Is he Hal Jordan or Kyle Rayner? Kyle Rayner I can get, but Hal Jordan? No.

He's Hal, but I think it's inescapable that they'll inject comedy into a superhero movie, unless they want to be explicitly Dark Knight. Call it the Iron Man heritage. And GL ain't no Dark Knight. The learning to have no fear angle (as opposed to innately having no fear), I'm good with.

It doesn't look like it's a comedy, which is okay with me.

Also I think there are a good number of people who believe that family planning and abortion are pretty much the same thing.

It's a control thing. But people hate that so they pull a Helen Lovejoy instead.

I think it's more about keeping women from having sexual and reproductive freedom and, by extension, returning to "traditional" roles.

Yes, it's misogynist to the extreme.

Whoa. I just lost the past 18 hours to a norovirus. My immune system must be totally shot because of all the stress I'm under. That was seriously unpleasant. My new onerous tasks:

1) Disinfect whole house for dogsitters
2) Disinfect self before I leave town, so that I don't give this to anyone in Portland (in a definite non-Lara Flynn Boyle capacity)
3) Convince self that I have not, in fact, moved to a higher plane where the consumption of food is now unnecessary.

LA-istas! I got all of your lovely email responses to my email, and I'll answer them soon. I've just been too sick to open the laptop until just now. A plan will be made, yay.

Also I think there are a good number of people who believe that family planning and abortion are pretty much the same thing.

Not New York State, thank goodness -- but the chain of clinics I worked for had to sign a thing saying they weren't even talking about abortion, in order to get the state family planning money.

Also I think there are a good number of people who believe that family planning and abortion are pretty much the same thing.

Because if you are dirty enough to have sex, you should be forced to PAY for it.

The fact that often it's the infants that pay for it doesn't appear to be a factor in their calculations, IMO.

but the chain of clinics I worked for had to sign a thing saying they weren't even talking about abortion, in order to get the state family planning money

These clinics have the same rule! They can't even say the word! And yet, crazy people with signs out front.

And because it deserves its own post:

Much ~ma to Andi
~Ma to erika's mom
Kate, you are much on my mind today. Hope everything goes well!
Hayden, I said this on the book of Face, but I'll be keeping an ear out for you. I still can't believe that we haven't gotten together since you've been back in NC. Must be rectified!
Happy Anniversary, PixDesigns! Woo! See you soon!

Good heavens, amyth! I'm sorry. I'm home right now--do you need anything? I have an unopened jug of orange juice that I could bring right over. TP? Bread?