January 2012
32 posts
i-relish-your-wit:
Arg! If I have to watch one more Dr. Pepper “Ten” commercial, I’m gonna go on a fuckin’ rampage. Seriously, Dr. Pepper!?! You used to be cool and now you’re a jerk.
I know. I used to LOVE Dr. Pepper. The last couple years I haven’t really been into soda, but DP was still at the top. And now I can’t drink it anymore, because I can’t support that...
OK Cupid date.
So, I’m going out with this guy on Saturday. He seems nice, and enthusiastic, though I’m already quite sure that even if we hit it off he has no long term potential, which is probably for the best for me at the moment.
I’m sure I’ve changed quite a bit in confidence and attitude after a year in a healthy relationship, but before that, I was pretty terrible at dating, and...
The Invisible Mother | Retronaut →
WHAT. (via Feministe)
The fashionableness of your body parts.
I read this terrible article today through Feministe, with the description “No matter what your breasts look like, they are not good enough”: “The Return of the Pert Knocker: Could Small Breasts Make a Comeback”
And then Feministing linked and contrasted it with this parody: “The Return of the Petite Prick: Could Small Cocks Make a Comeback”
I’ve only...
How soon is too soon?
To start going on dates? I think going out with cool dudes who are into me would be helpful for my healing process, help me grasp the reality that there really is bound to be someone way more suited to me out there. But I have very limited experience with breakups and don’t know what is the healthy way for me to move on. What has worked for you?
In the grand scheme.
My problems are small, they are almost all going away now or will do soon enough, and I am lucky and happy with my life.
I'm okay again.
I had a good day. I like all my classes, and I test drove a great car and my parents confirmed that it would be a good decision to buy it and it seems perfect. And it’s close enough to me that if I can’t get a ride, I can bike up there tomorrow afternoon to make my offer. And then stuff my bike in the back because it’s a hatchback. And while my foot still hurts, it’s...
This is the stupidest breakup ever.
I changed my mind about this breakup being probably for the best in the long run. In hindsight maybe that will probably be true, but right now I’m pretty sure this breakup is super dumb.
I did something dumb last night. I was depressed about Kermit and my legs were hurting from limping and I was just generally stressed out and sad. Then Mike texted me and asked how my toe was doing. ...
Andrea asked why Mike and I broke up, and I guess I never really said. I want to settle down someday and have kids, and he doesn’t want those things, and felt bad about being unable to express the same depth of emotion that I did. So we both knew it wasn’t going to last forever. But he made me happy in a way no one else ever has, so I don’t know if I ever would have had the...
“With Acker’s reinstatement based largely on the grand jury’s decision, this...”
– Teacher Who Was Reinstated After Sexual Abuse Allegations Admits to 20 Additional Victims — The Curvature
I'm okay.
My toe is broken, Mike and I just said goodbye to our relationship and had our last kiss at an intersection before we parted ways on our bikes about 20 minutes ago, and the body shop, which is now closed until Monday, still hasn’t called me with an official estimate on Kermit, nor has the insurance company given me any word on what’s up.
But I’m okay. I had lots of time to...
I think I just broke my toe by stubbing it on a door frame in Gwen’s apartment. Gwen’s reaction was to observe that bad things happen in 3s, and therefore nothing bad will happen to me for awhile. So … that’s good, I guess?
I know everything is going to be okay.
I really, really do. And I know the Mike thing is probably for the best. And I know that we will be good friends after a time. And I know that I will scrape up the money to fix or replace Kermit.
But. Getting through the days is hard right now.
January is not going so well.
I got into a car accident yesterday, and it was my fault. I don’t know yet how much it will be to fix my car, but it might be more than the car is worth. If that’s the case, I can probably scrape together enough from the insurance payout and my savings to replace it, but I’ve had that car for 8 or 9 years and I love it, and I feel shitty about possibly killing my car, although...
Puppy? (by which I mean adult dog. No puppies.)
Going back and forth on visiting the Austin Animal Shelter.
Everyone agrees that I shouldn’t take my break up too much into account when making this decision. However, most people that I see day-to-day think I should do it for all the other reasons I want to, and then some.
Mike and I are breaking up. We both knew it was coming eventually, but things have been so good lately that I was hoping for at least one more semester. He, on the other hand, thinks if we don’t force it now, it could happen on it’s own in the middle of the semester or during exams or some other time that would make things harder for me with school. But, since neither of us really...
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Crying headaches are the worst headaches ever (aside from migraines, I’m guessing.)
Especially when you saw them coming but hoped they were further in the distance.
My head fucking hurts.
“The truth is, bullying begets bullying. And Dan Savage’s campaign to make...”
– Shakesville articulates much better than I could the two main reasons why I am uncomfortable with the Google bombing of Santorum. I have some pretty strong emotional reactions to bullying, and using a byproduct of anal sex as an insult seems to me to perpetuate the denigration of anal sex, and I...
Phone survey update
An hour later I checked my mail, and got the bill for that ER visit. It was obscene. They are lucky they got to me first.
English Pronunciation | The Poke: →
This poem is pretty fun to read aloud.
Phone survey
The ER that I went to a month ago just called me with a phone survey to determine my satisfaction with the hospital. I understand why they do this, but the questions were stupid. The worst one:
“On a scale from 1 to 5 … how proud would you say you are to be a customer of the Heart Hospital?” (emphasis mine)
i-relish-your-wit:
giraffesgiraffes replied to your post: And seemingly, out of nowhere, I have the urge to…
I WANT TO JOIN YOU.
We’ll have to set-up an internet coordinated viewing time!!!
Apparently Disney’s making a re-make!?! Which, no.
NO. They made Little Mermaid 2 and Lion King 2 and Beauty of the Beast Christmas Extravaganza or whatever, 10,000 Land Before Time movies, they...
“Whether it be Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, or Ron Paul no level of disappointment...”
– Feministing | Young Feminists Blogging, Organizing, Kicking Ass
Obama: many people are only voting for you because everyone else sucks more, and it is sad that it is possible for all of them to suck more than you. Grow a spine and get some campaign finance reform to happen so we can have a chance...
Breastfeeding moms stage "nurse-in" protests at... →
While I’m totally going to be one of those moms who nurses wherever will make the most people uncomfortable as possible to make a point about how women belong everywhere, whether they are performing biological motherly functions or not, I do have a problem with the paragraph in this article that suggests that breastfeeding should be allowed pretty much solely because it is healthier and...
2011
2011 was a hell of a year. I feel like the mugging and stomach flu during exams were part of the universe’s efforts to lend some smidgen of balance to what was overall an amazing, wonderful, happy year. I feel like I finally know who I am, have a vague idea of what I want to do, and I know for sure that law school and Austin are both where I need to be right now. And I’ve had a...
December 2011
21 posts
“Here’s the basic axiom: power conceals itself from those who possess it. And the...”
– Why I Resigned from The Good Men Project | Hugo Schwyzer Dude recognizing his privilege and calling out those who don’t. Yay.
One teachers approach to preventing gender...
togetherforjacksoncountykids:
“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got in line for art, and I noticed that she still had not removed her hood. When we arrived at the art room, I said:...
Gay Veteran Confronts Mitt Romney | Video - ABC... →
This Vietnam vet goes up to Mitt Romney to talk and asks him a frank question about gay marriage. Guess what Mitt: not all older male vets agree with you on this issue because some of them are gay. The man asks respectfully, Mitt gets uncomfortable and runs away, and the media stays to get this gentleman’s response to the governor’s answer. Definitely worth a watch.
Anonymous asked: <p>So my old high school’s mascot was The Pioneer. In fitting with this theme, the school’s motto was “Manifest YOUR Destiny!” This is fucking racist, right?</p>
Fourteen Senators demand Sebelius explain EC... →
This makes me happy. I just wish it were more than 14.
“So rejecting science in favor of anti-choice hokum is now “common...”
– Shakesville: Goddammit, Part Two
Watching Christmas movies makes me want children. I am going to be the best Santa.
Obama’s woman problem - Salon.com →
Excellent article. I am getting really frustrated with Obama. I really hope he gets his act together, because I don’t like having to vote for politicians just because they are the least terrible.
More evidence of our messed up fat-hating, body...
As if you needed it!
When I was at the doctor yesterday, with my shoes, jeans, a long sleeve t-shirt and a sweatshirt on and they weighed me, I looked at the scale and said “Whoa.” The nurse reassured me: “That’s with your shoes and heavy clothes on, dear.”
I KNOW. I had taken that into account, and I was saying “Whoa” because I have lost a ton of...
Funny that this should be mentioned in vaugh-on’s recent post on myths about losing weight in India:
Myth #2: Well if eating the food doesn’t do it, a good bout of food poisoning will clear your system right out.
True Story: Getting food poisoning (or really any other GI issue) sucks. And it sucks doubly hard in India. I wouldn’t wish this as a weight loss mechanism on anyone.
I...
You know you're in a bad place when . . .
You’ve lost 5 pounds in 3 days and can barely keep liquids in you, and you find out that exam postponement procedures are so strict as to be effectively useless to you and your best chance at success overall is to try to take your exam in whatever state you’re in tomorrow and oh yeah, when you realized that you needed to pay your rent on Saturday and then got the stomach flu so badly...
“Doctors in emergency rooms have no right to refuse to provide medical care to...”
– Erin Gloria Ryan, “Nurses Fight For Their Right To Refuse Women Care”, Jezebel.
(emphasis by dopegirlfresh)
Good point.