there'd be no distance that could hold us back

Whew. Spent the first roughly thirty minutes of my omg-finally-off-work-for-today time promptly freaking the fuck out because I couldn't find my laptop and the downstairs door was unlocked. Downstairs where everyone and their moms can see it because there are UNNECESSARILY GIANT FUCKING OCTAGONAL WINDOWS, and of course I left it there this morning because I was braindead from 4:45 wake-up + only one cup of coffee + being slightly late to leave for work :| Only to learn my brother slid it under the couch because it was sitting on the little table he likes to use for his coffee, fucker. Close to tears cuz John decided my lappy wasn't a good enough coaster, wtf.

Had to take the day off from work last Thursday. No, not only because the Andrew Bird concert was Wednesday night and LA made me get home at one in the morning. (I wake up @ 4:45 and start work at 6, btw.) But once consciousness did surface, I found myself unable to roll over in my bed because apparently leprechauns punched me repeatedly in the kidneys while I slept through it ;__; And evidently pain in the kidneys also = mild nauseousness? Cuz I could barely keep anything down.

For the record I feel better now, but only about 85-90%. Can't afford to take more days off, can't afford to lose my job.

Manager gave me a whatever-month appraisal, too. Said I was an excellent worker. Yet I was ranked 8th out of 11 on the scale of Awesome Team Members, like, what? I hate having a completely arbitrary totem poll system on the job; it's so misleading. I mean, if you're at the bottom, you're continually fretting whether or not you're going to get fired, even if you're not really in danger. But you keep thinking you'll just quit before they can fire you, because getting fired? Not looking too good on the resume.

Flames. On the sides of my face.

Random: is it bad that movies/songs/etc. never make me cry?

Hard to get me to do anything other than listen to Noble Beast at the moment. Here, have a live performance vid of my fav song off it.

Getting as much mileage out of this icon as I can in the next twelve hours or so. :D

I'm not going to miss this administration. At all. Before you say, "BUT WHAT ABOUT TEH LOLS?", might I add that we got PLENTY to go on if the GOP was that hilar in defeat. And if thickly-maned jackasses like Blagojevich keep showing up, we'll be in great shape ^__^ Burris is already shaping up to be everyone's favorite egomaniacal punching bag, so I hope everyone takes a few swings a him.

Tweety is pretty creeptastic with all his overbearing, yet endearing enthusiasm for everything Obama. MSNBC is going to be the stalkerish distant relatives during the new administration; they're already following Malia's and Sasha's lunch menus, for pete's sake D: STOP IT, GUYS. RIGHT THE HELL NOW. SOMEWHERE IN NEW YORK, JON STEWART IS HATING YOU MOARRR.

Lastly, a short compilation of Jon's Bush impressions. How can something so bad be so good?

Also, hi, I forgot to say Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Americans :) I'm thankful for..well, pretty much everything. Everyone who's supportive of me even though I sometimes don't really deserve it, thankful for where I am and where I have been, thankful for music and smiles and friends. I hope everyone has a lovely holiday and doesn't overdo it on the stuffing (even though it's DELICIOUS).


Jon and Stephen wish you a happy Thanksgiving too <3

"The tradition of America is a progression of individual freedoms. The tradition of America would say that gay marriage is the next step." --Jon Stewart, a.k.a. GOD

This will be a bit scattered, as I've been intently following the presidential race since roughly the beginning of the year (after the primaries were done, basically), but haven't really posted about politics in a while.

The Daily Show and The Colbert Report honestly save me from insanity, not even kidding. In the midst of all the rhetoric and media coverage and attack ads, it's really refreshing to have a group at the back of the class launching spitballs at the whole process. It's rather odd that a pair of comedy shows are really the only ones doing their homework and cutting through all the bullshit and hype and talking points. And a little sad, too.


( Vids under the cut--they're worth it. )

And now, the rules of the VP debates have been changed for Sarah Palin.



*sigh*

And on a lighter note, Stephen Colbert: Dance Machine.



Homeboy is fierce as HALE.


On a similar note, anyone here actually interested in talking politics? I'm afraid I'm obsessed at the mo', and it won't be going away any time soon, especially if when Obama is elected, so it'd be cool to chat with some peeps ^__^ Or alternately, make a politics filter so I'm not bugging the shit out of people when I post my millionth Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert clip ;-)

Okay, going back to watch moar MSNBC.