Dannielle Says: 

So, my future downstairs neighbor works for PAWS chicago…all i want is a dog. IT’S ALL I WANT. Apparently she fosters dogs on the reg and has four cats and her roommate is in the circus. Also, in my future, I will live 4 blocks from a Trader Joe’s… Do you guys know if all TJs have bad produce or if it’s just in New York? I mean, it’s okay if they do, everything else is great so it balances out PLUS there’s not a TJs close to me here and I prefer Rachel’s for purchasing fruits and veggies anyway so it works out… but I don’t think there’s a market close to my future home. 

Also, if there is a dog in my future, I wish to have him groomed at DOG-A-HOLICS… which is an actual doggy grooming SLASH day care in chicago…soooooooo

Also, I started watching The Office, how come no one ever forced me to watch it before now? It’s literally the funniest show on the planet. Also, I heard 30 rock is getting cancelled…who made THAT decision? That human prolly hangs out with whoever cancelled Pushing Daises and Arrested Development and United States of Tara and Friday Night Lights and FRIENDS and Samantha Who and My So-Called Life and Strangers with Candy…. omg the world is full of idiots. I can’t decide if it’s too many idiots watching TV or too many idiots controlling TV….WHY DID SO MANY GREAT TV SHOWS GET CANCELLED. MY LIFE IS OVER. 

Kristin Says:

I just found out recently that My So-Called Life got cancelled because Angela Chase AKA Claire Danes didn’t want to do it anymore, which made me REAL MAD at first because when I was a teenager I made a petition and had everyone at school sign it so that the network would keep the show… and they probably got my petition and thought, “what a stupid idiot, this isn’t even a network decision… i bet this idiot will never make anything of herself ever…” BUT I DID LOOK SEE I RUN MY OWN COMPANY YOU BIG ASSHOLES.

I’m not as angry anymore, though, because I am sure that Angela Chase AKA Claire Danes had her reasons. Also… I used to want to be Rayanne so fucking bad that I dyed my hair with a huge blonde streak to try to emulate her. Here is a side by side circa 1997:

…YOU ARE ALL WELCOME.

hahhaah personaly… who am i?

Dannielle Says: 

Did I tell you germs that my dad sent me a text while I was in Chicago that said “Go back to that novelty shop you took me to and get me those clown shoes” … bc that’s real life… my real life.. So, I had to go to this tiny store in boystown called ‘BEATNIX’ and buy my father clown shoes.

Why, you ask?? Because he wanted to wear them TO WORK and then he wanted to wear them ON THE GOLF COURSE and then? he wanted to wear them to STARBUCKS. So, he did. and he thought it was the funniest thing. During Christmas my dad mysteriously disappeared for about 15 minutes and came back to pass out presents WEARING CLOWN SHOES. This is my father, yall. It was the funniest thing. 

Honest to cheese, you guys, this was the best Christmas I’ve ever had in my entire life ever. I miss my family, I love my family, I love giving people stuff, I love traveling, I love Chicago, I love not wearing a jacket on Dec 26th (in SC), I love being with the people I care most about for extended amounts of time… I love a whole buncha shit, you know?

Kristin Says: 

Well, here we are, gaybeans. Here we are at the end of 2011, and what a year it has been, you know? Beyonce got pregnant, Rebecca Black sang a song about Fridays, I can now get married in my home state, and Google+ solidified its place as the stupidest thing on the planet.

Also, we visited thousands of your amazing heads all down the east coast, raised enough money to help us work on Everyone Is Gay full-time, and are planning a 2012 full of incredible, crazy and hilarious things, AND I AM SO EXCITED.

In all honesty, it has been an incredible year, and so much in part to you all and your support of us and all of our antics.  That all said, I wish to leave you with this piece of art to bring your 2012:

Happy, Happy New Year.

Dannielle Says: 

So, do you guys remember LiveJournal? For those of you tiny-heads, it’s like the grown-ups Xanga. I had two different ones for some totally weird reason. One from 2004-2009 and one for a few months in the middle of 2008. I just read the first one in 2008 to try and figure out why I changed it, apparently I didn’t want to mess with all the L Word Icons I had….priorities you guys. 

It’s also weird b/c I know in 2008 I used my myspace blog and also my tumblr…and like…I was a teacher in Chicago…what was I doing with an online journal?? 

Also…REMEMBER MYSPACE THO YOU GUYS??!?! I tried to delete mine but I couldn’t bc the email address I used to start it had been deleted, and you can’t delete your myspace without confirming via email. and since DANNICHICK@HOTMAIL.COM did not exist anymore, I had to do something different. I just unfriended everyone I knew, made my account private and deleted all my pictures…it was dramatic and I don’t even remember why I did it.

I think it’s funny how we make such huge deals out of things and then a few years later we can’t remember them in the slightest. It’s like…everyone calm down, stuff really doesn’t matter as much as we think it does. 

<3

Kristin Says:

Guess who is going to be called “Danniechick” for the next few weeks?  Yuuuup.

So, here is where I am at today: I am starting to understand how people go from being “people who care,” to “activists.”  It’s like, when you say the word ACTIVIST, it makes most people think of bands of ladies who don’t shave and who paint political slogans on their foreheads and stuff…and like, sure, those ladies are total badass activists, but…so am I.

The more work I do with everyoneisgay, the more people come to me and say, “Hey, did you know this thing is happening, and can you help,” and the more I’m like, “HOLY FUCKBALLS, WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY IS HAPPENING,” and then I have to write about it or sign a petition or do something, because…well, because I care and caring isn’t always enough.

Last week our incredible tour manager, Sloan, told us about this insane bill that is being proposed in Tennessee referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.  I have to share with you the text within this bill, which has passed by the senate standing commitee for education, and moves to the Senate floor this Thursday:

Human sexuality is a complex subject with societal, scientific, psychological, and historical implications; those implications are best understood by children with sufficient maturity to grasp their complexity.

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no public elementary or middle school shall provide any instruction or material that discusses sexual orientation other than heterosexuality.

You guys.  I hope you took the time to read what that said, and then I hope you took the time to think about how fucking ludicrous, dangerous, and batshit bonkers it is.  Are we really wondering why kids are taking their lives, and why other kids are punching in faces of those who don’t fit into the gender binaries or heterosexual norms that are propogated everywhere?! 

ARAHGHAHGAJSDGHJAKGHJDHGSJD!

In conclustion (I am sorry for the length of this rant, but JESUS CHRIST ON A CROSS), yesterday I received an email alerting me to a site called www.wesaygay.com, which was started by high schoolers and includes a petition to be signed against the bill. 

Go to the site, sign the petition.

Let the high school students who were brilliant enought to start the site and petition know that their action is capable of bringing change, and help be the change-makers. 

Let’s fucking do this, you guys.