i feel stupid, and contagious

HELLO. ♥



+ Please vote today everyone! If you're not sure where your polling place is, Find Your Fucking Polling Place. Most of them close at 8pm.

I will be watching the results with bated breath tonight.

+ I meant to post yesterday, but good luck to everyone doing NaNoWriMo/Wrisomifu/NaBloPoMo/various other November-themed events wot involve lots of typing! I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT. I... am not doing any of those. *loser*

+ Couple things I am watching that I haven't been talking about!

- Lost Girl. CRACKTASTIC CANADIAN URBAN FANTASY WITH CHICKS. I described it thusly to fruhlings on tumblr the other day:

"It’s … well. It’s campy but fun. It’s like if Xena took place in modern-day Toronto, complete with subtext between super-powered lead female and younger female protege who adorably insists on tagging along with her wherever she goes, if Xena were a succubus and Gabrielle were a grifter who was into disguises. And lead female has sexual tension with almost everyone she meets, male or female, just like Xena! There is diversity and lots of ladies and every episode title incorporates the word Fae in a way that’s probably going to get pretty old pretty soon.

…I think I’ll keep watching."

- The Walking Dead. Not too sure about this one yet. I mean it's mostly enjoyable - super-gross, really well-done zombie stuff, a great score and production values, good performances. But the opening was kind of gender-faily, and I'm not very engaged with the characters yet so I hope that comes later. Also I want to meet Glenn and get to know the supporting cast better because the lead guy is... well. Anyway, I'm giving it another shot.

- Dexter. Mixed thoughts on the season so far as a whole, but if you look closely, there is an utterly delightful buddy-cop dynamic emerging between Deb and Sierra. ♥ Deb remains the greatest, btw. Quinn is gross, and also orange.

Things I am behind on, mostly for lack of time:

- Undercovers. Hot married spies, cuteness, slowly developing actual tension and drama as the season progresses! IT CAN STAY. ♥
- Nikita. Improbable spy plots, unconvincing male love-interest types, but a Mentor/Protege dynamic between Nikita and Alex that I am in love with, and also Maggie Q with guns! IT CAN STAY TOO.
- Lip Service. Crack! Pretty lesbians in Glasgow! I'm only one episode in and I am taking my time catching up for some reason; mostly it makes me want to rewatch early seasons of The L Word, and also I keep getting irrationally annoyed that Angel Coulby is not in it? IT'S A LONG STORY. I can't explain my weird emotions at this time.

*hugs to my flisties in the UK*

*buys you a drink*

Health care reform passed.

I really, really wish it were as liberal or as socialist as its opponents keep saying it is! Why we still can't manage single payer healthcare with a public option is beyond me. I wish there was more actual discourse about what's wrong with the bill (there's still a LOT wrong with it) rather than all the nattering about death panels and the USSA.

I'M STILL THRILLED IT PASSED. (hee, sorry to everyone I spammed on Twitter, btw) It's nowhere near enough, but it's a start. Obama, Pelosi and Reid achieved something that eluded their predecessors for decades.

Cautiously hopeful right now, but here's a list from Crooks and Liars (ganked from apocalypsos) of the ten benefits that will come online within six months of the President signing the healthcare bill:

1. Adult children may remain as dependents on their parents’ policy until their 27th birthday
2. Children under age 19 may not be excluded for pre-existing conditions
3. No more lifetime or annual caps on coverage
4. Free preventative care for all
5. Adults with pre-existing conditions may buy into a national high-risk pool until the exchanges come online. While these will not be cheap, they’re still better than total exclusion and get some benefit from a wider pool of insureds.
6. Small businesses will be entitled to a tax credit for 2009 and 2010, which could be as much as 50% of what they pay for employees’ health insurance.
7. The “donut hole” closes for Medicare patients, making prescription medications more affordable for seniors.
8. Requirement that all insurers must post their balance sheets on the Internet and fully disclose administrative costs, executive compensation packages, and benefit payments.
9. Authorizes early funding of community health centers in all 50 states (Bernie Sanders’ amendment). Community health centers provide primary, dental and vision services to people in the community, based on a sliding scale for payment according to ability to pay.
10. AND no more rescissions. Effective immediately, you can't lose your insurance because you get sick.

I seriously did not think this would happen.

+ Mad Men is the best show on television.

+ UNRELATEDLY, I am watching Xena at the moment. I couldn't say why, you'd have to ask fiiishy; she's the one who put visions of Gwen and Morgana: WARRIOR PRINCESSES in my head.

Anyway, I haven't seen this show in years, and it is even slashier than I remembered. Not surprising considering that I was v. v. young and without slash goggles at the time, and I STILL SAW IT. It's the first episode and Xena and Gabrielle are already in love. Gabrielle doesn't want to stay with dull boring betrothed!guy, she wants to go with Xena and she doesn't even care where! ♥

(Also, this guy appearing in the first episode is Chase from Legend of the Seeker. His name in this is Draco, and he was hot.)

+ In other news, screw the US House of Representatives for buying historic health care legislation at the price of reproductive rights. WAY TO THROW US UNDER THE BUS, ASSHOLES.



most random post ever, y/y?

I was pretty pessimistic going into this, but that speech kicked ASS.


Thank you, Mr. President, for framing health care reform as the moral imperative it absolutely is.



And I'm sorry, but can anyone remember a President EVER being heckled by a member of Congress while addressing a joint session of Congress? The level of disrespect shown for a sitting President is unprecedented. (Yes, I am looking at you, Congressman Joe Wilson of South Carolina (who can be emailed here, and reached at (803) 939-0041, (843) 521-2530, and (202) 225-2452). Here's the name of the guy who's running against him.)

Trying to discuss the health care bill on Twitter, 140 characters at a time, with folks who don't appear to even know what's in the bill, is generally not advisable. It only leads to headdesking.

That is all.

+ In before mic-job ends up in Urban Dictionary: Holy CRAP, KARL URBAN; WHAT ARE YOU PUTTING IN YOUR MOUTH. Do you know where that's been?

BRB, perving.

+ New Katie and Angel pics from the season 2 Merlin set. There should be a law against that much pretty. Keep smiling, my lovelies.

+ In the 'It's about goddamn time' department, Minnesota supreme court rules Al Franken as the winner of the MN Senate race. Unanimously. Filibuster-proof, bbs. PARTYTIME.

eta: I may have just had an iced coffee. I never really drink coffee. Bwee. *changes mood to hyper*

Turns out equal rights? Not constitutional after all.

Way to fail, California supreme court.

So, after this post, my moratorium on political stuff in this journal is back into effect. Mind you, that doesn't mean I won't talk about any issues at all, but politics and issues aren't the same thing. Obviously, now that the election is over, I doubt I'll have anything pressing to discuss in the way of politics. I expect things will go back to the way they were before around September. FTR, I don't think I posted anything offensive anyway; at least, not intentionally. I've tried to stay mostly positive.

Unfortunately, my last political post does start on a negative note. The (now-official) passing of Prop 8 has me very disappointed. FAIL, California. And with all due respect? Fuck off, Mormon church. Sorry. But that's ridiculous. If you don't like gay marriage, don't have one. How is it more complicated than that? As a straight woman, I don't feel any potential marriage I might have would be in danger, nor do I fear what will happen to any kids I might have, if same-sex couples are able to marry. It's nothing but legalized discrimination. And while I'm on the subject, Arizona, Arkansas, and Florida, you also get three tickets on the Fail Boat (tm). Please proceed single file.

KTHNX

There was some good news on some ballot initiatives, though. SD and CO had victories with reproductive rights. And yay for Michigan and Massachussets on medicinal marijuana reform and Washington state on assisted suicide.

In other news, I'm still thrilled about Obama's win, but I'll stop spamming your flists about it. I know you all are sad. :P

Now, at least, I feel extra motivated to finish my livelongnmarry fic. Next week, smutty_claus.

Hope you guys are having a good day!

So, Joseph Gordon Levitt just posted a video about why he's an Obama guy. He doesn't actually show his face in it (or even announce his name in it b/c he's too awesome to do it for attention), but he sounds sexy so I've played it through twice already. :P And I must share it because so many of my flisters heart Joe too.

( It's political, obvs; pls to be not watching if uninterested: )

What a dork. ♥

obligatory Joe GIF: