WoW
Here are some reasons why WoW is better than real life.
- The ignore function. I can not stress this one enough. The ability to ignore an annoying person is a gift from the gods. I try to do this in real life but it’s never as good as when I do it in WoW. I’ve ignored some family members for years. Stupid people on a message board who acted like fools? Cut off. Done. The first freaking day they got really stupid (they’d been only averagely stupid up until that point) I was done with them and the board. My cat? She scratched me so I no longer speak to her.
- I can fly. Not like Superman or anything but on the back of a creature. When I do this, I am able to avoid most of the crap going on down on the surface. I would use this in real life to avoid traffic, obviously, but also to drop small homemade bombs on people help create world peace.
- Nope, not me.
- I have a cape. ‘Nuff said.
- One of my main characters has hooves, horns, and a tail. Again, ’nuff said.
- I am able to carry a large, deadly weapon around and hit pretty much any living thing I want with it. Of course, in real life I could do no such thing—at least not when anyone was looking.
- Hubby and I argue over how to play the game. He likes to mine for ore while I’m all about the quests. While these arguments may end in knife fights, they are way more interesting than RL fights, which are usually about the apartment, money, or other grown-up stuff that sucks.
- You can log out to get away from it. Now, I’m pretty sure you can’t do that in RL because something bad will happen.
- I have a horsie!
- Not me.
You know what’s funny, in a sad sort of way? Assholes who get upset because they’re called trolls. On feminist blogs, these are the guys who get so upset about being called a name and having what they say dismissed and cut off—which is what many women have to deal with every day. But when it happens to a man, it’s a national crisis. So they counterattack with “They call anyone who disagrees with them a troll! I just want an honest debate!”
Bullshit. Every place in the world and on the Internet is not a place for you to take over a discussion, talk down to people, or steer a conversation. You’re called a troll because you’re an asshole who isn’t giving women respect. Some women are a little touchy about that, considering the sexist world we live in. Being told that you should shut-up, listen, and possibly reflect upon your own actions is not a reason to cut yourself while you cry in a corner. Such entitlement! You must be heard! You must be able to take over someone else’s blog or message board! Your great ideas must be heard, for you are The Mighty Bearer of the Penis of Knowledge! 
When will I quit clicking on links that only lead to Teh Stupid?
Oh.
She’s one of those “feminists”. You know, the kind that throw other women under the bus. The kind that lectures other women on how they shouldn’t feel bad about sexism and all they need to do is work harder—prove to men that they’re good enough to be allowed an important job. Don’t point out the sexism because that may hurt men’s feelings. Poor guys.
What a coincidence that I just read The Handmaid’s Tale . . .
Really? That’s Who You’re Going With?
McCain picked Sarah Palin as his running mate. Yeah.
OK, doesn’t this undermine any complaint of inexperience against Obama? Hasn’t McCain shot himself in the foot here? Because at McCain’s age and with his history of health problems, isn’t there a higher chance here that Palin may end up being president than Biden will be?
Plus, this is pandering at its worst. I don’t know if McCain thinks women are stupid and that we’ll overlook her anti-choice stance or if he thinks women are interchangeable so now that Clinton is out of the race, he can just throw another woman at us and we’ll shut up and vote for him. Because, of course, women are all part of the hive mind.
I’m glad Palin decided to keep her special needs child. My mother went through the same thing with my brother (the doctor’s warning and wanting to test for Down’s), though my brother was born without special needs. I’m glad they both had the choice to decide the issue for themselves. Now I wish Palin would give every woman in the US the chance to decide for herself.
So, no, I’m not impressed with McCain’s choice. Of course, I wouldn’t have been anyway. But here’s an idea: rip her apart on her positions. Don’t start with the misogyny crap. I heard people on the radio this morning wondering how she was going to care for her special needs child while running for VP. I don’t know. Probably about as well as a man who runs for VP and has a special needs child? Oh no. Wait. I forgot that we live in a sexist society in which the woman is still suppose to do most of the child care, even though she works outside of the home. Silly me.
Also:
I’ve Got To Go To the Bookstore!
Because I must have this book! I simply have got to have it!
“I want to express my anger and frustration as a man with the women I feel are miseducated, misinformed, and ill-prepared about their responsibilities in getting and maintaining a relationship with a man of quality,” he writes in the introduction.
Oh, teach me, wise man! You have the Penis of Knowledge!
Your responsibilities include cooking, staying skinny, wearing sexy things around the house and doing whatever your man tells you to do (because, Moore writes, “Here’s a little secret, ladies: men never really ask for anything. They command. . . . And believe me, what you won’t do, ten broads around the corner will.”)
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He’s heavyset, 33 years old and still baby-faced, dressed in a crisp white button-down shirt with some gold embroidery on the chest, and jeans. He’s well groomed, his longish hair in twists and pulled into a half-ponytail.
Wait. What?! The Penis of Knowledge can not be a hypocrite! My world has shattered! I don’t know what to think! T-The Penis of Knowledge is owned by a Nice Guy! 
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A 14-year-old girl notices the display and pulls on her mother’s hand; a few minutes later, she is bounding out of the store, clutching a copy of the book. “When you finish reading that, I want to read it next,” her mother says to her as they walk away.
*passes out*
ETA: This reads like a caricature of what a man wants. This is the book Al Bundy would write.
On the myth of strong women: “Please. That’s what you tell yourself to help your self-esteem and justify the fact that you’re alone. You’re alone because you’ve forgotten the fact that you’re a woman.”
Random Stuff
I recently read The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. Now my mission in life is to read everything else she’s ever written—including her grocery list from last week.
The second season of Dexter is out on DVD and Hubby and I are, yet again, hooked on this weird show. I heart Doakes. This video may be NSFW.
I want Chris Matthews, Keith Olberman, and pretty much everyone else on MSNBC (except for Rachel Maddow) to go away. Also everyone who works for Fox News. And CNN. You all are horrible. There are so many things wrong with so much that you do that I can’t even begin to catalog them all. Go away.
Diptych of Maarten van Nieuwenhove
He looks like a drummer in an 80s hair band. It’s nice to know that people have always had stupid looks on their faces, even if they aren’t captured on film but painted on canvas.
Still looks like a Sith.
Get Out of My Head, Chris Matthews!
We were watching MSNBC’s coverage of the Democratic Convention and I made the remark that Chris Matthews looked really red. I might have said something about his head looking like a tomato wearing a wig. But Chris Matthews got his revenge.
Last night, I had a dream in which Chris Matthews
was my WoW character.
and that he killed people with a machine gun.
This is where I apologize to Chris Matthews and ask him to please stay out of my dreams.
Here Ya Go
I just want to share this post with you all. Someone close to me just finished her last chemo treatment for ovarian cancer. What makes it so scary is that it’s harder to detect than other female reproductive cancers and therefore more deadly. So read up on it and educate yourselves.
Also, don’t do like I have and think every little pain you have is a symptom of ovarian cancer. Yesterday I had an ingrown toenail that I was positive was a result of early stage ovarian cancer. But do be aware of your body: the woman in my life who had it only noticed it because of a change in her menstrual cycle and because of fatigue.
You Know What?
Fuck you. That’s right. Fuck you, President Bush. Fuck your administration. Fuck the religious right. Fuck misogynists. Fuck every one of you assholes who think a woman shouldn’t be able to have final say about her body—about her fucking health care.
And no, there’s no long, detailed point-by-point argument in this post—it’s full of cursing because I’m pissed and there are too many of you stupid assholes out there for me to work up an argument today. So this post is for people with brains and heart who will click on these links, get upset, and do something about it.
Thanks to LC for the links—notice that I just threw every link you had in there! 
