oh hell yes

Auma Obama just bitchslapped Skavlan (Norwegian talkshow host) on live TV. It was glorious. She didn't literally slap him, but he was being an idiot about the fact that her organization focuses on giving money to women (it's kind of Development 101 that the money given to women generally goes back to a family) and then she explained how things work without calling him an idiot, which was impressive. Then, oh, then, she talked about how people always see Africa as one country, and he proceeds to ask, "So you showed your brother Africa?"

And she looks at him and goes, "No, now we're there again! I showed my brother Kenya, which is a part of Africa."

WIN WIN WIN WIN. Her whole appearance was so much win--she was herself and so goddamn articulate that he fumbled for anything to say and came off like an idiot while she lectured him (and Sweden) about development and working with disadvantaged youth and the image of Africa that gets perpetuated in the media. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. Kitty would have loved it.

In other awesome news: I figured out how to get an additional thesis advisor in case I end up having to work with the one from last semester, and without either of us losing face!

Mango is currently writing me the BEST CHATFIC IN THE WORLD, and it is all mine! And now she is done. It was about Bob coming home after the SPACE WAR to Brian and the shop where he works with accident-prone Frank and the Weird Ways, and oh, it was glorious.

I've had two glasses of wine. Yes, I'm still a lightweight. OOOPS.

ETA: The awesomest thing of all, I forgot it! Graham crackers with Nutella. MMMMMM.