmakers of Iraq have told us that they want the U.S. military forces out of their country, our government has ignored their decision. We think we know best. The article says: A majority of the Iraqi parliament has written to Congress rejecting a long-term security deal with Washington if it is not linked to a requirement that U.S. forces leave, a U.S. lawmaker said on Wednesday.
Rep. William Delahunt, a Massachusetts Democrat and Iraq war opponent, released excerpts from a letter he was handed by Iraqi parliamentarians laying down conditions for the security pact that the Bush administration seeks with Iraq.
The proposed pact has become increasingly controversial in Iraq, where there have been protests against it. It has also drawn criticism from Democrats on the presidential election campaign trail in the United States, who say President George W. Bush is trying to dictate war policy after he leaves office.
The signatures represented just over half the membership of Iraq's parliament, said Delahunt, a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee chairman.
Two Iraqi lawmakers whose parties were listed as signatories testified to Delahunt's panel on Wednesday that U.S. troops should leave Iraq, and that talks on the long-term security pact should be postponed until after they are gone.
Khalaf Al-Ulayyan, founder of the National Dialogue Council, said bilateral talks on a long-term security deal should be shelved until American troops leave -- and until there is a new government in Washington. Tags: bullshit, bush, iraq, politics, war
mood:  annoyed
song: Leaves' Eyes - Norwegian Lovesong | Scrobbled by Last.fm
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From my political blog, still trying to decide which one I'd rather use as my main blog...I like the features here but have more readers there. On liberal comic/blog I Drew This, the author "Liberal Eagle" (who I feel a great deal of respect for) in December posted a blog about how whoever gets elected president, if a Democrat, will have to deal with being held accountable for the Republican mistakes of the last eight years. Already it's happening. Mary Lyon of the Huffington Post writes: I would never have thought there'd be any greater crimes than those of George W. Bush, nor any villain greater. I'm wrong. And no, it's not Dick Cheney, either, or anything he's perpetrated. Nor any of their colleagues. It's Nancy Pelosi, and her colleagues, and what they seem quite literally hell-bent on doing. ....
Nancy Pelosi is the Neville Chamberlain of this day, in this country. She and her colleagues in the 110th Congress will likely be remembered by history in dramatically more disturbing ways than they had ever wanted or imagined. Some constitutional scholars have historians beat -- they've already arrived at that conclusion. George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley has already warned that history will look very harshly on those Democrats who did nothing to hold the worst criminals ever to blight the Executive Branch accountable for anything they've perpetrated. Failing to follow through on the 35 Articles of Impeachment as presented by Representative Dennis Kucinich and cosponsored by colleague Robert Wexler has put a permanent mark on Pelosi's political soul, and on her record. And she's not just failing to follow through on even one of these impeachment resolutions, she's actively discouraging and suppressing them. Wow. Just wow. It's sad that people who were not involved are getting blamed vehemently, when yes they have not been helpful to the cause of bringing Bush down. But who's the real 'Neville Chamberlain' here? The American people. If Nancy Pelosi is so responsible, aren't we the American people just as responsible? Most of us have sat, complacent in front of our Faux News, willing to listen to any lies hammered into our heads, no matter how unbelievable, and ignore truths. We have been unwilling to stand up for horrifying breaches of the Constitution. If anyone should be blamed, it should be us, the American people. I'm sorry, world. Tags: bullshit, democrats, obama, politics, republicans
mood:  bored
song: Des Armes by Noir Desir
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I doubt anyone's going to see this but I may as well post something. I decided I may as well try coming back to Livejournal...alot of things in my life have changed since I disappeared, though I didn't really communicate much with anyone here so I doubt anyone has noticed. :) I broke up with that asshole, Craig/Mavrik, after finding out he was cheating on me pretty much our entire relationship, and after his verbal abuse had gone on long enough...I graduated early and bummed around the house for a while, trying to figure out what I wanted to do. I ended up working on a Neverwinter Nights 2 roleplaying server, founding it, building most of its areas and lore and now handing it over to others because too much is going on in my life. I'm going to be moving out and trying to start college and get an apartment, pretty scary stuff. I have a new boyfriend, who is such a sweetheart. We have a dom/sub relationship (don't ask if you don't know), but he is a great deal more respectful, honest, caring and decent than any guy I've met. The worst fight we've gotten into is both of us going emo because we're afraid we've upset the other. Funny stuff. I'm terrified with worry about him -- he's going homeless in nine months, so I'm trying to help him out. I really love him. I'm going to study Journalism and hopefully move to Canada. I'm also going to finally be able to vote. Voting Obama! Hell yes! Tags: boyfriend, craig, mavrik, me, myself, news, obama, personal, politics
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