HOLY SHIT IT'S A MEME
Via thedeadparrot: Reply to this meme by yelling 'Words!' and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you. (Please note: If you simply wish to comment on something I've said but don't want to participate in the meme, that is fine. I will only give you five words if you specifically comment with 'Words!')
My words were: religion, WiCS, Supernatural, I-Lab, cupcakes.
.religion
I've always been religious. Spiritual. Into paranormal shit. Whatever. When I was a kid, that meant going to church with my Nana every Sunday. I liked the fact that the people there weren't like my parents, who found religion and atheism equally strange and refused to consider any questions more profound than "What do we need from the grocer?" But the sermons bored me terribly, and I found myself sneaking out halfway through. In retrospect, it seems quite obvious that (a) Christianity was decidedly NOT for me and (b) I have suffered from ADD for most, if not all, of my life.
Then I hit puberty, and something about the whole shit-imma-woman-now thing really, really put me off the whole angry sky-father thing. So I started reading up on modern goddess-worship, which lead me to mass-market Wicca, which lead me to paganism with a dash of New Agery, which lead me to heathenry (approx. two years ago). And, miracle upon miracle, it comes naturally to me. It's not forced, there's no posturing, it just... is. And I like that.
I professed this winter, and accepted an offer of membership in an area kindred right before I left for NYC this summer.
.wics
Oh, WiCS. I'm actually rather ambivalent about it. On the one hand, I love it so much, and it's probably the reason why I've stuck it out in CS, and it's made me feel honest-to-gods inspired even after becoming a jaded bitch. But on the other, sometimes I wonder... did I earn this job, or did I get affirmative action'ed into it? Do we, as a very small minority, deserve the funds we receive from the department? And perhaps most importantly, am I the worst coordinator in the history of ever, or what?
And I'm excited for and terrified of this coming year, because this means so much to me, and loving something is like loving someone. It'll fuck your shit up.
.supernatural
Look, I realize that SPN is actually a kinda crappy show that gets by because the three leads are smokin' hot guys who have perfected the art of constantly looking like they want to do one another onscreen and then acting grossed out by the thought of it in interviews. But what can I say, I'm a sucker for paranormal investigation shows, especially ones that lean towards occultism over aliens. Which is why I (no lie) loved Psi Factor as a kid but have never been able to really get into the X-Files. I think it all started with So Weird. Whatever.
(No, seriously. Fucking Psi Factor.)
.i-lab
You can have your Sun Lab. The I-Lab is where it's really at. I started using it fall '08 when I TA'd for the first time. It's a lot smaller than the Sun Lab and there are no cs02/cs04 students there (WIN). Then, spring '09 rolled around and the cs04 TAs started having their grading meetings there, and it was totally on because cs04 was being HTA'ed by my two favorite people folks EVER. (Also, sometimes they had Oreos.) And so, while I have a lot of terrible memories of the I-Lab, like pretty much every project from cs141, I also have a lot of good ones which involve making plans to go out for Cambodian after work.
.cupcakes
Alright, I'm not gonna lie right now: I was totally thrilled to see this show up on my list of words. Like, really, who wouldn't want to have their self-concept associated with the word "cupcakes"? I mean, I don't even bake cupcakes very often (I like making cookies better, TBPH, because they're less hassle to store), but cupcakes are just such a better idea than cookies. They come in colorful little wrappers and you can decorate them with all sorts of wonderful goodies. Dammit. I miss having a kitchen.
My words were: religion, WiCS, Supernatural, I-Lab, cupcakes.
.religion
I've always been religious. Spiritual. Into paranormal shit. Whatever. When I was a kid, that meant going to church with my Nana every Sunday. I liked the fact that the people there weren't like my parents, who found religion and atheism equally strange and refused to consider any questions more profound than "What do we need from the grocer?" But the sermons bored me terribly, and I found myself sneaking out halfway through. In retrospect, it seems quite obvious that (a) Christianity was decidedly NOT for me and (b) I have suffered from ADD for most, if not all, of my life.
Then I hit puberty, and something about the whole shit-imma-woman-now thing really, really put me off the whole angry sky-father thing. So I started reading up on modern goddess-worship, which lead me to mass-market Wicca, which lead me to paganism with a dash of New Agery, which lead me to heathenry (approx. two years ago). And, miracle upon miracle, it comes naturally to me. It's not forced, there's no posturing, it just... is. And I like that.
I professed this winter, and accepted an offer of membership in an area kindred right before I left for NYC this summer.
.wics
Oh, WiCS. I'm actually rather ambivalent about it. On the one hand, I love it so much, and it's probably the reason why I've stuck it out in CS, and it's made me feel honest-to-gods inspired even after becoming a jaded bitch. But on the other, sometimes I wonder... did I earn this job, or did I get affirmative action'ed into it? Do we, as a very small minority, deserve the funds we receive from the department? And perhaps most importantly, am I the worst coordinator in the history of ever, or what?
And I'm excited for and terrified of this coming year, because this means so much to me, and loving something is like loving someone. It'll fuck your shit up.
.supernatural
Look, I realize that SPN is actually a kinda crappy show that gets by because the three leads are smokin' hot guys who have perfected the art of constantly looking like they want to do one another onscreen and then acting grossed out by the thought of it in interviews. But what can I say, I'm a sucker for paranormal investigation shows, especially ones that lean towards occultism over aliens. Which is why I (no lie) loved Psi Factor as a kid but have never been able to really get into the X-Files. I think it all started with So Weird. Whatever.
(No, seriously. Fucking Psi Factor.)
.i-lab
You can have your Sun Lab. The I-Lab is where it's really at. I started using it fall '08 when I TA'd for the first time. It's a lot smaller than the Sun Lab and there are no cs02/cs04 students there (WIN). Then, spring '09 rolled around and the cs04 TAs started having their grading meetings there, and it was totally on because cs04 was being HTA'ed by my two favorite people folks EVER. (Also, sometimes they had Oreos.) And so, while I have a lot of terrible memories of the I-Lab, like pretty much every project from cs141, I also have a lot of good ones which involve making plans to go out for Cambodian after work.
.cupcakes
Alright, I'm not gonna lie right now: I was totally thrilled to see this show up on my list of words. Like, really, who wouldn't want to have their self-concept associated with the word "cupcakes"? I mean, I don't even bake cupcakes very often (I like making cookies better, TBPH, because they're less hassle to store), but cupcakes are just such a better idea than cookies. They come in colorful little wrappers and you can decorate them with all sorts of wonderful goodies. Dammit. I miss having a kitchen.