I got the good news and the bad news

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Bad news first (two days late):

Rest in Peace, Rosa Parks. You were a symbolic icon of the US civil rights movement and may you always be remembered as such. Great things don't have to be big things, some time the smallest change can make the biggest difference.

Okay.

GOOD NEWS! (please to be sitting down first):

My mate, K, saw Jarhead at a screening a few nights ago, and rang me to inform me that my favourite scene in the entire film would involve one Mr Jake Gyllenhaal, copious nakedness completely naked, and a Santa Claus hat.

Christmas will arrive 4th November, people.

NAKED JAKE GYLLENHAAL!!! OMGWTFBBQ1!1

ETA: Look at the icon green_queen made for me! Isn't it fabulous?

Comments

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my favourite scene in the entire film would involve one Mr Jake Gyllenhaal, copious nakedness, and a Santa Claus hat.

ROCK.

You were a symbolic icon of the US civil rights movement and may you always be remembered as such.

You know, I was thinking about this the other day, and while I totally agree, I wish that in some ways she was remembered not so much JUST as a symbol of the civil rights movement or for that one action, because I don't think enough people realize that she was actually really *active* in the movement, both before she refused to give up her seat on that bus and after. *I* didn't know that until college--actually, until college I thought the woman was *dead* because she was always portrayed as this old tired lady and she *wasn't*.

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No, I'm well aware of all the work she did behind the scenes of the movement, and I never think of her as just some older lady who was tired and needed to sit down. We're talking about 40-50 odd years ago when she was still in her 40s. I do agree that lots of people just see her as this person who did this one thing this one time, which is what makes her symbolic, and which is why I chose the word, but I don't necessarily think being symbolic means you can only represent having done one thing. Does that make sense?

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Oh, yeah, I hear you. I just have a feeling we're in the minority as far as knowing what else she did. Or maybe I'm being unduly pessimistic. But I saw several posts on LJ the day she died to the effect of "OMG, she was still alive??" And that just makes me sad, you know?

Now, granted, I probably got the idea she was an "old lady" when I was a kid--when you're 7, 40 seems really old. But I remember being angry when I was in college and realized how very much my high school history classes glossed over about her. that's all.

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That's just -- that's so fucking sad. You are right about the relative perception of old. I mean for us, 30 is the new 20, 40 is the new 30. i see high school age kids and want to pat them on the head and send them home to mom.

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On another note, can I just say that this is the highlight of my morning?

NAKED JAKE GYLLENHAAL!!! OMGWTFBBQ1!1

YES

need iconses. not necessarily naked, but icons nonetheless. yis.

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Okay, look at what green_queen made for me! If you ask her nicely, maybe she'll make you one too!