The Doorway: a panfandom game

Ummmm this may seem weird to you guys. But, my shadow has seem to go missing. If you see it please let me know.

Words cannot express how deeply, deeply apathetic I am to the over-scripted, under-salted, utterly contentless display of battling non sequiturs that is the televised political debate. What anyone thinks there is to be gained from watching people try to shove their prefabricated square-shaped answers into the round spaces of whatever question - on whatever topic! - happens to be posed by the moderator is completely beyond me. The fact that it's considered worthwhile, or, worse, a civic duty, to watch two hours of a bunch of people practicing the art of saying as little as possible is, as usual, a triumph of the advertising arms of the one-armed megacorps that we've allowed to be very nearly the sole providers the "data" (note scare quotes) that nourishes public opinion. These things thrive because they've managed to train up a nation of consumers to swallow a whole lot of nothing and consider themselves satisfied. That they're entrusted with any aspect of the political process aside from providing the fiber optic cable network (which, by the way, ought to be nationalized) over which actual statements could theoretically be transmitted if, you know, anyone ever made any, is a travesty.

When victory is measured in not making yourself look like an idiot, the contest you're fighting isn't worth being in. It certainly isn't worth tuning into.

In more pleasant news, my bid is in to name this little guy Trinitas.

I had a dream last night. It was memories, I think. It's weird, because I saw them on TV and now I feel like I actually lived it. Is that what happens when you watch too much TV?

[filter: PEARL]

Do you know what's going on? With the cluster?

You're the best Pearl

I meant to express just how glad I was to have access to BBC, so that I could see what's been going on back home so easily. But I admit I'm a bit disappointed that the muggle world is still fighting the same stupid battles we were eighteen years ago. Inequality, racism, sexism, homelessness. It's almost as if it's gotten worse, really, or maybe it's just easier to highlight these days. At the very least, it's good that renewable energy in the UK is being argued for. Hopefully they won't muck it up.

Sometimes I can't help wondering what the wizarding world is like now, in 2015. Or would be like, I suppose, if it were 'real'. Goodness knows I've been craving chocolate frogs like mad. Maybe a trip down to Florida is in order. I hear they've got their own version of Diagon Alley.

It's oddly freeing to not be considered canon anymore. That's strange, right? There's so much Star Wars stuff going on right now I'm starting to think of myself as a character more and more. But I was named the most popular Halloween costume in North Carolina, so I've got that going for me.

Good luck on your election, Canada. Perhaps eventually, you'll even expel your monarch.

I am on a hunt for a Halloween Costume.

Though it's really weird looking online, and one of the first costumes you see is one of your own. Mine is a lot better, but it's still weird.

And sexy Gnome? Really?

TEXT TO BUFFY:

-- Curious text time.
-- How was the movie?
-- And the date?

I don't know how I feel about this.

Apologies to my students, I've been putting in extra hours at the office since we're short-handed, so my lesson this week on driving laws and studying for the driving test might end up being more of a classroom-based lesson than me taking you out to get experience.

Otherwise, I'm working on some fun stuff, I swear.

There are far too many adorable baby costumes to choose from.