read this entry at gofugyourself.com. then read this bit on eonline.com (dated later than the fug one). is the mainstream media (well, if E! can be considered MSM) plagiarizing from blogs?!

UPDATE: tommy has informed me dismissively that he does not consider this plagiarism. bah. but i still think it's highly suspect.

was a success, as far as i'm concerned. i'd been wanting to write a lengthy recap all day, but work got the better of me. suffice to say that it was very fun, tons of people were out, i met many cool people, and i about cried tears of happiness when ms. seeking irony busted out "like a prayer" and "since u been gone," two of the only songs guaranteed to get me on the dance floor.

i met many-a-blogger and was surprised at how lovely they all were. no, scratch that - i'm not really surprised anymore when i met bloggers and end up liking them. maybe it's just cause i'm always drinking when i meet online people, but whatever the reason is, bloggers are the shizznit. excuse me if i'm forgetting anybody, but i had the pleasure of meeting and talking with shesbitter, skunkeye, seeing kelly ann and luke again, several DCist readers and commenters, plus all the regular DCist and bluestate folk.

the only thing i'm sorry about: not staying late enough to see the fight where some dude BIT A GIRL and the drunk girl who knocked over a toilet. man, i've been drunk many a time in my day...but how the fuck do you knock over a toilet? the mind boggles. any bets on what she could have been doing? and do we really want to know?

i'm gonna be on some sorta panel!

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i apologize in advance to the innocent college women student leaders who will be subjected to my ramblings.

(and thanks to becca for asking me. i'll try not to fuck things up too badly!)

as first reported by the grammar police, there's some exciting news in our little sphere o' blogs: susan received a fulbright to study nationalism in georgia! (or something along those lines - she explained her proposal to me during our infamous chicago bender, and while i can't remember exactly what she said, i know it was AWESOME). so drop on by and give her a high five!