Oh my god

The ERA is being reintroduced.

Of course, Phyllis Schlafly and her ilk are whining about it again. Hopefully this time they won't succeed. (even before I ever became a feminist, I thought she was full of it. And don't even get me started on her "OMG if this passes there will be unisex bathrooms!!!" idiocy. Most people already use a unisex bathroom, lady, it's called the one in the house. Eeesh.)

Anyway, I know I shouldn't get my hopes up, but . . . man, they are sky-high right now. :-D

*happy sigh*

Isn't it nice how the right movie at exactly the right time can just make the day perfect? Of course, I was already in a good mood (see entry below) and then Chris and I went to the rental store and I found out that the After Dark Horrorfest movies are out on DVD. I'd wanted to go to the Horrorfest itself, but we couldn't afford it. So we picked one up, and plan on having a marathon of creepy indie movies this Friday. *S*

The other one we picked up was The White Countess, which we just got done watching, and I'm so on cloud nine. It's a Merchant/Ivory romantic drama set in 1936 Shanghai, with Ralph Fiennes and Natasha Richardson. Normally I'm not one for romantic dramas, since they tend to have some kind of big tragic ending that leaves me depressed for the rest of the day, but my inner fangirl demanded I give this one a try. It's a little over two hours long but I wanted it to be longer because I wanted to spend a bit more time with all the characters. And the costumes . . . want. Poor Chris. ;-)

Me: "I'm going to learn to sew just so I can make that dress. And look at that hat! I love it."
Chris: "You what?"
Me: "I love it; it's cute."
Chris: "It looks like someone left half an eggshell on top of her head."
Me: "This is me blissfully ignoring you. After the movie we should go hat shopping."
Chris: "Ohh boy."

And now, time to wait for LOST.