Yo. My name is Kate, or Kalira, or SL, or Sluh(x-x; DAMN YOU FELINE OF COW. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.), or Vivify. And I suppose if you insist you can call me "ThoughtxPolice," or whatever I decided to set my screenname to, but I'd prefer you didn't. Stick to Kate, SL, or Kalira, okay?

Let's see, then. I'm a Democrat in theory and an anti-Republican in practice. (EDIT: Formally, a "Populist-leaning Liberal". Conservative economically, liberal socially, judicially(sometimes), and internationally.) I despise media and/or political bullshit of all kinds and have been known to avoid the television during times of "national crisis." In addition, I don't care how much of a tragedy something is, if I'm sick of hearing about it, I'll let people know, loudly and frequently. I rarely refer to Bush as anything other than "King Bushie the W," and never as "the President"--hell, I didn't vote for him; as far as I'm concerned, he's not my President. I greatly dislike the Republic form of government(that is, as opposed to monarchy, democracy, etc), and my biggest annoyance on the face of the Earth is that people believe America to be a democracy. Yet another form of idiocy spawned by political BS and educational incompetance. Also, I'm bisexual. No, I haven't seen Basic Instinct. Please don't ask. I can get pepper spray.

I consider myself to be three things before all else: a fangirl, a bitch, and completely and utterly disgusted with society. I apologize for none of the above. Yes, on occasion I will squeal like a Star Wars fan who’s just realized Lucas is planning on making Episodes I, II, and III. That’s because I am one. Am I a geek? No, not really; in fact, I can be a bit of a moron sometimes, and I’ve never had an interest in Dungeons & Dragons. Am I obsessed with the length of a Super Star Destroyer (or what the proper name for one is…), or that the idea of three million clones isn’t realistic (science fiction, people. Science FICTION!)? Honestly, as long as I get a newly-written Karen Traviss or Timothy Zahn book at least once every two years, I couldn’t care less. So three million clones possibly couldn’t have fought a galaxy-wide war. Maybe it was a small galaxy. Maybe the war wasn’t as big as we thought; the media certainly likes to shove war down our throats in RL. Maybe they happen to be clones that fire ray guns and fly around on spaceships with a bunch of telekinetic psychics! I love Star Wars as much as the next Fandalorian, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to go stalk Traviss because she repeated something THE POWERS THAT BE said was canon. Fierfek, how do you possibly reason that? Beyond the fact that you don’t send people death threats, you don’t harass someone for the decisions of a superior, and you sure as hell don’t complain that a damn movie saga is unrealistic, I mean. Hell, I hate Bushie as much as those fools hate authors that disagree with them, but I’ve never mimed slitting his throat. And if I can do it, so can they. That doesn’t even get into the idea of canon. George Lucas says “x” about Star Wars. Lucas owns Star Wars. That makes “x” true. NO MATTER WHAT THE HELL YOU SAY. You don’t like it? Get a new fandom. I hear the Trekkies are hiring.

As for being a bitch, if you piss me off, I’ll let you know, don’t worry. I don’t pull punches unless I respect you, and the number of people I respect is in the single digits. I try (note: try) to play nice with others, but I by no means promise to. Especially not if you insist on being so damn annoying. And I follow the exponential principle. If you are bitchy to me, I will be bitchy to you to the 100th power. Understand that.

On the matter of religion...by normal standards, I'm an atheist. But I believe in God. Sure. I just don't give a flying fop what he/she/it thinks and refuse to worship the divine equivalent of a PMSing teen.

Throughout the journal, you'll see a lot of quotes from literature. The ones you do recognize are probably Shakespeare. The ones you don't are probably either Byron, Keats, or Shelley. Because I really don't care about any other poets. No, really, I don't. Wordsworth? Wordsworth? I have Byron. Who needs Wordsworth? But my point is that those three (with Shakespeare, four), and mostly just Byron, have said what I feel so many times I should just stop talking and start quoting them to communicate.

And to wrap it up. A few ground rules: I don't care what you think. Really. I don't. So don't act like I do. And swift and violent wrath shall descend upon all those who dare insult. Keep that in mind, and we'll be good.