'cause i'm in need of some restraint

[hughes]

Jon Stewart has a public service announcement for you, friends list.

'Nuff said.

Going first thing in the morning with my parents to cast our ballots. I've got this weird mix of excitement and anxiety in the pit of my stomach. Jesus, guys, this election season has been crazy. I myself am one of those people guilty of impulsively checking the CNN/NYTimes/LATimes/Electoral-Vote.com sites every hour or so for updates these past few weeks. If Obama wins, I will have some faith in my country for the first time in my adult life. If Prop 8 wins, I will lose all faith in my state. Then again, one of my favorite characters right now is a flying politician with dreams of dictatorship and a libido the size of a jet-liner. Oh, and apparently with the habit to suddenly and inexplicably bible-thump. So what do I know?

Oh, and speaking of which, on Jeph Loeb being fired from Heroes? GOOD RIDDANCE. I'm sorry, but I've got to side with the league of corporate evil on this one; it's not like the network canned him out of nowhere – while he might have been with the show from the start, he and his cohorts had an entire season and a half to make the show not suck and instead they drove it further into the ground. I mean, I saw this man talking about season 2 as if it was full of amazingly great ideas in person. Kinda kills sympathy for a guy. Given a) the ratings drop, b) the plot quality (or lack thereof), c) the out-of-character developments, and d) the fact that I'm apparently not the only one with issues in the big news world (HINT HINT ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY COVER STORY), the decision is pretty goddamn justified. I have no pity and my only concern is that NBC will stupidly bring on people who know even less what they're doing. But hey, at least they'll have an excuse for being completely oblivious about their own show.

Annnnd that's my quota for political/trivial ranting for now. BACK TO MY SPEECH PROJECT. Yes, another one. D: After this, I should hopefully be able to uh FINISH READING APPS.

Comments

[nest.livejournal.com]

LOL Jon Stewart. ♥

I woke up at 6:00 this morning to go vote. \o Just got home. I'm anxious to see how the election turns out, too, although I admit I'll be kind of scared no matter who wins. ;;

GO VOTE ERIN!!

[hughes]

LOL yeah, scared here too, mainly because the American people polling high for a dude whose last name is only one letter away from "Osama" is something nicely surprising. HOW SAD IS THAT. HOW SAD IS THAT. Anyway, Obama's apparent optimism is pretty infectious, but uhhhh he is still a politician AND I AM WARY. STILL. BETTER THAN WHAT WE'VE GOTTEN FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS. ...I hope.

I WILL IN ABOUT AN HOUR. WOOOOOOO. GONNA VOTE YES ON PROP 8 BECAUSE HOMOSEXUALITY IS A DIRECT ROAD TO INCEST AMIRITE

[cacodaemonia.livejournal.com]

I want to have that man's babies. Well, not really, but I'd totally hit that. XD

I voted this morning!

[endless-abyss.livejournal.com]

Absentee FTW! I haven't been really interested in any of the polls actually. I think I'm so focused on other things, and really not hopeful for any real improvement in the government apparatus no matter who wins that it all feels really anti-climactic to me.

The only sad thing though is that I don't have an 'I voted' sticker. I love those.

[burningvigor.livejournal.com]

Whoo, we've both voted now! It was really exciting to do it, though having to wait for the results now sucks. Auuugh.

Here is some more news on the firings and who they might get replaced with. I'm sure it's just going to be rumors for a while, but ehh.

[hughes]

The final blow was apparently last week’s Entertainment Weekly cover. Kristin reports that the story was done under the guise of a promotional story for the series and when it turned out to be a giant criticism of the show, the network executives were not at all happy.

LOOOLLLLL BURRRRRN

Also omg helicopter chase I LOVE HOW THESE PEOPLE ACT AS IF THEY'RE HEADING THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SHOW EVER WHEN IN FACT PEOPLE ARE UH NOT WATCHING SO MUCH

[burningvigor.livejournal.com]

YEAH, LOL, THAT'S PRETTY BAD.

... I'm kind of curious about the helicopter chase, though. 8D