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Ok, so I fail at Livejournal so much. I feel like I should definitely get back in the habit of updating at a regular interval, because it's a super lame journal right now. Besides, a bunch of people in my anthropology class use LJ, so I am compelled to pay more attention to mine. I mostly use it to post on puckurt, which is my absolute favorite community EVAR. Seriously, I love those guys and gals so much.
I'm the first to admit that I'm completely clueless when it comes to formatting, or getting pretty layouts or anything, so I guess I'll stick with the boring ones. My neighbor's a computer science major, but he's as clueless as me, so that's out the window. Oh, speaking of majors: I want to change mine, BAD. I can't stand to be in the International Relations program any longer. I let my parents bully me into it because it was practical and I'd pretty much be guaranteed a job, but it's not what I want to do. Thinking about my future is making me really nervous-I don't want to be crammed into a career just to make my Dad happy. So, instead of International Relations with a focus on Latin America and a minor in Spanish, I want to switch to an American Studies/Women's, Gender and Sexuality studies major. I don't know if I'd minor in anything yet, but at this point I'm thinking maybe sociology.
This decision came from a lot of soul-searching I've been doing over the last couple months. I've always identified as bisexual, but after doing some research, I came to realize that the binary gender system is faulty and flawed, and categorizing people into only two genders isn't fair or right at all. So after some more soul-searching, nail biting and contemplation, I found that I AM attracted to people, in whatever forms they choose to embody. Really, if I like someone, I'm not going to let something like the sociocultural concept of gender hinder my potential love for that person. I identify as biologically and psychologically female, and I'm ok with that. I love and respect my body and it's capabilities, and I wish everyone else could attain that level at some point in their lives. And, instead of bisexual, I've migrated towards pansexual, which, if you haven't heard of it, I suggest you visit genderfork.com which has some wonderful information on sexuality and gender, plus gorgeous pictures.
And, dear LJ, that's what's been on my chest lately. Oh, I'm also iron-deficient and anemic or something like that. Screw college food.
I'm the first to admit that I'm completely clueless when it comes to formatting, or getting pretty layouts or anything, so I guess I'll stick with the boring ones. My neighbor's a computer science major, but he's as clueless as me, so that's out the window. Oh, speaking of majors: I want to change mine, BAD. I can't stand to be in the International Relations program any longer. I let my parents bully me into it because it was practical and I'd pretty much be guaranteed a job, but it's not what I want to do. Thinking about my future is making me really nervous-I don't want to be crammed into a career just to make my Dad happy. So, instead of International Relations with a focus on Latin America and a minor in Spanish, I want to switch to an American Studies/Women's, Gender and Sexuality studies major. I don't know if I'd minor in anything yet, but at this point I'm thinking maybe sociology.
This decision came from a lot of soul-searching I've been doing over the last couple months. I've always identified as bisexual, but after doing some research, I came to realize that the binary gender system is faulty and flawed, and categorizing people into only two genders isn't fair or right at all. So after some more soul-searching, nail biting and contemplation, I found that I AM attracted to people, in whatever forms they choose to embody. Really, if I like someone, I'm not going to let something like the sociocultural concept of gender hinder my potential love for that person. I identify as biologically and psychologically female, and I'm ok with that. I love and respect my body and it's capabilities, and I wish everyone else could attain that level at some point in their lives. And, instead of bisexual, I've migrated towards pansexual, which, if you haven't heard of it, I suggest you visit genderfork.com which has some wonderful information on sexuality and gender, plus gorgeous pictures.
And, dear LJ, that's what's been on my chest lately. Oh, I'm also iron-deficient and anemic or something like that. Screw college food.