I am sick of Facebook.  Sure, it's a great way to keep in touch, however tenuously with acquaintances, relatives, etc. But I am sick of the drama and stress ( Read more... )

One of the things that bites about settling into my identity as a native woman is that things which used to just be intellectual knowledge (e.g., how racist people are comfortable being online) is now becoming emotional knowledge. So for example yesterday I was already stressed out about a grant deadline, leaving for Ottawa, my study analysis, ( Read more... )

I had a great time yesterday.  I went to the beach and hung out with foxesdaughterand justindecent. We had drinks and conversation, and went out on the lake in kayaks. I wore my slutty bathing suit. It was extremely relaxing and great to see my friends again. It made the hour and a half it took to get there (stuck in a streetcar behind a parade to honour the Dalai Lama's ( Read more... )

The No Apologies event was freakin' awesome! All dances should be preceded by a 5-hour conference with plenty of discussion. What a great way to connect with people and make friends. This is how academics mate. I ran into folks I knew and met some folks I didn't know who were fun and interesting, and had a delicious sushi dinner. I learned a lot ( Read more... )

Working in the word mines
My last shift at Bay St. Video (may they be forever awesome) was on the first of January. You may also know that in addition to working at CAMH (Go Team Lori! Woot!) for the past nine months I've been working for Rainbow Health Ontario, writing fact sheets on LGBT health. It's a great learning experience and a chance to ( Read more... )

It's the end of a decade for me.  Sunday the 1st is my last shift at Bay St. Video.  It's been great there and I'll miss it, but it's also kind of exciting.  From that point on I'll be able to work at CAMH on Tuesdays, which means I'll have Friday, Saturday and Sundays off.  Of course I have the job writing fact sheets for Rainbow Health Ontario, ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving - haven't really done anything out of the ordinary to celebrate.  We ate pie a few weeks ago.  Maybe it's a Canadian thing, maybe it's an Indian thing, but this was never a big holiday for me.  Sure, I made the construction paper turkeys in school, but there was never a real mythos around the day. Americans have it attached to the ( Read more... )

I'm in a ditch of depression which seems to coincide with a bunch of things going wrong. Or maybe this many things always go wrong and it normally doesn't bother me. Today's jewel in the crown was losing a document that I worked on yesterday but which seems nowhere to be found today. I used all the advanced search functions I could find and nada ( Read more... )

I haven't posted anything of substance in some time, because I've been really happy.

Work
I love my job.  it's exciting and interesting and my coworkers are awesome and fun.  I really like it here.  I think the work we do is important.  I'm constantly learning, which feels good. Today I used a photocopier that was so complicated it felt like I was ( Read more... )

I remember the first time I learned to write the date, including the year. It was September of 1978. Having spent 31 years of my life in schools of one type or another, September always feels like more of a New Year to me than January does.  I think the Jews are right on that score.  Plus, at least here where I live, September is accompanied by a ( Read more... )