4 posts tagged “culture”
Could John McCain could have not sounded more ill-prepared or weary on his position than he did when he went on Ellen and discussed gay marriage with her. I realize I'm a little bit late on this, but it's like .. you're running for president, man. At least act like you have some balls. This video represents how ignorant people know they're ignorant because they can't adequately state their positions when face-to-face with the opponent. For instance, all the racists I have ever met would never in their lives go up to a minority and speak to them the way they speak about them behind closed doors, just like most of the fools I know who don't think homosexual folks should be allowed to marry would never actually say that to a homosexual's face. In this video, Ellen's making these incredible, eloquent arguments that you seriously can't argue with if you have any sense about you, and John McCain's just like, "Yeah, um, well, we disagree on this," and he can't state why. It irks me to no end that the only argument when it comes to opposing same-sex marriage is that the individual feels marriage should be between a man and a woman. Who in the fuck asked you to feel?? Anyway, here's the video. Oh yeah, and if you oppose same-sex marriage, you're a fucking moron.
Yup. I did it. Now, it might be the hormones (though I'm really just not that kinda girl who craves), but I have never been an ice cream girl. Don't get me wrong, it's always been like, Sure, ice cream with my cake, and, Oh, uh, it's hot and I'll have a scoop or something. See, no enthusiasm. But. But. I went to the gas station to get the nicotine fix and just decided to pick up a pint of ice cream. (I'm pretty sure it was the nicotine withdrawl talking.) Now, I think I've found a new lover. Presenting:
I can't seem to do things lest they are in bullet-point format, so watch me go:
- Can't lie about it anymore, I actually watched this season of Dancing with the Stars. This type of dedication has been a feat considering my lack of a television, but hear me out: I began watching this show because I worked a hellacious Monday night shift when I was bartending earlier this year and there were always the same standard three people there who just had to watch this show. (And Deal or No Deal which I still, for the life of me, can't even begin to wrap my head around as far as its appeal is concerned.) Anyway, I figured that it was just a stupid show going on, but after I quit working there midway through the season I found myself wondering about the results and seriously just wanting to see more, so I just watched it online. I was always a fan of Kristi Yamaguchi and Mario and it was weird of me how I just trolled MSNBC for results on who won. In case you're wondering, I can't see myself watching this show ever again, but due to it I found a new love for Mark Ballas and Derek Hough's band Almost Amy. I normally hate this type of music - too mellow - but I'm giving it a whirl.
- Can't sleep can't sleep can't sleep. I'm really starting to think about going to see a doctor about this because it's affecting my entire life. I can't sleep without having nightmares or dreams that I can't even begin to relay to you that stress me out to a serious degree. Either way, every day I wake up exhausted, but I've gotten to a point where I just lay around doing things (e.g. Vox posts, trolling MSNBC for DWTS slash primary results, writing things for work, cleaning my room) until I can't keep my eyes open because I dread going to sleep. There for a while I was taking sleeping pills, but then I realized that I was taking them because I know what they do to you - put you in a deep sleep such that you skip over REM cycles where dreams occur, the exact reason said pills are bad for you* but the part of sleep I'm trying to escape. So yeah, since I refuse to take acetaminophen (i.e. Tylenol), why the hell would I be taking sleeping pills? Either which way, I need help. (There, I said it.)
- My one year anniversary of being off the drugs came and went (May 17) without me hardly noticing. Things have gotten so much better in the past year as far as my mental state is concerned, contrary to my last bullet point. I mean, having a dependence for as long as I did on a specific drug was so detrimental to my friendships and my decisions and just everything in my life, and it's bizarre now to think about how I couldn't see that before. I still flinch at some of the things that I did in those years and wonder in amazement how I stayed in school or even functioned at all sometimes. I still have things that I'm learning to forgive myself for in those times, but all I see is growth, and I'm truly proud of myself. I do wonder if there will ever be a day where I can say with confidence that I won't let this drug enter my life again, but I know that as hollow as it sounds, one day at a time is really all I can ask for.
- I'm very seriously trying to read For Whom the Bell Tolls because I haven't ever attempted Hemingway and he's supposedly one of the greats. Well, I'm on page two (took me three tries to get past page one) and I'm thinking I might send this book back to my library's shelves and grab Song of Solomon or even Origin of Species instead. Lord help me.
*Bad because the whole sleeping thing is centered on your REM, i.e. you're suppose to get a certain amount, and when you don't you "catch up" on REM later, thus more dreaming, dreams that actually tend to be nightmares .. blah blah blah read a book, I'm not seriously teaching you this.
What food item would you miss the most if it were removed from your diet and recipes?
Submitted by scorpion1116.
I know this isn't a food so much as a category but, without a doubt, I couldn't deal without carbs. Back in the day when that whole Atkins thing was huge, that would have never worked for me, and people just swore by it. I always thought it was funny because it was like, great, you cut out every carbohydrate in the universe and lost thirty pounds - what happens when you start eating them again? Tell me you are going to abstain from bread for the rest of your life. As it turns out, most people did apparently return to their old eating habits and ballooned back to their prior weights. Furthermore, Atkins is pretty much long-forgotten, and dead to boot.
What a way to end a post. I'm feelin the melodrama today.
