Trump is not Ernie. He doesn't live in the same house with me and cannot physically harm me.

I am not 6 years old. I have power and resources that I didn't have at that age.

I am not alone in this. I have support from numerous people who love me, especially Shannon, who *does* live in the same house with me ( Read more... )

Jesus fucking christ.

So scared about the election. I honestly feel like Ernie is following me everywhere I go, just waiting to smack me upside the head when I'm not looking.

I had arrived at the top of the stairs a few moments ago, having climbed them the same way I've been doing every time since we upped my Seroquel dosage (leaning my whole body heavily against the bannister throughout the whole climb, so that I would not trip and/or fall), when I declared loudly to Shannon (who was sitting on the couch downstairs), " ( Read more... )

Haven't written in a while.

Birthday: Good. Busy. Vietnamese food with the in-laws. Sundaes at Ben & Jerry's. Beloved people singing "Happy Birthday" on the answering machine. "Spirited Away" with wonderful friends and crazy snacks. Walking with Shannon in Tilden Park and enjoying all the green. Delicious Mediterranean dinner at La Mediterranee. ( Read more... )

I love Anderson Cooper. I mean, I always have, because he's incredibly hot (for a plethora of reasons), but especially today. Every time a trusted, respected person in a high-profile position of responsibility (be it in politics, the media, or whatever) comes out, it eats away another tiny bit of our culture's eroding homophobia ( Read more... )

Yesterday I got my ears re-pierced (after almost 20 years of not wearing earrings), and Obama publicly declared his support for gay marriage.

A pretty good day, all around.

For the past few days, for no apparent reason, I've been concocting this list of the national/international events that have had the most vivid effect on me thus far in my life. I'm not sure what it means that the earliest one that really had a big impact was when I was 16. I remember some politically or culturally significant events before that, ( Read more... )

Today's food conclusion: Low-fat cheese is surprisingly (and pleasantly) indistinguishable from regular cheese. Non-fat cheese, however, tastes like plastic and melts really strangely and unattractively. I got non-fat cheese when we bought groceries this week (because there wasn't any low-fat on sale), and I am experiencing significant buyer's ( Read more... )

I've been having some kind of strange, intense emotional reaction to uniforms lately. I mean, the concept has always bothered me -- or, at least, for the last 25 years or so -- but recently it's been really eating at me more than usual ( Read more... )