(yoinked from arisrabkin )

1. What did you do in 2010 that you'd never done before?
Successfully maintain a non-monogamous relationship. Break up with a long-term boyfriend. Rent an apartment all by myself.Go to Further Confusion

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I did! Last year's was to talk to one complete ( Read more... )

This got long-- like, really long. TL:DR version --> I cover my hair for reasons of modesty, spirituality, and personal politics, and I've found that the practice of hijab seems to resonate most strongly with me, at least for now.

Read on if you really want the full essay... rant... thing.

So, many of you have probably noticed that for a while now, I ( Read more... )

Today, I told my mother about my relationship with Chien. I'd tried working up the nerve to tell her a few times before-- my mother and I have always been very close, and it was really bothering me that I was essentially hiding this big part of my life from her ( Read more... )

I've been thinking a lot about sex and my sexuality lately. Kinda goes without saying, but this probably won't be safe for work; also, disregard this post if you really have no interest in my sex life.

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Please forgive me if I'm a little short with any of you over the next few days. I've been going through some weird personal stuff that I'm not sure I can really talk about here (several of the people in question are on LJ, and on my friends list), and it's messing with my mental state something fierce. So, if you do something nice for me and I cry ( Read more... )

Happiest of birthdays to my good friend chiendarrendor ! Hope your birthday was an awesome one. :)

Sad face! Huge, huge sad face! The article in question is below:

SAN JOSE, CA (KGO) -- Wearing a head scarf may have cost a Bay Area woman her job. Until Monday she worked at the popular apparel chain Hollister, but the teen says corporate told her religious head scarves do not fit with the company's image. Now she wants the feds to investigate.

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Seriously 2010, what the hell?

Last night while rollerskating with Chien, I fell pretty hard onto my back. Right on the edge of the curb of the rink. Insert your favourite cluster of expletives here, because holy FRAK that hurt. Knocked the wind out of me for a minute and everything.

After I got my breath back (and a couple of nice girls made sure I  ( Read more... )

So, in continuation of the "sexy poetry" theme, I wrote more. Not another sonnet (since it turns out that iambic pentameter makes me want to rip my hair out), but haiku. Several haikus, in fact. I rather like this metric style-- they're so quick and satisfying. They're like... the potato chip of poetry. So, here's a few more, for those so inclined ( Read more... )

So, it's been almost a full twenty-four hours since my first post, and I think I'm starting to calm down a little. Campus Security came around this afternoon and checked things out-- they believe, based on the statements that I, my RA , and my neighbours gave that the skeevy guys are not a huge threat, but that we should be on our guard for the ( Read more... )