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I am not an American citizen. I am not able to vote for your presidents, or donate to your candidates' campaigns, but I am glad that at least somehow, I am able to witness a turning point in your history, because somehow, I hope, this is a turning point in all of our history.

Grant Park was amazing, and insane, and kind of murderous-- I went with a friend and we arrived at 6pm, working our way through masses of people (Did you see my hand waving on CNN, flist?) until we finally saw the metal detectors that meant we were nearly there, and when we broke into open space we found-- yes, even more people.

We watched CNN while we waited for Barack Obama to appear, and I am sure the rest of the world was tuned in as well, but the vibe in Grant Park was electric. Every time a state was called in favour of Obama everyone cheered and broke into spontaneous chanting.

They called Pennsylvania first, far too early in the race, enough to cause drama, so I've heard. McCain was winning in Texas, but surprisingly, not by much. CNN was turning Star Wars on us, and we waited with bated breath. Wolf Blitzer was excited about calling one state, but we knew it was Ohio. Then NPR called Virginia, just a few minutes before precincts were scheduled to close in the West Coast.

At 10:00:01, CNN called the election, and Grant Park went wild. They quieted to hear McCain speak, booed when he mentioned Palin, but when Obama came onstage and addressed everyone-- well, that was the high point of the night. And man, that speech will be written about, studied, remembered, in the years to come.

So yes, America, you can. Yes, in fact, you did.

And yes, I was there.

That Lust Meme: The Rules of the Game

1) List 5 3 celebrities you would consider having sex with without even asking questions.
2) Put all of them IN ORDER of your lust for them [5 3 - 1, 1 is the hottest].
3) Say which movie/show/thing it was that hooked you.
4) Supply photos for said people.
5) Tag five people to do the same. (Tagging

ccharlotte, though I have it on good authority we basically have the same top three list, though in varying order :|,

miss_charmed,

boho,

thethirdbar, and

ant_power)

What, I only have three? Tragically, yes. While there is a neverending supply of pretty people in the world, if any of them ever came my way and tried to hit on me or get me in bed, I might-- there are only three people I'd actually do, without feeling any sort of guilt or inferiority or whatever else whatsoever.

Here's a list of the pretty people I'd love to look at but NOT do, necessarily:

10. Chace Crawford - Gossip Girl Gossip Girl Gossip Girl
9. Ed Westwick - Gossip Girl Gossip Girl Gossip Girl
8. Noel Fielding - Big Fat Quiz of the Year--he's just too adorable for words. That, and if Jimmy Carr is to be believed, sleeping with him will likely get me STD. :| (Russell Brand, more likely.)
7. Russell Brand - BFQotY. What? He's conventionally attractive.
6. Neil Patrick Harris - First there was How I Met Your Mother, and then there's Dr Horrible's Singalong Blog-- I can't help it, this guy is cute. Perhaps not in the oh-em-gee-I-wanna-sleep-with-you way, but I totes want to be friends with Barney. He's awesome and legen--wait for it--dary.
5. David Tennant - so so so cute, but you just don't sleep with the Doctor.
4. Natalie Dormer - The Tudors--man, I cannot stop staring at this woman every time I watch an episode of The Tudors. She is just so so so gorgeous and pretty and delicate and gah, so so so flawless. But out of pure reverence I can just, like, never touch her, so, you know. She stays here. Outside the cut. :|

( And my top three, those who I would ACTUALLY sleep with )

Current Music: lollapalooza

I have moved from my dorm to an apartment! \o/ And because I'm a cheapskate, I moved everything myself (nearly everything-- my roommate helped lug an extra luggage bag for one trip, and I took a cab to move my desk and my mini-fridge) so I've been moving since May 10.

Well, not really. I moved stuff around for a few days, and today I got the last of my stuff from the dorm and now I can rightly say that I have ~officially~ moved.

And my apartment is made of so much ~WIN~!

Exhibit A. The View

( I am such a dork, I know; click if you want to humour me )

I would show you my kitchen but that's even more boring than this. :| But yes. Suffice to say, I am very very pleased.

Line (

ccharlotte) and I saw Kate Nash in concert.

( yeah you make me merry make me very very happy )
And if you've never heard of Kate Nash...

( Here are some of her songs )

You must also see this:

CUTEST song ever, y/y?

Clearly, I should never be given whipped cream for dinner. Or autumn brings out the craΩ--OH MY GOD I JUST MADE AN OHM. *IS AWESOME*--zy in me. :|

Anyway, today I seriously feared for my life, when an UNKNOWN BOX from an UNKNOWN ADDRESS was delivered to ME.

Dell? I did not order anything from Dell. I have a Mac! Who could this box be FROM?
Dun dun dun DUN.

I tell Line and Hetty that if someone hated me, and planted a bomb to send to me, to be activated as soon as I opened the box, then they'd know what happened.

Strange, though. No BOOM. And plenty of.. newspaper? Someone sent me NEWSPAPER.

Oh, no, wait. Not newspaper after all!

Could it be? Why, yes, it could! It's shamelessly obnoxious 90s memorabilia!

~~(In other news, Ticca, it's arrived!)~~

I tried it out...

Insta-motel!

Oh my god I want it now. :| Ticca. This is awesome. (Also, email me for more details re: shipping to you. :P)

So back at the beginning of May, I, along with a few friends from high school, went on a short overnight trip to a place called Villa Escudero.

( And it was totally amazing. )

Oh, and before I forget?

PeteWentz!Peter for the freakin' win!

PS. The vid is for Line, mostly, because she still won't watch Spiderman 3. :( (Love you still, though, really. :| :D)