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Re: Dating in DC - Where to Meet Men In Washington - Best Date Spots

CherriSpryte — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:15:30 -0000

Awww, yay for the Jukebox the Ghost photo - well done featuring a DC band!

Re: What Your Favorite Blog Says About You

CherriSpryte — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:06:16 -0000

Out of the many amazing things about Persephone, I don't want us to be known as the 100 Burpee Challenge website!

Re: abortions, window smears, drunken little girls, and finding digs for superkate.

CherriSpryte — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:51:46 -0000

Babies ARE cute.

They also have nothing to do with abortion, except for the 60 percent of abortions performed each year on women who already have at least one child. Those abortions benefit babies, as they allow their mothers to devote more time and money to them.

Rape, incest, pregnant teenagers, and women whose resources are stretched so thin they can barely feed the children they do have, aren't cute. Women being forced to give birth and raise an unwanted child, for whatever reason, aren't cute. Women who wanted deperately to have a child, and then, due to medical issues, had to abort that fetus, are also not cute. What all of these not cute people are entitled to, however, is a safe and legal medical procedure performed in a timely fashion, and autonomy over their own bodies.

Let's leave cute out of it, eh?

Amanda, I know you already know all that. But this is where the conversation goes, beyond "babies are cute."

Re: MY BIG GAY NEW YORK TRIP by amanda fucking palmer

CherriSpryte — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:50:19 -0000

Amanda dear, I can't help but notice that in 2 of your recent trips to NYC, you've met up with Viggie. I know y'all are friends and all on top of being former-bandmates, but this gives me so much hope for what the "save Halloween" business may be that I can barely handle it.

Love and lollipops,
Mary Anne

Re: LAST LEG OF TOUR: DC!! PHILLY!! BOSTONNN!! (& a FREE ninja gig in DC on wed!)

CherriSpryte — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:11:17 -0000

Oh this is incredibly fantastic news. See you there!

Re: KOKO will be AFP SOLO w/ MELISSA AUF der MAUR, ROBOTS in DISGUISE & BITTER RUIN!!

CherriSpryte — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:07:04 -0000

Listening to the webcast was pretty much the only thing that got me through work today .... thank you so much. The sound quality was amazing. Delilah was hopelessly beautiful. There's something fantastic about the world that lets me in DC watch Jason play an accordion while flying over the Atlantic via your webcast in London. I love it so much.

Also, hope you found your iPhone!!!!!!

Love,
Mary Anne

Re: If It Bleeds, It Leads (& then runs weeping to the bathroom to change its tampon)

CherriSpryte — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:59:36 -0000

Maybe on some level, we're all doing what we can with what we've got. It is, I think, much more important for general world goodness that you're making music and creating art and pushing envelopes and bringing joy to people, because not everyone can do that. I'll sit here and bust my ass working too many hours for a human rights nonprofit, and sometimes cry about child soldiers in Uganda for both of us, because I can't do what you do. I can do what I do, which is to know about things on the other side of the world, care about them, and try to make them better. Nobody can do everything. Also, if you're ever actually hiring for that minister of information position, I really want the job.

PS Your and Kayla's version of Hell was FANTASTIC, mistakes and all. Highlight of my work-filled weekend.

Re: the (actual) news

CherriSpryte — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:24:27 -0000

I work for an international human rights org, so its part of my job to keep up with the news in certain parts of the world. I'm pretty tuned in, at least internationally, in that my office has a "librarian" whose job it is to send out news articles pertinent to the work we're doing. Domestically, if its not local news via washingtonpost.com or similar, my main source of information is The Daily Show. It seriously needs more credit than just a few points. This makes for an odd dichotomy, as I better understand the pirates in Somalia than I do the healthcare debate here.

As for where, in addition to the lovely librarian at work, I swear by BBC News' website. In case of emergencies, CNN.com or Washingtonpost.com. I don't think I've ever watched news on TV on my own. I have bought, personally, ONE newspaper in my life, and it was an Obama Inauguration issue. All internet, all the time.

All of that isn't why I'm commenting, though. This is:

Your "we're not built to know about everyone dying everywhere" idea is really hitting home with me right now. I'm in the middle of writing a grad school paper on child soldiers. I keep crying as I'm doing the research for the paper - its too heartbreaking to read about. I really wonder about the individual capacity for compassion, and what to do when its all too much to deal with. I guess unplugging is an option - but if you're unplugged, then you can't do anything about it. Or at least, you can't even try to make an impact if you don't know what's going on. And I can't not try to help. But that's my own conundrum.

I hope you enjoyed DC! If you walked from the newseum to the national press club, there's a good chance you walked by my office ......

Re: It's pretty clear that Anna Wintour has a crush on me.

CherriSpryte — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:17:21 -0000

Awesome. Though, to be fair, you're quite the eye-catcher. ;)

miss you.

Re: Ain't no expert here

CherriSpryte — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:48:22 -0000

Grrr. Not at you, but at Sarkozy. Burqas are superficial. They're arresting to look at, and make a lot of people uncomfortable. But, as I said on Jezebel the other day, its the deprivation of the rights of the woman under the burqa that is the real pervasive problem in society. I think the headscarf ban was ridiculous and xenophobic, but there is a MAJOR difference between hijab and burqa. Its also a question of choosing. If a woman in France is treated equally by her family and community, and she chooses to wear a burqa? Fine, no problem. If someone else is forcing her to wear it? That's fucked up. And that will weaken French society far more than clothing ever will.

After rereading - I didn't know that women were targeted for violence because they're wearing burqas. But making a woman take off a burqa so she won't be a victim of racism is like mandating girls give up miniskirts and drinking to prevent rape. Change the attitude of the attacker, not the victim.

Re: l.e.s. francophile

CherriSpryte — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:29:55 -0000

Grey gays in a garden! gorgeous.

Re: l.e.s. francophile

CherriSpryte — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:43:17 -0000

Fantastic photo. Dare I say it, you look young. And I want that vest.

Re: l.e.s. francophile

CherriSpryte — Sat, 30 May 2009 13:10:57 -0000

I say many nice things about you! Such as "get your ass down here and come visit me, betch!"

Re: l.e.s. francophile

CherriSpryte — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:32:26 -0000

You've got the first two, and not knowing that makes you the third. so there. :P

Re: i feel like a piece of sad leftover potato salad that’s been sitting in the sun

CherriSpryte — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:19:42 -0000

I've had a fucking shitty week. The Tasmania song made me laugh. Thank you.

Re: l.e.s. francophile

CherriSpryte — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:35:40 -0000

O hai. Iz mai face.

Re: l.e.s. francophile

CherriSpryte — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:47:17 -0000

Did they live at the Juxtapose?

Re: l.e.s. francophile

CherriSpryte — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:07:26 -0000

Awww I love you for this. Mostly b/c I sent it to you, but still.

Re: La regime française.

CherriSpryte — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:24:18 -0000

Grrrrr. Come home and let me feed you.

Re: BEST.NEWS.EVER. dolls @ inauguration.

CherriSpryte — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:53:52 -0000

Ahhhhhh Amanda! I just saw you NYE in NY, and now you're coming to DC on the most awesome day ever! I am beyond excited. How do I get tickets? There's nothing on 930's website about a tuesday show ......

Much love from DC!
- Mary Anne

Re: obamanda fucking palmer

CherriSpryte — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:51:50 -0000

You seem to have invited a deluge of questions - but I'm adding mine: I was at the NYE show at the Bowery, and it was such a profound experience - way more than any other concert I've been to. I was wondering if you were planning on blogging about it? Also, thanks for playing a fucking amazing show, it was the best possible start to the new year. :)

Re: the rebellyon. the deal with roadrunner records.

CherriSpryte — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:05:40 -0000

That's my belly! 6th row, 3rd from the left. It took a LOT for me to come around to the belly love (i'm of the bigger-bellied variety), but I'm here now so yay.

Amanda, your music - DD and WKAP - gets me through the damn day. Seriously. All Katy Perry's music has ever done is make me worry about how bisexuals are getting a bad rap.

You have made a fucking fantastic record, and flip off anyone who tells you otherwise.

Re: l.e.s. francophile

CherriSpryte — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:28:09 -0000

i usually go with a "hey moron, you need this", and leave it at that.

Re: l.e.s. francophile

CherriSpryte — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:06:34 -0000

um, bish please, i ain't got my highlights done since may. At best, i'm barely blonde. Also, its definitely the time of year when i contemplate going maroon.

Re: l.e.s. francophile

CherriSpryte — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:12:57 -0000

It depends. The first time I used the crest whitestrips, all i could do was sit and try not to swallow or drool. The second time, I was able to function as a human being. Which, we know, is hard for me at the best of times.