I would love to hear how you would explain to a child of one of these broken families that his or her parents are no longer married because you didn't want them to be. That his parents are less than other people's parents', because his parents aren't heterosexual ( Read more... )

My birthday begins in fifteen minutes, and for this occasion - my twenty-seventh - I have a new President. The guy I voted for, the guy I wanted and wished for. The guy who, I believe, will institute a plethora of policies I like with a minimum of policies I dislike.

I have faith in the government again.

-Allison, patriot

"No girl that needs me is good for me. Only a girl that -wants- me is good. " -thebill

"So I finally finished watching Gilmore Girls," I said, trying to commisserate with my mother on the most incredibly girly show that either of us has ever watched, and it just so happens we both do.
"All of them?"
"Yeah."
"Allof them?"
"Yeah?"
"And you still need surgery?"
I laughed.
"Your father always says that if you watch that show long enough ( Read more... )

Dear Mr. Sorkin,

I love you, Aaron Sorkin.

Sincerely,
Allison

( In which our heroine explains why she's in love. )

On the phone with my roommate of six years ago and current dear friend:

"So I just got out of a movie," I said.
"Oh, cool. What'd you see?"
"Ask me who I am."
"How are you?"
"No, who am I."
"Okay, who are you?" He humors me.
"Nick Fury, director of S.H.I.E.L.D. I'm here to talk to you about the Avenger Initiative.""Oh lord ( Read more... )

It's been eleven months since I had to get anything done about my facial hair. Ick, gross, trans messiness, yes, but it is a basic part of who I am and it's a silly little medical need. Lasers to the face, twitching in some pain, it takes less than half an hour from start to finish. And then it's done, and I move about my life. It costs, of course ( Read more... )

Then when you're more mature, you start telling the truth. "I've broken a glass. Is it expensive?" "I'll pay for that. I'm sorry." You do that so people might go, "What a strong personality! I like to have sex with people with strong personalities."
Eddie Izzard, Dressed to Kill

I walk around Dragoncon on Saturday with thebill, determined to draft at ( Read more... )

The four days I spent in Atlanta will go down as one of the best experiences I've had in a really, really long time. Details to follow, but I am more myself than I have been in ages and I have a much better perspective on both who I am and where I'm going.

(much love to miladyelizabeth and thebill, not least because they were both a good chunk of the above and happen ( Read more... )

I love Babylon 5. Seriously, I have had a huge love affair with this show since, like, 1999 or so. It's huge, it's epic, it's tightly-packed with delicious continuity, and there are so many pullquotes from every single episode that I squee in reruns. I used to watch them nightly on Sci-Fi, back in 2000-2001. Had a good routine going on that invoved ( Read more... )