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In my free time I enjoy pretending to be a photographer, watching reruns of Bewitched, and finding pictures of my favorite politicians. I'm a history major who adores politics. My favorite color is pink, and it took me years to embrace that. I like telling my business to the internet. I don't know what I want to be when I grow up and time is running out.

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9 February 10
The Grammys have always been stingy toward Lynn, awarding only four when it seems she should have won twice that in the 1960s and ’70s alone. But in 1966, Lynn’s classic “Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’” lost to Jeannie Seely’s “Don’t Touch Me.” Don’t remember that one? Exactly. In 1972, Donna Fargo’s inane “Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.” won instead of Lynn’s blue-collar tribute, “One’s On the Way.” In 1975, Lynn’s groundbreaking “The Pill” lost to Linda Ronstadt’s cover of “I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love with You).” It gets worse. “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” “Fist City,” “You’re Lookin’ At Country” and “You Ain’t Woman Enough (To Take My Man)” weren’t even nominated.

Grammys get it right: Loretta Lynn to get lifetime achievement | The Courier-Journal

I’m reading old newspapers, so obviously this is dated. But seriously Gaga fans, you wanna talk Grammy snubs? Talk to Loretta Lynn.

Posted: 9:39 PM

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Posted: 9:31 PM
Initially, I sensed a feeling of territorialism. They were like, ‘That’s right, he came back to us!’ The paperwork has been floating around in the Pentagon very slowly. Usually people wait six or seven days for their discharge. Meanwhile I’m waiting for months to hear back. It felt good to just put away a lot of the past year. Obviously there were soldiers following everything I was doing, or there were others who didn’t have a clue.

Lt. Dan Choi on being welcomed back by his infantry unit

Dan Choi Back on Drill Duty  | News | Advocate.com

Posted: 8:13 PM
President Barack Obama walks with Vice President Joe Biden along the Colonnade, Feb. 3, 2010. (via The White House)

President Barack Obama walks with Vice President Joe Biden along the Colonnade, Feb. 3, 2010. (via The White House)

Posted: 7:55 PM

You've got to be fucking kidding me.

thedivineash:

The UK game is on ESPNU tonight. WE DO NOT GET THIS CHANNEL. I’ve been looking forward to it all day. WTF!?!? WHY WOULD YOU NOT SHOW THE NUMBER 3/2 TEAM’S GAME ON A REGULAR FUCKING CHANNEL.

Today is ending up being a bad day. A very bad day indeed.

1) If I weren’t so far away you could totally come to my house and watch it. But for real, why is it not on regular ESPN?! Ugh.

2) Radio, lady! Tom Leach will always be there for you!

3) The little birdies on Cats Pause say you can catch it at channelsurfing.net scroll down and you’ll find it listed.

Reblogged: thedivineash

Posted: 7:19 PM

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Posted: 6:05 PM
You Can’t Afford Bad Photography (via preston d.)

You Can’t Afford Bad Photography (via preston d.)

Posted: 4:38 PM
Listen up; if I ever get my life together enough to reproduce other life forms, they will not be joining Taylor Nation – they will be brave, creative, inventive, envelope-pushing little monsters who will find a pretty, skinny white blonde girl in a white peasant shirt strolling through nature-themed screensaver-esque fantasylands singing about how “when you’re fifteen and somebody tells you they love you, you’re gonna believe them” not only sappy, but also insulting to their inevitable brilliance.

Why Taylor Swift Offends Little Monsters, Feminists, and Weirdos

This article is pretty much the funniest thing I’ve ever read, not because of its critique of T-Swifty (others have torn down that part better than I could attempt), but because of this paragraph. I love smug parents who aren’t even parents yet.

Posted: 4:13 PM

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Posted: 3:41 PM
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