My work with HRC has paid off.

Between my working on their behalf and today, both of the campaigns I raised money for have succeeded. The Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act was passed on September 27...
and today, I got an email from Joe Solmonese, HRC bigwig, letting us know that ENDA has been passed (without a provision for transgender employees, ( Read more... )

no race tomorrow. the Merrimack has been flooded all week (THANKS AGAIN, noreaster) and will again be too high to row tomorrow. I'm sorry, murph_grrl! If you want to come pick me up, or tell me a commuter rail to get on, I'd still love to see you.

sara b's professor is being an asshole really stubborn about her final that happens during dad vails, so ( Read more... )

campus internet is down (suckers) and i am overwhelmed by bills and accounts. the real world is a freaky place ( Read more... )

I need to uninstall the newest edition of Firefox. (I'm sure that's possible, I just don't know how to get back 1.5 if 2.0 is now running.) nothing is updated to be compatible with it yet, so it freezes on me every two minutes.
(sad panda!)

today: room cleaning, work, juice run, shopping, more work, and TACO NIGHT!

headline: Conservative Jews ( Read more... )

( two versions of some perfect match quiz. )

last night my pseudo-nightmares were about a jade-skinned lady who was at some points clothesless in our backyard and other points in charge of a concentration camp.

not gonna lie: some crew workouts this week are going to be skipped. I have WAY TOO MUCH TO DO.
( check it, right... now with MORE STUFF! )

LJ isn't supposed to lose an entry! but then again, it was my computer's fuckup that caused anything to be lost. so. yeah, starting to worry about talyn. Maybe he's having a tantrum for me keeping him so hungry for a few days, but honestly, I had to restart by holding the power button (none of these with-consent restarts from the start menu for ( Read more... )

I need three respondents for this one, although I already have two volunteers. Have at it, y'all, and thanks in advance!

( the questions )

the coffeehouse went well. we sounded a little rough, and we did sharp on every song, but overall I think it went well. it was very well-attended, which makes me happy. personally, I was able to summon up volume for my solo bits (at the expense of any speaking AT ALL today), and the Scotsman was warmly re-welcomed.

( a list of items that are no more important to me than they are to you, but I'm tired so I don't have the mental wherewithal to go through and edit them )

Maire: 3,019 words.

Feargal: 3,020 words.

It’s nowhere near cohesive, but I have my word count and can do transitions plus creative cutting and pasting when I’m more coherent.

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!