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Mississippi's Confederate Heritage Month proclamation prompts outcry

Seriously, how could they not think this was going to cause issues? They did it to CAUSE issues. What is wrong with the U.S. right now? Why are these states going insane?

All they had to do was create a "Civil War Rememberance" Month or something like that, honor everyone who fought, talk about the issues. No, instead they specifically focus on the Confederates.

**sigh** between this and the anti-LGBT laws that are getting pushed through left and right, I'm starting to be pro-wall, but I'd like that wall built across the Mason-Dixon line.

This is a legit book. It's at the library in the film studies area.



Mind you, it's not a very *thick* book but she is serious in her studies. Reminds me of that episode of Community when Abed took the course on Cage and by the end, couldn't decide if he was an idiot or a genius.

You know, I thought I had worked my way through the Into the Woods panic last week, talking myself down and trying to accept the movie version of the musical.

Then I found THIS! (SPOILERS IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE MUSICAL!)

And now I am raging again because this means some of my favorite songs may be cut or at least drastically altered to fit this new version of the play. Sondheim doesn't sound particularly happy about it, just sort of...begrudging. Like "Yes, I cashed your check already so I'm legally obligated to rewrite my story, better me than you...assholes"

At least I got the DVD from the library.

'Equestria Girls', a My Little Pony offshoot, will have a movie-length premiere'

WTF is that.

Seriously, I'm not sure what they are supposed to be. I guess they are half pony/half human but they look there is a bit of feline in there as well.

When fans say they try to figure out which pony they are most like, they are not imagining the ponies in a human form, but in the ADORABLE PONY FORM!

This is some kind of abomination.

(Also, should we even start in on the super-tiny wastes and the fact that this form makes them easier to sexualize? Yeah, let's just not go there right now).

And what is Hasbro thinking in terms of marketing? Are these going to be creepy Barbie doll style toys? Do they really think teens will watch this? Who is the market? This is not for the "Bronies" or the "Pegasisters".

**sigh** someone at Hasbro clearly does not understand the appeal of MLP:FiM. It's adorable and cute and they are ponies in adventures. I do not understand this current TV trope of aging up the characters into tween/teen form. It just creeps me out.

I hope this bombs and I hope it bombs hard.

Is it just me or does the name of the newest Dunkin Donut flavor sound less like a pastry and more like a sexual maneuver?

Reverse Boston Creme.

....

yeah.

(the picture only makes it worse, with the bit of white creme poking out one end of the donut...ew...)

GameCrush makes me throw up a little in my mouth. I mean, yes, a fool and his money are soon parted and if you're a guy and you're so desperate for female interaction AND video games that you will actually pay to play with a girl, that's your stupidty issue. But it's the bit about the girls being on a point system and if they will "do more" than just game, they will get tipped extra points by the players and then they can use those points and redeem them for cash...I dunno, it bothers me.

Um...I had something else to say but I just got REALLY tired (when did it get to be 11:40?) so I'm gonna get some sleep. TTFN

uuummm...Diamond, that's just ugly. Seriously, what is that? Crappy little mini-figures of Buffy & Angel in a snowglobe - that can be cute. Giant image of The First behind them? Fugly.

see, I don't buy everything!

Harry Potter does not make me want to shoot people. It's articles like this that make me want to hurt people.

And it's 10 times worse that it's covered in a UK newspaper, making us (as in the U.S.) look even worse than we already do. I SWEAR TO YOU WE ARE NOT ALL RAVING LUNATICS!

someone just lit a bunch of fireworks outside....????

there was a post in fanthropology today about the life-sized Britney-Spears-giving-birth statue. I had assumed, as any sane person would, that the statue was a joke, something the Onion made up to get hits. Something the 'Snakes on a Plane' producers put out there to find something even more ridiculous than there movie. But no. It's real. And it scares me. and it's LIFE SIZED! Was that necessary?? And there's this whole big thing about how it's a "pro-life monument". It's just so very very creepy.

Honestly, if you haven't added the cj_rss feed to your flist, you should. You're missing out on awesome links like this - Brokeback Mountain Action Figures

Tomorrow I get to dress up as 'Sneaks' the library's mascot. Sneaks is a large feline...he wears sneakers. One of the elementary schools is visiting to I shall say hello to them in the cat suit. Hopefully they won't freak out. Sometimes little kids freak out. I haven't been Sneaks in awhile though. Should be fun! I put my camera in my bag so hopefully I can get someone to snap a picture of me so you make all point and laugh. It's good times.

'Great Books' is next week and I have not read very many of the books I was supposed to read for the dicussion groups. I've read a chunk of 'confessions of a closet catholic'(which got annoying after awhile) and 'I am the messenger' (which is awesome!) but I've only flipped thru 'Let me play' (lots of pictures!) and have merely looked at the jacket covers of 'simple as snow' and 'what I call life'. And I saw 'pinned' on the shelf once....

I blame 'I am the Messenger'. Of all the books, it was really good, and when a book is really good, I tend to read it slower. I know that doesn't make sense, but I tend to savor the words more, I want to make sure I understand everything that's going on. If I read fast my comprehension level goes right down the toilet. Plus, it's written by an Australian so it's that much cooler. I really do like it. It's labeled as young adult, which is a shame because it doesn't feel like a YA book. (when I say that I'm referring mostly to all the coming of age, gossip girl, style books). Typically, YA books tend to take place in high school and yadda yadda. This one, I think the protagonist must be 19...so he's out of high school, and driving a taxi around. And since it's Australia, he's playing cards with his friends and drinking beer.

See, he gets this random card one day (Ace of Diamonds I believe) and it has street addresses written down on it. So he goes to these homes and realizes that he has to help the people he sees. It's funny. One of the people he eventually meets up with is a priest who's sad that his church is so empty. He decides that he need to fill up the church at least for one day to make the priest happy. What's his plan? FREE BEER! haha. Ridiculous. Sweet book though. I'm not done with it yet so I can't tell you how it ends, but right now I'm really liking it.

I made some icons...I shall post them soon...