29 November 2008
Quote of the Week
From Kim's recap of Dancing with the Stars:
"Carrie Ann made Susan yell that she's doing good, which still hurts my ears. Because it should have been that's she's doing well, and also because she wasn't."
"Carrie Ann made Susan yell that she's doing good, which still hurts my ears. Because it should have been that's she's doing well, and also because she wasn't."
Labels: Dancing with the Stars, grammar
26 November 2008
WKRP Thanksgiving
I've heard of the famous Thanksgiving episode of WKRP in Cincinnati, but I'd never seen it. Today I found out it's on hulu!
I was a little worried I wouldn't think it was funny, since I already knew the punchline, but I still laughed.
Happy Thanksgiving!
I was a little worried I wouldn't think it was funny, since I already knew the punchline, but I still laughed.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Labels: holidays, random silliness
22 November 2008
Quote of the Week
From Roswell...
Isabel: The perfect Liz Parker, lying to her mother?
Liz: Yeah, well, at least she knows what species I am.
Isabel: The perfect Liz Parker, lying to her mother?
Liz: Yeah, well, at least she knows what species I am.
Labels: Roswell
21 November 2008
Fame
On his website, Stephen Fry has a "blessay" (blog-essay) about fame. It's fascinating to read what the world is like for the famous person.
Labels: Stephen Fry
18 November 2008
Quote of the Week
I love Tom Bergeron on Dancing with the Stars:
"This isn't just a popularity contest; this is a popularity contest with sequins."
"This isn't just a popularity contest; this is a popularity contest with sequins."
Labels: Dancing with the Stars
11 November 2008
Jon Stewart's Take on the Passage of Prop 8
My favorite part:
"Yes, traditional marriage. When your fief-lord decides, for the purpose of increasing his workforce, that you, a pig-farmer on his estate, will marry one of the slop-women who cleans out the castle cesspit -- it doesn't matter which one. So he bribes the Archbishop to bind you in marriage and the King -- who happens to be passing through the village on his way to a witch-burning -- takes advantage of the right of primae noctis to deflower your bride. Then you have eleven children, three of whom survive, before dying of the plague at age twenty-six. Tradition!"
In other words: Just because it has been that way in the past, it doesn't mean it should be that way forever!
Also, why do you care?? How does it hurt you?? How does it hurt society?? I am constantly baffled.
Labels: GLBT
10 November 2008
Keith Olbermann Comments on Prop 8
My favorite part:
"I keep hearing this term: 'redefining marriage'. If this country hadn't redefined marriage, black people still couldn't marry white people. Sixteen states had laws on the books which made that illegal in 1967. 1967. The parents of the president-elect of the United States could not have married in nearly one-third of the states of the country their son grew up to lead."
Labels: GLBT
09 November 2008
Harvey Fierstein on Prop 8
Essay is here.
My favorite part:
"Now, before you rise up on your high horse to holler, 'We're not against Civil Unions, just Gay Marriage', let me once again explain that THE SUPREME COURT HAS STATED THAT SEPARATE BUT EQUAL IS NOT EQUAL. And even if it were, civil unions are simply not equal to marriage."
My favorite part:
"Now, before you rise up on your high horse to holler, 'We're not against Civil Unions, just Gay Marriage', let me once again explain that THE SUPREME COURT HAS STATED THAT SEPARATE BUT EQUAL IS NOT EQUAL. And even if it were, civil unions are simply not equal to marriage."
Labels: GLBT
06 November 2008
Quote of the Week
From the list "12 Fictional Females Who Don't Take Crap From Anybody!":
Battlestar Galactica's Starbuck
WHY SHE RULES: Okay, putting two BSG characters in the same list might seem like cheating, but it's not my fault this show does hard-nosed ladies so well. Starbuck is an awesome character because she never gives in on anything. Ever. As scary Admiral Cain once asked her, "Do you always get what you want?" The response? Pretty much, yeah. If not, she'll shout and scream and point a gun at Adama's special lady friend. In the end, though, she gets people to listen to her and respect her despite her flaws. And wow, does she have flaws - the drinking, the insubordination, the carrying on with the married gentlemen who aren't her husband - but she's a passionate character who almost always puts the well-being of others before herself and ends up saving everyone's ass at least once or twice in the course of a day. In short, this female Starbuck wins out over the sad, sad male version in the original series, hands-down. Sorry, Dirk Benedict, but it's true: Starbuck version 2.0 makes your original flyboy look as butch as a Malibu Barbie...riding a unicorn...covered in sparkles.
Battlestar Galactica's Starbuck
WHY SHE RULES: Okay, putting two BSG characters in the same list might seem like cheating, but it's not my fault this show does hard-nosed ladies so well. Starbuck is an awesome character because she never gives in on anything. Ever. As scary Admiral Cain once asked her, "Do you always get what you want?" The response? Pretty much, yeah. If not, she'll shout and scream and point a gun at Adama's special lady friend. In the end, though, she gets people to listen to her and respect her despite her flaws. And wow, does she have flaws - the drinking, the insubordination, the carrying on with the married gentlemen who aren't her husband - but she's a passionate character who almost always puts the well-being of others before herself and ends up saving everyone's ass at least once or twice in the course of a day. In short, this female Starbuck wins out over the sad, sad male version in the original series, hands-down. Sorry, Dirk Benedict, but it's true: Starbuck version 2.0 makes your original flyboy look as butch as a Malibu Barbie...riding a unicorn...covered in sparkles.
Labels: Battlestar Galactica
05 November 2008
Post-Election Tears
Four years ago, I had a friend who burst into tears when Kerry conceded. I thought it was silly. I can understand being sad, disappointed and worried, but -- tears? Really?
And sure enough, I didn't cry when Obama won. (Yes, I voted for McCain. I'm a capitalist; I couldn't vote for a socialist.) Of course, I predicted that Obama would win, so it wasn't really a surprise, but it was still a disppointment.
But I did cry today.
I expect random states to pass anti-gay laws and amendments. Sure enough, Arizona, Florida, and Arkansas all did. (Side note: Arkansas' law forbids anyone but married couples from becoming foster and adoptive parents. That means straight, single people can't adopt, either. Good plan, Arkansas. That'll help kids in need.) It's always sad, but I expect those. What I didn't expect, however, was that California's Proposition 8 would pass.
But even if you'd asked me before the election, I don't think I could have predicted how much the passing of Prop 8 would affect me. I had a knot in my stomach for most of the morning, and if I spent too much time by myself, I would start to cry. I'm feeling better now, but it's still painful.
In closing, a quote from Jennifer Vanasco at 365gay.com:
"[The] fact is that we lost in [California], Arkansas, Arizona and Florida tonight. And it worries me that people who overwhelmingly wanted 'change' - i.e., voted for Obama - don’t think that this change should include full civil rights for gays and lesbians."
And sure enough, I didn't cry when Obama won. (Yes, I voted for McCain. I'm a capitalist; I couldn't vote for a socialist.) Of course, I predicted that Obama would win, so it wasn't really a surprise, but it was still a disppointment.
But I did cry today.
I expect random states to pass anti-gay laws and amendments. Sure enough, Arizona, Florida, and Arkansas all did. (Side note: Arkansas' law forbids anyone but married couples from becoming foster and adoptive parents. That means straight, single people can't adopt, either. Good plan, Arkansas. That'll help kids in need.) It's always sad, but I expect those. What I didn't expect, however, was that California's Proposition 8 would pass.
But even if you'd asked me before the election, I don't think I could have predicted how much the passing of Prop 8 would affect me. I had a knot in my stomach for most of the morning, and if I spent too much time by myself, I would start to cry. I'm feeling better now, but it's still painful.
In closing, a quote from Jennifer Vanasco at 365gay.com:
"[The] fact is that we lost in [California], Arkansas, Arizona and Florida tonight. And it worries me that people who overwhelmingly wanted 'change' - i.e., voted for Obama - don’t think that this change should include full civil rights for gays and lesbians."
Labels: GLBT
04 November 2008
A Different Perspective
While searching for election results online (I'm avoiding TV coverage like the plague), I found this article. Apparently Rossi had the online poker player vote. Who knew?
Labels: random weirdness
03 November 2008
Simple ≠ Easy
Linda Holmes (who I still think of as Miss Alli) only wrote a few posts for her weight loss blog, but what she lacked in quantity she made up for in quality.
For instance, this post. She points out that just because something is simple (like eating less and exercising more), it isn't necessarily easy.
"I mean, running a marathon is just a matter of putting one foot in front of the other until you reach the finish line; the fact that it’s simple doesn’t make it easy."
Very true. My personal weight-loss plan is super simple: Daily exercise (22 months now!) and a daily dessert budget (12 months!). Simple? Yes. Easy? Hell no.
There's a basket of Halloween candy in the break room at work. Every time I see it, I think "Ooh, candy! I want to eat some!!". And I don't mean, "Every morning when I walk into the break room," I mean, every time I see it. Every time I walk into the room -- ooh, candy! Every time I put my lunch in the fridge -- ooh, candy! Every time I get a Kleenex -- ooh, candy! Every time I use the microwave -- ooh, candy! Every damn time.
But I don't eat it. I think the reason I haven't is because I know that I can. That is, it's allowed in my plan. I could skip the dessert I brought with my lunch and have candy instead, or I could eat both and not have dessert after dinner. For me, that works. But it's still not easy. Simple, but not easy.
Later in the same post, she wrote something I found inspirational:
"Okay, try this as an experiment: Think about something you have in your kitchen that you could eat. Don’t eat it, just think about it for about ten seconds. Close your eyes if necessary. Okay, did you do it? Did you think about it and choose not to eat it? Congratulations, you’re following the Linda Plan. And I’m only partly being facetious. One of the biggest revelations to me was the 'You’re doing it right now' moment."
My plan is working, but it's working slooowly. I think the "you're doing it right now" statement is very encouraging. Every time I walk into the break room and don't eat any candy, "I'm doing it right now".
For instance, this post. She points out that just because something is simple (like eating less and exercising more), it isn't necessarily easy.
"I mean, running a marathon is just a matter of putting one foot in front of the other until you reach the finish line; the fact that it’s simple doesn’t make it easy."
Very true. My personal weight-loss plan is super simple: Daily exercise (22 months now!) and a daily dessert budget (12 months!). Simple? Yes. Easy? Hell no.
There's a basket of Halloween candy in the break room at work. Every time I see it, I think "Ooh, candy! I want to eat some!!". And I don't mean, "Every morning when I walk into the break room," I mean, every time I see it. Every time I walk into the room -- ooh, candy! Every time I put my lunch in the fridge -- ooh, candy! Every time I get a Kleenex -- ooh, candy! Every time I use the microwave -- ooh, candy! Every damn time.
But I don't eat it. I think the reason I haven't is because I know that I can. That is, it's allowed in my plan. I could skip the dessert I brought with my lunch and have candy instead, or I could eat both and not have dessert after dinner. For me, that works. But it's still not easy. Simple, but not easy.
Later in the same post, she wrote something I found inspirational:
"Okay, try this as an experiment: Think about something you have in your kitchen that you could eat. Don’t eat it, just think about it for about ten seconds. Close your eyes if necessary. Okay, did you do it? Did you think about it and choose not to eat it? Congratulations, you’re following the Linda Plan. And I’m only partly being facetious. One of the biggest revelations to me was the 'You’re doing it right now' moment."
My plan is working, but it's working slooowly. I think the "you're doing it right now" statement is very encouraging. Every time I walk into the break room and don't eat any candy, "I'm doing it right now".
Labels: health, Linda Holmes
01 November 2008
1-800-SUICIDE
I don't have a lot of spare money, but this is a cause I have donated to.
Why?
Because I totally agree that privatization is better than government control.
Because I remember having suicidal thoughts, and I remember the despair.
Because (and this is the biggest one, and the one I just figured out the other day) I like knowing that it's there, just in case I get that messed up again.
[P.S. Don't worry, Mom. I haven't been in that dark of a place since I was 15. I'm ok, I promise. :) ]
Why?
Because I totally agree that privatization is better than government control.
Because I remember having suicidal thoughts, and I remember the despair.
Because (and this is the biggest one, and the one I just figured out the other day) I like knowing that it's there, just in case I get that messed up again.
[P.S. Don't worry, Mom. I haven't been in that dark of a place since I was 15. I'm ok, I promise. :) ]
Labels: random weirdness
