I just realized what certain points of my feminist philosophy that conflict with a lot the shallow pop feminism on the internet have in common with my dissatisfaction with a lot of the escapist reading I try to do only to be thwarted by unpleasant in the world I'm supposed to prefer to this one. I believe that any better world worth building in ( Read more... )

I'm on my way back from the holiday trip. Things went okay, I suppose. It was not all happy times, but some good came of it. I got to watch The Hobbit and Les Miserables with my mother, and I was able to buy nicer-than-usual gifts this year AND give them in person. Also, I got drive through Appalachia on the way back and stay at a hotel with an ( Read more... )

Well, I'm on my way to my mother's place for Christmas. I spent most of yesterday's daylight hours driving, and I'm getting ready to get back in the car. I should make it there sometime this afternoon. I'm excited about spending time with my mother, and I'm happy that I'll get to visit my grandmother again (we were worried that last year would ( Read more... )

It was blessedly cool this morning, and it rained this afternoon! That's exciting for me, after so many very hot, dry days. Not as exciting as the fact that I have LESS THAN A WEEK BEFORE I MOVE, though. I think I've managed to sell or give away pretty much everything I can convince somebody to take ( Read more... )

I'm back from my Christmas trip to visit my family. I'm tired, and I've been having ALL THE FEELINGS, but I'm okay. I shall post more fun things in the near future. For now, I'm just enjoying the fact that I have a few days to take a break before my job starts again. Oh, and to work on my application for another grad school. I was going finish ( Read more... )

I'm having Christmas dinner with my grandmother. Her condition has improved somewhat, and everything is going well so far. My mother almost made us wear matching outfits. Oh, Mama.

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I'm in a hotel room with my mother right now! I love my mother, but the trip down was AWFUL. My second plane got delayed, so I missed my third plane, and all the later flights to my destination got cancelled because of the weather. My carry on bag was too heavy to carry around all day long, so my arms are sore now, and my checked bag had already ( Read more... )

I haven't been posting a lot lately because I've been busy preparing for my trip to visit my mother. I'm leaving Wednesday and coming back the following Wednesday. I'm proud of myself for managing to get everything I need into one suitcase. My right shoulder is injured, so I don't want to have to handle a lot of luggage. I've got one wheeled ( Read more... )

I just finalized my plans and booked my flight to visit my mother for Christmas! I haven't seen her in person in so long! Plus, a couple of my relatives who I've been out of touch with but whom I remember being pretty awesome will be around. Yes, everything else about the situation will be trying, but I can deal with that. It's the price I have ( Read more... )

The next academic year is starting, and with it another round of graduate school applications for the following year (come on, third time's the charm, right?) and increase in my work hours. I also need to put some serious effort into making the trip to stay with my mom at Christmas. It feels like it's been centuries since I hugged her in real ( Read more... )