1) I HOPE ALL YOU AMERICANS OVER 18 VOTED! I submitted my absentee ballot on Friday :3

I'm nervous and watching election coverage. Blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. As heather said: JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL.

2) I'M GETTING SICK :( The crazy weather change and the fact that there was no heat in my dorm room until today was def a factor

3) Does anybody else's LJ comments look funky or is it just me?

4) Loling at What the fuck has Obama done so far.

5) Random excuse to post this song. Hey, it can be fitting if you squint...:



FEIWOAGEHGIOWEGHWO KEEP ME COMPANY AS I PANIC.

OMG GUESS WHO MET OBAMA AND WAS ON LIVE TV WITH MY EPIC FRO?

YEAH. ME.

DETAILS TOMORROW. YOU CAN WATCH THE TOWN HALL ON MTV OR BET'S SITE!

2009 was a pretty good year when it all comes down to it! Awesomeness of this year:

( Moments this year that come to mind above all and picspam linkageCollapse )

Other RL things:

( European Vacation Picspam Links and Uber angry feminist rant.Collapse )

accio_salmon/fandom crap:

( Fic and Fan Mix linksCollapse )

Er, random photo from the other night when I went out with some friends:

My New Years gift to you all: NEW ARCTIC MONKEYS SONG! I think it's beautiful tbh. I hope they do a legit recording of it in the studio and put it on a b-sides compilation or something.

Arctic Monkeys - Joining the Dots

Video of the song live. Oh and in case you missed it a bit ago: Favorite Arctic Monkeys Songs Mix

I can't believe the decade is over! What a clusterfuck this decade has been. In this decade I ended elementary school, started Middle and High school, graduated from HS, and started college, so basically this whole decade has made a huge impact on my life thus far. A decade ago tonight I was watching Nickelodeon. Does anybody remember that special they had with a bunch of different kids talking about their hopes and expectations for the future since the ~new millennium~ began. I wonder how cynical those kids are now...lolz sad but srsly, it's a thought. ANYWAY, HOPE NEXT DECADE HAS MORE UPS THAN DOWNS IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS!

Errrrrrrr I think that's all I gotta say. I hope that next year I'm more productive academically and in terms of my writing. What are your plans tonight? I'm just hanging out like I usually do on New Years Eve. Have a great night bbs!

After walking from half-way across the mall to the lincoln memorial I met a group of fellow rally people from Tennesse who informed me that the location was changed to the COMPLETE opposite side of the mall around the Capitol building. Ouch. My feet were killing me but all kinds of different people of different races, ethnicities, states, religions, economic status, etc from all over the country came to this small rally and it was great and I met lots of fantastic people who weren't batshit insane (I can't say the same for the people from yesterday!). I'll give more details and have a picspam hopefully tomorrow but for now, here was my sign, hope you like it!



Look at me being all political and shit.

♥

OBAMA IS KILLING THIS FUCKING SPEECH! GO BB GO BB GO!

ETA: THAT WAS AMAZING. NO FUCKING JOKE. HISTORIC RIGHT THERE, MOTHERFUCKERS.

Who else could have given that speech? Not Bush, goddamn!

ETA 2: *Watches CSPAN and the people calling in*
Mom: Are only black people up this early calling to CSPAN.
Me: I guess so. They want to yap to this lady taking the calls...

+ Okay so...



Now that I got your attention: I FINALLY UPDATED MY FIC!



Thanks, Draper!

In case you want to read it from the beginning I linked them below and it looks all pretty, yeah? :3

|Day 1: June 16, 1967|	|Day 2: June 17, 1967|	|Day 3: June 18, 1967|

In case you missed it: Camwhoring and lookin good???

SO MUCH TO LOOK FORWARD TO TONIGHT! SKINS + OBAMA ON LENO = NIGHT OF EPICALLY AWESOME PROPORTIONS.

ETA: Er...



How does this chick not have severe whiplash?

So a few random items for today:

+ It was icy and such so classed were canceled until 11 am, which meant no English (even though my teacher emailed us and said she wouldn't be there due to ice anyway) but I had Art History. yeah.

+ My parents are on the cruise still and seem to be enjoying themselves. Look at how cute they are! Here are our emails back and forth thus far:

Hi,

We are still alive and well. We are not able to connect through AT&T while at sea. We hear that DC is closed down. Do you have classes? Stay on campus, drink soup, eat fruit, keep dry, take vitamin C. Try to text me. I have texted and also attempted to call you. Love Dad and Mom

---

Ello!

I'm good too! It was snowing today and it was really pretty but uncomfortable to walk in. I hope there is a snow day tomorrow! I've stayed on campus thus far (except I went to get panda express on Monday) and I will text you once my phone charges up.

Hope you all are having fun!

-Ashley

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Got your message. Have fun but be careful in the snow. Dad said how many times have you fallen down. He said when you fall let your "rump" hit first...i.e. don't fall on the computer:). You can communicate with us via this email.

Lolz ILThem :3 ♥

+ So this came up on my flist and I felt that I had to respond :|

( Seriously though, I could have a good meal for that price! Not just a sliver of raw fish and rice!Collapse )

+ One of the iconographic pieces we analyzed today in Art History was Christina's World by Andrew Wyeth (1948):



( Analysis and such.Collapse )

+ I watched a few episodes of Golden Girls last night and am wondering where it has been all my life! I made a couple gifs from the episode Vacation:



So yeah, that's about it!

ETA: Oh, and I watched Skins. Mmk, it's official, I'm invested. I have confidence that it'll get better and I really like Naomi so far so yes :)

ETA 2: Aw, bb!

So yeah, time for a another sappy post about why I'm so happy about Obama.

Yes, I agree with most of his policies, I believe in his vision for this country, and I think he is the right man to run this country right now, but besides all that, the symbolism and reaction (INTERNATIONAL response) is extraordinary.

To start:



~*~Look how far we've come.~*~ :')

Obviously Obama's presidency won't solve racism, blacks still sill have struggles and other crap to deal with, but, as many have said, now black youth can actually believe they can be anything, even the president of the United States of America. I stand by my previous comments: If somebody had asked me two years ago whether or not I believed we were ready for a black president, I'd scoff and say, "XCUZE ME R U FUCKIN SRS?" I honestly NEVER thought I'd see this in my lifetime, and if I did I figured it would be when I'm in my 50's or 60's. But as a 17 year old? NEVER would I have imagined this would happen, and I'm sure my parents, who are in their 50's and 60's, can say the same. (This reminds me, I need to call my great-aunt. She lives in Chicago and was very excited about Obama when I last talked to her). If I had voted for Obama, I'm not going to lie: the fact that he is black IS appealing to me as an African-American, but not the only reason why I'd vote for him. I'd likely be voting democrat regardless, but I'm not going to pretend that if there was a qualified man/woman running of the party I support, the man/woman being black would be a big bonus.



As most of you know, this year, my freshman year of college, I'm attending a historically black college, and let me tell you: I've never seen so many young black folks crying of joy in a single location than I've ever seen that night at the Howard election viewing party. The media who were there loved our reaction as we counted down to 11:00 pm est when Obama's win was official (we were on CBS btw XD). It was just an amazing and PROUD moment.

And about the pride, I think that's whats more powerful than anything. I've always been proud to be an American, but now I'm A LOT more proud and patriotic than I've ever been before, by far. Half of that has to do with all the excitement SO many people showed in reaction to Obama's win. Seeing people of all different colors and ages screaming and hugging and crying together is powerful. I looked at the crowd at Grant park and it looked, REALLY LOOKED like America. The REAL "real America". I'm sorry, but I you can't say that about McCain's crowd in Arizona.

But also, the INTERNATIONAL reaction to Obama's win is STAGGERING. It makes ME proud as an American that the decision that a majority of voters made was favored by the rest of the world (which, whether you like it or not IS important. America isn't an isolationist nation. This is a time of Globalization, and more than any other time, when America sneezes the world catches a cold). The fact that people from Kenya to Japan to Greece to England to France and Denmark and Australia and Senegal and more were cheering along with us is such a powerful feeling. As one article I've read put it, "it's cool to be an American again", and I've got to agree!

My candidate won, and this country's history has changed forever, and I find myself almost having to pinch myself, hardly able to believe 1) That this fucking election is over; 2) That the President of the United States of America and the First Family are fucking black; and 3) That I keep getting chills at random points of the day watching random footage on TV because I still don't think Obama's win has sunk in 100% and I don't think it will until inauguration WHICH I WILL ATTEND 100%.



LOOK AT THIS FUCKING FIRST FAMILY.

This family is fierce as hell, guys.

( And to some of the republicans on my flist...Collapse )

So basically, give the guy a chance? We'll see how he helps get us out of this big ol' mess.

AND LOOK AT HOW CUTE THIS IS?! From whisperwords



Also, if you want to see some GREAT international/domestic photos of reaction to Obama's win, look at the photos and videos HERE! Funny enough, one of my friends is in the video on the NYC subway XD WHAT ARE THE ODDS?!

In other news, I love Barney, Bush's dog, so much more today than I did yesterday. Did you see him take a bit out of that reporter? It was epic and fierce as hell. XD

Mmmk, that's all for now. I'd love to hear your thoughts! ♥