Does anyone still use Livejournal anymore? Remember when Livejournal was way more popular than Facebook? I still miss it, sometimes. There weren't a bunch of game requests or family members trying to find you or enormous political debates. I suppose Facebook is better at social networking, but....LJ was just like reading public diaries with the occasional quiz result/funny picture thrown in. I do miss that. Facebook is alright, I guess, but it's good at feeding addictive personalities. (Oh, like LJ wasn't?) No, not all the time. There was just...more reading to do on LJ. More emotional interaction, I guess. You'd come home from work, write a long, long entry, and then go to bed. I guess I just miss reading more extensively.

So let's start a "Bring Back LiveJournal" campaign! Nah, that'd never take off.

So I've been engaged for over a year now. Wedding's in October. If I could make it a dream wedding, it would involve no traditional elements (AKA, everything black-and-white Tim Burton style (or video game-themed), easy management, cost me little to nothing, and I could invite ALL my friends--including the ones that hate my fiancé. And they would come to some sublime realization: "you know, Mer, I hated Deagle. I probably still do. But you know what? All that crap that occurred was years ago, and if he makes you happy, that is the important thing. So I'd love to come to your wedding and support BOTH of you--not just you--because I'm glad you're happy." And then we'd cheer, Deagle and I would say our pseudo vows, and we'd smash sugar glass over our heads to the victory tune from Final Fantasy. And then there would be cake and dancing and pranks, because I want the wedding to be a big joke. Blow up the cake! Pie me in the face! Smash sugar glass on my head, this is awesome! Stop face-palming, dad, you've been married twice, let us do things OUR way! Yeah, that's awesome.

Buuut that's not going to happen because we don't have the money, I hate weddings and wedding-planning, and key people I know are infamous for holding grudges until death.

Whoowhee.

Well, at least my parents are glad I'm getting married. I'm pretty sure they're secretly upset that I do not want kids, though. Sorry, guys...that is never gonna happen.

Also, I am god-damned sick of everything that has ever been wedding-related. If I see any more white-and-gold or silver stuff, I'm gonna has a seizure. My old college roomie is getting married the week before I do, and she is going all out on her stuff. ALL of August is like, "bridesmaid/bride fitting/shower/party/luncheon extravaganza," and I am not looking forward to that--but I have to go to support her. Aaaand her parents are super racist, and hers is an interracial marriage--just like mine. So, I'm not looking forward to her parents possibly starting some shit at the wedding. And I am DEFINITELY not liking everyone that tells me "oh, they're old and racist, they'll never change so you should just accept that." I DO NOT have to sit idly by and just accept that some old white people are going to call me a nigger. I won't change their minds about racism, I'm sure, but I will goddamn let them know that it is not 1948 anymore if they start shit.

Well, I feel better now. Maybe I'll write more another time.

--CAKE-SMASHER--