Yesterday afternoon, I was walking up NW 23rd Avenue, nonchalantly minding my own business, heading for Escape from New York Pizza, when a man sitting on the sidewalk asked me for change. I didn't want to give any to him, because I didn't have any in my pockets, and I don't feel comfortable getting out my wallet and digging through it to give ( Read more... )

Today is August 5, 2003, which marks my parents' 25th wedding anniversary. More importantly for the sake of a record of my own life, three years ago on this date, I told a girl I liked her for the first time, making today the anniversary of my first love, and the anniversary of the first time I acknowledged my queerness out loud. Three years ago ( Read more... )

I can't think of much to say at the current moment, so I'm going to make this post interactive, and hopefully get some much-needed questions answered ( Read more... )

This was posted in one of the communities to which I belong today:

"alright. so in my senior social studies class, no one taught us how to go about REGISTERING TO VOTE, so i figured you ladies can help me out..

i turn 18 as of sept 3. i need the ez pass lane to cast my vote in the november elections.. so um.. what do i do?"Jesus fucking christ. ( Read more... )

Thinking about all the Rich Mackin debates going around on globalfeminisms right now. I'm aware that my posting about them in my personal journal may be constituted as a personal attack on all involved parties, but I choose not to add my two cents to that particular forum, because I feel that much of the discussion happening in that space is not productive ( Read more... )

Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday dear Ang, the hottest girl in the world!!!
Happy birthday to you!

*kiss*

My schedule was free tonight, and I didn't feel like hanging around home, so I spent my evening eating dinner, visiting, and generally being the dutiful family member with my grandmother and her friend Stan. For the most part, it was good-- I always enjoy when people make me dinner, and I'm just starting to learn to sew, so my grandma let me fuck ( Read more... )

Okay, people. It's like this:

On Monday night, I will hopefully be going to the Nomy Lamm show in Portland. (If I can figure out when the damn thing is. There is no info anywhere on the internet when the thing is going to start. Nor am I entirely sure where the venue-- Pacific Switchboard-- is. If anyone can help me here, that would be a good ( Read more... )

I'm back in Portland!

Who wants to play?

I did it! I finally finished that bugger of an Environmental Politics paper that plagued me all weekend long. I also gave my last oral presentation for my language class today, which means, in case you're keeping score, that I am finished with two of my four classes this term. Tomorrow, I will give my final oral presentation for yet another ( Read more... )