Ack! My marriage works by means of careful balance (as do most relationships, I believe). We are two loners who like being coupled. This means we crave lots of together time and lots of alone time ( Read more... )

The weekend turned into a Michael Fassbender festival. After watching him as Magneto on Friday, we saw him play jailed IRA terrorist, Bobby Sands in the riveting movie, Hunger. The movie takes place in the Maze prison in Belfast in 1981, where IRA inmates were fighting for the right to be treated as political prisoners instead of common criminals. ( Read more... )

Not that this is meaningful to anyone but me, but I finally figured out how I would stage the ending of "Sunday in the Park with George" in a way that would make it work.

Ack! A plot bunny woke me up at 6am, and by 8:00, I had plotted out a 2000 word First Class ficlet. Must write. No time to write!

This was, in many ways, the most complete and satisfying X-Men movie yet, especially the first half, where the combination of character-driven plot, global location, style out the wazoo and sheer fun were beautifully executed by all. ( thinklings )

I must say, it does my heart good to see First Class fics starting to appear. If xmmff had not risen from its torpor, I would have been convinced of the death of LJ. I am relieved.

We've been demolishing our crappy old patio by day and watching films by Alejandro González Iñárritu by night. Destruction and redemption.

I really like the temp we have in the office today, but he has an unfortunate Liza Minnelli haircut, including the floppy bits hanging down by the temples. In a weird coincidence, just this morning I was listening to Tina Fey describe just such a haircut she once got.

I don't believe in thought policing. I expect people (including myself) to have racist, sexist, homophobic thoughts and I'm okay with that. I'm only interested in actions. If I call my partner "husband," I am okay with some people feeling uncomfortable. I am mostly okay with people expressing that discomfort, as long as it is in the spirit of "hmm ( Read more... )

I know, I know, don't engage trolls. But…

I responded to a YouTube vlog about "Monogamous Homosexual Relationships." It was a bland, but reasonable Vlog entry, though I didn't like the use of the word "promiscous." I wrote:
My husband and I have been together for coming up on 23 years, and we were only monogamous for the first six months. Non- ( Read more... )