(Source: twitter.com, via headlinesandphotographs)
Anti-Censorship Win of the Day: In a major victory for the Internet, and major blow to its would-be censors, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), co-sponsor of SOPA’s sister bill PIPA, has officially withdrawn his support for the legislation.
“I have been a co-sponsor of the PROTECT IP Act because I believe it’s important to protect American ingenuity, ideas and jobs from being stolen through Internet piracy, much of it occurring overseas through rogue websites in China,” the Senator wrote in a post on his Facebook page. “However, we must do this while simultaneously promoting an open, dynamic Internet environment that is ripe for innovation and promotes new technologies.”
In addition to withdrawing his support of “concerns about the impact the bill could have on access to the Internet,” Sen. Rubio also urges Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid “to abandon his plan to rush the bill to the floor.”
PIPA is currently slated to be voted on next Tuesday, January 24th.
[facebook / @marcorubio.]
Johnny has been trying to sleep on my poor excuse of a small shoulder all night. His colossal body weight has resulted in the rupturing of several of my internal organs and his slurred mutterings have done to the same to my poor impressionable brain. As of now, he is trying to demonstrate some sort of mastery of rhythm by tapping some ridiculous song on my shoulder.
It seems that Johnny will still remain the same cock-mouthed ass-taker in 2012. Peace guys.
cxu
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A common misconception that I’ve heard about long distance relationships is that the participants are settling—that for whatever reason, they can’t find someone to be together with in their own area, and so they settle for someone who lives not quite as close.
It’s my opinion that we’re doing the exact opposite—not settling, but rather reaching. Reaching for the person that you want to be with so badly, that you’d devote hours of your time to them, despite little to no physical contact. Reaching for the hope that someday you can be together and show to the world that it was worth the effort.
Who the hell thinks anyone in a long distance relationship is settling?
A long distance relationship—well, at least mine—is many times more work than being with someone in person. The amount of effort that I put into making sure my relationship with Joy stays healthy despite being 400 miles away is so much more than I would ever have to when we lived only a 5 minute drive from each other… I would never put that much work into any relationship where I was just “settling.” Fuck settling. Settling is for those who don’t have the courage to take risks, to give up what they have in the hope of finding something better. That’s not the kind of person who’s in a long distance relationship. People in long distance relationships have plenty of courage, to trust the other to be faithful despite the distance, to stay committed through everything, to make sacrifices for something that they believe in. Because I know I can’t find something better, and that’s why I’m making it work long distance.
(via mattywang)
Been a while since I last posted one of these..