December 2011
187 posts
Ladies & Gentlemen, I give you, the 2012...
Michelle Bachmann: "Don’t misunderstand. I am not here bashing people who are homosexuals, who are lesbians, who are bisexual, who are transgender. We need to have profound compassion for people who are dealing with the very real issue of sexual dysfunction in their life and sexual identity disorders.” (2004)
Ron Paul: "The rate of AIDS infection is on the increase again. From the gay point of view, the reasons seem quite sensible. First, these men don't really see a reason to live past their fifties. They are not married, they have no children, and their lives are centered on new sexual partners... because sex is the center of their lives, they want it to be as pleasurable as possible, which means unprotected sex. Third, they enjoy the attention & pity that comes with being sick." (1995 in a newsletter)
Rick Perry: "I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a Christian, but you don't need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can't openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school. " (2011 in a campaign ad)
Mitt Romney: "I should tell my story. I'm also unemployed." (2011 while speaking to unemployed people in Florida. Romney's net worth is over $200 million.)
Newt Gingrich: "She's not young enough or pretty enough to be the wife of the President. And besides, she has cancer." (1994, about his first wife)
Rick Santorum: "Is anyone saying same-sex couples can’t love each other? I love my children. I love my friends, my brother. Heck, I even love my mother-in-law. Should we call these relationships marriage, too?" (2008)
Michelle Bachmann: "Carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn't even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas." (2009 during a debate)
Mitt Romney: "PETA is not happy that my dog likes fresh air." (2006, when questioned about driving 12 hours with his dog in a cage strapped to the top of his car)
New Life Goals
So, since I got Pride and Prejudice on blu-ray for Christmas (YAY) I was able to watch the special features tonight, and I learned that the girl who played Lydia is American.
Thus, although Lydia would probably be one of my least favorite characters to play in that story, I’ve realized that it IS possible to be cast in a British period drama as an American.
I had a thought, though: I would...
“I hate people who write off other people’s talents just because of their taste...”
– Paul Thomas Anderson (via rossbirks)
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Cambridge Adventures
So since today is one of the last days of vacation for my sisters, my family decided we were going to do something “as a family.” When we do that, it essentially means a day trip somewhere that we don’t go often. Sometimes it’s a museum; in the summer it’s an amusement park; numerous times it’s been Newport to see the mansions. Today, after much debate, we ended...
Things that have happened since 8:30am:
1. I decided to take a shower, so I turned on the shower and got in the shower and then promptly decided that I was too lazy to take a shower, so I got out of the shower.
2. My dad came downstairs, ate breakfast, and is now back in bed asleep once again.
3. My sister’s alarm has been going off every ten minutes since about 8am.
Gooooooood morning, Speed family!
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Toto, I don't think we're at college anymore.
Preeeeetty sure my sister’s boyfriend just saw me walking around without pants on.
Oops.
I'm so crafty.
I’ve been browsing craft blogs for about an hour now.
All I want is a brownstone to decorate.
That’s all I ask in life.
Wait…except I also want someone to live with who will be proud to have dinner parties in the beautiful brownstone his girlfriend decorated.
A girl can dream.
Yay for Kindles
I got five books for Christmas.
Five of them.
One Day
Coraline
Pillars of the Earth
3 Plays by Rajiv Joseph
The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories (Admittedly not on Kindle, but still awesome)
Plus I just bought Under Thirty: Plays For a New Generation on my Kindle, which hopefully means I’ll get some age-appropriate monologues finally.
I’m an excited panda.
worldscollided replied to your post: 21st Birthday Problems
says who?
I like your spirit, Mr. Klane.
P.S. I’m sorry I haven’t listened to your voicemail yet - I keep forgetting. I’m a bad friend.
21st Birthday Problems
I just realized that the day after my 21st birthday, I have to work at 9am.
NINE. IN THE MORNING.
With children.
So, there’s no way I can be hungover.
This is terrible.
“What if all you lack
has always lived inside me
and in me alone?”
– Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson (via tylerknott)
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Whenever it rains, I think of you.
There’s no particular reason why.
Except that I tend to think of you always.
So, that’s a reason, actually.
Yay deleted scenes!
Ron: Hermione, I have to tell you something.
Hermione: I don't want to hear anything you wouldn't tell me if we weren't about to be killed by a giant snake. It would ruin it.
tylerknott:
“Yellow” a Coldplay cover by Sara...
“Go after her. Fuck, don’t sit there and wait for her to call, go after her...”
– Unknown (via lu-ella)
Set Fire to the Rain
“Meet Vanessa Ann Pudgens!”
– My mom, while holding my fat cat.
One thing I hate about Christmas:
My family’s stupid grab gifts.
Katie, will you eat anything today other than...
“Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals...”
– Love Actually (via obdormio)
Ways to know it's Christmas in the Speed House:
1. We’re eating Chinese food - the one night a year we eat Chinese food is Christmas Eve.
2. The refrigerator is filled with pies.
3. There’s a tree in the family room taller than a small skyscraper.
4. Dad is locked in his room groovin’ to the Charlie Brown Christmas album.
Merry Christmas, everyone.
