Gender is an extremely complicated thing, isn't it?
I have no experience with what you're going through, but I do know I've never really been comfortable in the two-gender either/or model. I view it as a sort of continuum, because, frankly, otherwise I'd go insane, because I have no strong gender identity in /either/ direction. I identify as male because it's easier than female, in essence, due to my biological gender.
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Aug 12, 2007
Dorianisms posted a message on I want myself back, please.Posted in: Litte Jar of Mamelon -
Apr 17, 2007
Dorianisms posted a message on Like Water Warps WoodOh, that sounds hard. I can't imagine what you're going through.Posted in: Litte Jar of Mamelon
I don't know what to say, except that you should research your employer's policies, and that I'm sure you'll find a way to get through this.
That sounds sappy, but I do think it's true. Determination--and necessity--count for a lot.
I wish you well, and I'm sure you can find a solution, though I know it's overwhelming to think about all the potential obstacles. -
Apr 7, 2007
Dorianisms posted a message on RFAM #13I had hepatitis when I was four and living in montreal. The city hockey team came to my hospital room and gave me presents. I had no idea who any of them were, but I wasn't complaining.Posted in: Ether uses Gigagash!
Scarlet fever came when I was five or six, I think. It must have been five, I guess, because I'm pretty sure the strep throat was when I was six.
No, that was seven. Six was chicken pox.
I have a pretty awful immune system. -
Mar 16, 2007
Dorianisms posted a message on RFAM # 11 (thanks Tuatha XD)I am just posting to point out that this is actually RFAYou #11, not 10.Posted in: Ether uses Gigagash!
Because I notice random things like that. -
Feb 10, 2007
Dorianisms posted a message on My Hoohaa MonologuePeople are so very immature sometimes.Posted in: {bloggyG}
They're just body parts. They aren't going to harm you if you explain them to someone. They aren't going to make the person you explain them to GO INSANE FROM THE HORRIBLE TRUTH.
They aren't particularly taboo either.
So people should just grow up. -
Jan 29, 2007
Dorianisms posted a message on My Personal VictoryI love the feeling of superiority one gets when they like something other people don't understand. It's a lovely warm glow.Posted in: {bloggyG}
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Jan 29, 2007
Dorianisms posted a message on Sweet dreams, and honey mustardGood luck at your new job! I'm sure you'll do well.Posted in: Litte Jar of Mamelon
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Jan 28, 2007
Dorianisms posted a message on So, I found out I'm really Princess of OzI love the Oz books. Hurrah for Ozma!Posted in: Litte Jar of Mamelon
I agree with most of your list, but I prefer brown hair to blonde. Personal taste, I suppose. -
Jan 22, 2007
Dorianisms posted a message on My First EntryHurrah for bandwagons, that's what I say. You know where you stand when you're on one of those.Posted in: {bloggyG}
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Sorry for being a pain...
[OOC: I am going to South Africa for two weeks starting tomorrow morning. I do not know what my internet access will be like, so I may not be able to respond for a while. Posting this in the inactivity/return-notice thread as well, just thought I would include it here]
In other news, I GO TO SOUTH AFRICA TOMORROW WHAT. I need to do all my packing (all of it) today, which...is pretty indicative of how I normally operate, really. I'm super-excited, but it's also all kind of surreal to me still.
In other other news, I got a cane on Monday! It's been pretty helpful so far, although my hand feels a bit bruised because I haven't gotten used to it. It also has a pretty badass checkerboard pattern.
BEHOLD:
"Aww, poor thing--are you alone?"
She reached her hand out toward the bird pokemon, seeing how it would react.
"Well, what have we here..."
She peers over the top of the bush to see what waits behind it.
"Hrm. Not much different from our last path, I have to say. Still the map says this is how to get to the cliffs, so I guess we sally forth, right?"
[dice]100[/dice]
She walked for a while longer and shortly came to a three-way crossroad. She sighed and began rummaging through her bag "I know I have a map here somewhere...right. Route 3 it is!"
[OOC: moving to the new route, as I've done my two rolls here]
In other news, I am flying to South Africa a week from today! I am going to the World Festival of Youth and Students as a(n all expenses paid!!) delegate from my school.
Words cannot describe how excited for this I am. They just can't.
"Alright, let's give this a try" she muttered, as she tossed the pokeball at the rodent pokemon.
ETA: HERE IS MY EDIT LOOK ISN'T IT GREAT?
Ahem. So. I can't find any other image I'm super-happy with. So would you be able to just fade to black in the middle and have the text in green over the black part? Think sort of Matrix-y, in terms of aesthetic style.
I haven't voted in a Federal election yet either--Canada's last was in October '08, two months before my eighteenth birthday =/
@Howler: As far as "everyone's a little crazy"...I know some self-identified 'crazy' people (and other people with mental illness who do not identify with the term) who like that framing, and find it comforting. I'm not really one of them. I mean, yes, it's important to make clear that I'm no less "normal" than people w/o mental illness, but it is nonetheless the case that I have a rather different set of challenges I need to face, and glossing over those with "everyone's a little crazy" sort of has the effect of minimising them.
Like...everyone has their quirks, duh. But not everyone is currently incapable of working because a) their concentration is so ☺☺☺☺ty and b) they go on massive depressive jags on a semi-regular basis.
Also, a lot of the time the "everyone's a little crazy" meme is used to justify denial of accommodation to people with mental illnesses, or otherwise delegitimise their disabilities. Which is something that gets done often enough already, quite frankly.
Sorry for the wordvomit, this is an issue on which I feel strongly.
I am a sociology major! Though my school plans have been seriously derailed at the moment for reasons both health-related and financial, so I'm not doing much in that regard at the moment.
And I'm a radical lefty who, while skeptical of the ability of the current system to create substantive change, still believes that it can improve things for people in the here-and-now (or make them worse). So yeah, I think voting's important.
Also, I guess the island that was attacked was technically UN-controlled? I mean, it's in contested waters, but is not actually South Korean.