life is short

pearwaldorf:  [Pierre Trudeau's] son is way hotter though

criacow: truth

although when he was younger he was pretty ok too

pearwaldorf: certainly not bad

Oh god. I had the giantest metaphorical boner killer ever. Justin Trudeau's hair is almost exactly like [Cody's old boss's]. AUGH.

criacow: lawwwl

WELL OKAY

pearwaldorf: FML

We are so fucking deep.

pearwaldorf: God. Srsly. We go through this with every companion. I am very much in favor of the stupid Doctor Who fen dying in fires
cow Have you considered taking matters into your own hands and being productive
pearwaldorf: If I knew where they lived, hell yeah
cow Because that's an awful lot of fire and you only have a few years until a new companion shows up

No I do not actually condone setting fire to stupid people but it's certainly nice to think about sometimes.

cow: i am making fun of mudede with perl, one sec

Probably funny only if you hate Charles Mudede as much as anybody who reads the Stranger/Slog, but I do, so.

Context: I have been coding open-ended responses for a Big-Ass Library Survey. It has been interesting seeing what people have to say, and I have been touched by many people's testimonials about how important libraries and specifically library-provided Internet and computing have been for them. I have also been absolutely appalled at some of the less... enlightened responses I have read, of which the one below is an example:

pearwaldorf: Wat too many people playing games and looking up porn, if filters are not turned on. Library computers are great for e-mail and job search, but I feel My space and Face Book are a waste of time. I've used both at a public library and now I feel like if that's all your going to the library for, you should have your own home computer. There's a real problem in most library form people only coming in to play games and use My space.
pearwaldorf: Check your privilege or I punch you in the dick, asshole.
cow: have you ever been to boston's main library?
pearwaldorf: No
cow: the whole outside is done in roman stylings
cow: similar to those found on basilicas and monuments in ancient Rome, in the entablature on each of the main building's three façades. On the south is inscribed: "MDCCCLII • FOUNDED THROUGH THE MUNIFICENCE AND PUBLIC SPIRIT OF CITIZENS"; on the east: "THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON • BUILT BY THE PEOPLE AND DEDICATED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING • A.D. MDCCCLXXXVIII"; and on the north: "THE COMMONWEALTH REQUIRES THE EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE AS THE SAFEGUARD OF ORDER AND LIBERTY".
The last quotation has been attributed to the library's Board of Trustees. Another inscription, above the keystone of the central entrance, proclaims: "FREE TO ALL".
cow: the last of them is the one i saw first (going in through the central entrance)
cow: just this giant roman entranceway with "FREE TO ALL" above it
cow: i was like <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
cow: and the rest of them are so awesome too
cow: "THE COMMONWEALTH REQUIRES THE EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE AS THE SAFEGUARD OF ORDER AND LIBERTY".
cow: we can put that above the door and then, below it
cow: CHECK YOUR PRIVILEGE OR I PUNCH YOU IN THE DICK, ASSHOLE
cow: it'll be great.
pearwaldorf: I endorse this

See also: kyriarchy; it's not necessarily a gendered term but I find dickpunching more amusing than I should

Yeah. It's been that kind of week.

I had a horridly emo post I was going to put up this morning (I blame listening to Keane in an emotionally vulnerable state) but I'm glad I didn't.

( B5 blithering, spoilers )

pearwaldorf: Dang. I miss Babylon 5 now. That was such a good show. Even if the last bit of season 5 was totally wat.
cow: Oh man.
I want to watch it again
Also I want to watch large portions of DS9 again
Garak and G'Kar can both come hang out with me any time
I could totally be Bashir for Garak --
okay that came out wrong
pearwaldorf: I don't think so. :D
cow: IN A LUNCH WAY, NOT A FANFIC WAY
or, y'know, maybe both