a good place to work

[mellowtigger]

Working at a non-profit doesn't pay much (especially at part-time hours), but it does have side benefits.  Besides the furry critters, there are also the helpful coworkers.

I got home today and found a package waiting for me.  vulpesferox ("Our Lady of the Coon Rapids Darn") bought that Daria cd for me!  :)  Yay!  Thanks!

I imagine Daria Morgendorffer as a kind of teenage Molly Ivins: a woman too smart for the idiocy of her surroundings, so she resorts to biting cynicism as a coping mechanism.  It'll take a while to watch all 5 seasons, but I'm sure I can muster the stamina to do it.  *laugh*

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[vulpesferox.livejournal.com]

LOL I love the nickname, btw!

I like to send random bits of sunshine into peoples lives, and often cruise my friends wish lists on Amazon. I decided you would be an excellent next victim. ;)

[mellowtigger]

Episode 1: "Esteemsters" (March 3, 1997)

"Manifest destiny was a slogan popular in the 1840s. It was used by people who claimed it was God's will for the U.S. to expand all the way to the Pacific ocean. These people did not include many Mexicans."

It's amazing how relevant this show still is.

[vulpesferox.livejournal.com]

Man, no kidding!

[vulpesferox.livejournal.com]

And not to sound esoteric, but I really think it takes a certain kind of person to really get the show.

[mellowtigger]

Speaking of esoteric...

Homophones are fun!

[vulpesferox.livejournal.com]

LOL

[pi3832.livejournal.com]

Or, "It's amazing how the political leadership in the U.S. is stuck in the past."

But, when one of the most (if not the most) important voting blocks is that of people over 60 years old, I guess it's not surprising that the political agenda is 20 years behind reality. Or, maybe 50 years, considering how much of an issue the President's ethnic background was, and (big sigh) continues to be.

[mellowtigger]

Episode 4: "Cafe Disaffecto" (March 24, 1997)

After being manipulated by her mother and her teacher to develop extra-curricular experience, Daria reads her fictional story, "Where The Future Takes Us" at a cybercafe. The story is about a female assassin killing off communists. The audience loves it.

Jake (her father), reading the newspaper:
"Cafe Lawndale closed until further notice. ... School authorities have decided to close Lawndale's new young adult coffeehouse after its opening night somehow turned into an anti-communist rally. Some unscheduled propagandizing went on and the students reacted a little too favorably, explained coffeehouse director Timothy O'Neill, a teacher at Lawndale High. ... Following a reading of some right-wing literature, several members of the football team marched down North Avenue intending to stone the russian embassy. Of course, there are no embassies in Lawndale. ... 'Teens are impressionable,' O'Neill said, 'and the last thing we want is to provide a base of operations for political extremists.' Daria, did you have any idea we had these kinds of radicals here in town?"

Daria:
"No, but we've got to maintain constant vigilance against those who would manipulate us into actions we would never take on our own."