Exciting Discovery in Tompkin's Square Park! (Not Meth)

When I was 15 and on the CT Slam Poetry team, the national tournament was held in New York, and the opening ceremonies in TSP. We had so many awesomely weird things happen to our young, wide-eyed selves in that park, including spotting two girls and a dude with a camera (I realize now it must have been an NYU film student) shooting a porno, and getting accosted by a crackhead who told us he was part of a black ninja militia that had a hit out on me.

Yesterday Chris and I wandered into the park and discovered something almost as good: G.L.O.B., or the Gorgeous Ladies Of Bloodwrestling.

"Fasting Girls" put eloquently

SKINNY girls with blank expressions and seemingly little inclination to speak have fascinated American culture for so long that their proliferation now, in magazines like Us Weekly and In Touch and shows like “The Hills,” seems less a modern scourge than a historic inevitability.

NYT: No Labels for the Twins but their own

kooky!

Sarah Palin's appearance on SNL this weekend made me uncomfortable. Like, really uncomfortable. But I think it did serve to drive home one point: a Palin vice-presidency is something out of a TV comedic reality. Unfortunately, I think this was already the opinion of the vast majority of SNL watchers.

Motherfucker.

I know everyone, while watching the debates, has those little politician things that rile them up. But when McCain refers to the "pro-abortion movement," as he did repeatedly last night, it makes me so angry I can't even speak. Because it's so blatantly manipulative. Because it dismisses the fact that across the board, the pro-choice movement puts vastly more energy into preventing abortion than the anti-choice movement. And because it fails to see that a desire for fewer abortions is one of the few things the two halves of this argument have in common.

South Dakota tries abortion ban again

South Dakota has an initiative on the ballot that is nearly identical to the 2006 abortion ban in the state.

One more remark on the crazy lady

McCain Draws Line on Attacks...

Later, a woman stood up at the meeting, held at Lakeville South High School in a far suburb of Minneapolis, and told Mr. McCain that she could not trust Mr. Obama because he was an “Arab.”
Mr. McCain replied: “No, ma’am, he’s a decent family man, citizen who I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues..."

SINCE WHEN ARE BEING AN ARAB AND BEING "A DECENT FAMILY MAN" MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE? AHH THIS COUNTRY IS SO FUCKED!!!


edit: worth noting that it's possible she said "Arab terrorist" but the mic cut out before the second part could be heard. Iiiii don't know what I think, watch the video for yourself.

I am in the best mood

800 words into a 1000 word journalism essay, staring down a 4 day weekend, I am as happy as a clam in my newly re-arranged apartment.

McCain turns down the crowd when a women who vaguely resembled Ellen Burstyn towards the end of "Requiem for a Dream" called Obama an Arab.

Connecticut, my home state and a place that has always vaguely amused me with its juxtaposition of Gatsby-ites with white trash and cardiganed Yalies with inner-city poor minorities, became the third state to legalize gay marriage!

I went to Philadelphia to visit my friend Raleigh and we saw Girl Talk and danced on stage. We also got almost completely destroyed by the crowd. It was epic.

Google introduces "mail goggles"

Are you an internet user? An alcohol enthusiast?

When are we gonna see this for text messaging?

Rally with Planned Parenthood!

Planned Parenthood is going to Hempstead, NY to rally at the last presidential debate. It's totally free and fun, so RSVP now!!

Roe v. Wade only controversial Supreme Court case ever.