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#114 - Why am I talented in all the wrong areas? ;_;
So this guy tore apart a school bus to make a Victorian RV and ripped apart a $300 Dell monitor to make it match his steampunk keyboard.
I think we're going to have to add "steampunk" to my list of favorite aesthetics now, because, uh, hello awesomesauce.
If I ever make enough money to be able to really, really customize a living space, it's going to end up as this weird hodgepodge of cute Harajuku schoolgirl, sleek cyberpunk, Victoriana steampunk, mysterious gothic mansion, Renaissance fantasy, and ancient China and Japan. DON'T MAKE ME CHOOSE JUST ONE.
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Can't seem to find my voter registration card. It's on my table somewhere, I'm just not sure exactly where considering that there's always a million and ten things on my table at any given time. I shall have to unravel this mystery soon, for the Illinois primaries are on February 5th and I must needs show my support for Barack Obama.
Speaking of Obama, I found out via another member at the VT forums that Vienna Teng started writing "Stray Italian Greyhound" not long after attending a Barack Obama rally: the song is "a reflection of being almost un-willingly inspired by hope and optimism sort of in spite of one's comfortable cynical, jaded attitude." Damn straight I can dig that!
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No, I couldn't bring myself to watch Bush's State of the Union address last night. I did, however, dig up the full transcript today to read through it (there was a partial transcript on Yahoo!News by the AP that I read last night, though).
Reileen's Amateur Thotz, now in special bulleted list form!
-Reileen
and all the static rolls around me
I think we're going to have to add "steampunk" to my list of favorite aesthetics now, because, uh, hello awesomesauce.
If I ever make enough money to be able to really, really customize a living space, it's going to end up as this weird hodgepodge of cute Harajuku schoolgirl, sleek cyberpunk, Victoriana steampunk, mysterious gothic mansion, Renaissance fantasy, and ancient China and Japan. DON'T MAKE ME CHOOSE JUST ONE.
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Can't seem to find my voter registration card. It's on my table somewhere, I'm just not sure exactly where considering that there's always a million and ten things on my table at any given time. I shall have to unravel this mystery soon, for the Illinois primaries are on February 5th and I must needs show my support for Barack Obama.
Speaking of Obama, I found out via another member at the VT forums that Vienna Teng started writing "Stray Italian Greyhound" not long after attending a Barack Obama rally: the song is "a reflection of being almost un-willingly inspired by hope and optimism sort of in spite of one's comfortable cynical, jaded attitude." Damn straight I can dig that!
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No, I couldn't bring myself to watch Bush's State of the Union address last night. I did, however, dig up the full transcript today to read through it (there was a partial transcript on Yahoo!News by the AP that I read last night, though).
Reileen's Amateur Thotz, now in special bulleted list form!
- I'm curious as to what Bush defines as "bloated" or "wasteful" programs.
- I love how Bush mentions 9/11 but doesn't mention Hurricane Katrina. AGAIN.
- I also love how Bush mentions that America is "leading the fight against global poverty" when our own economy is, from what little I can understand, going down the shitter.
- I really, intensely dislike this paternalistic, jingoistic undercurrent that's running through this particular State of the Union. Apparently America is leading the fights against global poverty, global hunger, and disease, and it's also a "force of hope in the world because we are a compassionate people." Look, I understand that America is comparatively better-off and more powerful than many other countries (I'm possibly understating to leave room for error and shortsightedness), but making America out to be this sort of "firebringer" doesn't sit very well with me. It doesn't inspire me; it just makes me feel like there's something deceptive going on.
- And a closing word directed at the Shrub himself: If you're going to keep going on and on about "trusting the people", you might want to repeal the Patriot Act. Yeah, that thing.
-Reileen
and all the static rolls around me