sippin whiskey out the bottle

here are the best lines from Kid Rock's new song "All Summer Long"

"my thoughts were short, my hair was long"
"we didn't have no internet, but man I never could forget"
"and we were trying different things and we were smoking funny things" [like what, Mr. Ritchey?]

I would also like to note that while I was searching for the lyrics to this song I discovered that Kid Rock also has a song entitled "Abortion," in which the best lines are as follows:

"oh Lord, where is my gun?"
"let me open your eyes
let me see who you are
I am you, you are me
we are a part of
the Second Coming of Christ
it's God himself in a jar
yeaaaahhhh heyyaaaaa"

yeah, why don't you mull over that for a while.

on privacy

I just don't know what to post about in here. I definitely don't want to write about my personal life - that just leads to messes.

And I think that as I get older (ooooooh I'm all of 22), I realize more and more that being reserved and a little closed off about my personal life online as well as in real life suits me.

So until I figure out something to post here, this blog is dead. Not that it wasn't already! And not that anyone actually reads this...

Suggestions?

Last summer, I decided that Usher and R. Kelly should do a song together. And then, lo and behold, they did and it was just as amazing as I had hoped.

So now, my new wish: Justin Timberlake and Chris Brown. Maybe Timbaland can produce?

I need to figure out what I want to do with this blog. Any ideas?

can anybody out there hear me?

I would just like to point out the brilliance of this article from today's New York Times:
Remarks on Pakistan Are Tailing Huckabee

Here are some of my favorite parts:

Explaining statements he made suggesting that the instability in Pakistan should remind Americans to tighten security on the southern border of the United States, Mr. Huckabee said Friday that “we have more Pakistani illegals coming across our border than all other nationalities, except those immediately south of the border.”
...
A recent report from the Department of Homeland Security, however, concluded that, over all, illegal immigrants from the Philippines, India, Korea, China and Vietnam were all far more numerous than those from Pakistan.

In a separate interview on Friday on MSNBC, Mr. Huckabee, a Republican, said that the Pakistani government “does not have enough control of those eastern borders near Afghanistan to be able go after the terrorists.” Those borders are on the western side of Pakistan, not the eastern side.

Mike Huckabee is the new George W. Bush. Let's make t-shirts!

reason #54960

Governor seeks divine intervention to get some rain. [AJC]

Here is my favorite part of the article:

"The governor recognizes that the request [for rain] has got to be made to a higher power." - Heather Teilhet, Sonny Perdue's spokesperson.

Well, naturally.

oh, and I adopted a cat. kind of. maybe.

This is what happens when the FCC holds a very short-notice hearing on media consolidation on Halloween.

"In the spirit of Halloween, a group of activists including the founders of Prometheus Radio Project dressed up as cheerleaders to "cheer" the FCC for snubbing the public and ignoring their outcry against media consolidation. They cheered: One million, two million, three million dollars, All for Clear Channel stand up and holler M-O-N-O-P-O-L-Y, Monopoly, Monopoly, Monopoly makes us cry."

I hope that there will be pictures and video of this available soon. Those of us who stayed at the office today watched it all online - the FCC streams hearings, I guess - and it was pretty amazing. I love being a part of this organization. Hearing a panel of experts, including people such as Jesse Jackson and Andrew Schwartzman make such strong arguments against consolidation - and then seeing people from groups as diverse as Code Pink and the National Association for Hispanic Journalists explain how this directly affected the citizens of this country was really powerful and inspiring. Blah blah blah media activism blah blah blah!

In which I use the phrase "grown-ass" in the second sentance

I have this thing where, when I get sick, all I want is for my mom to take care of me. Although I am a grown-ass woman and know full-well how to take care of myself (well, for the most part), I still call her with questions when I feel the slightest bit ill - "Mooooom, my tummy hurts. What should I do?" Because, let's face it - there is nothing better than having your mom baby you when you're not feeling well.

I'm not even fully sick right now, just barely on the verge of it. I've woken up the past few days with a horrible sore throat that I just know is going to lead to either a bad cold or a sinus infection, and I worked from home yesterday (definitely one of the plusses of working at a web-savvy non-profit) in hopes of nipping the sick in the bud before it started. I bought some oranges and healthy-looking natural juice from the co-op, only to remember how much I hate oranges. And tea. And basically everything that is good for me right now. Maybe I am not so wonderful at this taking care of myself business after all.

And naturally, this unhealthiness is coming at the worst possible time. The FCC filing window for NCE licenses starts on Friday and things will be going non-stop at Prometheus for the rest of the month. Not to mention that if I get sick right now, I am going to miss out on some incredibly important social engagements - shows, parties, bike rides. These things are very important!

So right now I am going to pray that these zinc pills work and keep drinking that juice and forcing myself to eat oranges even though they're really not a pleasant fruit. I mean, Clementines are wonderful. Oranges? Ew.