In the last week and change, I have ( Read more... )

"Supervisor mine, I think I want to go to grad school."
"That would be great! A Masters would be great for you."
"Yeah, and I want to keep working here when I do. School full-time, work part-time."
"Short answer: yes, definitely. Long answer: we'll make it work."
"Awesome."
"And when you're ready to take the GREs or LSATs or whatever, let me know. ( Read more... )

Jennifer Beals, who plays Bette on The L Word, went to Yale at the same time as Jodie Foster, who isn't a lesbian on camera, but plays one in real life. (according to Wikipedia)So, from now on, in my head, they dated in college for a while until Jennifer decided that she was "really straight all along," and "just experimenting." Jodie took a few ( Read more... )

Are you kidding me?

Dear Ms. Allen,

Any woman with the temerity to say that women should be humble and accept 'our place' should herself be humble enough to accept the one she creates for herself.

Regards,
Allison

-Allison is not a fan of the term "fair sex", except in that it might mean more equitable fucking

It would be grammatically (though not factually) correct to say "If I were a boy, my name was Alex."

My head hurts thinking about tense agreement, and I'm not sure why this never occured to me when I was obsessed with all things trans.

-Allison grammarian

Please stop starting wars in already-volatile areas. I mean, it's not like people couldn't see Turkey invading Iraq from, like, a bajillion miles away, but the last thing that we need is more ethnic strife between the Mediterranian and the Hindukush Himalayas.

No?

Please?

Worth a shot.

-Allison tried

The deputy director of my organization has authorized work-from-home today, on account of the crappy weather. I still need to put in my eight hours, but I can do it in my warm bed, in my comfortable pajamas. I have a clear idea of what I'm going to be doing, too, and today I get to start working in collaboration with a really smart guy who I know I ( Read more... )

Am marathoning West Wing season six. Stop.

Wishing Bartlet were President. Again. Stop.

Also liking my figure. Stop.

Cleaned my room, too. Stop.

-Allison telegrammatical

I am going to bed before eight tonight. I wonder if I'll still sleep until six AM. Because that would be neat.

-Allison sleepaholic

I'm not sure why I still think of this as "the running experiment", when it's so quickly become something I can't not do. But what's in a name, really ( Read more... )