Final count: 3119 words. If any one wants to read my paper, just ask. It's not Shakespeare, but hey, most of it is spelled right unlike my blog.

2,800, and yes, it does hurt my heart that Morgan Freeman's words have been distorted so. The minions of stupidity are so many and powerful, and people talking sense are so few.

2,700, and now with no idea of how to end. I'll play some games and come back.

2,500! I'm on the home stretch! It's at this part of the paper in which you go back and see what other sections you can add things to. Edit it a bit. Then go back to the end and see if you can bring it to an end. If not, you'll have to keep fooling with it.

2,200, and personal responsibility, my ass! As if poor people just go to the doctor for the fun of it.

My paper is due at midnight, and I only have 2,100 words. Read this though. It's good.

Is this the complete anime classic Onii-sama E? It seems likely, and I'll try to find out. If it is, I'll have the whole series on CD! W00t.


I'm also up to 2000 words on my religion paper. Also, my art history test was recognized by my messy handwriting.

It's time for....uneducated bitching about the transit strike! A lot of people on this thread are bitching because A)the workers aren't 'skilled' B)They got a crappy deal from their own jobs. As for A, not everyone is going to be able to go to college, especially with the price going up. That's no reason that they shouldn't be able to strike out for what they want. B) if you have a crappy deal from your own job, well, whose fault is it? Not these guys! Reading Steve Gillard's take, I have to agree with the people who say "Hey, if they have such a sweet deal, why don't you apply?" I think I'll stay with an office job if that's ok with everyone. At least I'm inside, and am not tired from physical labor.

ARGH!!!! I forgot to sign my art history exam! Also, I skipped town. But in good news, 1608 words!

Feministe breaks down an abstience only site which is telling lies to teenage girls. There are so many great sex education sites out there like scarleteen.com and the forum vaginapagina, which offer real female friendly and body positive infomation that no teen girl should be reading the bogus infomation on those stupid sites. Are you an educator or a parent? Give out those sites! Heck, I learned something from looking at Scarlet Teen today, and I'm 21!

I'm exhausted. 1536 is the final word count for today.

Up to 1461 words! I also did more 'research' by asking my mom and dad what they thought. Mom, a Baptist said that to be absent in the body was to be present with the Lord, according to Paul. Dad, a Jehovah's Witness, said that when you're dead, you're dead, but you'll be resurrected after the second coming and then either go to heaven(the select) or to hell(apparently the rest of us)

Am I the only one who wonders if I'll ever have an extra $600 to blow on clothing? I only have $400 total!

WOOO HOOO!!! I've got the first thousand words in my religion paper down! Of course, it's supposed to be 3000 words and due tommorow. But I'm glad I came home- these primary documents'(ok, I borrowed some programs from homegoing celebrations) and 'ethnographic research' (ok, I interviewed the guy down the street's dad, and went to a homegoing celebration in the summer) will help my paper immensely. It's just the 'research'(I got some books from the theology library) that is hard.

Another blackfolk rant. It's been said many times in many ways: shut the fuck up to you!

I think I like this podcast. I think podcasts will be my new addiction. In their interview, the author talks about how white people need to be open to criticism by other groups. This is true. Some whites have actually tried to act like I'm racist, by pointing out the fact that whites are in fact, not angels from heaven. I'm a black person. We get criticized more harshly by ourselves than anything I have ever said about a white person. I think coming to terms with the idea that white supremacy is a myth is a good way to start seeing white people's humanity. It's hard to see others as human if you can not see them as people with flaws. Our society sets up this dichotomy in which white people are all things good, with a few exceptions, and black people are all things bad, with a few exceptions, but that is not a realistic picture of either one of these groups. We need to see the 'dark' side of white society, and the bright side of black society so that we can talk about our whole society as it really is. You can't fix society if you can't see it realistically. And pretending that white people's behavior is not a legitimate thing to be criticized when you feel free to criticize blacks even though the most you know about black people is what you've seen on TV is just straight hypocrisy.

Also, here's more on the Morgan Freeman controversy.

The latest rumor is that the President referred to the Constitution as a god damned piece of paper. I'm not too sure about the sourcing, but it's disturbing if true.

Watching the interview, Morgan Freeman comes off as much less of a tom than he does in the news articles. He has a joking tone- noting that there's no one month they talk about white history. He's trying to imply it's talked about all the time. I like how they selected the most 'white friendly' excerpts. They didn't talk about how he felt that the Mississippi flag would never represent him or how he mocked the "some of my best friends are X" crap. No, what gets the headlines are a poor choice of words. I blame the white supremacist capitalist patriarchy.

White folks!!!!!
Do the same thing - attend people of color panels and listen to what they have to say. Just as the men will, you’ll hear a lot of shit you might not want to about yourselves. You are here, and you have come again because you are best equipped and are needed to take that message back to your organization, your dinner club, your racist lovers and friends, your bar, your school, your bathhouse, your clinic, your hometown, your world.

From Fighting Words, which I found on Professor Kim's News Notes. Read the whole thing- it's so eloquent.

Very frightening. NSFW

The last chapter in the serious biographical ballad of me and my lab partner: We got an 86 on our poster. If I had only stayed up all night to get those four extra points! Then he'd get an A, and probably half my crazy check, as he would have gotten a 102 if it wasn't for me!

This religion paper is such a joy to research and write. I wonder if I am called to qualitative work.

My parents are still upset about the dog. They agree that the medicine wasn't working. They agree that Dad had to carry him everywhere. They agree that the rugs were ruined. But it's hard to let go of the ritual of watering the dog, of feeding the dog, of letting the dog inside. Harry was not a puppy when we adopted him. Someone Mom knew's son had an allergy to dog hair. We took him in. I was 11. He was a good dog, always sitting on the deck panting, showing his blue tongue. This last Thanksgiving, he didn't even play with the children as he always did. He used to chase every ball.

I remember how he used to dig under the fence and escape. A few hours later, we always saw him at the front door. Our neighbor, a Japanese-American woman that I had to keep my brother from whistling at said "Harry won't come home" when this happened. But he always did. Now I guess he's at home. But I'm still a bit upset about the dog.

Hilarity.

Why some people are paler than others. Also, support the Museum of the African Diaspora.

I feel an odd ache now. I saw this site and it nearly physically hurt that I didn't know that there was a new comic book by Dan Clowes out. I really need comics! I will go and buy some after I get home.

Good stuff.(NSFW) but needs more diversity.

Today I finished my European History test. Hopefully I will not get points off for saying that some Italians said that Mussolini made the trains run on time or that the Soviets put their army on Czechoslovakia. I also managed to dispose of my cans by giving them to my RA.

Andy Capp Hot Fries: It's Like a Taste of the Ghetto in Your Vending Machine. Also, you all must share my trauma.

Page estimate for the semester:

Methods Research Report 1: 12
Methods RR 2:24
Methods RR 3: 18
Methods Critique 1: 10
Methods Critique 2: 12
Art History Paper 1:4
Art History Paper 2: 5
Art History Essay Final: 1.5
European History Paper 1:4
European History Paper 2:5
European History Paper 3: 5
Religion Paper 1: 3
Religion Paper 2: 5
Religion Paper 3(estimate): 9

Total: 117.5 pages this semester.

This comic cover(NSFW) is somewhat grotesquely fascinating.

What I did today:
1 am: went to bed.
4:30 am: woke up
7:30 am: went on campus to look for food
8:30 am: took art history final
10:45: threw methods paper in slot and ran away.
11:00:mailed card for amnesty international.

I wish I could win at the internet too. I have a hard time articulating how horrible it is to ignore hundreds of years of real discrimination and all the stuff we have going on now to focus on some petty irriation that affects either whites or men. It really says "Whites (or men) are more important than the rest of you." Also, the mocking of racist white feminists goes on. They aren't being mocked because of their race, but because of their refusal to learn. Of course, thier race is what makes it so easy for them to refuse to learn basic concepts, and spend all their energy defending their right to be lazy.

For those who want to be educated, here's a good basic article. I pulled this up while I was using google to look for the author of the poem that I'm supposed to write my take home essay on African art for. It's a good poem (the Ingrid Jonker poem)

Hey, people who want creationism in the schools! Why don't you take your kids to one of those nice buildings called 'churches'- they have crosses on the top, and lots of nice people will tell your kids all about creationism- and as a bonus- the love that Jesus has for them. There are also free activities. If you'd rather teach them yourself, here's a helpful website. I sometimes see people handing out free Bibles, but there are many websites like this one that can give you a free Bible. Seriously, I think the private sector has creationism covered, you know?

Share the road. Also, it seems like people in America might go hungry or freeze. I'm going to have to think of a way to keep that from happening.

More stuff I found in my email- I'm a bit of two minds on Tookie- he was kind of a bastard, what with killing four people, and starting a gang, but the death penalty is wrong, and even the worst person we have shouldn't get it, because of the many innocents that get caught in our net, and not to mention, the Tookie Williams of our future aren't going to stop their crimes because of it. This post expresses how I feel much better than I could express it. But on to the letter:

Dear ColorOfChange.org Member,
Last night, as I stood outside the gates of San Quentin, I tried to think of what good could come from the killing that was happening inside. I couldn't think of anything. Several times I read Gov. Schwarzenegger's statement explaining why he denied clemency to Williams, looking for a logical explanation that I could accept, even if I didn't agree with it. I couldn't find that either.

Gov. Schwarzenegger missed an opportunity, and we suffered a loss. Schwarzenegger chose to follow a line of logic that was simple and flawed, refusing to acknowledge the benefit of Williams' work and going through pains to explicitly deny it. He dismissed the fact that the black community, which has borne the brunt of the effects of gang violence, largely stood in support of Williams. More troubling, Schwarzenegger cited Williams' celebration of Angela Davis, Malcolm X, and Mumia Abu-Jamal, among others--folks who many of us regard as heroes--as evidence that he hasn't truly shunned violence. Schwarzenegger doesn't realize that these folks are our heroes--strong voices who have followed their convictions, took amazing personal risks, and who above all have worked in service of social justice and a better society. Mr. Williams became one of those people, too.

Not a single life destroyed because of gangs or Mr. Williams will be brought back--not the victims of the crimes for Mr. Williams was accused and convicted, not the gang members whose lives have been destroyed because of the choices they made. And we, as a community that is attempting to take care of itself, lost a powerful voice.

To the 3,710 ColorOfChange.org members who claimed ownership of Tookie Williams and his legacy, who engaged the complexity of the situation and stood up and made your voices heard, thank you. This is what we all hope to do--become informed, engaged, and stand up. And to those who gave the issue consideration but could not sign on, thank you too, for engaging the issue.

Our thoughts go out to those for whom Williams sought deliverance and redemption and to all those needing peace--Tookie Williams, himself, the victims of those who suffered as a result of Williams' actions or other gang activity, Tookie Williams' family, those affected by systemic injustice, and all of us. As we continue without the presence of Tookie, let's hope that each of us will do what we can to increase justice and spread peace, wherever we find ourselves--our communities, our country, our world. No doubt, it's the way Tookie would want us to support his legacy.

Thank You and Peace,

-- James Rucker
ColorOfChange.org
December 13th, 2005

Daily Show has its daily riff on the war on Xmas. It reminded me of the nativity scene I saw at the theology library. It was very nice- although it appeared to be made of straw. But heck, I got the books for my religion paper, so I'm fine.

P6 reminds us to consider our personal responsibility. Mini google bomb: let's all link this post with personal responsibility.

Before I go back to the library, here's some more stuff I found in my email:



Dear Shannon,



Today, as we prepare to enter the holiday season in earnest, I’m writing to share some absolutely phenomenal news with you – news that gives new meaning to our motto at Modest Needs: ‘Small change: A World of Difference.’ As someone who I know supports the work we’re doing together at Modest Needs, this is going to make you very, very happy.



Earlier this month, I was invited to Los Angeles to meet with a well-known philanthropist who had recently discovered Modest Needs through the president of his own foundation. At the conclusion of an exceptional three hour meeting, this person – who has asked to remain anonymous for now – was so deeply moved by the kindness, compassion and community spirit of Modest Needs’ donors that he felt compelled to offer all of us a very special gift:



Beginning at midnight on 1 January 2006, this individual is going to personally match, dollar for dollar, every monthly pledge of any size that any person makes to Modest Needs – not just once, or twice, but every month for all of 2006!



This remarkable matching gift means that in 2006, your courageous generosity will have twice the power to change a life at Modest Needs. As of 1 January, a $5 monthly pledge at Modest Needs becomes worth $10 to a hard-working family struggling to make ends meet. A $10 monthly pledge becomes worth $20, and so forth (with no limit), up to a maximum of $25,000 matching dollars per month, all year long!



This is clearly incredible news to everyone who supports Modest Needs. But as much as I know this matching gift means to all of us, it will mean much more to the individuals and families who come to Modest Needs each month seeking the help they need to overcome a short-term crisis with dignity.



Over the past four years, Modest Needs has grown to the point that, with our ‘small change’ and ‘modest’ grants, we are now stopping the cycle of poverty for an average of one hard-working individual or family per day. All the same, as things currently stand, we often cannot reach persons whom we know both need and deserve our help – simply because we lack the funds to help them.



In 2006, if we can get this full match, we’ll have the power to help twice as many people next year as we were able to help in 2004 and 2005 combined. And because I know that all of us want to make the most of this remarkable opportunity, I’m writing to ask for your help with the most important project we’ve ever undertaken at Modest Needs.



I’ve just done the math, and as of today 12 December 2005, the total value of all monthly pledges to Modest Needs is just about $8500 a month. This means that as things currently stand, we’re going to be leaving enough money to help a minimum of 100 additional families every month – about $15,000 a month – just sitting on the table.



With so many people genuinely in need of our help every month, I don’t think any of us wants to see that happen. And that’s why I really need your help.



Normally, in Modest Needs’ Annual Appeal, I write to ask for a special one-time gift to carry us through the thin months of January, February and March. But one-time gifts aren’t covered by this matching gift, so even a generous one-time gift of, for example, $60 would be worth just its $60 face value.



However, that same gift - made as small monthly pledge of $5 - would be worth (after the match) twice its face value to the families who’ll come to us for help in 2006 – a whopping $120 next year! And that is truly what it means to leverage the power of our ‘small change’ to make a ‘world of difference’ to struggling individuals and families.



This holiday season, in lieu of a special one-time gift, I’m writing today to ask you if you would please help us take full advantage of this matching gift by making a small pledge of just $5 a month. That may not seem like much – it’s about $0.15 a day – but that small gift made today means that we’ll all be helping more people with ‘modest needs’ in 2006 than ever before.



Signing up for a monthly pledge at Modest Needs is quick, easy, and secure. All you have to do is go to https://www.modestneeds.org/donation/online, log in with your alias (Shannonw) and case-sensitive password (Mx94946), and make the pledge of your choice using our online form. Click ‘submit,’ and you’re done!



The whole process will take you less than two minutes. But with two minutes of your time, and genuinely ‘small change,’ you’ll be changing more lives at Modest Needs in 2006 than any of us would ever have thought would be possible.



From the bottom of my heart, thank you in advance for helping us to take full advantage of this remarkable matching gift. Especially now, and to the families who truly need our help to remain self-sufficient, your generosity means more than I could possibly express.



Here’s wishing you and your family a richly blessed holiday season. I look forward to hearing from you soon.



My very best,



Dr. Keith P. Taylor

President/Executive Director

Modest Needs Foundation

http://www.modestneeds.org

‘Small Change: A World of Difference’

Right on, user icon! Also, wussy white women are mocked. Oh, noes, they don't get to be racist on the internets! And mocked again!

Send a card to prisoners or human rights defenders. I'm sending one to the women in Algeria. I heard about this on Feminist Mormon Housewives.

An important lesson: Three years from now, no one will care whether you got an A in methods, but if you're a jerk to other people, they'll care. I bet there are tons of managers not getting the most they can out of people because they are condescending rude ass jerks.

Stuff I found in my email:

Great news for the BeltLine!

In an important step for the BeltLine project, the Atlanta Board of
Education voted this evening to approve the BeltLine Tax Allocation District
7 to 0. This is the second of three votes on the TAD. On November 7th the
Atlanta City Council voted overwhelmingly to approved the TAD 12 to 3.

The final vote by the Fulton County Commission is expected later this month.
Continue to show your support for the BeltLine and encourage your
commissioner to approved the BeltLine TAD. Contact information for your
county commissioner can be found at
http://www.beltlinepartnership.org/make/supportTAD.shtml.

Thank you for your continued support. We will continue to keep you updated
with the latest BeltLine news.

The BeltLine Partnership

Interactive MARTA map.

To cleanse my heart, I will list in a cute fashion

I don't like my lab partner
1)I hate it when I spend hours on graphs, editing text, arguing with some asshole at Kinkos, and he says I didn't do enough
2)I hate it when he decides to do stuff, doesn't tell me, and then wonders why I don't know?
3)I hate it when he interrupts me
4)I hate it when he repeats something I just fucking said to the poster grading people. LISTEN, GOD DAMN IT
5)I hate when he acts like having a nervous breakdown from stress isn't a serious problem.
6)I hate when he complains that I spent 5 minutes eating so I didn't pass out
7)I hate when he thinks he can talk to people any kind of way and then is shocked, shocked that people talk bad to him back.
8)I hate how he totally lost his perspective. I understand that I lost my perspective about methods too- but I didn't bother other people with it.
9)I hate how he bitches moans and whines
10)I can't think of a number ten, but I think I'm cleansed now.

Flea gives us a good look at race and the porn industry.

This episode of Boondocks was the best yet. Very good satire there.

School related blogging. From art history, here's a picture of the great mosque of Kilwa. Also, in European history, I heard that a lot of the Free French army were African French people(from the colonies)

Go to the offical website for all your Kwanzaa questions.

In the 70s, my father got an F in college. Today he is oppressing the white man by designing phone systems. Happy finals, everybody! Also, on fark, I heard that evergreen trees are used for the seasonal celebration because they always stay green, even in the longest night of winter, so that people can remember to always have hope that spring will return. Keep that in your hearts, everybody!

This cheered me up after being annoyed by my lab partner. I hate people who are like "IT'S SUPER EASY TO DO A WHOLE NOTHER MINI LIT REVIEW OVERNIGHT". If it's so easy, why don't you do it? I got some ghetto advice from mom who advised me to tell him to go fuck himself.

WTF? This is horrible. God, I hate that liar Bush. Human rights! My asshole!

What a sad story about Iraq. Note that the man who did the honor killing noted that this is forbidden by Islam. A problem that westerners can see is that some women are born without hymens or break them without having sex. Note that Islamic women's groups are against this.

Jedmunds talks about why they mock wingnuts, and those are some of the same reasons I just basically yell,"FUCK YOU, RACIST" at affirmative action opponents. If they cared about facts and human decency, they'd look up the facts themselves. If white people weren't allowed in libraries, you'd think I'd hear about it. At least less people would be yelling about their sex lives while I am trying to study. With all the cauterwauling white people do about stuff they made up, I'm sure I'd hear about it if whites had to write out notes saying "Please let this cracker boy have some books by Tim Wise". It's not innocent ignorance, it's willful. They chose of their own free will not to care about black people, and I choose of my own free will to tell them to go fuck themselves.

Let's all remember to carpool.

In this thread, the racial problems in the feminist livejournal community are discussed.

In good news, college student is awesome. She's in my methods class.

Bad news from home: my dog has heartworms and can hardly walk.

I woke up at 1 pm after falling asleep at 12 am. I hate everyone, and continue to wish them a horribly crappy holiday.

Here's a MARTA related fark thread. I'm not sure why 'moving Africans rapidly through Atlanta' is supposed to be funny, or why anyone would be like OH,NOES, THE MARTA! The MARTA is so safe that even my paranoid ass gets on it. I feel safe on the MARTA at 10 o clock at night. The worst shit that I have ever seen on the MARTA was the time this guy tried to sell us bootlegged DVDs- we all ignored his pirating ass. The whole token situation is why I always buy a MARTA card, even if I can't always get a monthly. I hate tokens.

In other transit related news, try to get google to have a transit map of your city. All they have now is Portland.

EH! Azumanga! How could I have missed this?!? Also, I love Bleach's 1st ending song- the singer has no detectable accent. It's amazing.

Also, douchebag principal embarrasses the whole country by suspending a kid for speaking Spanish. Fool- that sounds like that crazy ass shit they used to do with the Native Americans, beating them and shit for speaking their native language. Racist as hell.

Know an awesome woman? Nominate her for the real hot 100.

I don't get why the lawmakers didn't just shut up and listen. These are your people- they are grieving and in pain. The point is to listen to the people, and you can decide whether you believe them or not later. But if you weren't there, and they were, why wouldn't you believe them in the first place?

Here's a system that tried economic integration, and did well. Fight for this in your own city.

I bought Post Dykes to Watch Out For, and it's so much easier reading it in book form than on the web. I'm going to collect all the books now. I was late to the party, and never figured out how this all came together.

This post reminded me of how I can't get the concept that Jews walk to synagogue out of my head, even though I'm perfectly aware that many take cars. I think it's because when I was younger, sometimes we'd see well dressed people walking on the streets. I don't remember, but maybe it was explained to me that they were Jews and they had to avoid working on the Sabbath, and because it was the first piece of information I had, it's really hard to get rid of.

By using a bunch of random ideas I partially cribbed from Boyer, I'll attempt to explain this. Now, I imagine myself to have a template of a 'normal'(a black Christian American) person. All different groups have items added or subtracted. My template says "people go to church" and Jews are "people who go to 'church' by walking". So I have a sort of base that may or may not be examined, and different groups are thought of using this 'base'.

This is interesting, although I'm still at the point of my development in which I have a hard time conceiving of people having different goals. This is why I am often angry at people who are against equality(I mean equality that actually exists and can be measured) because I simply can't understand emotionally why you'd be against equality. As I feel that 'normal people' are for equality, so anti equality people seem really deviant.

But I don't get angry at "Jews have to go to temple on the High Holidays" because they are carrying out a shared goal "enjoy holiness and community" in a different way. I also don't get as mad at people who live in other countries having different goals, such as our goal is "don't die" so a widow throwing herself on a husband's funeral pyre is against that goal, but I guess I feel that if you're not in America, you're not required to have the same goals as the rest of Americans, but that Americans should share the same goals.

Trying to explore my mind is hard. I haven't done any work today- my stride is off because I threw up in the morning and fell asleep after class. At least my religion paper is slightly more done.

Half horrified, half amused.

Colbert mocks racist white people tonight. Colbert: Some of my best friends are Indians! (picture: Wacky Colbert with a grumpy looking Asian Indian) I have to admit every time I see Peggy Noonan, I think ha ha! it's the dolphin lady! I blame World O' Crap.

A touching Xmas post. My mom collects black santas. We only have one white santa- a family heirloom from when they didn't make black santas. I hope someday they'll produce black fairies- I loved fairies as a kid, and would get those little mass produced statues, but I was always disappointed that they didn't have any black ones.

In other race news, the case for integrated schools is made here. I went to an integrated school as a child, and you'll see it show up on me as I have a great amount of skepticism that white people are somehow better than regular people. It's because if you eat together, sleep together, eat your boogers together, it's hard to say that somehow when you grow up you'll be drastically different. But I was still sad when my white friends get socialized into the whole racist asshole stage. It's depressing, because you're like "didn't we run around in the mall and hit each other in the head with books together"? It's so hard for me to see a difference that I don't understand why others don't.

I don't mean that in the silly poppy 'let's pretend everything is equal no matter what" way, but really, in the South, we're near literally related. I bet if we could make a big family tree of the whites and blacks in the South, we'd find that we were all distant cousins. So as much as I am annoyed at the outgroup, part of me still sees us as all the same. The fact is the only reason whites are the outgroup is because you can't exactly have a group with one group in it that hates everybody else, you know? I don't think we can all be together when one group insists it is special, above the rest of us plebs. It's sad.

Someone on blackfolk has compiled census data. The numbers show that blacks are becoming more educated, but are still as poor as hell. I'm hoping that we can double our college numbers- so fuck you, whitey! We're going to go to school! Got $18? Give someone a gift subscription to Black Enterprise. Let's help everyone build assets. Remember to buy black- black business is black wealth.

Hell Yea.

Well, I'm going to write a letter to Lamar Alexander and tell him to apologize for not apologizing. Really, it costs nothing to say "hey, sorry for murdering all y'all". To begrudge such a small gesture- it's just an affront. Luckily, many others had better sense.

I'm very tempted to send a timer, but on the other hand, maybe I should be good and give to planned parenthood instead? PP is good because of the immediate medical care aspect, but this would help people be more aware of the FDA being fucked up with politics... Hmm...

In the war on Xmas, I'm on the Holiday side. I have put up a Holiday Gift Guide on my other blog.

I read this post and a deep sense of understanding filled me. I'm sure other people would like it too. Another PSA: if your jeans zipper is broken, go to a shop advertising alterations and get another zipper put in. (you could do it yourself if you had the talent) It's better to mend your jeans or at least buy used jeans than to always be buying new, I feel. I think when I get older, we'll be in a real pickle about the lack of oil- developing the skills to get more out of less now could be a good idea.

Stupid whites burn black folks' houses. And we've improved since the 60s, how? Tip: suck it the fuck up, and don't burn people's shit.

In other news, some people really hate commercials in movie theaters.

Campaigns for divestment are sweeping across the country. In Atlanta, the Emory organization Paperclips for Peace is starting a divestment campaign. It's time for us to put the pressure on!

I tried to be forgiving yesterday- but I have to admit that today that I think all AA oponents need to wear signs saying "I begrudge black kids a college education" "I don't care about racism- all I care about is propping up the self esteem of whites who are too lazy to study" "I hate black people so much that I'm willing to ruin their lives to improve my self esteem".

I find it hard to forgive others who want to take out their brokenness on others by ruining their lives. I have a hard time being patient with them, and will usually just cuss them out. I don't know why. I guess it's because when I take my anger out on others I usually just do something like toss my shrimp out in the public garbage can or cuss out mean people, not begrudge people educations, take food out of babies' mouths and crush women trying to look for some sort of justice in this world.

I wonder if I'm really upset about all the terrorism and think we should defend the homeland- i.e. that we need to circle the wagons and start providing for everyone. If we leave some people out, it's unstable and wastes resources. We need all the resources we can find to fight against terror- worrying about whether your doctor has the right skin tone seems like an empty mockery in this world.

In Britain, they don't censor the news. You can see people being rushed out with sucking chest wounds on the day of a terror attack. How many more attacks will we have to suffer before we stop trying to hurt our own people, and try to atone for the wrongs that may be causing this? After the election, I was healed by people saying they were sorry, and the others replying that they knew we did our best.

But can I really say I did my best? Can I really say I have no responsibility for the problems in Iraq? I really feel we could have averted that tragedy. I don't know how we can ever atone. If an Iraqi mother who has lost a child in all of this somehow spoke to me, I don't know what I'd say to her.

I don't know why, but I feel a vague survivor's guilt. So many people are dying, but I can't even get a good grade in methods, because I always forget to write down the serial number of my PDA or something. Oh yea, and I read this, and started to babble on my blog.

Passbook, please? Retail discrimination is examined at Steve Gillard's blog. I'd like to note that while you're staring at me, who always pays for her items, some other person is stealing your shit. I have to admit that I like smaller stores for just this reason. The people at Eagle Eye bookstore are like hey, you got a card? Cool. At Rainbow, they are like, hey, you are using a backpack, 3 cents off. I like to go to stores where they recognize that my money is just as good as everyone else's.

I have to admit I do do these online tarot readings although I'm not sure whether they make God mad or not. Although to be honest, anything could make supernatural entities angry- who can know the minds of such beings? My luck is so bad that I'm worried about the supernatural, even though I'm usually a devout atheist. The power of the tarot is that you interpret it with your mind and thus what you think the cards mean are what you were thinking anyway. Like my latest tarot card reading indicates that I'll move forward on methods with great force, but learn that methods is a stupid pointless subject that doesn't matter, and that having chinese food is really much more fulfilling to having success in school or a boyfriend.

Twisty brings us laughter through our tears at the horror of the patriarchy.

Totally unrelated, my dad says not to worry about outcomes but about processes instead, which made me feel better through my tears about methods.

Geh, it seems that assholes are using lies about the 'war against Christmas' to fool people into supporting that Alito. I hate idiot liars who enjoy destroying women's lives.

In good news, chinese food style coconut shrimp are good, and I got chocolate fudge in my chinese food.

I died of hilarity.

This userpic is half funny, but half kinda squicky.

Tomato Pickers Wanted.

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The most mysterious one is about white people and fish tacos. Yesterday I went to a place called Burrito Brothers, and they had fish tacos, but I had chicken instead because I don't know...the idea of fish tacos creep me out somehow..

I saw Kamikaze Girls at Georgia State yesterday. Many adorable Atlanta lolitas were there, and the movie was both funny, heart warming and full of great fashion. I want to imitate the white tops that the Yankis wore in that movie, but I think I'll have to sew one myself- I can't wear tube tops because they always fall off. Also, I'm surprised that my favorite manga company Viz has brought this movie to the States. It's usually ADV that does releases of Japanese movies, I thought.

Yesterday won a record for sucking. I was up at 5:30 am and went to bed at 1 am.

I noticed today that MARTA is in on the evil conspiracy as well. At Five Points, the signs urged us all to have a happy holiday! I simply can't enjoy the wreaths or lights or giant Christmas trees erected at hosptials if a transportation system doesn't bow down at the altar of the baby jesus!

People march in the streets against racism. Awesome!

Do you hate hungry babies? Complain about cuts to food stamps, and donate tons of cans to your local food bank. In other news, I couldn't get the form to work(operator trouble most likely) so I sent this to Lamar Alexander:

As a citizen concerned about education, the possible cuts to food stamps in HR 4241 leave me concerned. It is well known that for children to be able to learn to their full potential, they need proper nutrition. We need all children properly nourished, so they can learn. We can not just rely on private charity- many food banks are near depleted from hurricane recovery, even though our citizens have been very generous.

Many working families rely on food stamps to make it through the month. Please invest in our nation's future by protecting our children.

Architecture for Humanity wants you to vote in their book cover survey. I recommend everyone vote for center title.

Amanda Marcotte notes that if you say something racist, hey, you're a racist. I blame it on white entitlement. They think they should be able to say whatever they want without getting any consequences.

Paradise Kiss survives the transitition to anime well. They have taken out a lot of the fourth wall breaking, but have kept much of the atmosphere that made the original manga so good. I wonder if they will keep in the more sexual plot twists. I was surprised that the Arashi/Miwako makeout scene was kept in, boobies and all. Although Miwako's breasts have been really toned down. In the manga, she was huge. I can't wait to see more! I've watched up to episode 3. Of course, the extra bits of surrealism before the opening are a bit odd, I think, and the ending song is fun, but what's up with Miwako's ass? Like wtf?

Well, it's blog against racism day. I'll start a series on the book The Hidden Cost of Being African American to celebrate. The Hidden Cost of Being African American is a book that needs reviewing now as the war on opportunity progresses. Not only does Shapiro give us the usual statistics that display the horror of the disparities between African Americans and Whites, he also puts it in a framework, that makes it near impossible for any sane rational person to say that the problems are because blacks are lazy scumbags. LetÂ’s take his first section on asset poverty and its effects. He notes that in 1999, fifty four percent of black families had less than $4175 in net financial assets, whereas only twenty five percent of white families did(37). He includes the fact that 54% of Hispanic families suffer in asset poverty(38), although this is a mostly black and white centered book. Be forewarnedd- this book is nothing like the lazy excuses for analysis that we are used to seeing. Shapiro actually looks up statistics, and interviews people for a more personal take on them- instead of sitting around with a beer and making up stuff like most pundits do. This review will mostly be me retyping the juicy juicy facts as I want the knowledge to flow to as many people as possible.

Shapiro points out that black people earn 54 cents for every dollar white people earn.(49). I think thatÂ’s messed up- thatÂ’s worse than the gender wage divide. They also have ten cents of wealth for every dollar of wealth that a white family has.(49) ItÂ’s at this point that his thesis emerges- the cost of the lack of vertical and horizonal wealth transfer for African Americans is a huge one. Next time- more juicy tidbits.

I think these guys are douchebags. Dude, not everyone celebrates your holiday, and even if people do, they want to talk about the whole season, not just one day. I mean, it's the 1st of December- it's not fucking Christmas! But all the Christmas celebraters are still excited about the festivities. Stop being assholes- we can all live together in harmony if some people would stop acting like their holiday was the only one being celebrated at this time. For fuck's sake, I simply can't tell if someone's an atheist or a Jew or a Jehovah's Witness just by looking at them. So of course, I'll just give a general happy greeting.

I personally don't celebrate Christ's birthday. I simply content myself with the idea that if he had lived, Jesus would be pleased with the closeness of family and friends,etc. Seriously, dudes, do you think Jesus would be kicking up a fuss about what people called his birthday or do you think he'd be at the soup kitchen? You all know where I place my bets...

Hahhaa, I'm glad those assholes got disciplined. You can't ruin someone's life by not doing your job, idiots. Mind your own business, thank you. We women will deal with the states of our own souls,ok?