litbitch

Nice work, NRDC

Robert F. Kennedy Jr, I salute you.  Not only are you a tireless advocate for the environment, despite your perpetually exhausted larynx, but your timing is impeccable.  You managed to send me this address' first NRDC action alert on a day when I

1) am renegotiating my relationship with the world

2) just read about polar bears resorting to cannibalism

3) am becoming more and more terrified of the potential environmental impact of a McCain/Psychoalin presidency

4) have come to accept that, with as often as I now walk to the Wedge, I really could use another cloth bag for the groceries I can't cram in my backpack

nevermind that I

a) am perpetually worried about polar bears and

b) don't have the cash on hand to support the NRDC right now

It doesn't matter.  I will slam that dough on my credit card and get my complementary sappy, propagandist, polar bear-adorned produce bag, because you are a clever, clever man.

Damn you.

happy new year!

In the spirit of the season, I am renegotiating the terms of my relationship with myself and the world.  The sit-down is going well.  I won't bore you with the play by play.  Eyes are open; things are good.  More life to you all.

but let's get back to the important stuff

Jim Carrey and whoever adapted that screenplay are turning Yes Man, one of my favorite books of the last few years, into Liar Liar.  I want to cry.

I feel sick.

Troy Davis is scheduled for execution in Georgia today at 7:00pm.  There was no weapon found.  There was no DNA evidence found.  There were no fingerprints found.  His conviction was based, almost entirely, on eyewitness accounts.  7 of the 9 eyewitnesses have since recanted their statements.  He is a black man.  He was convicted of killing a white cop.  The Georgia parole board, which conducts its reviews in secret, has denied clemency. 

The basic information, if you're interested, can be found here and here.  There are links to more specific articles, which sometimes work without registration.  Otherwise, you all know how to google. 

UPDATE:  The U.S. Supreme Court, 2 hours before lethal injection, granted a stay of execution until Monday, while they decide whether to review the case.  My utter disgust with the world has lessened for the moment.

my cup runneth over

so...
not only has my back been, well, off my back the last few days
and not only did I manage to save another $21.50 on busfare (thanks to the fringe)
and not only has the weather has been unseasonably perfect this week
and not only can I fit into my skinnydress for the Iveys
and not only did my donation contibute to Bitch magazine's continued existence
and not only did Amazons and Their Men got featured in the Citypages Fall Arts section
but now...

Papatola loves me.

I don't know why.  Unless he snuck into one of my other plays, he's only seen me in Anton. Fringe? Buzz?  Having so little exposure to me, and apparently high expectations, I'm bound to disappoint.  Plus, I really don't get what makes people think I'm good, and probably never will. And I have nothing lined up at the moment so this may be the highlight of my career ...or  my Waterloo? (too much Abba).  But those are all thoughts for tomorrow.  Today, it's awesome.

headline of the day

 Bush lands in Texas; Residents urged to leave

my joy and pride are ineffable

Someone linked to my website today by running a search for  "humiliation clothing".

On German google.

The search yielded 87 results, the top ten (litbitch was #5) include

www.tinypenishumiliation.net

a site that sells term papers

a personals ad from www.collarme.com

a U.S. airforce investigation into intelligence activites at Abu Ghraib

King George

I woke up before I wanted to this morning, as usual, and, not wanting to emerge from the fluffy covers or test my sciatic nerve after the agonizing pain of yesterday, I picked up my bedside reading (Lincoln: Selected Speeches and Writings) and, continuing where I had left off, found this letter to William H. Herndon, on Lincoln's vote against the legality of the Mexican War:

Let me first state what I understand to be your position.  It is, that if it shall become necessary, to repel invasion, the President may, without violation of the Constitution, cross the line, and invade the teritory of another country; and that whether such necessity exists in any given case, the President is to be the sole judge.... allow him to do so, whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure.  Study to see if you can fix any limit to his power in this respect....
The provision of the Constitution giving the war-making power to Congress, was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons.  Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object.  This, our Convention understood to be the most oppressive of all Kingly oppressions; and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us.    [italics Lincoln's]

Finishing this correspondence, I rolled out of bed and turned on NPR to hear Sarah Palin blindly endorsing the Bush Doctrine on ABC.

be afraid...

or don't.  I'm not big on fear as a way of life.  But for those of you who follow this blog religiously (cough cough), you may remember a post last October about fatal facial tumors in Tasmanian devils.  Well, I'm happy (?) to see I'm not the only one freaked out by the adverse potential that this development portends.  I've finally had a chance to read through some old Harper's, and the April issue had a feature article on contagious cancer, which I will provide for you, free of charge, here.  Because I care.  And I want us all to be scared.  Mwah hah hah!

too obvious?

You know why anarchy would never work as a (non)form of (non)government?

Fucking anarchists.
Violent, self-absorbed, exhibitionist, narrow-minded, amoral, self-righteous anarchists.
Not that I question their right to exist.  Feel free. Rock on.  But stay away from peaceful protest, because once you start throwing bricks through delegates' bus windows and burning trashcans, you weaken the case against police who are, most likely, overreacting to reasonable, constitutionally protected, assembly.  Go blow things up somewhere else.  Like in your own apartment.
This is far from the biggest issue on my mind this election season, it's just the easiest.