I have a great idea!

Shut the fuck up about Twilight. (THE ENTIRE SERIES)

Seriously. No. No. Let me be more specific....


If you like it, go ahead and talk about it fondly, perhaps with other fans, that's cool.
If you hate it, SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT TWILIGHT.

Twilight is brought up SEVERAL times a week by people who supposedly hate it. I wasn't thinking about Twilight until someone(who hates it) brought it up, and I had no intentions of thinking about it prior to that point. SO WHY ARE YOU BRINGING IT UP AND FORCING ME TO THINK ABOUT IT?

( Here's why you need to shut up )

Anyway, I'm closing comments because I don't want apologies/counter-arguments/excuses/etc. All I really want is for people to shut the fuck up about Twilight. Thanks!

^{I realize I am talking about Twilight in this entry, and might seem hypocritical or contradictory but honestly I consider this a public service announcement so I don't want to hear it!}

*Cross-posted this on my public blog, because this is a side of me I don't mind my family seeing. *


Well this election ended up being very bittersweet for me.

In the end, I did not end up voting. I didn't get my voter registration in on time, and even if I had, I don't think I would have gone out and voted until the last minute, hyped up by watching the race all day. Frankly, I've been feeling very tepid about Barack Obama since some months ago when I had read articles regarding bills he had voted to pass, that completely contradicted what he has said in his campaign. He's also bailed on us (the working class) at least on one occasion, when being able to vote for a bill that would lend help to our economy, because he needed the corporate backing for his campaign. Now, with that aside, I do agree with a lot of his ideals that are actually made known to the public on a daily basis, and that one does not have to actually SEARCH for. I believe in those, though I'm waiting in anticipation to see if he's actually going to follow through, or even if he can. By the way, people calling him a socialist, need to look up the word, and take some classes and realize he is not even close.

With that said, I was tense all day. I wasn't voting, but I definitely DID NOT want McCain to win. Not only that, but it was actually nice seeing so many people go out and vote, probably raking in the largest voter count in a very long time. People want change, I want change, I am just a pessimist after being burned out by the Bush administration. I am extremely happy for all of my family members that voted for Obama. I know a lot of you were going through that whole Obamarama thing from the get go, and I'm sure you're extremely happy today, and I am happy for you.

When Obama was announced the next president, a weight was lifted. I was happy. I was very happy. I didn't go out. Nothing happened outside, but the internet was exploding (still is exploding) with a constant stream of voters and happy Americans and extremely happy NON-Americans that Obama was voted into office. It is nice to see so many people happy over a political election. The enthusiasm was pretty intoxicating.

Until I went to this site and saw several horrible propositions being passed across the state. All the joy of Obama's victory was dampened by the rights of several individuals being taken away. Yes on Prop 8? Yes on Prop 102? Arkansas Initiative 1 was voted in as yes? I've been a strong supporter of LGBT rights for years. I've always said yes to gay marriage and I always wanted equal rights and treatments even before I had myself figured out, because I grew up being taught that people should not be treated differently because of how they look or who they love. I'm apparently one of the lucky few who was raised properly. I'm disgusted by Proposition 8 and the lies that I've heard coming from that campaign. They prey on people's fears and assumptions. What is worse, the ban on gays adopting in Arkansas. I don't live in Arkansas, but now I know I never want to even set foot in that sorry excuse for a state ever again. I'd like to spit on everyone who voted on that. Sure, it is okay for teenagers and economically unstable people to pop out 5 kids and not be able to support them, but they're allowed to do it because they have a mother and father figure. But a loving couple of the same sex can't adopt a child in that state because close-minded idiots think it isn't the right type of environment for a child to grow up in.

That kind of logic baffles me. Sexual preference does NOT rub off on anyone. If that were true, heterosexual parents would only have heterosexual children, and gay people would not exist in the first place. So if Obama is bringing change, I hope he brings it sooner than later. If he really wanted to be fair, he'd issue that people who wanted to breed would need licenses. Not only would that help with the ever increasing population, it would help with people having children recklessly, children being abandoned, children being abused and neglected. It would sure help a lot more things than banning gays from adopting would. I guess I will stop here on this issue, because the amount of anger and confusion voting for this kind of crap causes in me is really extreme. It is just plain heart-breaking.

One more event that tainted my evening was reading about the NYPD unfairly stopping an Obama celebration. It is sad to see that people can't even peacefully gather together and share their joy over their new president. Isn't that patriotism at its finest? If McCain had won, would the same thing have happened to those arrested and hurt? Obama won, but we have a long way to go in this country.

With all of the downers post-election, I'm trying to let the fact that Obama, our first non-white president, is buying his daughters a puppy, and that hopefully he'll keep his word and do this nation right.

One upside: I can finallly get rid of this icon: and hopefully replace it with a more politically accurate one. I really hope for change. I want to be able to support this president. I want to be able to get into politics again without cringing or being completely depressed by them.

THE OFFICIAL (as it gets) ANNOUNCEMENT:

I have a sketchblog now. It is a community, so you may watch if you want. Easier to not have to sign in to 2 accounts, and I think I'm more likely to update an LJ than I am a private sketchblog. So we'll see! Get "exclusive" previews and WIP sketches!


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I think the ghost from work followed me home.