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Gone. Finished. Done. Good riddance. BUH-BYE, loser.
So a couple of notes for my friends. This has been on my mind for the last few days so I wanted to express it.
First, I was once asked, "Why do people make fun of you all the time?" My answer was, "Because I allow it." Please don't take my good naturedness for granted, because I find that hurtful.
Second, yes, I do have lines, although they're pretty far afield. If I point out that you're crossing them (and I'll do my best to be clear about it), I'd appreciate it if you took it seriously (especially since I like to think that I rarely invoke them). If you don't, or if you continue to dance across my lines because you think it's funny to poke me (see my point above), I'll be sad to see you go. (NOTE: The words "I'm sorry" mean a lot to me. I hope I use them in my dealings with others.)
Third, my Facebook page is my space. I appreciate the comments and likes, of course (who doesn't), and I don't mind some constructive criticism now and again, but there's a time and place, folks - if you don't like what I post and have nothing but snark to say about it, consider just scrolling past it. It's a big internet, so I'm sure you can find someplace else to play instead of pissing all over my living room.
Finally, knock it off with the slut shaming. Since in most cases I openly encourage you to fly your own freak flag however you see fit, I don't think I deserve derision in return.
That was it. Thanks for listening.
First, I was once asked, "Why do people make fun of you all the time?" My answer was, "Because I allow it." Please don't take my good naturedness for granted, because I find that hurtful.
Second, yes, I do have lines, although they're pretty far afield. If I point out that you're crossing them (and I'll do my best to be clear about it), I'd appreciate it if you took it seriously (especially since I like to think that I rarely invoke them). If you don't, or if you continue to dance across my lines because you think it's funny to poke me (see my point above), I'll be sad to see you go. (NOTE: The words "I'm sorry" mean a lot to me. I hope I use them in my dealings with others.)
Third, my Facebook page is my space. I appreciate the comments and likes, of course (who doesn't), and I don't mind some constructive criticism now and again, but there's a time and place, folks - if you don't like what I post and have nothing but snark to say about it, consider just scrolling past it. It's a big internet, so I'm sure you can find someplace else to play instead of pissing all over my living room.
Finally, knock it off with the slut shaming. Since in most cases I openly encourage you to fly your own freak flag however you see fit, I don't think I deserve derision in return.
That was it. Thanks for listening.
Grindr etiquette question: If you message someone "Hey" or "Hi" and their reply is, "Not interested," should you be irked that they were so rude, or should you be thankful they bothered to reply at all?
Just heard the new Bond theme "Skyfall." I love Adele, but although she might have been the right singer for a different song, she was neither the right singer nor writer for this one - it's dreck. I'm glad they decided to forgo urban and move back to a ballad, but this one is slow, boring, and unimaginative, right up there with "Moonraker" or "All Time High." Sorry Adele, but I think my favorite is still a tie between "Goldeneye" and "You Know My Name."
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- Current Location:Lusby, Running Fox Rd, 688
I'm sorry the truth hurts to hear, but at least I wasn't mean about it. I'll even be nice and give you a chance to make things right, but know I'm not holding my breath...
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- Current Location:Lusby, Running Fox Rd, 688
Spot the incongruities in the following half (not mine) of a conversation I just had with A Certain Someone:
"What? What do you want? Stop bugging me. I'm hanging up."
"No, come home, I miss you."
"I hate you, go away."
"OK, bye, I love you."
I can't decide if we're all fucked up, or the most normal couple on the planet. Srsly.
- Current Mood:
confused
Why yes, actually, I *do* know the "reason for the season." Several centuries after Jesus' death, early Christians co-opted several winter observances, including the Romans' Saturnalia and Sol Invictus Festival, the Celts' solstice rituals, and the Pagans' Yule, in order to find acceptance and ingratiate themselves to the local populaces they were seeking to convert, leading to today's capitalistic and materialistic celebrations that blur the line between church and state and lead the radical right to pop a vein over their non-existent self-identified discrimination.
Thanks for asking. Ho, ho, ho! :)
- Current Mood:
merry
I am kind of shocked at seeing some in the LGBT community exhibit such patently racist, elitist and bigoted behavior lately. Really? Have we ghetto-ized ourselves so much that we're insulated against seeing discrimination and inequality that others suffer? We have the temerity to complain that the black community isn't supportive enough of us, yet we find it perfectly acceptable to denigrate women, minorities, the disabled and the homeless (and let's not forget those nasty trannies - surely a weight around our cause's neck!)?
Just because you spend all your time with your gay friends in your gay (gentrified) neighborhoods going to gay bars and eating at gay restaurants and dancing at gay clubs does not mean the fight is over, other people are at fault for not having it as good as us, or that you're better than anyone else. GET THE FUCK OVER YOURSELVES.
Here endeth the rant.
- Current Mood:
annoyed
I just received this e-mail at work today (identifiying parts redacted to protect the mockworthy):
Website Typo contest and rewards
Hello Faculty and Staff. As of last friday, a website comprised of several webpages was put "live" online. It showcases some of our current efforts and acheivments, and serves as a resource, and even has a "reccomended reads", a section I hope expands as all of you and students send me suggestions via email. It also will help connect different people on campus who work on initiatives and offer an avenue of communication.
But on to the contest part of the email. Working on a Windows 2007 computer on the Cascade server to make the website forced me to often type straight into the server. As a result of the magnitude of text and work and my own pitiful ability to spell words as simple as "thier" on a regular basis, there are a fair number of typos, grammer errors and the like (cascade lacks a spell check... or at least it's annoying to use). So I would like your help in identifying them and fixing these typos.
So here's the deal: Go check out the site. If you read through the content, look for typos, etc. For every three errors you find and email me, you earn a beverage at the campus coffee shop. You just email me the page you found them on and indicate the error (i.e. "can you here the roar?). Because I am months out of college, I can only afford to get coffee for the first time an error is identified- so act fast. *BUT* I will wait one week before I make any changes, and in that time period you're welcome to find and list as many errors as you can. S/He who identifies the most errors, regardless of the time s/he emails me in the next week gets a smoothy.
So why not explore the new site and reconnect with the staunch grammerian inside us all?
Thanks everyone!"
tl;dr?
"I work at a college but am too lazy to be professional and too stupid to learn English, so I am asking the entire campus community to proofread my work and don't care that I'm broadcasting that laziness and stupidity to all of my co-workers and superiors and making myself look foolish."
Let's not even talk about the myriad of typos and grammatical errors in the e-mail itself. And this guy is a graduate of this very college! I'm so ashamed... :(
(I e-mailed him and pointed out this might not be the best way to showcase his department's hard work. I'll let you know if he replies.)
- Current Mood: confused
Chris Wallace of Faux News speculates Obama isn't really the president because Roberts flubbed the oath and Obama didn't say it exactly as it is in the Constitution.
And here I thought it was just the Free Republic loonies! :)
- Current Mood:
amused
- Current Mood: amused
When I moved out here three years ago there was a gas station that had gone out of business before I even got here, which still stands abandoned today. Its sign was left up, and at the time they closed gas was $1.63 a gallon. Of course who dreamed we'd ever see those prices again, right? I mean, I remember the brouhaha when gas went over $2.00 a gallon, and that was back when I was in California, before I even met Q.
So today, gas here has dropped to $1.61 a gallon. I told Q that I think it's only fair that the previous owners should now be forced to re-open the gas station. Seems reasonable to me, especially since the station is aptly (or not so at the moment) named "Low Price Gas." :)
- Current Mood: amused
Two amusing threads:
The first, in which some simple advice is offered in
sca, followed quickly by drama of the highest, and finest, order. Alas, the original reply is gone, but it amounted to, "This is yet another example of the condescending, rude and insincere CLASSIST attitudes in the SCA," calling upon all those who fit that description to wear a favor emblazoned with a tampon (including the obligatory picture of one).Some agreed - in fact, I think all of us in the SCA can agree that Authenticity Nazis are, indeed, condescending, rude and insincere. However, heaped upon this particular post was wholly unwarranted (which, of course, the person who replied now denies they were implying at all), and the vast majority of people are calling this person on their own condescension, rudeness and insincerity. Hilarity ensues - over 600 replies and counting!
The second thread was a follow-up post in
sca_snark about the first thread.I haven't seen this much SCA drama since Pennsic! :)
- Current Mood: amused
I heard on NPR this morning that an independent group has found that 80% of Americans would benefit from Obama's financial plans, whereas only the richest 20% would benefit from McCain's.
Reminds me of this:
- Current Mood:
cranky
Doug and Bob are metropolitan policemen with a difference. Doug likes nothing more than slipping into little cocktail frocks, while Bob bouffants his hair for a night on duty...
Er, actually, I stayed late at work on Friday so I could get enough work done that I could take off Monday. Alas, we don't get Labor Day off since that's when the students return for the semester, but since we don't actually have classes a lot of the non-essential people manage to swing the day off anyway. (Me, they owe a couple days comp time, so I'm taking it.) Afterwards I came home, made dinner for me and Q, and then he went to work and I went to bed.
Yesterday we both got up late and were hoping to make it up to DC in time to see Kyan's new apartment, but didn't leave until about 6:00. Instead we headed straight to Fogo de Chão, a Brazilian barbeque restaurant, where our friend Matthew was having his going away party (he leaves for California in a couple of weeks with the Navy). After waiting an HOUR for the guest of honor and his entourage to arrive (grumble grumble), we had a very, very nice dinner, if rather expensive ($225 for the just the two of us - yowza!). If you've never done Brazilian barbeque, I highly recommend it - it's such good food, and such an amazing amount of MEAT. I was the last one eating, and I think I might have even outdone Q, which is quite a feat. I especially loved the bacon-wrapped chicken and any red meat that was well done. Yum! :D
( Pic of the gang at dinnerCollapse )
Afterwards they decided to head to Town but we declinded and instead went and surprised Kyan by showing up at The DC Eagle where he works. The expression on his face when he rounded the corner and saw me of all people was priceless, let alone his reaction when he realized his parents were looking at him in his underwear. :) We hung out there for a bit, and then headed home.
The rest of the weekend Q is working and doing more doll stuff, and I'm working on various household chores, like bills and laundry. We're likely heading up to Mom's in a couple of weeks when he has a rare Saturday off, and she's said I can invite some of the Medians over if I want to do the birthday thing early. Oh, and she also told me on Friday that my Evil Sister is now officially divorced, my troublesome nephew is going to community college for the semester, my oldest nephew headed off for his last semester of college before graduating in December, and my Good Sister is mad at me for not calling her on her birthday. D'oh! (It always falls during Pennsic and I'm always a horrible brother for not remembering.)
So, anyway, I gots bills to pay. :P See ya!
- Current Mood:
busy
This made me crack right the fuck up:
14 Passive-Aggressive Appetizers at The New Yorker. Kudos to
its_just_me for thinking of my wry, bitter self."You know, I try, I really do..." *snerk*
- Current Mood: amused
Had a good weekend. Got all the house lights up (similar to last year), and just need to follow up with a few odds and ends (gonna decorate the big tree out front this year). We also started our shopping, which reminds me of how much money we *don't* have. We're heading up to my mom's for Christmas and the annual Margibtinlin board meeting & holiday party, but most of our local friends will be in NYC for New Year's Eve, so we're planning "Gaymas" sometime in mid-January like we did last year (*much* easier to deal with that way). Now we need to find a sitter for the kids.
Speaking of, Posh and Prince continue to be cute and fuzzy, and ever-hungry noodges as well. It's definitely different having two cats versus just one, but it's worth it when they deign us worth enough to sleep on top of. They're finishing off their medication for the kennel cough they got, but now we're fighting ear mites. Whee.
Quincy's been going out a lot in DC over the weekends, but has been nice enough to leave me home. They did go to an event at Remington's, the c/w bar, and now they all want to learn how to two-step, so I guess I'll be dustin' off my boots sometime soon to show them how. Yee haw. :)
Work is work. I love the students, but some of them are just too stupid to live. How did they get into college? It's sad at times. Otherwise, though, I do love the work, and the office, so it's all good. (I am, however, looking forward to that week and a half off soon.) Oh, and my umpteenth review was as expected - satisfactory, not outstanding, and somewhat snarky despite the distance. No worries - it's done, and doesn't affect me one whit.
I think I'll make cookies this weekend. We have our office holiday party on Monday (the students leave Friday), so it'll be fun.
The weather's been nuts. This time last week the whole place was covered in snow, and today it's going up to the 80's. Weird.
Oh, we found out a couple of weeks ago that a friend of ours is HIV+. Kind of a downer, but I know he'll come through it shining, not only because he's a lot stronger person than he thinks he is, but his best friend is a great role model in that respect.
That's it. Get back to work. :P
- Current Mood: happy
Huh. Been reading this whole "post content flagging system" fiasco (can't wait for the CEO of 6 Apart to write the lengthy explanation/apology/non-retraction in a couple of days), but when I look at my LJ entries, I don't see the "flag this post" icon anywhere (I see it on other LJs, but not mine). Maybe some of the layouts don't have it? Or am I just missing it?
I think it's going to be a huge mistake for two reasons - one, abuse by fundies and other trolls, and two, the "management review queue" is only going to set up 6 Apart for more headaches as people fight their decisions and/or they make a mistake and someone calls them on it (and threatens lawsuit, of course).
Wow. It's just bad policy all 'round. Why can't they understand the best thing to do is to cover their asses but NOT volunteering to police, or help police, user content? And, perhaps, allow users who are legally able to read the TOS to do so (where all this is covered already anyway), and those who are not legally of age be monitored by their fucking parents, perhaps? Jeez.
- Current Mood: annoyed
My review of Grindhouse, which we saw last night, summed up in one sentence:
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Tonight Q and Derek are going out clubbing, while I stay home and
You know, it's the little things you miss sometimes. Like power levelling two levels in one night. :)
Anywho, work has been so amazingly horrible, it's kind of shocking in its own way. The search continues for the next big thing, and a few interviews have so far been productive (and more are coming), so we'll see what happens.
Today Q and I celebrated a Friday the 13th anniversary. Aw. Him so cute. :)
Friends are creating the drah-mah llah-mah from hell. Tell me, when you meet someone for 3 days in person, talk to them for a year and a half, and suddenly decide that them moving halfway across the country, with no job or prospects, to live with you as your boyfriend, why do you think your friends are screaming, "BAD IDEA!" at you? And why do you look shocked - shocked! - at our slackjawed reaction when you actually do it? And why do you look equally shocked - shocked! - when we don't act surprised when you break up after 3 days?
Sometimes, your friends actually know what they're talking about. I know, rue the day and all, but still...
So, yeah. Amused, if horrified. Story of my life. :P
- Current Mood: confused
"DeLay Lands Coveted Appropriations Spot"
OK, so let me see if I've got this all sorted out:
- Tom DeLay gets indicted on charges of illegal corporate campaign donations and has to quit as Majority Leader.
- As punishment, he gets the job as head of the Appropriations Committee - which deals in money.
- He also gets a seat on the subcommittee overseeing the Justice Department - you know, the ones that investigate people who do illegal things with money (like Jack Abramoff, the example quoted in the article - you know, that crooked lobbyist who did illegal things with money and, you know, is connected to Tom DeLay).
- DeLay replaces Duke Cunningham on the committee who had to resign because he did illegal things with money.
I find myself in agreement with this quote from the article:
"Allowing Tom DeLay to sit on a committee in charge of giving out money is like putting Michael Brown back in charge of FEMA..."
- Current Mood: outraged
For all us grammar whores, I couldn't resist this "Get Fuzzy" strip, so I made it into an icon. Seriously, isn't that the reaction of anyone to whom you recommend using capital letters, proper punctuation and a less one-letter replacements for words than Prince ever did? Granted, the internet isn't always serious business, but come on...
Oh, and I found a handy little site for folks who aren't as adept as others at the graphic making:
http://co.ntagio.us/eljay/iconmaker/
Not only does it help you crop and size any picture, but you can add text and a border, and it uploads it for you, too. Very keen!
- Current Mood:
artistic
Is it just me, or are Applebee's, TGI Friday's, Ruby Tuesday's, Bennigan's, and Chili's all the same restaurant? Perhaps someday they'll merge like an oil company or entertainment conglomerate - "Welcome to TGI ChilAppleBen Tuesday's, can I take your order?"
- Current Mood: cynical
Finally got around to reviewing Our Great Monkey King's State of the Union address.
I have to agree with
ashoemaker - what alien civilization has replaced our president with a pod person?( Cut for political blatheringsCollapse )
- Current Mood: grouchy
Watched another God awful flick last night - Head On
Just... don't. Not even the full frontals of the hot lead were worth it.
Summary - "Life is shit, and after an entire day of using drugs, treating the people who love me like shit, getting arrested, rebelling against my heritage, using people for sex, sleeping with women even though I'm gay, and realizing I'm throwing away my entire life... I'm not going to change. Why is life such shit?"
Every foreign film is now coming off the Netflix queue. Every. Goddamned. One.
- Current Mood: annoyed
Why is it the ones that should listen to the ones telling them they're doing something stupid don't, and the ones that shouldn't, do?
I guess there's a thinner line than I thought between modesty and egotism.
- Current Mood: annoyed
In a friend's LJ where he said he was depressed because someone didn't find him attractive,
oakthorne posted a brilliant reply that I thought bore saving:The path to misery is taking subjective opinion as objective fact.
The cult of youth and beauty is a substitute for depth. You are too anxious to recriminate yourself for imagined failings of appearance. Does that let you off the hook, somehow? Is that easier than admitting you aren't comfortable simply being who you are?
Your reality is shaped entirely by you. Why do you *want* to be considered unattractive? What is the lure? Because, if you put as much credence into times that people told you - flat out, without hinting or vagueness - that you were attractive as you did when people hinted or maybe even flat out said otherwise, you'd have no choice but to accept yourself as unattractive.
Why is it so comfortable to imagine yourself as undesireable? Does this mean that you don't have to put any effort into social situations, that you don't have to get out there and meet people, talk to people, become vulnerable to them? "Oh well, I'm ugly anyway" stinks of sour grapes, brother-mine. It's a bullshit cop out.
I'm sorry if I've offended, but I don't let people talk about friends that way. Not even if the person doing the talking is also the one being talked about. I call bullshit.
- Current Mood: contemplative
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