I so love these types of memes! Let it be noted, however, that this is from my lappy and I don't have a large variety of pictures on this thing--it's mostly cosplay and tv show related stuff. I think I was able to get along pretty well, though! ALSO, these pictures are pretty big, so be warned!

( Pictures AHOY! )

All right, well, I'm stealing this from Elyse 'cause it sounds fun and awesome! Don't worry, I wouldn't take ANY OF YOUR country stars!

Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Pass it on to 15 people you like and include me. You can't use the band I used. Re-post as "my life according to (band name)"
Pick your Artist:
The Killers

Are you a male or female:
Human

Describe yourself:
Joy Ride

How do you feel:
Why do I keep counting?

Describe where you currently live:
Where the White Boys dance (Which is, ironically, the ONLY song of theirs I hate!!)

If you could go anywhere, where would you go?
Sam's Town

Your favorite form of transportation:
Spaceman

Your best friend is:
Jenny was a friend of mine

You and your best friends are:
Glamorous Indie rock and roll

What's the weather like:
Mr. Brightside

Favorite time of day:
Midnight Show

Your favorite color:
Neon Tiger

If your life was a TV show, what would it be called:
A Dustland Fairytale

What is life to you:
Smile Like You Mean it

Your relationship:
Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf

Your fear:
Bones

What is the best advice you have to give:
The Ballad of Michael Valentine

Thought for the Day:
Goodnight, Travel Well.

That was a little harder than I thought--and Day and Age must really be on my mind...

~Tori

So, I'm following along with this little meme:
1.) Leave me a comment and I will give you a letter.
2.) Then, write 10 things that you love starting with that letter. Post the list in your journal.
3.) Give out letters to those who comment in return.
And I got F and S from Wilma and James.

F:
1. Fuck: The curse word. My family can attest to my potty mouth, but there's just nothing else like that word.
2. Ficken (see above, but just, you know, in German 'cause that's how I roll!)
3. Friends: of the BESTEST variety
4. Farts: honestly, they're so funny. This isn't to be juvenile, per say, but I find it hilarious that everybody does but everyone wants to pretend they don't exist. I l-o-l heartily!
5. Fairplay, Colorado. This is known to most everyone else as "South Park--" yes, it does exist! In reality, South Park is just a small tourist trap town that is "frozen in place" in the late 1800s. It really is a great place, they don't have anyone patrolling and telling you not to touch anything--its laid back and enjoyable, just how I like my museums.
6. Fred Astaire: that man danced like no one else...except maybe Gene Kelly
7. Family: I'm so addicted to my family--*all emo like, pasty and sparkling* "They're like my own personal heroin."
8. F-U-N "'F' is for fire that burns down the whole town, 'U''s for Uranium...BOMBS! 'N' is for NO SURVIVORS!!" Wait, maybe that's NOT how the "FUN song" went..
9. Fred: Put Drop Dead in front of that and you have the love of my life. Well, kind of...
10. "FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF---" I love Rage threads XD

S:

1. Simm: He was in the lakes!!
2. Sex---ahhhhh, who am I kidding? Sissy Virgins is more accurate! *Gives Vyvyan face*
3. Secret of Mana
4. Sam's Town
5. Samus Aran
6. Sailor Moon!11!1
7. Senmurv <3
8. Sean Biggerstaff
9. Simon Pegg
10. Stuuuuuuuuupid Goats....>:< ... <3

Drop a comment if you want a letter! ...NO IT'S NOT LIKE "HORSE!!"

So, Daron*Con was absolutely great! I'm sure Wilma will be posting pictures soon. It was awesome to see Daron again, you know IN THE FLESH, as opposed to her cyber persona here on lj. Her part of Indiana was so damn trendy and swanky! The houses there were huge and G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S! It was eye candy just driving through and enraging my jealousy. Some people had a damn WATER FEATURE in front of their houses, and the typical "gtfo and stop looking at my house" black iron fences. >:/ Watching movies, shows, and playing an awesome round of scrabble, generic Jenga, and Yahtzee was super fun!

On the last day there, we got into this discussion that began with Liz wondering how much it would have cost to own ALL the original My Little Ponies--this, inevitably led to our ideas of time travel. Now, all you need to know about the Dedman sisters is contained here, in the what would start as a my little pony escapade and turn into:

2. Murder (of any hawt men we spent time with in the 80's JUST IN CASE they turned out to be related to us)

3. Wilma Shitting in streets across history and taking pictures (You know how some people bring the gnome along their trips and take their pictures--yeah, this is KIND OF like that... Did you know, it was because of this that not only the French Revolution began but how everyone is now forced to bring along doggy bags when walking their dogs?)

4. Launching a satellite into space (Because everyone wanted to know what happened to Anastasia, and the only way to do that efficiently is through GPS, and the only way to do that is with a satellite. Did you know that because of this, many people are paranoid about aliens and the reason that Area 51 exists as well as all the Government cover-ups? 'Cause they freaked out when they saw it up there! O.O)

5. Putting a bunker on the dark side of the moon (1. so that no one would be able to detect it, and 2. because we needed SOMEWHERE to put all the artifacts we lifted across time)

6. Wilma cutting off her legs so she could be an Ewok in Return of the Jedi (This is after her and I going through multiple movie sets becoming hair dressers of the actors we like. "Oh, Billy, I mean--John Stockwell, we've both been sent to take care of your hair. Yes, smelling it is quite professional.")

7. This would all inevitably lead to my space raping of John Simm (after kidnapping him in his youth), Wilma's saving of a man who was supposed to be killed = paradox love(Doc Brown syndrome), and Elizabeth's hero worship--i.e. stopping off at pinnacle points in a guy's life and conveniently "saving" him from harm...= love?

So, there you have it, I'm a space rapist, Wilma's a savior, and Liz is haughty because of her subsequent hero worship. That's what happens when the Dedman sisters with the aid of Daron travel through time!

So, as a side note, if you could travel anywhere in time where would it be, and more importantly, WHAT WOULD YOU STEAL?

UPDATE time, 'cause I haven't posted for awhile...

So, I'm all excited for Daron*Con--it's nice to get out of the house and go VISIT someone. I went put-putting last weekend, which was awesome--I need more friends close to home to hang out with :C Summer has just been uneventful.

School: Just finished "Breakfast of Champions" for my English summer class. It's sad, we only had like five people in class this week and the only person who kept up with the reading was me...typical... ANYway, I didn't like the book simply because of Vonnegut's pretentiuosness *eye roll* He did some interesting literary things i.e. had himself, as the writer go into his story and react with his own creations, but his need to re-tell history and the "facts about America," was annoying. Meh, whatever...

Hair: Just got my hair cut, which is great! It had gotten so long I just ran out of things to do with it. Also, since we're going camping in less than a month, I didn't want to deal with all the extra hair with the little showering we would have time for. I get this bob each summer and it's so nice to have that weight off my head. I wasn't planning on doing it today, but I have loads of time while I wait for Wilms, so I took the oppurtunity while I was still loaded up on caffeine form my Monster this morning. (who am I kidding I'm still giddy from that shit!!)

Funny story: I'm always good for these...actually I'm better for awkward stories, but this was one that the OTHER person should be awkward about NOT me!
So, I had to work at my father's office on Wednesday, so I dressed up in a black dress (that was free! :o ) and had hose on as well as high-heels--whole shabang. Well, I went to my class like that 'cause I didn't want to change halfway through the day. So, I'm walking to the office on my way back from school and where the bus dropped me off, when all of a sudden a white jeep honks at me and this guy waves. Naturally, I wave back since,I don't know, what ELSE are you supposed to do?? All of a sudden, this guy makes a U-turn and pulls up next to the sidewalk and this is what I get:
Fucktard: Ohh... you looked like someone I know, I was going to give you a ride.
Me: Oh..
Fucktard: Oh, not that I'd *mind* giving you a ride.
Me: Oh, no thank you. I'm just making my way right over there to the office.
Fucktard: Oh, are you sure, I could give you a ride!
Me: No thanks, I'm RIGHT over there (I just said that..). Thanks anyway~ *weird look*
Fucktard: Oh.. *drives away*
Me: o.O ... :/
He was some business guy since he was wearing a suit and all, but seriously wtf? Who does that? Why would I look like someone you knew--I'm wearing a dress with high heels, a BACKPACK, and an mp3 player stuck in my ears. What kind of secretaries or whatever do you have? I didn't approach his car AT ALL, I stayed on the sidewalk. It was just...odd. I suppose I should have yelled "Stranger Danger" and ran away like a little girl. I was just thrown off by it. I'm sure he was trying to be nice and all, but I don't like being approached by cars on the sidwalk--make's my feel like a prossie.

~Tori

WHOAAAAAAH, NEW UNFORGOTTEN REALMS...and I have a new icon!! I was going to have it at just being amazed at the awesome sorcery of Abraham Lincoln--but that would be too close to Gaia's icon, sooooooo.... Originally I was going to have it replace my LazyTown "Squee" moment, but I still had one slot left, so, you know!

Enjoy Groundbolds and PLOT TWISTS!!11



P.S. FUCK YOU ILLINOIS AND YOUR DAMN HUMIDITY!! I MEAN, SERIOUSLY! If you were a person, I would punch you in your chicken salad sandwich...seriously....

Okay, so I had this comic for awhile sitting on my hardrive and I finally decided to go and read these letters


All I can see is...WOW! The same man who wrote Ulysses and The Dead and all this crap I read last semester is obsessed with poo and farts and a bit of a masochist.... Then again, the end of The Dead was pretty sexual...I guess it all makes sense now! I SO wish I knew about this last semester when I was studying about it--I so would have asked my Prof.! LULZ.
I really can't get over how pornographic it is--it cracks me up, but still embarasses me (besides the fact that I had to look up some definitions on urban dictionary.."friggin'" *cough, cough*). Then again, these were meant to be private letters so... As a side note, all of her responses "mysteriously vanished," so all we get to read is his creepy side with no response--it really does make him seem like a stalker. Although, you do see him get more and more ambitious and open with his fantasies as time goes on, so he must be getting some kind of encouragement. I suppose it's sweet....in a really creepy way...but sweet. Also, they got married shortly thereafter--d'aaaawwwwww. (still doesn't erase the "WTF???!!" faces that Liz and I both shared while we read them!)

As a side note, would this be too creepy to cosplay as? Most likely...and I'll probably never do it--but dammit it looks so cool! *v* I love my killers, and I'm so happy they did a video to this song--it's one of my favorites off of "day & age." (apparently though, it was a huge homage to David Bowie that some thought was too obvious and overdone--meh, whatever, they gave a bunch of artists the oppurtunity to go bat shit crazy on the costumes. JUST TAKE A LOOK at some of them...even the guy in the back thinks it's weird!)

~Tori

Okay, normally I am not one to parade my grades around. I am content with saying I do "alright," or "well," most of the time (unless my intelligence is called into question). I am very concerned about my grades and always strive for A's--it upsets me to no end when I get one B a semester. This has been a recurring theme my entire career in High School and College (except I think for one semester at Parkland)--that I will always get one B and the rest A's. Imagine my surprise and joy when I checked on my Spring grades and found straight A's!! It's one thing to get good grades, but I consider it a high mark to do so at the U of I.

Sorry, I don't want this to be a conceited post or anything, but you have no idea how upset I have been unable to break this streak of "one B," semesters. Wilma can attest to the fact of how down I was about it. Now, I get to be part of the cool club and on the Dean's list and everything like back at P-Land. I'm just ecstatic and wanted to share my joy.

/what appears to me to be a very self-righteous post

~Tori <3

I'm studying my butt off now, so I don't have too much time to post something EPIC--but I wanted to know how much I love you and how sorry I am that I have to miss out on your big day. *GLUB GLUB*

There WILL be presents....at some time....

*EXTREME HUGS AND LOVE AND EVERYTHING GOOD*

~Tori

Yep, it's my 21st birthday. I suppose I would be more psyched for this if I hadn't have spent the entire weekend getting well XP I was planning to get my license changed today, but I forgot that the DMV is closed today...great... Well, it's valid until August, and the date's on it, so if I want to get some booze I can.

I haven't really come to grip with the fact that I can't be stopped anymore for my age. Everything is open to me now...hehe cool! Well, there is the presidency that bars me, buuuuuuuuuuuut....

Thanks a lot to everyone for all the well wishings and the hopes of getting well. I really appreciate them--it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside to know I have such nice friends T^T THANK YOU!

~Tori <3

Ok, so I got food poisoning on Tuesday. Originally, no big deal right? Not necessarily--I had a presentation on Wednesday and I had to skip all my other classes that day just so I wouldn't risk BARFING in the middle of lecture. About two weeks ago I was out sick with a TERRIBLE cold (from hell, btw). I detest missing class and I never do unless I'm deathly ill--Wilma can attest to this--I felt embarrassed having to e-mail my prof. again and telling them I was sick again. Their responses weren't very nice--they weren't rude they just weren't helpful or really understanding. The first time I got "Oh, you're doing great in the class, don't worry about it!" Now I get along the lines of "Well, you'll have to make it up in the final." Fuck you, ok? I don't make a habit of skipping class ever and it's not my damn fault if I get sick. Would you prefer I come in and spew all over you The Exorcist style? Jerk...

So, fastforward to yesterday. I hadn't been eating much trying to work up my appetite and I thought I was fine last night so I ate some fried chicken left over. Wow, bad idea. I think it's the grease that did me in, because later I felt all nauseous again. I thought I was going to puke, but I didn't have any time to worry about it, because I had a paper to finish off for today. So, I'm taking like thirty minute naps from 9 pm to about 2 in the morning off and on writing a bit, fighting back the urge to spew, and trying so hard to concentrate. I couldn't get anywhere T-T I ended up going to bed after Wilma came in and showed me her cosplay progress (<3). I woke up at 6 and picked it up again. I bullshitted the rest of it and turned it what I believe to be the worst paper I've ever done. It was an extension upon a paper we wrote earlier in the semester--I had six pages and I needed to tack on another three. The comments on my rough draft were nothing--just "good job," "talk about this more," "cut this," final grade: A. I went to talk to my TA yesterday and he couldn't suggest anything to really improve upon it--thanks a lot buddy, help me like NOT AT ALL. So I was walking blindly with this and just started spewing off crap. I don't ever want it back.

Well, the topping on the cake this week is that this morning I woke up and discovered I had diarrhea. Sorry for the bluntness and possible graphic nature of relating that but I just feel awful. I can't eat anything, I don't want to drink anything, I don't want to go anywhere, but had to go to all my classes today because I didn't want to miss any more class. I feel like crap, I look like crap, I went without makeup and don't give a shit. I have more stuff to do this weekend and I have to go to work for 7 hours tomorrow. Wake me up in June when all this shit is over and I feel better ..... *cries*

~Tori

Yeah, I know Wilma and Liz will get that title, but for everybody else: SQUIRTLE TIME!!

This last weekend, Liz, Wilma, and I all worked together and made some serious progress on the Squirtle Squad. As a cumulative group, I think we are forced to thank Miri for reinstating our faith in hot glue. Seriously, hot gluing all the fleece worked so flipping well! I couldn't believe how strong the bond was. I suppose as a rule I have come to not trust any glue except Welder's glue, because they have all failed me in the past -_-;

The shells looks so great and I'm so excited. We got the outer shells done and the front/underside done as well. I hope Liz will take some pictures and POST THEM, like I asked earlier because they are seriously bosanova. I am so psyched--I wish I was a Squirtle instead of a trainer... The only real hurdle left to jump is the head--the arms and legs will be no brainers, but we must get the heads right. Good luck Wilma and Liz!

IN OTHER NEWS:

We went to see Miss March...It was awesome! This was the film done by and starring the two main writers for "The Whitest Kids U'know:" Trevor Moore and Zach Creggor.  I don't think Trevor or Zach could do anything that wasn't funny. "Now you fucked up! You have fucked up now!!" 
Actually whilst Tubing, we found out what they did with the other "whitest  kids" since they weren't in the film. I suppose it was weird to not have the other guys in the movie, but Wilma and I were talking about it, and there were few charactesr in the film. It was really just about five main characters needed for the story and two of them are women. I think it was easier to keep the charicatures to a minimum when doing a comedic film, and I bet the other guys were cool with not being in it. I hope they all do a movie in the future, I'm sure it would rock! 
If you haven't heard of or seen the "Whitest kids u'know," take the time---there are bunches of their skits on youtube, they're hilarious!! I didn't even know they did Live shows,--I wish they'd come to our campus T^T

Sorry for the over-hyperlinked post, but just watch some of them, they are so funny.

~Tori

If you can complete that lyric you win....nothing, but my admiration :D

This is really a pointless post, I just wanted to show off my first icon--so nerdy, I know! ANYway, how is everyone doing? Life treating you well, likin' the extended sunlight, wishing ACEN was further away so you could complete costumes? 

I'm just letting my brain rest after two midterms--it turned to moosh :( 

~Tori <3

Okay, as many of you know I work at JoAnn fabrics and like any retail job have my fill of customer stories. The ones that I normally pass on are those that center on our University's (the same one I go to) Toga parties and the students who come in to buy fabric for said togas. As a refresh and to see my thoughts on the matter: http://dali-lamb.livejournal.com/10401.html

Now, several days ago we got some GIRLS in. I knew they were coming for toga stuff, because we had some girls coming in over the weekend and they were getting things for a toga party THIS weekend. As a sort of time management for our store I asked if there were going to be a lot of people coming in. As you saw in the other post, toga parties really can drown us out sometimes. They'll come in late, spend a long ass time getting their things and then come to us not knowing how much they need or even WHAT they need. Their fabric choices are hilarious as well, as you'll see. So, here's the scene:

Four sorority girls, wearing sweatpants hair pulled up, blonde and brunette, wearing way too much makeup and carrying blue charmeuse, yellow lining with yellow tulle, and green confetti fabric. The first girl I helped had the blue charmeuse and she also had black ribbon.
Me: (putting all of these fabrics together) Are you guys doing the Disney princesses?
Cheerleader: OMG, yeah! It's for our toga party, the theme is Disney!
Me: Let me guess (confetti fabric:) Ariel, (blue charmeuse) Cinderella, (yellow) Belle?
What's her face: ....OH MY GOD!! YOU'RE RIGHT, I SHOULD DO BELLE INSTEAD!
Me: O.O (What ELSE were you going to use that yellow for???)
....whilst checking out...
So and So: What should we give her as an accessory for Ariel?
The Ugly One: Didn't she have like something in her hair??
Me: Yep, it was a flower. She had it in the "Under the sea," song.
So and So: YEAH! But, that'd be too much work....
Me: Just give her a fork.
All: What?
Me: Well, remember she brushed her hair with a fork? (HAVE ANY OF YOU BITCHES EVEN SEEN THE LITTLE MERMAID? /my childhood T^T)
Cheerleader: That's right, she was obsessed with always brushing her hair with a fork, that was hilarious!
So and So: No, we should give her a crab! (A crab, or just crabs? *rimshot*)

Admittedly not as funny as adventures of fagballs and dumbfuck, but why are Toga parties THEMED now? Wouldn't that make them a costume party and not a Toga party? WTF is wrong with my school???!?! Also, it pisses me off that these girls weren't real fans of Little Mermaid. That is my heritage bitches! Anyway, what about Sleeping Beauty? Snow White? Cinderella's a classic but it was reissued in the early 90's which is the ONLY reason these girls know about it. They probably only watched them several times when they were kids.
Wow...I kind of sound pathetic here.... I suppose I just like my Disney princesses and don't like posers. But, still they're only a damn cartoon....wonder where my affinity for them comes from...

I digress. Anyway, Wilma thought I should post it so voila!

~Tori

So, yesterday I had the day off and went to visit Liz. Whenever I visit Liz I end up huddling with her around her compy, which apparently hates me and almost never wants to work, and we either work on editing a video or watch movies or play games. Basically we chillax to the full extent of that ridiculous word that I somehow find cool. SO, what did we do yesterday? We watched Disney movies. Several Disney sequels to be exact, so, what were my thoughts?

( Somewhat Image heavy )

I don't agree that Lincoln's rolling in his grave, because I'm sure he's rolled enough in his afterlife on behalf of this state, but I'm sure he wiggled a bit more. So, Blagojevich finally got caught in his corrupt state, surprise surprise. You know how he was discovered? Wire tapping! "But wire tapping is wrong, it trespasses on people's rights!!" Shut up, it helped this damn state, so screw you. (btw, that particular wire tapping used to discover terrorists never once infringed upon a civilian's right, but don't get me started on that one)

I can't believe how long this has taken, he has been royally screwing this state from the get-go. He's ruined our small businesses by raising minimum wage, he's destroyed our roads by still refusing to use better materials, he's wasted away our economy, forcing us to close STATE PARKS as opposed to cutting back on the endless amounts of personal pet projects held by the overwhelming amount of politicians in this state. If I wasn't so upset I would laugh. Where was this a year ago? Where was this before Middlefork was threatened, where was this before the Lincoln museum was forced to be open only three days a week?? Where was this before we were all screwed? What the hell is wrong with this state? Why is it that Chicago is being allowed to vote in our state governors and senators? Look at the voting statistics of this state and you'll see a big difference in what we all vote for. I'm not just talking about Republican and Democrat here, I'm referring to the fact that the Chicago political machine is producing these candidates and forcing them on us with fraud. How many of our recent governors have been imprisoned? Too many in too few years. This is getting beyond ridiculous, this is approaching obscene. Why is it no one is seeing this corruption? Why is it no one is doing anything about it? I know once Blagojevich goes off to jail we'll get another Chicagoan in office who will continue this downward spiral that this state is going in. I just can't express how pissed I am that he was brought into custody IN CHICAGO! Chicago is NOT our state's capital, why wasn't he in Springfield (why isn't he even living there??)? Why isn't he EVER in Springfield? What about Ryan? (I think he was arreasted and tried in Chicago as well).

I suppose I shouldn't speak too soon, the Chicago machine will probably just make Chicago our capital pretty soon. Ha, still looking forward to the oppurtunity of hosting the Olympics? Never gonna happen here buddies!

~Dali-Lamb

For everyone that's going to watch and make fun of Twilight with us tonight:
We're going to the Beverly. I get off work around 10 o'clock, so I was thinking either the 10:15 show or the 10:50 one.

This will be EPIC...fail -_-;

~Tori

Well, so far this day has been pretty sucky (not just because of the election), but I'm determined to get through it. I was emo this morning, but I've prayed my way through it, feeling much better. Also, the remembrance of today's date has brought a smile to my face.

"Remember, remember the fifth of November--" no, don't remember it for Guy Fawkes (sp?) sake, but, rather, remember it as the day that fifty-three years ago, time travel was invented. It is also the date upon which the whole space time continuum revolves....or it's just a major coincidence....

Happy "Election is over," day! And may all your time traveling be awesome!

~Tori

Between yesterday and today, the only feeling I can feel is pure frustration about religion, about politics, about my way of life.

To begin with, yesterday we had these radical "Christians," on campus with huge signs and banners basically saying "Repent, the end is near~" First of all, I do not support this way of scaring people into becoming Christians and finding God. I agree with the Bible here, to be a shining example and personally relate to others your experiences and faith. You are supposed to be a good person and amiable so that people are attracted to you and if they find out you are a Christian, perhaps they too will want a relationship with God after you share your testaments, faith, and personal stories. Yelling at students about how they are going to hell will only fall on deaf ears until they have formed a relationship with God, because they won't understand what hell is: a vortex devoid of God and love. So, they had great fun alienating everyone from Christianity. However, the straw that broke the camel's back for me, was when one of them wanted to hand me a pamphlet. I politely declined, adding "I'm already a Christian, I don't need that." To which she replied: "Psh, yeah, that's what EVERYONE says." I was infuriated! You stupid jerk, how dare you doubt my sincerity! You aren't here to witness or even help, you were hoping I wasn't a Christian, so that you could argue with me. Not only was your message screwed up, your heart wasn't even in the right place, shame on you for doubting another Christian. As if that wasn't bad enough, I had to spend the rest of the day hearing from others students in my class about the crazy radicals on campus with them "spouting their holier than thou gibberish." Yeah, way to go buttheads, way to once more further the stereotype of "crazy Christians."

As for Politics:
This might be more infuriating, though I doubt it, because I'm sure I'll feel better after today, when it's all OVER. I understand that I am an extreme minority on campus and the state, however, I am a Republican (I know the blatant Christian Republican stereotype, huh? lol) and being as outspoken as I am on issues and the like (you all know me XD) it upsets me to no end to see our party so weak in these recent years. I am sick of hearing President Bush torn apart for being a "bumbling idiot, without any brain cells," stemming from what I believe is an oppression of accents, with any southern accent immediately being labeled as coming from a fool. And I'm exhausted from having to defend my own intelligence when my party affiliation is brought up. It's even worse, however, when Professors fall into this propaganda. My Geology professor took it upon himself to make his party very clear, by going on a quick rant about our President's "stupidity," and then going on to bash Mt. Rushmore, calling the presidents carved upon it "tyrannous, oppressive, and just plain evil." I did not sign up for this course to hear America torn apart by a jerk, which he was. How can you call Lincoln tyrannous? Stupid jerk.
So, like I said I know I'm out of my comfort zone here, but to see these vicious attacks on my party and myself because of it, just makes my blood boil. What, because I don't agree with you I'm evil, oppressive, and stupid? Fuck you! I can have my opinion, thank you. What pisses me off so much is how our party never stands up for itself. People sling disgusting and terrible insults at us and we never fight back--we weakly accept what they're saying and doubt our own beliefs. We decide that since we're in the minority maybe we should be part of the majority--social life would become easier. We wouldn't have to worry about disagreeing with most people and could have more fun. At least, that's the way I've been thinking lately, that wouldn't my life (only at the moment) be easier if I could agree with these professors and fellow students. I wouldn't at all have been offended when I saw the Green Party and the Democrat party represented on the Quad last week, without any nod towards the Republican. Now, I'm not saying my entire life would be wonderful, because "everyone everywhere is so terribly evil to Republicans," but it would make many things easier. Whether or not you agree with the sentiment that mainstream media is slanted to the left, I think we can all SEE that Hollywood, comedy, and sitcoms are. If there are any Republicans they are made fun of, cheapened, and just bashed on. I don't like being beaten up so publicly with no one in charge who wants to fight back. As Republicans, I feel we need to stand up for ourselves, and stop letting the Democrats blame us for SOME of their blunders. The idea of fairness takes a quick hold on my thoughts, but I know life isn't fair, and I do know that I am in a predominately blue state. It's just aggravating when you're in the group that (seemingly) EVERYONE makes fun of and degrades. Thank God today's election day, despite what happens, it'll be nice to see everyone calm down and put their fighting gloves away for awhile.
/rant