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Tila Tequila Claims To Be Mother of Gay Rights

Tila Tequila Claims To Be Mother of Gay Rights

Tila Tequila thinks she's responsible for the legalization of gay marriage in California. At the premiere for The Love Guru (classy), she said about her show, A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila:

 

Before it came out, everyone was still a little apprehensive about (same sex relationships),” she said. “Then they realized, ‘Wow, everyone is really i...

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Latest comment by Jessica Almanza: Wow - way to go Tila Tequila, it's obvious that your horribly scripted show got the gay community their right to marry.

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I'm Voting Republican Because I'm an Idiot

I'm Voting Republican Because I'm an Idiot

This is not only a fantastic video, but also yet another example of how powerful a political tool the Internet can be.

 

My favorite? 

"I'm voting Republican so that my little girl can be in a classroom with at least 30 other children."

Latest comment by Anonymous: The 'Barack Obama is a communist' comment only serves to strengthen the argument. Nice work, Anonymous! LOL

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'I'm Shaking, I'm Crying, I Think I'm Slowly Dying'

'I'm Shaking, I'm Crying, I Think I'm Slowly Dying'
Somebody is posting funny Facebook statuses with their accompanying profile photos. As the mysterious person says, 'I am only partially exploiting these people.' [via Gawker]
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I Wonder What Other Seniors Are Doing With Their Time.

I Wonder What Other Seniors Are Doing With Their Time.
An update: Today I spent approximately three to four consecutive hours on YouTube. I don't really know what to do with my time. I'm done with school, but I haven't graduated yet. YouTube seemed like the most logical facilitator of denial about my state of unemployment and unpreparedness. Though I also had a grilled cheese sandwich at Salonica, l

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Chicago Cops to 'Pose as Pedestrians'

Chicago Cops to 'Pose as Pedestrians'
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The Chicago Tribune reported yesterday that Chicago police will be 'posing a pedestrians' and giving citations drivers who don't give them the right of way. As much as I find hilarious the idea of policemen in cognito as normal people crossing streets, it's also terrifying to realize that 'on average, almost one pedestrian is kil

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What, No Flux Capacitator?

What, No Flux Capacitator?
Was perusing Marketplace and this is what I found. Not really as funny as it should/could be, but it gets points for its unassuming entry among the other furniture for sale, hidden in there between the IKEA desks and futons.
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Thanks for Playing.

Thanks for Playing.
As part of Senior Week, I waited in line for a long time at the Pub on Senior Night in order to get one of these mugs for free. (They're supposed to be Dr. Seuss fish.) It wasn't until after receiving said mug that I realized I have no real use for it. So I guess everyone has that to look forward to. Although to be fair, I did also get a free pl

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I've Got An Interview!... in Westchester.

I've Got An Interview!... in Westchester.
Okay. Starting now you are witnessing the anxiety and probable slow breakdown of a University of Chicago fourth-year who is two weeks away from an extremely useful BA in English. The problem being, I'm good at analyzing texts, and pretty much nothing else. Unfortunately the only job that would ever primarily ask me to analyze texts is called gra

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Oh, and Also, Lollapalooza Happened?

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Yes. Lollapalooza happened this past weekend in Grant Park, apparently. I think I only know like three people who went, so that video is the only exciting thing that happened that I know of. But apparently Lollapalooza was the last public appearance Amy Winehouse made before going on a three-day bender as soon as she got back to England that lan

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Summer Send-Offs Sound Like Fun.

Summer Send-Offs Sound Like Fun.
Summer Send-Offs are upon us. I never went to the one in my area, but I can't imagine any of the 28 send-offs across the country are any less awkward than you'd imagine, kind of like the gem of a photo above (found literally by Googling the phrase 'awkward party').

Interestingly, 10 of the alumni hosts of these little shindigs are married to ot

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