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A queer and homeless acquaintance posted a suicide note on FB tonight. He was an activist and friends were able to mobilize and locate him. He is now checked into the hospital. But I just saw him last night at… Read more**trigger warning** We have to be able to talk about suicide
Anyone who’s been following this blog knows how miserable I’ve been working in a call center. Friday was my last day, and today I started my new job in a feminist bookstore I can walk to from my house. I… Read moreThe First Day of the Rest of my Life
I know I haven’t written for a while. But a lot of things have converged lately that I want to try to make sense of. Jose Esteban Munoz died earlier this week. I drew heavily from his book Cruising Utopia… Read moreLife and Death
Just had a lovely evening of conversation with a friend. She’s in Internet Marketing and has recently started operating her business based on gifts and gratitude; giving things away to those who need them rather than setting a fixed price… Read morePossibilities
…. to be elaborated on later… Traffic was “whew!” today… and yesterday, too, for that matter. Is everyone taking a page from my book and avoiding the highway? I had a thought today as someone cut in front of me… Read morethinky thoughts…
I’m usually not a huge fan of labels. I prefer to self-identify in ambiguous terms. Life is complicated and if I learned anything in graduate school it’s that dichotomies are always false, if easier for the human brain to comprehend… Read moreThe Power of Words
I think all humans both require and on some level fear change, or are at least resistant to it. No matter how much I yearn for change, the closer it comes, the more anxious I become. I also tend to… Read morea new chapter
So I’m moving to Austin when my lease is up in July, hard details pending. I had a job interview in Austin this past Monday (well, 2, but I am only talking about 1 here), and I didn’t get the… Read more“Real” world blues
I don’t understand people sometimes. I almost got into an accident this morning because a white car cut RIGHT in front of me on the way to work. Only extreme luck prevented me and/or someone else from ending up in… Read moreWhy the human race is going to ultimately destroy itself
Maybe it’s because I am (was?) an English major. Maybe it’s because I am fairly introspective. But today a few situations in my life which are metaphors for my mind-state about other situations came to the surface. I’ve been trying… Read moreMetaphors