Aug 09, 2006 09:11
I was very annoyed about something I came across the other day. At my job, I was submitting a supplier application for my company at a major cosmetic line's website. They have various kinds of minority/women-owned preference programs, and they ask you submit proof of your certification of that status, etc. Pretty normal stuff. However...on the list was gay/lesbian-owned. And it was the only item in the list that started off checked no; all the others were not checked. So the default, I guess, is that companies can be owned by minorities or not, women or not, veterans or not...those you have to go and select the correct choice. But queer people? We'll assume you don't own businesses unless you tell us otherwise. It's possible that this is just an error, but I have to assume that it's not, since all of the other options other than this one start out blank.
All of that rant being said, however, I realized something. I have a new email address, since I finished at Scripps. I also have a cell phone number (a miracle!). And I've moved to Pasadena. If you don't have any of that info about me and want it, let me know. Emailing me at thaisa@livejournal.com will forward to my current email address, as always, or you can comment here. I've been really out of touch and withdrawn into my little World of Wowcraft and work, but that gets boring, and y'all are cool people I don't want to lose touch with. Let me know if you're local and want to have lunch sometime, or go to a movie, or hang out. My default has become to wake up, work (if applicable), play WoW, and sleep, with some eating thrown in as necessary. I need to mix it up a bit.