And my second semi-girly post ever....

I bought new jeans today. ( Click here to see the terror that is me going shopping )

Um. Anyway. Then I met up with Mommy, we ate out (Afghan food, wonderful, had Pumpkin Bolanee and Aushak and Spinach and Firnee and it was GOOOOD) and headed to the toy store... where, in the middle of shopping season, in the middle of touristland, in the middle of the week and the end of the day...

I FOUND THE PEEKABLOCKS I WANTED.

This bodes very VERY well for little christmas. Yay. No more panicking. I can rest easy tonight.

Okay, this has irked me long enough.

I'm against the death penalty. I'm not, however anti-abortion.

Yet people who are anti-abortion and pro-death penalty can call themselves pro-life and I can't. Nom-de-gueu*! I know I've mentioned this before, but this time I mean it. I'm going to start calling myself pro-life, and I would like it if all my friends who are against the death penalty, regardless of their feelings on abortion, consider doing the same. I won't stop until the hypocrisy stops.




*_{This is an attempt to spell one Walloon pronunciation of "Nom de Dieu" correctly. In standardized Walloon, the word for God is "Dju", but this in no way reflects the pronuciation I grew up with. So, after much talk with my mother, we came up with that transcription. This transcription is based on French spelling conventions, the English pronunciation is something like "gyur". If anybody knows of an official transcription of that pronunciation, please let me know. Thank you!}

Well, I got rid of:

Dandelion, Zel, Tomato, and Princess Bride.

The Zel one was too greenish after all, and the Dandelion one really REALLY needed to be texted to be worth it.

Now, people have complained about certain icons of mine not being transparent... offer to fix it, and I'll be thrilled. If you can't, point me to a better icon and I'll replace it. If you can't do either, hush. *I* don't notice it, so *I* don't especially know to care. I revel in my ignorance.

Soon as I get my "puff" icon customized (it's a base, last I checked), I'll replace my default.

About certain superstitions...

Some superstitions are just silly. Others, though, despite our attempts to pin them as "silly" actually have very good reasons for existing.

( Some traditional bad-luckians )

This was random, but, eh.

Still more stupid quizzes...

( Time-killing, thy name is livejournal )

Why I'm against the death penalty:

1. It seems rather hypocritical. Killing people is wrong. Killing people who've killed people... is wrong. But if you're the state, killing people who've killed people is all right?
1a. Going along with that, the put inmates on death row on suicide watch. That's just petty... does it really matter at whose hand they die?

2. It does not seem to do anything about the crime rate, the US simultaneously has one of the highest per capita violent crime rates AND one of the highest per capita execution rates in the world. If it does not act as a deterrent, what is the point? I do not believe it is up to the state to exact vengeance on criminals. Again, petty.

3. It is nearly impossible to fully determine guilt in most cases. Even a small error risk is too great when dealing with life and death. If you imprison someone falsely, you can let them out. You can never resurrect the dead.

4. This is not my actual reason, but it'll do in a pinch... The death penalty is not meted out fairly. If you are black, you have a disproportionate chance of being executed as compared to white people. If you're Texan, you are at a greater risk than a New Yorker. Crimes against minorities are less severely punished. And so on. However, even if that were fixed, I'd still be against the death penalty.

Hey, random questions...

1. Do you like grape candy?
2. Where do you live?
3. Um. Do you like to play duck, duck, goose or not?
4. What's the 15th digit of pi?
5. Why am I asking these stupid questions?

See how bored I am? But you'll get your revenge. In a fit of silliness, I've decided. I need a FAQ. Ask me questions. NOW.

Eep!

My paid account expires FRIDAY!

JENN!!!!!!!!!

Or, anyone with invite codes, go redeem them here and use 'em on yourself. Or me. Yeah. Me.

Remember. You get an invite code even if you just have a free account.

Urg. Stupid people on LJ. ALL OVER!

(names changed to protect the stupid)

I found these while browsing the most recent posts feature...

( Cut to spare the stupidity impaired )

Urg. Okay, we can try the next one. Beware, the horrors are almost as bad: ( Do you dare click? )

Okay. Ick. There's a reason that's hidden behind a cut, and it's not just because the creator didn't give me permission to use it (no link, found randomly, fair game). *shudders*

The next guy isn't nearly as pathetic, but I still have a question...( ..." )

And finally....( Read more... )

There were also a large number of people telling an even larger group of people to fuck off or to go screw themselves.

I don't understand this. Don't most people like fucking? Doesn't our culture put a high priority on it, and obsess over it? So WHY IS IT USED AS A CURSEWORD? I just don't get it. Next time somebody tells me "fuck you" I think I'll just say "thanks!" or something. Or maybe I should stick to my standard "you're not my type"... but people don't seem to get that one....