I've been persuaded recently to move to Dreamwidth, so this is my announcement saying I'll be doing that. Same name, same indignant ranting.

1. Setting/plot: steampunk Vatican uses "ancient technology" (read: cyborgs with all manners of implants, CDs, advanced tracking systems, cruise missles) to kill vampires ( Read more... )

For those of you who think that this impassioned speech by Austrialian Prime Minister Julia Gillard was defending Peter Slipper's actions: You are missing the point.

Pharm Tech: So this new medication of yours shouldn't have many side effects.
Me: But I take valporic acid and lithium for bipolar disorder, both of which this medication contradicts.
Pharm Tech: Oh. Er. Well, then. Um...
Me: Just.. please tell me what the side effects are. Are they any different in my situation?
Pharm Tech: Yes, actually. Are ( Read more... )

Why it boggles my mind that people still stare at me blankly when I say that the health care system in the U.S. is deplorable:Several nations including Canada, Great Britain, Australia and Italy recognize post partum mental illness as a mitigating factor in cases where mothers kill their children.[26] In the United States, such a legal distinction ( Read more... )

Disclaimer: This is a stream-of-consciousness rant. I'm not really trying to unpack anything yet, but writing it out helps.

( Do not attempt to pacify the raging hellbeast formerly known as your friend... )

Apparently the newest star in The Mom Wars is Mitt Romney. First, he and his wife, Ann, extol her $3 million "choice" to stay home and raise their kids (with a nanny, the internet has noticed and judged) as the most dignified work she could have ever pursued, to counter Ms. Rosen's comments stating that Ann "has never worked a day in her life."

But ( Read more... )

I am becoming increasingly annoyed with people who state, "I hate a Particular Group! Insert right that everyone should have that pretty much defines Particular Group's struggle, which I am clearly taking for granted!" In the circles I run in, this happens with a startling frequency ( Read more... )

"i instead saved my venom and deep-seated hatred for when i was at home in the safety of my room with my dolls, pitting malibu barbie against hula barbie in a hair-pulling screaming match for ken's neutered male plastic affection."

Can you believe that's from a parenting advice piece? I love it.

So I saw this image on Postsecret the other day, and the thought, "that's me" hit me like a brick to the stomach. The resemblance is freakish: I part my hair that way (yes, even today), I owned/loved that sweater at age 15-16, and that's pretty much the shape of my mouth.

If this is me, someone who knew me at that age well enough to take a ( Read more... )