i am deeply confused by this. i don't like softball, i don't have a best friend who calls me sir, i said i was femme (which is wrong, but closest out of the three choices) and i am just so confused.

Blogthings - You Are the Very Gay Peppermint Patty!

You Are the Very Gay Peppermint Patty!

Softball is the huge tipoff here... As well as a "best friend" who loves to call her "sir"

What Gay Childhood Icon Are You?

the blogger code:

my blogger code is:

B9 d+ t- k s- u- f i o x e l c-

sadly, there wasn't a way to choose both using blogger and lj, and it said to put this on my about page. i don't *have* an about page! oy. silly people. i'd fix the blogger/lj problem by hand, but i have totally forgotten which letter it is.

(edited to fix link; thanks, kevin!)

jeanne d'arc on the whole fake reporter thing, and using the master's tools to dismantle the master's house.

Body and Soul: Big gay jpegs:

I have nothing against gay people. I have gay friends. Whatever they want to do in the privacy of their own homes is fine with me. Getting married, raising children, pursuing their careers, doing all the things normal people like us do, that's fine. But -- call me old-fashioned, call me a prig -- but I draw the line at gay people, or anyone else, putting naked pictures of themselves on the internet, where children can see them. And prostitution? Gay prostitution? I'm sorry, I don't care how Republicans try to make me see that as just somebody's personal life, I'm just flat-out against gay prostitution. I think most Americans agree with me and I don't know why Republicans don't get that. It really bothers me that this White House would give special favors to a prostitute who puts his private parts right out there for children to see. What kind of a message does that send about our values, when the White House is promoting gay pornographers? That just doesn't reflect my values.

Democrats: The party of gay families.

Republicans: The party of gay pornographers.

i've had better weekends. activity wise, it was fabulous. went to the mnstf pool party, talked to a bunch of people, left there early and went out to dinner with aaronv and had good food and good talking, and then skidded safely home on the roads which were all snowy. got up and talked to katie and let the dogs drool on her and gave her a piece of jewelry that i am hoping that she'll be able to make some changes to so that i will be less worried that it will break, went over to my parents' house and tried to help m. socks pack santas, dinner with the family, and then off to heidi's house where i was plied with good conversation, lemon sour cream cake, and a drooly baby.

and i've cried more this weekend than i think i have all month. god, but this sucks.

i am soooo lazy.

if one of you notices something that doesn't work, you'll email me, right?

i know i need to fix my rainbow flag sticker on my side bar. i just need to put the picture on the server.

anything else?

senator schumer has provided a calculator for how much your benefits would be under the current social security plan, versus how much less they would be under the privatization plan.

senator schumer says:

All numbers are annual benefits adjusted for inflation. Calculations are based on Congressional Budget Office (CBO) economic assumptions. The President has said that individual accounts would do nothing to restore long-term solvency and that further benefit cuts are necessary. Since he has not made a specific proposal, these estimates assume that benefits are “price indexed,” a proposal made in Plan 2 of President Bush’s Social Security Commission.

okay, i cannot even begin to tell you how excited this makes me. imagine me bouncing up and down and squeaking.

i am totally willing to go retire on mars instead of on the moon. i've been planning on the moon, but for this, i'll change my plans.

Exclusive: NASA Researchers Claim Evidence of Present Life on Mars:

WASHINGTON -- A pair of NASA scientists told a group of space officials at a private meeting here Sunday that they have found strong evidence that life may exist today on Mars, hidden away in caves and sustained by pockets of water.

The scientists, Carol Stoker and Larry Lemke of NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, told the group that they have submitted their findings to the journal Nature for publication in May, and their paper currently is being peer reviewed.

What Stoker and Lemke have found, according to several attendees of the private meeting, is not direct proof of life on Mars, but methane signatures and other signs of possible biological activity remarkably similar to those recently discovered in caves here on Earth.

mnstf pool party this saturday!

karen, one of the fine fine hosts says:

Starts at 2, and we'll be down by the pool in the Bloomington Sheraton. In or near room 115 or 215, I'm sure. Everyone's welcome. Come: hot tub, swim, hang out, play some games (bring some games!), eat, talk, you know the drill. Expect music later in the evening.

Bring your own beverage, and spread the word, yes, yes.

Thanks,

K.

i'll be there. in my new bright purple swimsuit.

people on lj are posting a meme about "what would you do if you woke up in the morning and i was there in bed with you?"

as much as i like some of you, pretty much my response in every case would be to scream. i am not good with being startled.

so, just in case you were wondering.

i got roses for valentine's day. red ones and peach ones. they're beautiful, and almost made me cry. okay, now i'm getting all happy and weepy about them again.

(dear cme: from a friend. if it turns out i should introduce you, i'll let you know. :)

from stakebait, Bad Fairy Blessing for valentine's day.

Bad Fairy Blessing


I wish for you not more happiness than you can compass
but a serviceable content spreading like sunlight,
like buttery white wine.

the rest of the poem is at the link.

i have no idea where i've lived. i'm not doing this meme.

er, well, maybe.

ages 0-4: many places including new york city (where i was born), several places in detroit metro area, arlington virginia, and um that might be it.
age 4-7: milford, michigan.
7-17: hastings, minnesota, in two houses and an apartment. but not all at the same time.
17-21: st paul, minnesota. several dorms, one apartment, one house.
21-23(?): minneapolis, minnesota. an apartment and a duplex.
23-27: bloomington, minnesota. two different apartments, in the same building.
27-now: minneapolis, minnesota. in one duplex.

ta-daaa!

interesting! only about as accurate as rob breszny, but i don't read these things because i think they're dead on accurate. (although, now i must go get more bean soup.)


Water Rat

WATER RAT Horoscope
Feb 18, 1912 to Feb 5, 1913
Feb 15, 1972 to Feb 2, 1973



Rat people are so charming and attractive they are always surrounded by friends and admirers. They can also be lone tumbleweeds, seldom making lasting friendships. Known as Perfectionists, they never want to lose face. It takes an understanding friend to get them to "put on the dancing plumes." Rat people have vivid imagination and are known for creating extraordinarily magic moments in time. Not surprisingly, the sensitive Rats have the gift of insight and clairvoyance, so you better watch out what you think around them! Rats enjoy being leaders and pacesetters and usually enjoy extraordinary success in life.

Hearty Bean Soup is one of the keys to good health for a Rat!!

When water rats talk, people listen. Commanding and eloquent, always the center of attention, the Water Rats also have a soft side that endears them to the world. When the world needs, Water Rats are there. Humanitarian fighters against hunger, illness, sadness, they try to bring happiness to others through their compassionate endeavors and smiling warmth. When the world wants a friend, it's the loyal and sincere Water Rat which draws them in. The Water Rat has a successful career but money-wise, it's pretty much middle of the road. Changing free-spending ways could lead to financial security if they are willing to make the effort. Their natural charisma attracts members of the opposite sex like wildfire, but Water Rats often don't set their standards high enough and are quite indiscriminate in seeking love affairs, until they finally settle down later in life. Once this happens, they advance pretty far exhibiting oodles of charm with their loved ones.

Famous RAT people: Richard Nixon, Shakespeare, Prince Charles, Julia Child, Louis Armstrong, Prince Andrew, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Kathleen Battle, Albert Finney

ha! not only is it moved to mooseparty, my archives work, too!

now i just have to fix all my pictures. wheee.

i'm going to try to move this over to mooseparty.org. we'll see how that works.

i am home from supercon, and it was amazingly fabulous. um. more on that later.

amanda at mousewords (which i hadn't known about before, and will now add to my reading list) says:

Mouse Words: Lydia Lunch and thoughts one whether sex is degrading to women:

Criticize it all you want, but if you do so in the way that implies that all porn is gross and sexist, or that porn is inherently gross and sexist, then you're going to get the question--Why? Why is showing a sexual act inherently degrading to women unless you assume that sex itself is inherently degrading to women?

got it in one, i think.

love and kisses,
your local pro-sex, pro-porn feminist.

in my superhero identity, i am the head of program for wiscon 29. so if you have ideas for programming at a very fine feminist sf convention, please go tell me about them! here's the information on how to do so.



We're still building our mailing and idea lists for the WisCon 29 program. If you might like to participate in the program or if you have some program ideas, we'd love to hear from you. Here's a link to our planning page, where you can give us your contact information, enter program ideas, and take a look at the current idea list:


link


If you're wondering when we plan to do what, here's a link to our schedule:


link

also, it does not matter in the slightest whether or not i can find my install disk, as my computer account information on my desktop is hosed up, and i can no longer log in. so we'll see how fast i can find that puppy.

i was going to do one of those visited states maps, but mine is too depressing. (unless i decide to count the states that i bussed through asleep while going to d.c.. and even then? depressing. need to travel more.)