| Look! People who have hit on me . . . or my page, rather. |
[Dec. 31st, 2010|08:23 pm] |
This post will stay at the top, so consider it the open forum as well. A good place for random communications that aren't related to an entry, or to say howdy-hey to me if you're one of the readers of this site that don't know me from non-'net life.
Enjoy!
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| Yup, those damned "Femi Nazi's" |
[Jun. 30th, 2008|03:26 pm] |
An extremely prominent country club in Arizona is being taken to court because they bar women from the grill room. Aside from the general stupidity, why should you care?
Because this is the type of place that John McCain and other members of our government are members. This is a room in which many a business and political deal is brokered. And women aren't allowed in. (A side note: if you are thinking of voting for McCain, please note that he has refused to comment on this situation. Turd. How is there any question of what to say? I mean, unless you don't value women as human beings.)
For the audacity of fighting for the policy of allowing women into this room, female members and male supporters have been called nasty names and had their phone numbers posted online calling them "Femi Nazi's".
I love the apologists who say women just "aren't as motivated" and that's why they aren't found in larger numbers in the upper echelons of our businesses and governments. Bullshit. It's because where decisions are made, places like this, women are still being told it's a boys club and they aren't allowed in.
via Feministing |
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| When I pretend I'm an ar-teest: photography edition |
[Jun. 26th, 2008|02:01 am] |
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With my schweet new cam-er-a, I have been snapping pictures. I took it to the national aquarium (you totes didn't know we had one, did you! It's in the commerce building, that's why.) so that I could play with the settings. Here are some of the better ones |
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| Nervous: Vanity edition |
[Jun. 23rd, 2008|01:28 am] |
I have felt very much like changing something regarding my hair. Since I have no desire to straighten it, get extensions (hahahaha), or cut it (trust me when I say this makes me look like a fugly bush. See: me in 3rd-7th grades) . . . . well, that left one thing.
I picked out some hair dye labeled Copper Red and am waiting for my wet hair to dry to see the results. Oh man, am I nervous. Which is dumb, since I stayed in the reds family and am barely making any kind of change, but I'm a bit worried I will have hair as orange as two very orange things.
And that it will not flatter me. |
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| According to the Studies that Have Been Done |
[Jun. 15th, 2008|11:23 pm] |
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I run my relationships a lot more like friends with benefits. |
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| asdkjlkjsakjakl swim suits! |
[Jun. 4th, 2008|09:04 pm] |
I broke down and ordered a swim suit from Old Navy after trying everything else. Well, it comes today---and it's practically orange. Not at all the hot red it looks like it is. Orange is not the color for me. Plus, they note that it has underwire. Awesome, I'm looking for bewbage support. What it neglects to mention is, o hay, the rest or the cup is totally unlined. That makes the "support" pretty much worth less and brings the nip nip show fo sho.
I am pretty sure there is a conspiracy to make sure fat girls look bad in swim suits. The number of suits that do not accomodate/flatter a large bustline (unless you are wearing a bikini) are nearly non-existent. Agh.
Soooo . . . I'm thinking about trying their halter tankini, which promises a lined cup. Which color to go for though? Does black look too blah? Will I look like yet another fat girl trying to hide in a black suity? I'm thinking I could add something to it when I get it. A bit of red something or other.
From another site (and much as I hate the stupid idea of "you'll look slimmer instantly!") I am also considering this in the color shown in the big picture.
Halp plz. |
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| Bodily awareness |
[May. 12th, 2008|11:31 pm] |
One little discussed byproduct of the push for women to hate their bodies is the fallout from the split that emerges between mind/body.
I imagine a big contributing factor is that dieting rhetoric makes it sound as if there is "you" and then there is "your fat" or "your body". That there is the "skinny girl" inside all of that chub. Furthering this split are the attempts to comfort fat girls by telling them what great personalities they have, how smart they are, etc. Those things are wonderful and true, but it serves to further separate women's minds from their bodies.
I've noticed this in myself in a number of ways. Currently or in the past, I have been known to:
--ignore or diminish if I am in pain
--ignore/diminish being too hot or cold
--think spending money on things for my body are "not worth it" because what difference does a softer shirt make?
--find myself confused by how tired I am after doing several tasks in a row
One thing that has certainly brought me back into my body is sex. From there, I've been working to erase the lines between my body and myself. If without my body I cease to exist then my body is me. I find myself doing more and more things that respect what my body wants---buying laundry detergent that smells nice, spending a little more for that soft shirt, investing in a window herb garden to have the freshest flavors available. I am trying to pay more attention to my bodily comfort and to estimate and plan better for when I will be tired, hungry, or achy.
How are you all with this issue? Experience it or don't? How do you deal? |
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| NO SCHOOOOOL!!! |
[May. 12th, 2008|07:35 am] |
Hell to the yeah, I love days off!
The best ones are like today---I am really tired and could use the extra sleep, it's pooey outside (rainy) and I was halfway there when I heard the announcement. I definitely started going WOOOOOO HELL YES NO SCHOOL OMG YAAAAAY and then turned around at the next light.
I swear, I really do like my job. As I tell the kids though, I love sleep even more. |
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| A little broken. |
[May. 8th, 2008|05:41 pm] |
I got into education---and literature in particular--- partly because I love them both. Mostly though, I got into the field I am in because I want to improve the world around me. I think the best way to improve our world is to reduce bigotry and prejudice and ignorance through exposing our young to other people, cultures, and ways of life.
This makes it especially hard when I have a day like today, where students openly display such negative feelings towards gay and black students. I won't get into the two incidents, but there was no question that these students see these people as some sort of scary other.
It is both my job/not my job to give students a character education. Schools and parents will insist that we do . . . .until they disagree with what we're saying. Then suddenly they cry it's not our job. I myself am torn on the issue---I want them to get it at home, but public education is often the only place where a child may be exposed to an important other point of view.
I'm blathering on with all this to say that when I see a student who has had me in class for months, who has seen my example every day, and who still holds such bigoted ideas . . . . my heart breaks a little. |
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| Things that I am embarassingly excited about. |
[May. 7th, 2008|08:28 pm] |
OMFG YAAAAAAAAY.
Zach Braff posted to his blog to announce that Scrubs is NOT OVER!!!!! Previously it was going to be over this week, and srsly, I was going to be all pouty and cry, cry. Because I'm obsessed like that.
But it's not!
18 more episodes! |
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| Oh, I am so surprised. Not. |
[Apr. 29th, 2008|05:28 pm] |
| Your LJ Slut Stats! |
| Out of your 29 friends, percentages you have: |
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62.06%
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51.72% |
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6.89%
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24.13%
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20.68%
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10.34%
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| had net sex |
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6.89%
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| made out with |
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13.79%
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| had oral sex |
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6.89%
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| fucked |
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6.89%
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| Clearly, I need to meet someone with a sewing fetish. |
[Apr. 29th, 2008|04:31 pm] |
The back of my legs are on the strained side today. What was I doing, you ask?
Dancing? Working out? Yoga? The nasty?
Sadly, all no.
I was sewing. Surely everyone does the splits and stretches around to get things they need rather than getting up. Right?
I also sew naked. |
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| Observe as I increasingly become a caricature of myself. |
[Apr. 23rd, 2008|10:19 pm] |
Evidence:
1. I made indoor s'mores. Not sensibly in the micro, but over an unscented candle. Those fondue stickers come in handy--thanks mom!
2. I was slick after getting out of the shower and a bottle of hair stuff slipped out my hand. I squeaked. Involuntarily. |
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| Stupid nightmares. |
[Apr. 23rd, 2008|04:03 pm] |
I've been having them pretty badly lately. Like, they have invaded my napping and that's not normal. I don't know what the deal is, honestly.
This morning I woke up from a really scary one in which I was standing in a gymnasium while zombie hordes swarmed around me. That sort of scary thing is totally weird for one of my dreams. They didn't attack me, but . . . .
They ate one of my students.
One I actually rather dislike.
It scared me silly and I felt sorta guilty . . . but oh man, funny. |
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| I could do with some kissing. That's not related to this post, it's just true is all. |
[Apr. 20th, 2008|11:04 pm] |
This was going to be a post about what I've been thinking about the last couple days. It was going to be about some things I've realized. But after 3 false starts, I chucked it. Here's the gist:
I'm pretty much okay.
I have stubbed my toe on the nasty fact that I am, indeed, human.
I have shape-shifting insecurities. I would be discouraged by this, but it means they know how tough survival is in my head these days. Watch out, you bastards ;-) |
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| Stretching out like a sea of blah before me . . . . |
[Apr. 17th, 2008|03:29 pm] |
I have been . . . dare I say it . . . . kind of bored this week. I feel like I'm missing out on something, but I'll be damned if I know what it is. Some novelty, I guess. During the week I end up doing a lot of the same things because there is little time or energy to do much else. Couple that with what looks to be a bland weekend (though I could be wrong, there may be a group trip in my future) and . . . . meeehh, bored.
I realize that maxim holds that "if you're bored, you're boring" but I guess I'm not quite sure how to stop being boring right now.
Hmpgh. |
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| Making inferences |
[Apr. 15th, 2008|07:33 pm] |
Coworker: It sucks, but as a teacher, you just can't be bad. You have to go out of town if you want to be a drunken whore.
Me: I've never been much of a drunk. |
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| I am so gross. Just fyi. |
[Apr. 12th, 2008|03:34 pm] |
I cleaned my car today for the first time in a year. It was disgusting in the severe. The slopped residue of so many tea/coffee/soda beverages made this sticky blackish sludge that took 4 towels and a soaking of shout to overcome.
I removed an entire bag of trash from my car.
Ewwwww. |
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