sundries

- Cat! Stop eating things (buffalo sauce!) out of the trash, and then having digestive issues that make me think you are really sick. Because I suspect you're not, and you're just an idiot, but this is both annoying and stressful. Your sister doesn't do these things; why do you do these things?

- For those newer to these parts, I must take this moment to mention the motto of the House of Iona (location of Baz Luhrmann's creative team): Communication, Accomodation, Transportation and Hair. If something is going to go hideously wrong, it's going to be one of those four things. This particular quasi-truism pleases me more than I know how to convey.

Natasha Richardson

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090319/ap_on_en_mo/obit_natasha_richardson_4

So fucking sad. And what a lame cliche to say, but it really is. And, truth be told, hitting me strangely because of a past bit of fandom involvement.

But ugh. Just, awful awful.

baby steps, but thunderous baby steps

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2009/03/obama-decrimina.html

The Obama administration said today it will sign on to a United Nations declaration calling for the decriminalization of homosexuality around the world.

There's some wibbly wobbly bullshit as you read further down, but at least we're up to the wibbly wobbly bullshit with this administration.