Music: Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
Mood: Sinus-y
"Democracy demands that the religiously-motivated translate their concerns into universal rather than religion-specific values. What do I mean by this? It means that their proposals must be subject to argument, and amenable to reason. Now I may be opposed to abortion for religious reasons, to take one example, but if I seek to pass a law banning the practice, I can't simply point to the teachings of my church or evoke God's will. I have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths, including those with no faith at all. Now this is going to be difficult for some who believe in the inerrancy of the Bible, as many evangelicals do; but in a pluralistic society we have no choice - politics depends on our ability to persuade each other of commonalities based on a common reality. It involves compromise... The best we can do is act in accordance with those things that we all see, and we all hear."
-Barack Obama
Mood: Sinus-y
"Democracy demands that the religiously-motivated translate their concerns into universal rather than religion-specific values. What do I mean by this? It means that their proposals must be subject to argument, and amenable to reason. Now I may be opposed to abortion for religious reasons, to take one example, but if I seek to pass a law banning the practice, I can't simply point to the teachings of my church or evoke God's will. I have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths, including those with no faith at all. Now this is going to be difficult for some who believe in the inerrancy of the Bible, as many evangelicals do; but in a pluralistic society we have no choice - politics depends on our ability to persuade each other of commonalities based on a common reality. It involves compromise... The best we can do is act in accordance with those things that we all see, and we all hear."
-Barack Obama
Music: Kanye West - Everything I Am
Mood: Reflective
Mood: Reflective
If you sneeze twice in succession around my parents, you'll be interrogated and ultimately diagnosed with either SARS or some strain of the African Flu.
There is an increasingly disturbing amount of underage cleavage roaming the streets of Calabasas. Be warned.
Fanboys should under no circumstance be allowed to vote on IMDB and fuck with the gentle equilibrium that once was Shawshank Redemption and The Godfather.
For the record, Shawshank might be the most overrated movie in the history of movie-dom. There was nothing monumental or spectacular about it- everything was average at best. But people are so afraid to go against the grain and say anything negative about.
I sort of wish John Mayer would shut the fuck up.
Los Angeles needs a subway. I'm frustrated with driving. Even if the commute time is equivalent, I'd much prefer standing next to sweaty people in a tram-car then enjoy the air-conditioned bliss of my vehicle. Fuck.
CNN needs to step their journalism game up. They're slacking.
I literally just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico.
Team USA is going to destroy the competition in Beijing this year. Book it.
Brunettes with long legs make me yearn for afternoons in Boston once more.
Who gives a fuck about an Oxford Comma?
