http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/05/19/mississippi-2/

How does someone like this get elected to office to represent Americans? There are times I wish we had just let the South cede the union so we wouldn't have to deal with this kind of shit from Texas, Mississippi, Louisianna and Florida (it's ALWAYS these states). Of course we would still have to deal with Michele "Pray the Gay Away!" Bachmann up here in Minnesota. Can we just send her to Florida and give Florida back to Spain (assuming they would even take it)?

Really? You guys are not even being subtle with your hackjobs anymore. I'm finding myself taking a complete mental vacation throughout the majority of your episodes, only surfacing during moments of snarky ho-yay banter between Steve and Danny (which almost always take place in a car because you guys are clearly all about formulas). Well, okay, I surface when Alex takes his shirt off too, but script writing has absolutely nothing to do with that. I can't hear a word that comes out of his mouth when he's half undressed. He could be reading a phone book for all I know (or care).

I should just fast-forward through the rest of the episodes - which appear to be scenes from generic cop shows and old episodes of CSI stitched together haphazardly - and just focus on these brief moments of sparkling wit (and pretty) in what would otherwise be a pretty damn dreadful show.

Why does everyone keep declaring this show the best of the television season? Do they love it for the same shallow reasons I keep hanging on even though it drives me crazy?

Ugh. When did television become so boring and formulaic? Oh, right...it was when all the TV big wigs decided to declare "Lost" a failure and avoid anything remotely ressembling a mythology at all costs. "Brothers & Sisters" annoyed me last season, but it could become one of my favorite shows this season because it's one of the few left with characters that have DEPTH to them.

Well, okay, maybe I don't hate *all* people. Maybe it's just the self-centered, uber-capitalist assholes around me that are skewing my perception of humanity. I was already pissed off about the sudden surge of new restaurants that are exactly like the family-owned restaurant I've worked at for years and seem determined to drive these sweet people out of their livelihood when some teenage moron tried to DRIVE ME OFF THE ROAD.

*seethes*

Also? Some wacknut in our neighboorhood put a Michele Bachmann sign in their yard despite the fact that SHE'S NOT EVEN ON OUR BALLOT. Not to mention she's an embarassment to the state of Minnesota. I mean really. The woman blamed the Democrats for the swine flu outbreak. She's clearly insane.

I have spent the better part of a week trying to find a flight to France I can actually afford. It has been nothing but a nightmare of disappearing flights and fares that change the minute you click on them - and I do mean the MINUTE you click on them. I give up. You bastards have gotten totally out of control.

Really? You're seriously thinking of rewarding this? 

http://oscars.movies.yahoo.com/news/522-hurt-locker-producer-barred-from-oscars-ap

I already saw "Hurt Locker" but all this shameless sucking up and *cheating* in a disgustingly desperate effort to win makes me wish I hadn't. I feel a sudden urge to throw my copy from a moving vehicle. And the more I hear about the possibility of this winning best picture, the more I think this might be the first time in over a decade that I don't watch the Oscars.

I will get back to posting fics soon, I promise! But first I need to get a couple things off my chest...

First, to all the people who called "Twilight" the "worst vampire movie" they had ever seen...um, it's not a vampire story. It's a love story between a human and a vampire. If you think "Romeo and Juliet" and "Titanic" are lame and would rather be watching sports then, guess what? You are not the intended audience of this movie. And to the powers that be in Hollywood who were skeptical that the movie would make it and then surprised that it did...I read a great article about you in Entertainment Weekly around the time "Sex and the City" came out. I believe the general message was:  STOP BELITTLING "CHICK FLICKS" AND GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE SAND!

And while you're at it, could you throw a little more money at the special effects budget of "New Moon" so the whole werewolf thing isn't as awkward looking as Edward's sparkling skin? Thanks.

Second, I know there are casualties every television season, but did ABC really have to cancel all the good ones? I could have done without "Private Practice" or "Desperate Housewives" for that matter but "Pushing Daisies", "Dirty Sexy Money" and "Eli Stone"? Way to eliminate half my TV schedule. And really? "ELI FUCKING STONE"? Damn you, ABC. I would totally wash my hands of you if it wasn't for "Lost", though I suspect you were getting ready to pull the plug on that too until they set an end date. Bastards.

And what sadist came up with "Christmas Shoes"? Or, better question, what sadist decided it should be played once every hour for a month before Christmas so people can get really depressed and just drive right off a cliff the next time that damned song comes on the radio?

Ohmmmm....ohhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Merry Christmas, everybody! (Except for you, ABC execs. I hope you get lumps of coal.)

Guh. I'm looking at all sorts of lists of books that have been challenged by groups like The Committee of Parental Prudes With Nothing Better To Do Than Scour Books for Words Like "Damn" and I'm getting punchy. And stories about Sarah Palin threatening to fire a librarian for refusing to censor books (um, hi, that goes against everything a librarian stands for) aren't helping. Ergo, this week's theme is Censorship and Why It's a Bad Thing.

( There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. )