( It concerns racism, inequality, and unfair "justice" enacted in the South. There's a letter/petition, so you can do something about it. )

I know I'm directing you out of my journal, but please go have a look. I would write something on it, but right now my mind can't formulate a decent message, so I will provide you with the NPR article a_white_rain linked to and hope you will take a moment to read it.

The Jena 6 - Article

EDIT: crimsoncourt provides a link to a video, if you prefer your news audio/visual, rather than text form. More On The Jena 6 - Video

I didn't have much to do for part of the day, so I gave the layout a complete overhaul. I'm pretty pleased with how it came out (considering I'm totally lacking my laptop's resources...*sniffle*), and (as always) I think I have too much fun with the text. The colors are pleasant, the layout is far crisper than the Beauty and the Beast one, and it actually contains my artwork, for once. It's been a while since I've done a layout with my own art. Generally those look pretty crappy, but I like this one.

Yes, there are ads, but I'm too lazy and cheap to buy a two-month sub and make them go away.

( Eternal Edition...guess who! )

Does anyone know of a Kakashi and Gai (or just one of them, even) mood theme? This poor Team Gai theme has been up forever, and all of the other ones I have just wouldn't work for this layout.

Once upon a time...Penbee fell in love with a handsome beast. And this beast was in love with an intelligent beauty whose nose was always in a book.

( a tale as old as time... )