I went to the doctor's this morning. After she figured out that I wasn't there about the referral she'd given me over the phone the day before (to go to a physical therapist about the ankle), she confirmed that yes, I have another sinus infection, and prescribed me ( Read more... )

Holy crap I knew I loved this song but I like the video MORE. It's like MC Escher had sex with Tetris in the lighting booth at a rave. In the eighties. On ecstasy. Oh, and it features a sexy androgynous redhead but the video is so fantastic that the sexy lady is an AFTERTHOUGHT.

La Roux - Bulletproof

Life's been a bit crazy lately - well, mostly my job has been a bit crazy ("Hey, you're promoted! Enjoy your new job! But also do your old job! And hey, have some crises too!"), which means I have been working late and eating oddly and coming home and watching Dr. Who far past my bedtime. And don't get me wrong, Dr. Who is FANTASTIC, but it's never ( Read more... )

"That seemed to be the latest theme around town. Everyone was looking for something new. Not that the old thing wasn't working out, but just for the sake of change. It all had to do with the weather. First it was cold, freezing cold for months and very private with never enough heat. Then, one day, quite unexpectedly, spring came. People's minds ( Read more... )

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I could go to the oceanThe thought popped into my head as I was sitting in the bathtub, contemplating the reddening skin on my thighs and the way my stomach pushed up in a convex bowl or a little island. I had been trying to figure out what to do with my day. Not even noon on Sunday and I was already bored ( Read more... )

Dear New York Times article on female athletes and unconventional standards of beauty ( Read more... )

While reading Ana Marie Cox's perspective on the new "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" guidelines, the part I found most interesting (and awesome!) had actually nothing directly to do with the gays:

While the comparison to racial desegregation of the military to the repeal of DADT is obviously inexact, we can look to it for evidence about how our soldiers ( Read more... )