My Political Views
I am a left social libertarian
Left: 6.71, Libertarian: 3.91

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My Foreign Policy Views
Score: -3.24

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My Culture War Stance
Score: -7.53

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Spike: I do remember what I said. The promise. To protect her. If I'd have done that, even if I didn't make it, you wouldn't have had to jump. But I want you to know I did save you. Not when it counted, of course, but after that. Every night after that. I'd see it all again, and do something different. Faster, or more clever, you know? Dozens of times, lots of different ways. Every night, I save you.

*tears*

Apparently, when you see this, you're supposed to put your favorite Buffy quote and keep it going. As seen on frenchani . . . (I have no idea how to link to it)

I'm a little confused. Let me see if I have this straight....

* If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you're "exotic, different."
* If you grow up in Alaska eating moose burgers, you're a quintessential American story.

* If your name is Barack, you're a radical, unpatriotic Muslim.
* If you name your kids Willow, Trig and Track, you're a maverick.

* If you graduate from Harvard law School, you are unstable.
* If you attend 5 different small colleges before graduating, you're well grounded.

* If you spend 3 years as a brilliant community organizer, become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review, create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new voters, spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor, spend 8 years as a State Senator representing a district with over 750,000 people, become chairman of the state Senate's Health and Human Services committee, spend 4 years in the United States Senate representing a state of 13 million people while sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran's Affairs committees, you don't have any real leadership experience.
* If your total resume is: local weather girl, 4 years on the city council and 6 years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people, 20 months as the governor of a state with only 650,000 people, then you're qualified to become the country's second highest ranking executive.

* If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years while raising 2 beautiful daughters, all within Protestant churches, you're not a real Christian.
* If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and left your disfigured wife and married the heiress the next month, you're a Christian.

* If you teach responsible, age appropriate sex education, including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society.
* If, while governor, you staunchly advocate abstinence only, with no other option in sex education in your state's school system, while your unwed teen daughter ends up pregnant , you're very responsible.

* If your wife is a Harvard graduate lawyer who gave up a position in a prestigious law firm to work for the betterment of her inner city community, then gave that up to raise a family, your family's values don't represent America's.
* If you're husband is nicknamed "First Dude", with at least one DWI conviction and no college education, who didn't register to vote until age 25 and once was a member of a group that advocated the secession of Alaska from the USA, your family is extremely admirable.

OK, *much* clearer now.

It's me and Chani! I think we're in Vegas . . . it's all a blur. But look how cute we are!!



Sorry, I'm too dumb to know how to hide this so you have to click to open it.

For those of you who care . . . WillowX has made an appearance at the Naughty Board today. Stop by and say hello!! http://www.voy.com/62795/

and this song says what I always wanted too one of the best Rob Dickinsons songs 'Oceans"..although all his stuff is of the good (anyone who has the chance to see Rob Dickinson live, he is from The Catherine Wheel, do yourself a favor and see him... he really is awesome, never before have I been so enthralled at a live accoustic one man set)



I love you Cheron

Gabrielle

1. Have you ever traveled anywhere alone?

Sort of. I used to travel a lot for conventions at my last job (well, two jobs ago). So I've been to Chicago, San Francisco, San Diego, Reno and Las Vegas alone. I actually REALLY enjoyed it. I find that you are so much more social when you go somewhere by yourself. Sitting in a restaurant alone, I tend to make a dozen new acquaintances, whereas if you are there with someone you know, you only talk to them and you are less approachable. I'm not just talking about people hitting on me, there was that to, but I made really good friends with people working at the conventions or, like I said, sitting in a restaurant on Navy Pier in Chicago. I'm also getting more and more selfish in my old age and I like to go where I want to go and stay how long I want to stay . . I enjoy the freedom.


2. Where did you travel to and by what means? (Air, boat, bus, foot, etc)

My travel is pretty limited outside the US :( I've been all over the US and to Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Costa Rica. I've driven across the US twice, once to NYC and back (with stops in Oklahoma City, Nashville, Memphis, Savannah, DC, NYC, Cleveland, Chicago, St. Louis) and once to Miami (a 36 hour drive of death with no sleep shortly after Katrina). I have travel extensively in the Southwestern US, all over New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona and California and the deep south, mostly Louisiana. I've driven all over the Baja Peninsula of Mexico. I've also flown all over the US and to Central America. Once in Central America I took local buses, with the locals and livestock, hitchhiked, taken boats and walked.

3. What cities/towns/countries have you found to be the most safe?

I guess I always feel safest where it's the most familiar, so anywhere in California and Mexico.

4. What cities/towns/countries have you felt most uncomfortable in?

I was pretty uncomfortable in Guatemala for a while, but it wasn't the people, even though there was a lot of military and militia running around with M-16s (even 8 year old kids where the machine gun was bigger than they were). Mostly because I think that when you turn on a light in a room the bugs should scurry and hide, not stand up and hiss at you.

Strangely, and most unfortunately, I have felt the most uncomfortable on my driving trip across the US in deep south/Bible-belt. Traveling there as a same sex couple made me really, really nervous.

5. What makes a city feel safe to you?

Ditto what Chani said, not being lost, friendly people. I know New Orleans is one of the most dangerous cities in the US, even more so now, but the people there are so friendly and go out of their way to help you . . . I cannot help but love it there.

A man once chased my ex-husband and I for 3 blocks, screaming at us and we were walking fast, trying to not make eye contact . . . the guy sprinted ahead of us to block our path, but not get in our personal space to tell us to turn around, that we were going to get attacked if we went to the particular cemetery we were stupidly headed to. He didn't have to, we were being idiots and he went out of his way to help us . . . that's always in my mind when people say it's dangerous . . yeah, it would have been, there's always a bad neighborhood, but how nice that man was . . he represents New Orleans to me.

6. What makes you uncomfortable for your stay in a location?

I'm pretty bad about food. I've become a million times more adventurous than I was a few years ago, but I'm so picky about food here, mystery meat just freaks me out. I always lose weight when I travel to Central America. I also agree with Chani's comments about the way a culture treats women. Iran and Saudi Arabia are not high on my list. That being said, if I could travel there and pass for a man, that would be AWESOME!!! However, I am extremely girl-shaped, so that isn't going to happen.


7. Do you mind public transportation or do you hate it? Do you use public transportation in the city in which you're travelling? What makes you feel the way you do about public transport? i.e. clean/dirty; efficient/slow and outdated; safe/dodgy.

I wish public transportation was better here in LA. I like the independence of having a car and going where you want to go when you want to go there, it's the Southern Californian in me. I don't mind public transport when I travel. It gives you down time to regroup and if you aren't driving, you can actually look at the scenery.

8. Have you ever been pick pocketed before? What was stolen and where?

My ex and I actually had a car stolen in Mexico. That was fun. Luckily we were down there with 20 other people, so we weren't trapped or anything, but trying to file a police report when your Spanish sucks and so does there English . .. Other than that, never been a victim of any kind of crime while travelling or otherwise.

9. Are you more comfortable travelling in a location where the native tongue is English?

Yeah, but I certainly wouldn't let that limit me.

10. If you were travelling alone would you mind staying in a hostel?

I don't know, I guess it would depend on the particular hostel. I think I may be too .. . I don't know, fancy for that. I'm kind of over the back-packing, sleeping in the dirt, hostel kind of traveling.

11. Are there any places you would not travel to due to certain stigmas placed upon the people, culture, or country?

I wouldn't want to travel to a country that had serious human rights violations, like female mutilation, or violent militia's raping all the women like in Congo, or stoning women who are raped . . .

12. Would you buy literature written for females that is city specific and act specifically as a city guide for women? i.e. A Girl's Guide to London/Paris/Kiev/Barcelona

I might check it out. I'm an avid planner. I'm ready to write a doctoral thesis by the time I travel some place I do so much research.

13. When you travel, what are essential items that find their way into your suitcase?

Cell phone, good walking shoes, sun block and a map. I'm ready to go!

14. If you forget an item, would it bother you if you couldn't find the exact same item abroad? Is it important to you to be able to find domestic goods abroad?

Nah, I'm okay going native . . .unless it's my skin, which is so sensitive, but I'd make it work.

15. Do you feel more confident travelling in a group or by yourself?

The idea of group fun is not appealing to me. That's why I've never done a cruise. But I do enjoy the occasional group tour once I get some place, tour guides know all kinds of interesting tidbits you don't find in the books. I recommend a vampire tour in New Orleans!! You walk the streets, stop at 3 or 4 bars and get told scary stories.

16. When you travel, what do you wish to see? i.e. Museums, nightlife, historical monuments, art and architecture, theatre, cultural oddities, parks, food, free walking tours, bus tours etc...

Everything! Not too into the nightlife, I don't even do that here and I can walk to the Sunset Strip, but if that's the thing to do, like New Orleans on Halloween, I'm there. I didn't go to Tikal in the middle of the Guatemalan rainforest to see the nightlife, I went to see pyramids . . alas, there was a rave in the middle of the jungle . . . who'd have thunk it?

17. How adventurous are you in your culinary tastes? Is it important for you to have your cultures food readily available to you, or do you willingly eat the local cuisine?

See above. I would be the first one eliminated from Survivor when they tried to make me eat a bug or calf's blood. I WANT to be more adventurous, I'm just not risking dysentery in a 3rd world country to do it!!

18. Would you ever use the Web site www.couchsurfing.com? On what grounds would you stay on a strangers couch?

I don't think so.

19. Is it important to you to learn about a culture/language before you arrive at your destination?

Oh yeah.

20. Have you ever used a language program such as Berlitz or The Rosetta Stone? Did it work?

Nope.

21. Can you read a map?

I am the mapinator.

22. Finally, what do you enjoy most about travelling?

Exoticism and the things I learn about myself in the process.

its the new thing to do

I think if I had T Shirts made with that on it..I'd make millions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldBhDmvWFXE


Its a song was the most requested song on Triple J for months..Triple J is the wrolds best radio station mainly because its alternative and has NO ADS...the video is so funny it must be shared

this was shot on Pitt St Mall..the busiest Shopping Centre in Downtown Sydney..and as is usual full of tourists...LOL

Bluejuice with 'Vitriol"

curse word warning..don't listen at work unelss you allowed to say fuck then listen away

My sister in laws mother died this morning. She was a really nice lady I really liked her. Our families tended to spend a bit of time together over the almost 20 years my brother has been married and she was just a very generous person who we all all liked ...my Ma always said she was lucky to call her both an in law and a friend and they use to do retired lady things together like pottery classes.

I know my sister in law, her sister and their Dad will miss her more then I can understand but as she had cancer everywhere it seems they also know it was best for her. I hope my nieces and nephews (and my sister in laws sisters kids) who loved her like there is no tomorrow will not be too sad. And my brother and his best friend (who is the husband of my sister in laws sister, they've been friends since they were born and they married sisters..the sister and my brothers friend actually fell in love at my brother and sister in laws wedding..he was Best Man and she Head Bridesmaid its all very Hollywood movie) are strong for their families even if they are both upset.

Why is this sadness being posted in the HAPPY blog???? because I am happy that I had the privilege of knowing such a warm and genuine person.

RIP Janet

and well they are just cute

Here is a song by Missy Higgins (you know how I love her) just for you its called

Scar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZe0RHPk6xk

Last nite we went to,as part of the LA Film Festival, the Buffy: Once More with Singing - Interactive Singalong...yes that is as nerdy as it sounds..its like Rocky Horror midnite screenings where people sing and dance and shout stuff at the screen but with Once More with Feeling

Notice how I added it was part of the LA Film Festival in an attempt to make it sound even slightly cool

But the great thing was and I am glad they didn't tell us before hand because I think epople would of acted differently both Joss Whedon and Marty Noxon came to watch us act like complete dorks...they both spoke afterwards and seemed happy if not concerned that fans still exist in such numbers that not only did this seesion get sold out but is touring the country this summer

checkout

buffysings.com to find out when it comesto a city near you, although I can;t promise Joss will turn up you'll probably have fun..so long as you are not sitting in front of the one asshole in the crowd intent on being louder then everyone else like we were then you sort of wanna punch him

(Variant Cover for the extra-super-nerd)

Episode/Issue 1
Since the destruction of the Hellmouth, the Slayers--newly legion--have gotten organized and are kicking some serious undead butt. But not everything's fun and firearms, as an old enemy reappears and Dawn experiences some serious growing pains . . .


Episode/Issue 2
The destruction of Buffy's hometown, plus covert and powerful slayer "cells" around the world, add up to a new label for the Scoobies: Terrorist threat. Speaking of Sunnydale, the crater formerly known as, has opened to reveal the witch Amy, and boy is she pissed. Now: Giles, smoochies, a knife to the heart, and a big sleep. Season Eight continues.


Episode/Issue 3
With Buffy incapacitated, Amy the witch has taken the opportunity to -- get this -- lay siege with an army of the undead. Willow takes her on in a witches' battle royal as hundreds of Slayers defend their Scottish citadel, but without the kiss of true love, Buffy will be out of commission indefinitely-with an unwelcome familiar face, and an image you won't soon forget.


Episode/Issue 4
Buffy's back in action, thanks to a kiss of true love, but Willow's another story entirely-their capture of Amy the witch opened up a magical trap door, and now the Wiccan is in the belly of the beast. To make matters worse, she's at the mercy of someone truly bent on revenge, and he's been waiting for this for a long time. The conclusion to Season Eight's first arc.

Always had a roof above me
Always paid the rent
But I never set foot inside a tent
I couldn't build fire to save my life
I lied about being the outdoor type

I never slept out underneath the stars
The closest that I came to that
Was one time my car broke down for an hour
In the suburbs at night
I lied about being the outdoor type

Too scared to let you know
You knew what you were looking for
I lied until I fit the bill
God bless the great indoors

I lied about being the outdoor type
I've never owned a sleeping bag
Let alone a mountain bike

I can't go away with you on a rock climbing weekend
What if something's on tv, and it's never shown again?
Just is well I'm not invited
I'm afraid of heights
I lied about being the outdoor type
Never learned to swim
Can't grow a beard or even fight
I lied about being the outdoor type


The lines

"I can't go away with you on a rock climbing weekend
What if something's on tv, and it's never shown again?
Just is well I'm not invited
I'm afraid of heights"



Could not be more the sweet woman of the dreaming..