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Finished Composition class, saw Tom Petty (fantastic, damnit, I want to follow his tour), saw Lady Gaga (awesome performance omg, she's so fucking adorable live and much more beautiful than in pictures, they don't do her justice at all), and saw Inception.

I became obsessed with Inception, and dove into the kink meme.

fire_at_wi11, let's talk more. LOL

This is my most prolific fandom. Ever. Like, I wrote a lot in the Supernatural or RPS fandom, but I rarely posted anything, and it was like pulling teeth because I...well. Half of the actors I've met, now, so I feel terribly creepy. With Inception? It's eaten my brain, so I'm taking advantage of it before my brain grows back. Still terribly creepy since 75% is porn, but. I don't seem to care. My lack of shame seems shameful, almost.

Everything is now heeere~

Can you tell that I have an OTP? I think that's it for now. I've started more, and will update this list when I'm done.

ALSO PROP 8 WAS RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL HELLS YES

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I have not seen Inception yet. (probably the only person on the internet that hasn't!).

However I'm going to see Tom Petty twice- once in DC and once in Charlotte, NC. I saw him twice during his last tour. He's a great show, tightest rock band ever.

And about FUCKING TIME with CA! I just... words fail, but the whole banning marriage thing is so fucking unconstitutional that I just can't believe it's been allowed to happen for so long...

You should see it! It's...like, okay. I wanted to see it, because I'm a fan of all of the actors and I trust Nolan. It was really hyped up and I was kind of worried I'd be let down. But it surpassed all of my expectations, and just blew me away completely.

Tom Petty puts on one of the best concerts I have ever seen. I am so jealous of you! Not lying when I say I'd abandon my life if I could afford it and travel after him to see every concert. I mean, when listening to him, I know the words to every song because they're all hits, except his new stuff (and it's only a matter of time, it's all fantastic.) I kept getting surprised and going, "Oh my God, how'd I forget this one? OH my gawd, and this one?"

It's absolutely insane that it took this long for it to be ruled. I love the judge's wording, and everything about it. http://documents.nytimes.com/us-district-court-decision-perry-v-schwarzenegger - .pdf of the court transcript

I've got it penciled in as a must see- I'm pretty bad at getting to the theater to see things like that movie if I'm by myself. My bf is more of an action/sci-fi guy, and "Inception" looks too deep for him. ;)

As for Tom Petty- if you scrape together the funds, I highly recommend buying his "Running Down A Dream" bio-epic, because it is amazing, not just the history, but the live concert dvd that comes with it that he did in Gainesville. Seriously one of the best concert DVDs that I've ever seen.

I have some MP3s from a concert he did in Chicago in 2006- the "Chicago Vic Theater" show. It has some of the best live versions of songs. I've got a couple of favorite lesser known songs that he surprised me with in that concert- "Crawling Back to You" being one of them. I can totally hook you up if you want! I'm a collector of bootlegs.

Judge Walker is legal genius. I'm also proud that the Gubernator is asking that ruling be put into effect now.

"The Administration believes the public interest is best served by permitting the court's judgment to go into effect, thereby restoring the right of same-sex couples to marry in California. Doing so is consistent with California's long history of treating all people and their relationships with equal dignity and respect." — California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, asking Judge Vaughn Walker not to grant a stay in his ruling on Prop 8.

Oh, he would totally like it! I found it pretty easy to understand. Some people were just like, "omg the ending what happened?" But...see, it's up for interpretation. And then there's the people who look for ~deeper meanings and shit, and yes, those could exists for the movie, but they don't have to. It can just be a movie with a lot of cool effects and explosions and guns and hot people. /sometimes shallow

I will buy that when I get paid next! I bought the Live Anthology when it came out, and it's fanfreakingtastic. It took 3 cds, but I have it all in my car so I can listen on roadtrips. There's some videos that come with it when you get it off of iTunes, and some of them are songs he either did at Bonnaroo or at Gainesville.

I would love for you to hook me up with those! I love good live mp3s.

Judge Walker is legal genius. I'm also proud that the Gubernator is asking that ruling be put into effect now.

Yes, to both of these! I was talking with my hair stylist today about this. She's so afraid of the appeal, and I tried to explain to her just how well everything was explained, and how irrational the discrimination (as if it is ever rational) is explained as. I ended up making her look up the Greatest Hits of this whole thing, including Schwarzenegger's request. It's just going so well, I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop, but it shouldn't because this makes sense and if something bad happens, there's almost a guarantee that it wouldn't make sense. You know?

Hell freaking yeah for making Prop 8 illegal! I am sooooo thrilled! I just. I'm going to celebrate.

So fucking thrilled! It's about time. I mean, I knew it was always inevitable, but it should have been so much sooner than this.

Half of the actors I've met, now, so I feel terribly creepy.
lols, I have no morals.

HELLS YES!

Lol you so do too have morals. I'm just - I have weird hang ups. Like olives, weird hang up.

WHEEEEEEE now let the creepy rejoicing fic show up everywhere, in which all the actors go out to pick out rings. I feel like this is what happened last time, before prop 8. Lots of lolarious and awful fic.

ooh concerts YAY!

also brb reading your fic!

Lol oh dear. Idk if you'll like it.

Let me know either way!

And keep me updated re: Bayh!!

And edit to say that I am working on (have 2 more parts to go) a different fic that I think I like more than those, because I feel like it shows more of what I
normally write. Let me know and I'll email you pieces, cos since it's not done I'm not adding it to the list yet.

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MADE OF WIN. EPIC WIN. OMG. :D I love them! I read lots of kink stuff. hehehe. O:)

I totally will! And if my bf doesn't start to get it planned with the office, you'd better believe I will start trying to see if I can get a scheduling appointment with him. I'm a determined bitch.

Okay! I'd love to read it! I think you still have my email address?

Bwahaha, thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed them! Nice halo, lol. And I sent you that email.

I hope he gets it all planned and set up for yooooou! That would be perfect, but either way as long as it happens it'll be awesome!

:D

I'll sign on to my email and read it! lol halos ftw.

Yesss! I might have to start gently bugging him about it. I wrote down the office numbers for an office close by to us and the Indy office (which, tbh, he's more likely to be at), so I will probably give those to him when he comes over tomorrow (er today, since it's after midnight where I am).

Good luck bb! Keep me updated! And if it falls through, well, I'm up for a road trip to you and then Indy.

LOL

I read what you sent me btw - I loved it!

I might actually do that if he runs for Governor. But, In a completely non stalker way. Maybe ... shit, I don't know, go to a campaign rally or whatever.

LOLZ. :P

Thanks so much! I was all kind of, "uh, these are weird and character-depthy and all that craaaaap," so I'm glad you liked them.

Hey, hey, it's not the legal version of stalking so we're cool.

I assume you'll link them here in this entry when you have it finished? :D Also, will you be writing moreeee? Because YAY. You should.

I think on Monday I'm going to call his Jeffersonville, Indiana office (I think I told you Jeffersonville is literally right across the river from Louisville) and just casually ask if "the Senator is going to be in town during recess and meeting with constituents". If so, HELL YEAH. If not, I'm calling the Indy office. And if I do find he'll be in Jeff or Indy and you seriously want to come with me, I am totally legit cool with a road trip.

I'm currently going through and rewriting all of my prompts to post them to

inception_slash, so you'll probably get spammed with them.

Let me know how it's all going!

GIRL YOU ARE WRITING SO MUCH PORN! Not that that's a bad thing obviously. I will have time to read all these eventually lol

I knoooow! I feel creepy and accomplished at the same time!

Next round starts tomorrow! You better request that thing we were talking about!

haha I just requested the suit!rape here. You should request that dildo one you were talking about, if you haven't already XD (http://community.livejournal.com/inception_kink/4946.html?thread=6109522#t6109522</a)

I still have prompts to finish before I even go over there to request, because I know I'll get sucked into some fills ugh

,ALSO PROP 8 WAS RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL HELLS YES

It's a victory but it ain't over until the fate lady sings... or at least the Supreme Court has their say. You know they're going to appeal. *tired sigh*

I know they'll appeal, but the best part of it all is that the judge's decision is said to be so freaking logical and rational, that even the Supreme Court would have trouble changing it. It would be so obviously discriminatory if it's changed.

I did kinda find out the reason it was so logical... I think. Apparently the judge which adjudicated the case is a homosexual in a stable relationship. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, I'm saying that he was trying to lay out a fact-based argument that most straight people would have a hard time with (refuting the facts as they are portrayed by religious individuals against it.) It's been an interesting discussion to say the least these days. :D

They just basically laid out exactly how the discrimination is irrational and bred from fear and dislike, and isn't actually threatening to "traditional" marriage in any way.

Here are the court transcripts. I think that some people will argue that it all came about because he's gay, but you can look at his previous cases and see that he's above reproach, in that regard. He's ruled against gay people before, and is hardly linear with his rulings re: traditionally conservative or liberal. I like this article because it highlights how interesting his rulings are, and how logical they have to be. He's a fascinating man. There's no way he ruled this way because he's gay.

I'm saying that he was trying to lay out a fact-based argument that most straight people would have a hard time with (refuting the facts as they are portrayed by religious individuals against it.)

I'm not so sure about that. Well, about the straight people having a hard time with it all; see, I'm from Missouri, and we are a predominantly conservative bunch. Maybe it's because of the people I associate with and choose to surround myself with, but no one has had any issue with his ruling.

Or, the issue they have is that it was even necessary in the first place. I think there was added pressure on him to get this right, since he is in a homosexual relationship, but I think that a straight person could see with the arguments provided on both sides that yes, it is discrimination and it isn't upholding everyone's legal rights, as according to the 14th amendment.

"Moral disapproval alone is an improper basis on which to deny rights to gay men and lesbians. The evidence shows conclusively that Proposition 8 enacts, without reason, a private moral view that same-sex couples are inferior to opposite-sex couples. FF 76, 79-80; Romer, 517 US at 634 (“[L]aws of the kind now before us raise the inevitable inference that the disadvantage imposed is born of animosity toward the class of persons affected.”). Because Proposition 8 disadvantages gays and lesbians without any rational justification, Proposition 8 violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

CONCLUSION Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license. Indeed, the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California Constitution the notion that oppositesex couples are superior to same-sex couples. Because California has no interest in discriminating against gay men and lesbians, and because Proposition 8 prevents California from fulfilling its constitutional obligation to provide marriages on an equal basis, the court concludes that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional."

It's so...okay, I was raised to keep an open heart and open mind. The open heart thing still applies, even though I identify myself as straight because I have never, aside from crushes on celebrities, been attracted to a woman. I just can't see how anyone, straight or gay, could defend prop 8 other than to say "BECAUSE IT'S GAY, AND GROSS AND EVIL UNDER THE EYES OF GOD!"

Of course, it could be my wishful thinking that a judge married to the person of the opposite sex would be as rational, but I do truly think they would be. When you get down to it, under the separation of Church and State, and under the 14th amendment, these people have no argument.

Ok, I think you might have somewhat misunderstood my statement above. It was mostly a throwaway comment. I actually liked the fact that is was so logical even before I knew he was gay. I'm just saying he had an extra onus to lay out ALL of the facts rather than just saying "they're right" (also an oversimplified statement). Also few people are going to look beyond the "oh he's gay" comment on him sadly (which I think is poor research but that seems to be the case in modern society where they oversimplify everything and lose the context of the matter) which is why it I believe it will receive less criticism over him being gay. BTW, I'm also from Missouri (St. Louis growing up but now in Cape Girardeau) and unfortunately I do know some that are not happy about it and rooting for the appeal (sadly). I hate living in Rush Limbaugh territory sometimes.

Speaking of the 14th amendment, have you seen that there is a movement afoot (and was gaining traction for a bit) to get it repealed??? O_O I read this a while back (or at least to revise the amendment to get rid of the birthright citizenship stuff. *shakes her head at this*

OMG, sorry for the misunderstanding! I feel so bad about going all wannabe polsci liberal major on you now, D:

I hadn't heard about the 14th amendment thing. Wow, that's...special. I wish I could say I'm surprised, but I'm not. People are crazy assholes.

That's all right. Luckily any amendments or alterations to amendments require a HUMONGOUS super-majority. I don't think it will win but the fact that Repubs like McCain are holding hearings on altering it makes me wish I'd never CONSIDERED voting for the guy (well before Obama won the primaries BTW). I won't be taking any chances though. Blunt, McCaskill and Emerson (my local House Rep) will be hearing my voice on this issue.

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