Via a posting on my Friendster bulletin board:
As Clark went to greet the next veteran, I held my arm out in front of him and said, "It's great to see an OutKast fan running for President." I had no idea how he would respond. This Veterans Day event couldn't have been more removed from anything remotely linked to MTV or the rap world. But, the General immediately lightened up and grabbed my hand while laughing. Suddenly Clark an were completely surrounded by reporters and he whispered into my ear, "You gotta shake it like a Polaroid picture," quoting lyrics from OutKast's recent hit song, "Hey Ya!" My question had been answered. Not until hours later did it occur to me that a top Presidential Candidate, West Point Valedictorian, Oxford Rhodes Scholar, NATO Supreme Commander, Kosovo Operation Allied Force leader, and United States General had actually whispered rap lyrics into my ear.
I can't really see how convincing that would be on me, but funny episode nonetheless.
Kitty Power is a PHST link free zone, only because my net connection is too slow to download porn. But, that'll be changing real soon! Hooray for cable net! On the other hand, there's a long wonderful post on sex, porn, violence, and society on Feministe. And I'm a bit torn over the article and miniblog dispatch about financial aid money support given to private colleges and universities by the government. As a person who went to a school with upwards of $37K a year in tuition and now carrying the burden of $40K in loan debt (to be paid back in pounds of my flesh for the next 10+ years), I can't think of many instances where a person just as broke as my family who went to a school I had the opportunity to go to for free back in the day because I was in their magnet high school should be getting as much aid as me because I was "paying" over ten times as much. But, I'm going to think on a real response/position on the issue because I think that alone makes me sound clueless and elitist, neither of which I am.
And to end on a lighter note, nuggets of truth from Choire a.k.a. The Master of The Universe over at The Black Table:
One cannot assume a correlation between you giving up your sweet punani and your relationships ending. There are a million other possibilities. Like, what if you're just totally stanky?Listen. Why don't you get a grip and take charge of your life? Why don't YOU fuck who you want to fuck when you want to fuck them? I can guarantee you that self-assurance and confidence is a lot sexier -- not to mention more fulfilling for you -- than whatever the hell this I'm-a-confused-girl bullshit routine you're working is.
