Most of my LJ entries are open to the public unless they are explicit or contain private or personal details like contact info.  Let me know if you want to be in on the explicit content filter, and I'll decide whether to add you ( Read more... )

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My reading about bicultural/biracial identities today resonated a lot with my own experience as a multi-gendered person.  Does anyone have any recommendations for resources or forums that might discuss commonalities within the experiences of bicultural people and genderqueer people?  If you already know there aren't any, explanations as to why this ( Read more... )

1. The illness I live with is:  I've had many different diagnoses (RSI, carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis, etc.); the bottom line is I have chronic pain in my hands, arms, neck, and back that is made worse by things like computer use and other repetitive hand and arm work.  I also am effected by Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), though I don't ( Read more... )

Here I am, back in NC.  It's good to be back to the country and my friends here.  (I know some people think this is a city.  Compared to where I've been for the last two months, this is rural.)  I was welcomed by friends with beer.  I've already bought some local art, eaten southern food (fried green tomatoes! yum!), and enjoyed a thunderstorm.  Ah ( Read more... )

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Wow.  It's been a while. I guess I've been busy healing and visiting with people.  I'm so much busier with social events than I've been in Asheville!  It's a nice change.  I hope to come back next summer, too.

I'm not sure what else to say...  It's been an adventure, but not a very verbal one.  Perhaps some visuals, then?  Check out my flickr ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is my last day as an Asheville resident.
Wednesday I'm flying to CA.
Thursday I'm getting marked as in service to my daddy.
Next Monday I'm having surgery.
In August I'm moving to a new place and starting grad school.

Whoa.

It's tornado weather here in NC.  Though none of the warnings have resulted in an actual whirlwind in my location, I still feel like I'm being flung about by forces stronger than me.  Here's a bit about my current plans and a call for visitors while I recover from surgery this summer ( Read more... )

My comp is so full I don't have room to create a disk image for dvd backup any more, and it's gonna be at least another month before I get my computer in for installation of more memory and the new battery it also needs.  Online backup seems like a good solution....  Does anyone use it?  Got a recommendation?