Ooh, shit is going to be going down at Jezebel. Now Lizz Winstead is talking serious smack on HuffPo.

For the record, I don't like much of what these two said here but I recognize (and identify with) what they're reacting to in feminism. Also not everyone who writes about personal experiences online is doing it because they want to be a movement leader. Hello, it's not the 70s, movement leaders don't even exist anymore.

And srsly, how obnoxious is it to invite people on your show, serve them alcohol and then act indignant that they got drunk while you interrupt their every sentence?

Not that I'm defending Moe or Tracie. I think it's a group fail.

Between my two rental plans I have 7 dvds out at a time and I am currently 1.5 movies away from having all 7 discs in the mail/processing.

This has never occurred before, I believe I will call it THE WILD TURKEY!

John Sydney McCain announced today he's actually going to start running a campaign. Hold on, America!

Also I'm trying to decide who is more deluded, Gavin Newsom who thinks he can be governor or his fiancee who thinks he will someday be president. What kind of fucking Sodom and Gomorrah shit do these two think is going to happen over the next 7 years that will make the Rehab Mayor palatable to Americans. Americans, I might add, who cannot be convinced that Barack Obama is not a gay Muslim who is out to kill whitey.

The podcast Left, Right and Center has a blog now! Uhm, and it's on Vox...? I wonder how Matt Miller will convey his squeaky defensiveness in text.

I'm starting a list of concepts that make Obamatons (a term that does not represent all Obama supporters, obviously, but yall know what I'm talking about) flip the fuck out... off the top of my head:

1. Obama is not Jesus
2. That general elections exist
3. His totes centrist voting record (which is not anything new but became more apparent last week).
4. That no one wants to read your boring-ass blog posts manifesting your white guilt.



Holy fuck, Joe Scarborough is substitute hosting for Race to the White House today. DO NOT WANT!


I just got a nose bleed from constant nose-blowing. My trashcan runneth over.

Current Music: John Harwood announcing last week's news

I know nobody likes being sick but seriously, I AM SO FUCKING TIRED OF BEING SICK!!

RAWR!!

Immune system, you better wake up or I will never eat another salad again!

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: Connie Francis - the Majesty of Love

Dear Neighbor Who Set Their Uber-Annoying Car Alarm to be So Sensitive it's Triggered by Motorcycles Driving By,

I want you dead.



Sincerely,

Erin

Yes, I think we have unseated my seeing Francis McDormand and her Coen Bro at the movie theater in my 'hood GETTING ON THE #38 BUS to go back downtown to their undoubtedly chi-chi hotel WITH A BRAND NEW CELEB SIGHTING that was not actually mine but I'm way stoked about: My friend saw Jennifer Lopez and her twin bebes in the park with no make up and zero entourage. What!

This was in NYC, obvs so maybe my McDormand sighting can be the best SF celeb sighting and AM's can be the best New York sighting.


OMG, I did not realize the Kit Kittredge movie was actually based on the American Girl dolls. That is nuts. CATHY! SMYT episode: Movies based on dolls: Bratz, Kitt Kittredge and Child's Play. GENIUS.



xox

I love After Ellen and it would be cool to have an inside man, hah!  So anywho, they're looking for new bloggers:



Hi all,

I'm the blog editor for AfterEllen.com, an MTV-owned site about
lesbian and bisexual women in entertainment and media. I'm looking to
try out a few new bloggers that would be able to send me posts 2-5
times a week. We do pay per post so if you're interested or know
someone that might be, please shoot me an e-mail at
trishbendix@gmail.com. Take a look at the blog's style and content and
see if you might be a good fit!

www.afterellen.com/blog
The Pop Culture Blog that Plays for Your Team

Thanks!

Trish Bendix
trishbendix@gmail.com

Wow, I didn't know Tim Russert worked for Sen. Moynihan. That explains the frothing at the mouth hatred he had for Hilary Clinton.

Even though I wasn't a fan of Russert's, I'm moved by the genuine outpouring of affection from people whose work I respect (you can watch my WaPo boyfriend talk about Russert here) and it was so sudden it must have been a terrible shock for his family.


xox

Current Music: KCRW - Left, Right and Center

Alright people, it's time to get serious about the challenges we face in the months ahead. There are a lot of naysayers out there who want to keep things the way they are, but I am confident that with the right polish... I can carry off gold sandals this summer.

But which one!





Those are actually fake jewels, not cut-outs over the toes. SO BLING.


or




And these have a fun shape they're a little more summer-y.


SI SE PUEDE!



xox

I posted this old clip of a Labelle television performance ot SDoF a few days ago and keep going back watch it over and over again. This is one of the most powerful songs from their Nightbirds album, probably one of my favorite records of all time.

Even in this crummy vhs copy of a performance in a television studio (which have notoriously terrible acoustics) their harmonies sound as good if not better in some places than they do on the album. And it's even more amazing to think this album was recorded before Auto-tune and pitch control were around to make even a drowning cat sound vocally competent.

And for the lovelorn, here's a live ballad from the same album:



It's less of a showcase of their abilities as a group but demonstrates that Patti has all the stage presence of a female James Brown.




And the good news is, they're getting back together! With Mavis Staples putting out a record last year that was practically disco, I could get used to this divas of soul returning in steady stream thing.

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: Sarah Dash - Sinner Man

So I made this by hand before realizing there are totally interactive maps online that will do it for you, but here's what I see at this point:

Gimmes for McCain:
Idaho
Wyoming
Utah
Arizona
Texas
Oklahoma
Alaska
N. Dakota
S. Dakota
Kansas
Alabama
Tennessee
Kentucky
W. Virginia

Gimmes for Obama:
Illinois
New York
Hawaii
California
Oregon
Maine
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Maryland
Delaware
DC
Vermont
Rhode Island


Red in 2004 but possible for Obama:
Montana
Missouri
Georgia
S. Carolina
Louisiana
Mississippi
N. Carolina
Virginia
-Inside 5%
Nevada
New Mexico
Colorado
Iowa
Florida
Ohio

Blue in 2004 but are problematic for Obama:
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Washington
New Hampshire


That said, here's my (pre-VP selection, obvs) prediction for November 2008:



And looking at this, my VP prediction is Rendell. Holla!

Aww, watching old episodes of Sex and the City and totally forgot Kevyn Aucoin makes a cameo in one of my favorite episodes. It's the one where Carrie is in a fashion show (with Margaret Cho as the producer!) and Samantha starts eating organic. Oh that fall on the runway hurts as much as the first time I saw it. <3


xox

Google game...

Erin likes to keep clothing to a minimum.
Erin Likes Corn. (ed note: BOOO!!!)
Erin likes the cuddles.
Erin likes to pour the initial colors on and manipulate them by tilting the surface.
Erin likes him a lot.
Erin likes Jared.
Erin likes to play football as she does for another reason too.
Erin likes big butts.
Erin likes symbolic things and is spiritually diverse having collected some icons.



xox

Tags: meme

I'm just going to keep updating this entry instead of flooding yall with my DNC hearing observations...

Wow, 8 years later and glossy-eyed adoration for Al Gore still activates my gag reflex. 

Or maybe it is the two jalapeno peppers I ate for lunch.  Ahh, my mouth is on fire!

OMG, State Senators should not be allowed to be on national television. They're all fire & duh.

Dems are late back from lunch! Chris Matthews is hoarse and cranky. I hate people who can't be on time too, CM!

Sending Chris Cillizza friend requests on Facebook with giddy anticipation.

45 minutes late back from lunch. OMG, please just announce Clinton is the VP and let's go!

Haha, cut to space shuttle toilet launch.

Fuck, I hate NASA.

Yay, no more NASA. But committee is now 1:15 late. CMatthews earnestly drawing parallels between scientific achievements and people unable to agree on things.

Chuck Todd: "They will know they look stupid if they scream at each other on national television" LOLz.

Doing a meme.

YIKES! Newsbreak: Obama resigns from his whack-ass church.

The committee is back but just farting around in front of the cameras. These people are such assholes.

Wow, what a great reminder of why I could never work in academia or non-profits, so much slow talking and fake sincerity WHILE SAYING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!

Okay, this has gotten modestly more interesting. People who want to fully seat the FL delegates are basically saying "fuck Iowa, who cares about their feelings", the opposition basically agree but don't see the Rules committee as being a place to make changes to the system. OMG, did someone say vote?

STFU with thanking each other. This is your fucking job.

Full seating of FL voted down. Hilary supporters start chanting "Denver"! OMG, I LOVE THIS CRAZY COUNTRY!

Half votes for FL. Wow, so it only took the Dems 4 months and a pound of flesh to replicate the Republicans' decision. FTW!

OMG!! It's over!  Michigan has a fucking complicated decision and it sounds like it's going to be appealed. OMG, it's never going to end!



xox

Tags: 2008 fever