Misc. Sunday

[heidi]

1. Remember when the Daily Show featured this list?
(no, I don't remember who icon-ized it - if someone does please let me know so I can credit)
Hopefully we'll make it the next 70ish days sans Voldemort, Osama/Jenna or Rodents of Unusual Size.

2. Discussion on DailyKos today as to whether President-Elect Obama should avoid the public for the next few months or more because of the whackos out there - makes me wish for a human-sized, bulletproof hamster ball like this:


3. Went to a wedding last night at the former Versace place on South Beach. Lovely space, terrible air conditioning. It was cooler outside than it was in the inside courtyard-ish space, which made for a slightly uncomfortable cocktail hour.

4. Disney fans, did you see their new promotion? Buy a four night package, get three nights free, from January 4 through the end of June (except for the first week of April). It works in any Disney-owned hotel and includes your hotel stay and park pass (but not your dining). Could be very nifty!

5. Gacked from emmagrant01: Saturday November 15, at 10:30am PST, a massive nationwide simultaneous protest of anti-marriage amendments! To find the meeting point near you, go ">HERE. Pass it on! (I won't be at the Miami one because I'm having a procedure thing on Wednesday and won't be up to walking about on Saturday (no worries, totally elective!) but I will be there in spirit (and am donating a slew of water bottles to the Miami group).

6. Six believes in Barack Obama

7. yuletide! Only a few hours left to sign up! At least two fandoms I've requested have over two dozen offers, and only ME signed up as a recipient - I hope that bodes well for me! And I am slightly surprised that the 21st Century Politics RPF hasn't had more of a boom in the last week. Maybe it'll surge next year.

8. If you're registered for azkatraz, you can now add the Comic Con Bus Trip to your registration (and if you haven't registered yet, don't wait much longer! We're close to the max number of IMAX tickets for HBP's first showing!). The bus trip costs $200, and it includes transportation from the Parc 55 Hotel to the San Diego Convention Center - and along the way, there's breakfast, lunch and a VIP Tour of WB Studios in Los Angeles. More info is on the Azkatraz website.

Comments

[gail-b.livejournal.com]

Kennedy... Martin Luther King... yeah.

It would suck royally, if something happened to him.

My pessimism foresees riots.

[shakespearechic.livejournal.com]

I try to remain positive by taking into account all the 'advancements' the Secret Service has made since then and how they have learned from the past attempts. I mean, at least candidates started getting SS protection after RFK's assassination...

[gail-b.livejournal.com]

Unless, you're a conspiracy theorist, who believes that JFK was assassinated by a plot of the American government.

I know... I hate myself.

[shakespearechic.livejournal.com]

Heh, I'm in Dallas. I'm used to the conspiracy theories!

[gail-b.livejournal.com]

Just saying - http://www.alternet.org/blogs/election08/106277/

[shakespearechic.livejournal.com]

Ugh. I mean, yeah, I don't deny that there is some serious crazy and threats out there but I am just crossing my fingers that 'they' do seem to be aware of it and taking precautions. (How sad is it that Barack had to give his acceptance speech behind bullet proof glass but McCain could concede out in the open!)

[gail-b.livejournal.com]

Well, at his concession speech, McCain didn't really matter any more, did he?

And maybe somebody hoped he would be shot?

[shakespearechic.livejournal.com]

Heh, yeah, no one cares about the loser. But it's just sad since SO MANY PEOPLE were SO HAPPY Obama won - I frickin' hate that 0.000001% of crazy that wants to mess everything up.

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

And the lightweight bulletproof long underwear.