December 2010
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Jha: over the course of the month i finished a harlequin romance novel and realized why i cannot read romance novels anymore
Dorianisms: And why is that?
Jha: i cant take the sex in them seriously
all those euphemisms
Dorianisms: Ahh. Purple prose, eh?
Jha: i dont mind purple prose but my god
clitorises are not pearls
THEY ARE NOT PEARLS, YOU HEAR ME?
this was my main problem while writing sex scenes for my Girl Genius fanfic
which i guess is why i prefer writing erotica than reading it
Dorianisms: Well, obviously clitorises aren't pearls.
Everyone knows they're sapphires.
kiriamaya asked: Hi! I dunno if you got my question because Tumblr decided to crash when I tried to send it. So, uhh, here's another (different) one:
What are your plans for New Year's Eve?
What are your plans for New Year's Eve?
thecurvature asked: What was the topic of your last significant dinner conversation?
Been a while since I shamelessly solicited... →
SO. LET’S RECTIFY THAT, SHALL WE?
gwenfrankenstien replied to your post: Obligatory Library List
OH NO BEECHEN’S BATGIRL IS BAD BAD BAD. They wanted to redeem Cass, so they got the writer who messed her up in the first place to do it, which I will never understand. (Also, if the last Atom book has Remender’s story, skip it. and just read Gail’s)
Thank you for the warning! I will probably still read it, since I have it now, but...
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Obligatory Library List
I went to the library yesterday! I took out books! I am going to TELL YOU WHAT THEY ARE.
Fiction
La Cage Aux Folles Broadway libretto, Harvey Fierstein & Jerry Herman
The Boyfriend List, E. Lockhart
Nonfiction
My Life, Edith Piaf
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Oliver Sacks
Ragtime: Its History, Composers, and Music, edited by John Edward Hasse*
Comics/Graphic Work
...
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Here are some things you should know about...
meloukhia:
Asexuality is diverse and there are many different ways for asexuality to express. If you want to learn more about asexuality and the ace community, the AVEN Wiki is a good place to start.
Asexual people are not ‘broken,’ experiences of sexual assault, rape, abuse, etc. do not ‘turn people asexual.’
Asexual people can be and are kinky. (Hi!)
Asexual people consume and create...
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I am utterly exhausted.
And it is not even 8.30pm. I suppose this might, hypothetically have something to do with the fact that I slept for about an hour and a half last night.
Maybe.
I’m sure there’s a more likely explanation, though. I bet alien zombies are harvesting my energy to power their ships. That makes sense, right?
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Vienna Teng, “Stray Italian...
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ShitshitSHITshit
So, I have to mail off an income declaration to the welfare office every month sometime after the 16th. Since I was in South Africa at that time, I asked one of my housemates to do this for me, which she did.
HOWEVER (and I hasten to add that I accept full responsibility for this, because my directions when I was asking were rather unclear), she mailed it to the wrong address—to the bank...
“Im deleting my fbook on like the 10th so if you EVER want to tell me how your...”
– A message I just got from my sister. She has to realise that this sort of thing has pretty much exactly the opposite effect from what she’s hoping to encourage, right? Surely she realises that?
I did e-mail her back, mind. But still.
“unfortunately, after 9/11, those standards have been diluted significantly to...”
– FBI Expands Probe into Antiwar Activists (via radicallyhottoff)
Signal boosting.
(via kiriamaya)
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Today's mission:
kiriamaya:
adorianmode:
Find a lunch I can afford for <$4.50. Wendy’s value meals, HERE I COOOOOMMMMMEEEE.
I think I am having dinner at a friend’s house, so that solves that problem, anyway.
<3 Wendy’s is GREAT for that. I love how you can get just this huge meal from there for under five bucks.
A little more in Canada, I think, but I can definitely get some kind of burger and...
Today's mission:
Find a lunch I can afford for <$4.50. Wendy’s value meals, HERE I COOOOOMMMMMEEEE.
I think I am having dinner at a friend’s house, so that solves that problem, anyway.
I've begun having difficulty distinguishing...
There was something I thought I had seen on Tumblr which I had pretty much convinced myself was a dream, but now I am pretty sure it wasn’t after all.
And the same thing has happened a couple of times in reverse.
What is my braiiiinnnnn
Thinking back and looking forward.
So, 2010 is drawing to a close. I don’t do New Year’s Resolutions, in the typical sense—resolving to give up or start doing a specific thing. I lack the, heh, resolve for it.
But I do like to think about the directions I’d like to see my year take, and that’s what I’ve had on my mind for the past little while.
2010 was in many ways a year of new beginnings and...
note to self: possible words to use instead of...
thunkapotamus:
also: uncommon, unusual, unconventional, something (eg: “that’s really something!”)
-danika:
nonsensical wacky screwy (?) ridiculous illogical ludicrous preposterous absurd silly unbelievable incredible freaky bizarre feckless pointless futile outrageous harebrained (?) strange peculiar weird impressive excessive wild irrational funny unusual
I already use a lot of these! I...
I am home!
I am also SO TIRED, OH MY GOD. I managed to break, somehow, both of the bags I brought with me—the pullout handle on my suitcase no longer works and the shoulder strap has fallen off my shoulder bag. Needless to say, this made transporting my luggage extremely difficult.
I am not taking it upstairs today. Fuck that, seriously.
In other news, though, there was fabulous mail waiting for me!...
Depression
Ergo, slumber.
I’ve really enjoyed my time here, but at the same time I think I am ready to go home. I get weird when I’m not in my own space for a while.
halifaxeten replied to your post: wildunicornherd replied to…
will you be home/leave the key in the secret leaving place the evening of the 30th? so i too can get into our home? D:
I will almost certainly be home! Because I am a reclusive hermit because I haven’t planned anything with anyone until New Years’ Eve. I am excited to see youuuuu.
wildunicornherd replied to your post: Urrrrkkkkk
:S crap! By not at home do you mean “won’t get back for hours” or “visiting family and won’t be back till classes start”?
The latter. HOWEVER. Our next-door backyard* neighbours have a key to our place, and one of them will be home tomorrow evening, I have just confirmed.
SO I AM SAVED.
—-
*this is in fact where their house is...
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Urrrrkkkkk
Having successfully negotiated the Great Bus Crisis (thanks to the beneficence of wildunicornherd), a new issue rears its ugly head: the spare key for my house has apparently been lost, I lost my own key a seriously long time ago, and none of my be-keyed housemates will be at home when I return.
So. This is a conundrum, to put it mildly. I may need to brush up on my infiltration skills.
Tumblr has spoken.
And the general consensus is that it is a completely ludicrous idea for me to try and catch up on what I missed.
I do agree, for the record. But resisting the temptation shall be A MIGHTY STRUGGLE.
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TumblrPoll
So, when I get back home (on tuessssdayyyyy), do I embark on an EPIC QUEST to catch up on the last three weeks of internet? Or do I say “fuck it” and start fresh?
Also, do any of you have cool/exciting/nifty things that happened to you in the past little while? Or awesome things you wrote? LINK ME I WANT TO SEE.
WHAT SAY YOU?
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Christmas was funnish.
Hung out and watched movies, mostly. Also, ate veggie burgers. With hummous!
My life is mundane, but terribly satisfying. On the agenda today: poutine and visiting my sister! Is it bad that I might be more excited for the former than the latter?
This poutine place apparently has, like, 30 different kinds.
In which I fucking *lose my shit* over Glee →
rhymeswithnothing:
meloukhia:
Uhm, spoilers. Also bad language.
Epic beautiful flawless stuff dreams are made of quotes etc
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Oh my goodness.
I messaged someone on $DATING_SITE and he responded. He is:
About my age
super-cute
disabled
into fat acceptance/activism
disapproving of people who are all “You’re too PC!”
a nerd
twenty minutes drive or a $6 bus ride away.
HOW DOES THIS PERSON EXIST?
One more thing.
Have I told y’all I’m spending Christmas in Montreal with vincentwilde?
Because I am.
It is going to be awesome.
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Goodnight and Goodbye, Tumblr.
I’m preparing to bed down, since I have to get up pretty dang early tomorrow morning. I just wanted to warn y’all that you’re likely to see a dip in quantity of posting for the next couple of weeks (though not quality, since that’s already rock-bottom).
I don’t know what my internet access will be like while I’m gone—is there wireless where I’ll be...
Dorianisms: Oy, Assange. →
blackamazon:
sadydoyle:
I mean, this is ridiculous. Of course the US government, and several other governments, stands to profit from his being convicted. OF COURSE THEY DO.
But you know who doesn’t stand to profit? Like, at all? The women pressing the charges. Because (a) rape victims almost never…
And you’d think I’d be completely WOHOO This and for the most part I am but wait
Here’s...
staticnonsense replied to your post:tchy replied to your post: FRENZY OF PACKING…
There is also the risk of theft. Having it as a carry-on would be a much safer idea if it can be pulled off.
Right again. I guess I’ll just sacrifice a few books.
I mean, still take them with me, just not in the carry-on. I’m not leaving them here!
(Because, as it turns out, one carry-on is...
tchy replied to your post: FRENZY OF PACKING COMPLETED
Not to throw a wrench into your carefully organized packing, but be careful with the laptop in a suitcase, as there’s a chance it could be damaged. I’d suggest shifting some of the books and carrying it with you, even if you don’t use it.
Hahahaaaa “carefully organised”.
But no, this is actually a good point. Maybe I’m...
Oy, Assange.
sadydoyle:
I mean, this is ridiculous. Of course the US government, and several other governments, stands to profit from his being convicted. OF COURSE THEY DO.
But you know who doesn’t stand to profit? Like, at all? The women pressing the charges. Because (a) rape victims almost never profit from taking their cases through the legal system, which is why so few do, and (b) they’re already...
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FRENZY OF PACKING COMPLETED
It took…forty minutes? Something like that. Anyway, I’m done! Except for a couple of things, mostly things I’ll need in the morning (hello, deodorant and Wellbutrin).
The other thing is my laptop. I had to make the extremely difficult decision as to whether it was more important to fit my laptop or ALL THE BOOKS into my carry-on. In the end I went for the latter, as I...
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Bento Sized Mini Quiches →
OH MY GOSH.
WEE BABY QUICHE.
PETRUSHKAB, HALIFAXETEN, DO YOU LIKE QUICHE? WE SHOULD MAKE SOME TO CELEBRATE OUR REUNION.
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Life isn't hard...
when you’ve got a library card!
No, I mean, it still is in some ways. But I’ll tell you what, I am fucking prepared for my really long plane ride now. I just took out:
Margaret Atwood’s The Blind Assassin
Kate Atkinson’s Behind the Scenes at the Museum (I have already read these two, but enjoy them).
A book by David Levithan that I don’t have next to me and...
Calmed down significantly since this morning's...
Which is a very good thing.
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AHH FUCK FUCK FUCK
Surprised it took this long, but I am panicking in a big way about South Africa. I can’t do this. I’m not ready. I don’t even have a decent toothbrush. I have no money to buy one or toothpaste, I haven’t done any packing and I leave in under twenty hours, I have no idea what I’ll be doing there I am just totally in over my head.
Ack ack ack ack ack
What if my...
Former DC President Paul Levitz says superhero...
dcwomenkickingass:
Well. This sure explains a lot. In a three part interview over at The Comics Journal to promote his new DC book, former DC president Paul Levitz is giving some very soundbites. Levitz who ran DC as president and publisher from 2002 until last year and was a instrumental in making the direct market DC’s main distribution channel, shares his thoughts on girls and superheroes....
peerpleasure replied to your post: birthday thing update
You deserve the happiest birthday in the world!!!!!! XO
Tall Sarah is the greatest, y’all. Seriously.
She also now knows the people I’ve been crushing on! OHOHOHO SCANDAL
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birthday thing update
It was fun! I had fun! The cake was good, peerpleasure’s Giant Vegan Cookie was good, about ten people came.
Two of those ten people were Z. and a first-year I kind of have a crush on. It was good to see them. I wish I had had a chance to talk with Z. alone a bit—I likely won’t before, y’know, leaving the country.
MY FRIEND JESSICA GOT ME A NINTENDO DS. She is awesome....
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“Well, the difference between Canada and the US is that in the US we just killed...”
– Acquaintance talking about the Vancouver Olympics and the Aboriginal presence in the games. (via microaggressions)
There is so much wrong with this statement. I just. Can’t.
1) Even in the USA, WE ARE NOT ALL DEAD. FACTUALLY WRONG.
2) We are also not just something for white people to...
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Birthday party in two hours.
Departing for South Africa in under 48.
Arriving in South Africa in under 72.
All of which are things I’m really excited for.
Why am I depressed right now?
jhameia:
haterina:
what would your name look like?
taniada:
jonmak:
enola:
-jeremymckinnon:
ladyavalonisabamf:
thefaceofbro:
yesiac:
runatasha:
Natasha = Enchant
FUCK YEAH!
Misery.
lovely.
…
Napkin.
Exile. Well that’s just. Kinda bamf-y
oh my god.
hymen.
what - the - fuck?
^hahahahaha that’s amazing.
Mine = rudeness, sad that’s true haha
Jonathan: nuisance
...
Dear Self:
Just because sometimes your pain is minimal… And sometimes you have almost no fatigue… Does not mean that the times you are in pain or fatigued are somehow invalidated. And does not mean you are faking at being disabled. STOP WITH THE SELF-DOUBTTTT Love, Me
SO HERE'S THE THING, PEOPLE.
thecurvature:
(Trigger Warning)
Right now? The time, right now, when everyone is running around like chickens with their heads cut off talking about how women LIE about rape, and anyway it WASN’T rape, because once she says yes you can do anything you like to her ammirite, bro?, and what’s this about maybe she was sleeping LALALALA I CAN HEAR YOU, sluts are just jealous, and they regret it in...