conuly

Feb. 21st, 2005

Current Mood: geeky

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( Article inside )

Notable quote:

L. Brent Bozell III, president of the Parents Television Council, criticized "The Simpsons" for addressing the issue of gay marriage, though he cautioned that he had not seen the episode. A parental advisory preceded the broadcast.

"At a time when the public mood is overwhelmingly against gay marriage, any show that promotes gay marriage is deliberately bucking the public mood," he said.

"I'd rather them not do it at all," he added. "You've got a show watched by millions of children. Do children need to have gay marriage thrust in their faces as an issue? Why can't we just entertain them?"

1. Overwhelmingly? I'm not sure that general public mood is overwhelmingly against gay marriage. Sure, I know I'm insulated by living in NYC, but even so, I'm pretty sure that it's more of a 50/50 thing in the country - that's about as overwhelming as Bush's mandate.
2. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS MAN? The Simpsons has had, in the past, alchohol abuse used as a joke, violence, pointless violence, a mocked religious character, steroid abuse, sexual jokes running rampant (even an explicitly naked Mr. Burns, urg), but he's worried about the gay marriage? WTF? Those are some seriously fucked up priorities.

Anyway, Marge's sister already (kinda) came out, in the episode where the Simpsons are watching the gay pride parade (We are used to it, you do this every year!) and she's on a float for "closeted gays" (we're here, we're queer, but don't tell mom and dad!)

I've watched this show too much.

Current Mood: embarrassed

*snrks*

This reminds me of something that happened when I was little. We had this cat, Skinnybones. He'd been fixed, ages ago. Weird cat, I don't think he was ever weaned properly, so he always liked to sit on my lap and try to nurse. I was the only one who'd ever let him do that, so I constantly had these wet spots where he'd been chewing on my clothes.

Anyway, one day he's grooming, or something, and I spot this thing poking out of him. This big thing. I completely freak, thinking my poor cat is sick or something. My parents did finally explain what was happening, but only by skirting around the issue somewhat. I don't think they ever told me what the... thing was.

Current Mood: thankful

I cannot begin to express my truly heartfelt gratitude that I live in New York. Not a day goes by that I do not thank my lucky stars, individually and by name (first there's Bob, then there's Phil, and let's not forget Alpha Centuri....) for living in someplace... decent.

That is all.

Current Mood: calm

It's all in your head.

I had somebody who is bipolar once tell me that people tell her this all the time. "It's all in your head". Cracked up when I heard this. Of course it's all in her head, that's why it's a mental... something. That doesn't mean it isn't real!

It's just a conspiracy theory.

Spoken about this before. If I have a theory that there was a conspiracy, then naturally it is a conspiracy theory. That does not, however, mean that it isn't true. There sometimes are conspiracies.

You're just being paranoid.

And paranoid people still have enemies. Remember that!

Okay, I'm done. Djusk' a.