And I always sleep with my guns when you're gone

[raybear]

At dinner on Sunday, QCL said I should write a book called Travels In Straight White Man's Fantasy Land. "It'll open with you getting a blowjob," they suggested. I countered that I also want to write a book that's entitled "______ and Its Discontents" because I love/hate that phrase, and depending on what the book is about is how I'd fill in the blank. They suggested I just leave it blank regardless.

Now there's just the matter of filling in the pages between the covers.

I just read this Reuters piece on Bush being unable to pronounce Abu Ghraib. What the hell?!? I mean, we all know he's a moron, but I guess I refuse to stop reacting at how pitiful our nation's leader is because that implies I'm used to it and it's okay. Which it's not and I don't want to get used to it.

Last night's adventures involved converting six months of change at the grocery story and going to Best Buy to buy Buffy DVDs. Then coming home and watching the first two episodes even though the DVD was fcked up and the image kept jumping and hurting my eyes. But when you need a fix, you take what you can get.

Um, I only have two and a half weeks left at my job. How did that happen?

Comments

mood icons..

[nineinchlovely.livejournal.com]

yes you may not be sad, but is your discontent plural?

Re: mood icons..

[raybear.livejournal.com]

only in my book titles.

[gloeden.livejournal.com]

"Hot over-sexed naughty nuns in schoolgirl dorm bondage trap and its discontents a go-go"
I expect a royalty payment.

[limenal.livejournal.com]

Abu Ghraib and its Discontents. Perhaps too bland.

Amy has a new titling format that works really well, exemplified by a recent paper she wrote tentatively titled: "Gay Republicans: What Up With That?" You have to say it in a faux-incredulous voice and make an exaggerated palms-up "what up with that" gesture at the same time. Other papers our friends have written that could be titled the same way included "Meigs Field: What Up With That?" and, my favorite, "Fire: What Up With That?"

Anyway, I went and read the Reuters piece and I can only conclude that perhaps he has some sort of actual cognitive or speech problem that would normally be treated or worked around, but he couldn't find a job other than President, and they haven't figured out how to accommodate it yet.

[nineinchlovely.livejournal.com]

Melro...

You just got me in trouble. I laughed aloud at this comment and all the cogs in our machine looked at me funny. ;)

I would also like to add that I've come fairly close in my own horrid title-ing. My latest paper is entitled Access Denied!: Transgender People and Healthcare, but a close second.. The Misogynist is Me: Reflections on a Feminist Transition

oh lord.. I should have had an intervention..

[limenal.livejournal.com]

I LOVE "Access Denied!" - the exclamation point is key. "The Misogynist is Me" sounds like the conclusion to some sort of post-modern feminist thriller. But I like it. And I think both of your titles are way better than my "'Homo High': [blah blah blah]" title.

[nineinchlovely.livejournal.com]

"The Misogynist is Me" sounds like the conclusion to some sort of post-modern feminist thriller.

OMG. It totally was too. The conclusion was key.. it was the sort of thing you'd want to say "DUH NUH! The plot thickens!" afterward.
Happy Wednesday,
Ri

P.S. I enjoy you because you make me laugh a lot. Not just normal laughter either...the kind that gets me in trouble in my cubefarm.

It reminds me of my other favorite catch phrase, via Molly Shannon

[thebrownhornet.livejournal.com]

The war in Iraq? Don't get me started. Gas prices are high now? Don't get me stared. And the President mispronouncing the prison. Don't EVEN get me started.

[cruelnails.livejournal.com]

Hey, I finally got a chance to check my mail (after a week) and found a kick-ass cd in there. Thanks!

[raybear.livejournal.com]

I was starting to worry it got lost -- hope you enjoy it!

[cruelnails.livejournal.com]

No, it wasn't lost - I'm just really bad at checking my mail. I'm really enjoying it, thanks again!