Forbidden Forum ver 2.0!

The Forbidden Forum now includes chat!

Okay, not really. But thanks to regular forumite (not to mention super-friend of this site!), Dogmeat, we're trying a new thing called "Gabbly chat" out. It basically integrates chat into our forum. It seems to work pretty good so far, so give it a try! If it continues to work so well I'll replace the old forum link with a new "Forum / Chat" link, or something. Maybe just add the chat one... we'll see!

Anyway, I'll see you in chat! (Oh, and as one early Forumite 2.0 pointed out, you can't register your chat handle *but* you can double-check whether the person named is really on, just by looking toward the bottom of the forum's main page... in other words, if someone calling themselves "Shannon" is in the chat but there's no "Shannon" online in the forum, it cat't really be me!!!)

-shannon-

We Are the Champions!

No time, for losers, because we are the champions... of the world!

I couldn't be happier. I really could not. This is just too much!

-shannon-
~overwhelmed~

Could it be?

Speaker Pelosi? Dare I dream??

If you haven't voted yet it might not be too late!! Check out this link to see a map of the USA and when the polls in your state close (all times Eastern).

More and more and more "irregularities" today... I'm getting very frightened, guys!!

According to the AP: "In Arizona, three men, one of them armed, stopped Hispanic voters and questioned them outside a Tucson polling place, according to voting monitors for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, which photographed the incidents and reported them to the FBI.

"In Maryland, sample ballots misidentifying the party affiliations of Republican Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich and Senate candidate Michael Steel were handed out by people bused in from out of state, The Washington Post reported on its Web site.

"In Virginia, election officials contacted the FBI over complaints of voter intimidation. Jean Jensen, secretary of the Board of Elections, said her office received reports of phone calls apparently encouraging voters to stay home on Election Day. Other calls directed voters to the wrong polling place."

Argh... btw, I don't believe the hype about the exit polls, either. I think it's another GOP tactic-- get Dems to feel over-confident so that they stay away from the polls. So please, ppl, if anyone is reading this who cares about this country and hasn't voted GO VOTE!!!

...oh, I meant NOW! RIGHT NOW, GO GO GO!!!

-shannon-
~terrified~

It Begins!

Well I just voted!!! Had to drive all over town to find the right place (I forgot I was registered under an old address) but I did it. Whew!

I am nervous now, though... the place I went wasn't busy at *all*, plus the majority of the cars in the lot that were there had Republican bumper sticks. Plus, the news just keeps piling in about voting problems around the country (maybe Rove's November surprise?). One woman in line in front of me was being told she wasn't registered and she was PISSED, too... when I left she was on hold on her cell phone with some "right-to-vote" place, and she told me that this happened to her in '04, too (yep, she's a Dem). Has me scared... arghh!!!

Anyway... make sure you vote today!! Unless you plan on voting for the Republicans in which case, why not stay home and relax? :) More later, bye!

-shannon-

Mass Suicide

I'm going to be live-blogging the election today. What I mean by that is that I'm going to update this site a few times today, but only to talk about the election! If you don't care about such things, I'm sorry!!!

Anyway, if the Dems don't take the House there's going to be mass suicide, according to a leading Washington political analyst. I couldn't agree more. I'm so nervous that I've barely slept and I'm up at 6:45am blogging about politics on my porn site!!! Argh.

Join the discussion here. I've reposted my latest comment on the issue below!

I believe strongly that this election is extremely important yet I'm cynical about whether or not it will matter. I have a bad feeling that the Dems won't be able to do much more than gain seats in both chambers. My heart is hoping that they at least take the House but my mind is saying, "Slow down, there! Do you really think that Rove and Co. would give up power so easily?! Over something so frivolous as an election?!? Hah, naive girl!"

I mean, we'll see! I'll be live-blogging the election tomorrow night (though I'll be inbetween my bedroom where the computer is and the living room where the TV and The Daily Show is!!)...

-shannon-
~pray for country~

Scary!

I was just reading through the comments to my last post before my hiatus (again, sorry!) and I have to say that this one (the sixth one down by "The Big Red One") is far and away the scariest. What I find so scary is realizing that, had I read that description of Muslim men back then, I would have probably stayed with Ali. I know that's bad.

For the record, though, Ali and I broke up shortly after I made that post. Everyone who predicted that please raise your hand.

I'm Back!

Well, I've been back for a few weeks now so I'm sorry it's taken so long for me to update the actual website. Mostly I've just been hanging out reading and posting on the forum and working on my newest story, "American Pothead". Life is pretty hum-drum right now but that's a good thing-- I'm working two jobs, smoking a lot of weed, and dating two really cute guys (nothing exclusive just the occasional date and fuck...!). I've also been spending more time with my older, bestest friends (who I had been neglecting for way too long) and a member of my family (omg!!), my cousin Kim. It's kind of cool getting to be a "cool older sister" with her and it's refreshing to hang out with people outside of my tiny, messed up little world, too. I guess what I'm trying to say is that it's nice hanging out with people again who I don't meet at the strip club!

I'm getting high as I'm typing this and I have a feeling I'm going to start rambling a lot if I don't stop soon! So, until later, here's a little gift (and no, that's not me or anyone I know, it's just a little movie that I like). Later!