Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
The first reaction I have to this is, "ick." The second: But I was sexually aware at 12 and active not long after, and smart enough to seek out condoms, etc. Third: We've redefined "pedophilia" in a way that renders it meaningless. Attraction to anyone below the age of consent? Please, tell me there are no girls on the birthday one year before the age of consent in your area that you find sexually attractive, but who will become magically attractive one year from today? Pedophilia has to do with sexual desire for the prepubescent, not the underaged. And few even twelve-year-olds are prepubescent these days. Not that I find it especially normal for an adult to be sexually attracted to twelve-year-olds... but not admitting that you might find a fourteen-year-old sexy, even if you wouldn't act on it because of a difference in power and a sheer "ick" factor, is to deny human nature.
My horoscope today: Sagittarius
The curtain comes up on the backstage goings on around you today, and the exposure will be very educational. A big mystery is finally solved -- much of what you thought was true isn't really -- and you need to ask for more than a few explanations. Anger isn't an inherently bad emotion -- if you feel it today, use it to help you stay focused on what you need to do. Act maturely and responsibly, but above all, take care of yourself and move on if you need to move on.
Seems to be about 2 days late. Actually I'm a scosagius. But it sums up my weekend rather well. The anger isn't related to the first part, despite what you'd think. More hormones and anticipation and frustration that in getting through this last month I know I'll be out of contact with Spirit a lot more of the time... and that makes me feel lost... and at waiting for money transfers to finish so I can get more done, and at the impotence I feel for never having been able to put my full thought forward at work.
My horoscope today: Sagittarius
The curtain comes up on the backstage goings on around you today, and the exposure will be very educational. A big mystery is finally solved -- much of what you thought was true isn't really -- and you need to ask for more than a few explanations. Anger isn't an inherently bad emotion -- if you feel it today, use it to help you stay focused on what you need to do. Act maturely and responsibly, but above all, take care of yourself and move on if you need to move on.
Seems to be about 2 days late. Actually I'm a scosagius. But it sums up my weekend rather well. The anger isn't related to the first part, despite what you'd think. More hormones and anticipation and frustration that in getting through this last month I know I'll be out of contact with Spirit a lot more of the time... and that makes me feel lost... and at waiting for money transfers to finish so I can get more done, and at the impotence I feel for never having been able to put my full thought forward at work.
See my other blog, link right, for more introspection
This is exactly why I will never make a writer. Not the thinking that smart people use big fancy words thing--I know that good writing is simple. I have a problem with the "omit needless words" thing. I just can't express the simplest of thoughts without writing a novel that says almost nothing. A real novel's worth of ideas in my own prose would be encyclopedia-length. "Write as you speak?" Ha, but I'm the person who speaks normally and without thought and daily heard from my friend, "Who USES that word!?" I am overly verbose, and no amount of writing exercise cures this. It did come in handy in high school, though; artful sentences were paragraphs unto themselves (and that was a BIG no-no, of course--I could get away with it through a colorful expression of ideas combined with a creative yet exact use of punctuation that meant that the sentence really did fill out the paragraph's purpose), and I had no trouble filling out X pages, typed and double-spaced--we were required to have ten pages of readers' journal a week in ninth-grade Literature, and mine was nearly always closer to thirty.
This is exactly why I will never make a writer. Not the thinking that smart people use big fancy words thing--I know that good writing is simple. I have a problem with the "omit needless words" thing. I just can't express the simplest of thoughts without writing a novel that says almost nothing. A real novel's worth of ideas in my own prose would be encyclopedia-length. "Write as you speak?" Ha, but I'm the person who speaks normally and without thought and daily heard from my friend, "Who USES that word!?" I am overly verbose, and no amount of writing exercise cures this. It did come in handy in high school, though; artful sentences were paragraphs unto themselves (and that was a BIG no-no, of course--I could get away with it through a colorful expression of ideas combined with a creative yet exact use of punctuation that meant that the sentence really did fill out the paragraph's purpose), and I had no trouble filling out X pages, typed and double-spaced--we were required to have ten pages of readers' journal a week in ninth-grade Literature, and mine was nearly always closer to thirty.
Saturday, May 27, 2006
On fonts: I'm for this. I use Century Gothic most of the time, precisely because I find it most readable on-screen for my own uses (and eyeballs)
Clueless is on (and nothing else--I've burnt on Fresh Prince after a solid week, though I do love Geoffrey), so I'm watching, and I'm thinking, am I the only person on the planet who liked Brittany Murphy better like this?
Ugh. This bothers me more than I'd think it would.
Heh
Ew... (via)
No shit (also an answer to the fuckwads who say "Money doesn't buy happiness" or "Money doesn't keep you from having problems, it just dresses them up/changes the scenery--Yeah, and keeps you from wondering whether you're going to pay the credit card you had to take out to make sure you had food and a working car to get to work, or buy enough food for the next couple weeks, or if you're going to be able to find decent housing when your lease is up)
Not even fair
On this story--bloggers are pegging it as a dumb crook story, but I am 95% certain there's more to it. Scenarios I find most likely: Guy wanted to be in prison or to be heard by the courts for other reasons (likely reasons: guy is ill and can't afford treatment/medicine, guy is overburdened by finances and has decided that surviving is worth his freedom, guy has something really important to say), or guy had Alzheimer's or another mental disorder and really didn't know what he was doing or couldn't control his impulses. It's clear, at least, that he didn't hurt anyone, or want to. Note, I'm not saying this means he should get off. It just means I'd be more interested in hearing what he or his doctors have to say than the punditry that abounds online.
Ooooooooooooh
This bears reading.
Stylin'
This stuff makes me feel anxious--all financial things are making me anxious right now, until I can get it all together, budget, and take care of a couple things. Please, O Lord in Heaven, O Goddess His Child and Consort, let our marriage happen without delay or hitch, so that we can get it all together. Still, has some mortgage calculators that might be useful if I have the stomach.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
(But THOSE abortions are natural, therefore GOD'S WILL!)
More than you ever wanted to know about Jell-O shots
(that second link is sorta pretty)
This is hysterical, but fetish uses occur to me (OK, not 600+ condoms, but enough to totally nullify sensation there? I'll suggest to some domme friends--I'm not the dominant one in my sphere)
Well, I promised someone a story, so I had better get cracking. Love to all (Mwah!)
Clueless is on (and nothing else--I've burnt on Fresh Prince after a solid week, though I do love Geoffrey), so I'm watching, and I'm thinking, am I the only person on the planet who liked Brittany Murphy better like this?
Ugh. This bothers me more than I'd think it would.
Heh
Ew... (via)
No shit (also an answer to the fuckwads who say "Money doesn't buy happiness" or "Money doesn't keep you from having problems, it just dresses them up/changes the scenery--Yeah, and keeps you from wondering whether you're going to pay the credit card you had to take out to make sure you had food and a working car to get to work, or buy enough food for the next couple weeks, or if you're going to be able to find decent housing when your lease is up)
Not even fair
On this story--bloggers are pegging it as a dumb crook story, but I am 95% certain there's more to it. Scenarios I find most likely: Guy wanted to be in prison or to be heard by the courts for other reasons (likely reasons: guy is ill and can't afford treatment/medicine, guy is overburdened by finances and has decided that surviving is worth his freedom, guy has something really important to say), or guy had Alzheimer's or another mental disorder and really didn't know what he was doing or couldn't control his impulses. It's clear, at least, that he didn't hurt anyone, or want to. Note, I'm not saying this means he should get off. It just means I'd be more interested in hearing what he or his doctors have to say than the punditry that abounds online.
Ooooooooooooh
This bears reading.
Stylin'
This stuff makes me feel anxious--all financial things are making me anxious right now, until I can get it all together, budget, and take care of a couple things. Please, O Lord in Heaven, O Goddess His Child and Consort, let our marriage happen without delay or hitch, so that we can get it all together. Still, has some mortgage calculators that might be useful if I have the stomach.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
(But THOSE abortions are natural, therefore GOD'S WILL!)
More than you ever wanted to know about Jell-O shots
(that second link is sorta pretty)
This is hysterical, but fetish uses occur to me (OK, not 600+ condoms, but enough to totally nullify sensation there? I'll suggest to some domme friends--I'm not the dominant one in my sphere)
Well, I promised someone a story, so I had better get cracking. Love to all (Mwah!)
| You Belong in 1973 |
If you scored... 1950 - 1959: You're fun loving, romantic, and more than a little innocent. See you at the drive in! 1960 - 1969: You are a free spirit with a huge heart. Love, peace, and happiness rule - oh, and drugs too. 1970 - 1979: Bold and brash, you take life by the horns. Whether you're partying or protesting, you give it your all! 1980 - 1989: Wild, over the top, and just a little bit cheesy. You're colorful at night - and successful during the day. 1990 - 1999: With you anything goes! You're grunge one day, ghetto fabulous the next. It's all good! |
I just spent hours on the phone with AT&T getting the runaround, including them wanting a phone number to proceed for a calling card plan that doesn't have a phone number on the bill--I got as far as giving ONE person at an overseas call center the *account* number--and getting a recording that says "The office is now closed, please call back during office hours... Saturday from 9am to 7pm eastern time"--mind, the calls were all between five and seven on Saturday. If there's holiday hours, update your recordings. Right now I'm so mad I'm thinking I should drop Cingular service because they acquired AT&T Cellular (and I'm pretty sure Cingular bought AT&T and AT&T now has no affiliation with the company).
And Spirit and I had a PayPal bug and are missing almost $4000 someone's supposed to get us by tomorrow. Just f'ing kill me. My stomach hurts from dealing with this.
Friday, May 26, 2006
| American Cities That Best Fit You:: |
| 60% Chicago |
| 55% Miami |
| 50% New York City |
| 50% Philadelphia |
| 50% San Diego |
Just for a change, my homepages:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6409077/
http://web.morons.org/
http://my.iwon.com/index.jsp?PG=home&SEC=bnav
http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/
http://www.google.com/ig
http://ask.metafilter.com/
I'll start posting bookmarks and RSS feeds another time.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
yarrrrrrrrrgh!
Wow... we may really be descended from chimps (well, chimp-like chimp ancestors) (Note in the same article a bit on lab sex selection of embryos, Spirit)
Scroll this to around 2:00 for the good bit
Wow... we may really be descended from chimps (well, chimp-like chimp ancestors) (Note in the same article a bit on lab sex selection of embryos, Spirit)
Scroll this to around 2:00 for the good bit
| This Is My Life, Rated | |
| Life: |  7.1 |
| Mind: |  7.7 |
| Body: |  4.8 |
| Spirit: |  9.2 |
| Friends/Family: | 6.5 |
| Love: |  9.1 |
| Finance: | 8.1 |
| Take the Rate My Life Quiz | |
 | For such a warm-hearted, generous person, you're surprisingly experienced in both love and sex. We credit your spontaneous side; you tend to live in the moment, and you don't get bogged down by inhibitions like most women your age. If you see something wonderful, you confidently embrace it.
Your ideal mate is adventurous and giving, like you. But not overly intense.  DREAD: The False Messiah CONSIDER: The Loverboy, The Playboy, or The Boy Next Door |
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
For the "marijuana is worse than cigarettes" crowd
Nummy
They're bringing Coffee Crisp to the US!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry, but I really didn't feel that that could possibly be over-emphasized
hmmm
scents for the kid in you
Nummy
They're bringing Coffee Crisp to the US!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry, but I really didn't feel that that could possibly be over-emphasized
hmmm
scents for the kid in you
Caught!
...yeah...
Yeah!
I want to be this kind of wine person... maybe someday I'll be able to afford to
Heh
Angelina Jolie, uncrowned queen of Namibia?
You will pay your taxes and you will like it!
...yeah...
Yeah!
I want to be this kind of wine person... maybe someday I'll be able to afford to
Heh
Angelina Jolie, uncrowned queen of Namibia?
You will pay your taxes and you will like it!
Monday, May 22, 2006
When does attack
bomb parts in potatoes--is nothing sacred?
Has Madonna just gone to making a career of offending everyone she can?
bomb parts in potatoes--is nothing sacred?
Has Madonna just gone to making a career of offending everyone she can?
I have to ask this
WTF is wrong with glasses? I've noticed a lot of conversations on Ask.MeFi lately on contacts and eye surgeries, and I'm starting to have the impression that everyone is wearing contacts these days. Glasses can be misplaced, sure, but so can contacts--and otherwise, glasses are a better way to make a personal style statement, and a lot healthier for the eyes than the contacts. Why are people so vain, and why are eyeglasses a subject of vanity in the first place?
WTF is wrong with glasses? I've noticed a lot of conversations on Ask.MeFi lately on contacts and eye surgeries, and I'm starting to have the impression that everyone is wearing contacts these days. Glasses can be misplaced, sure, but so can contacts--and otherwise, glasses are a better way to make a personal style statement, and a lot healthier for the eyes than the contacts. Why are people so vain, and why are eyeglasses a subject of vanity in the first place?
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