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veleda_k

A mish-mash of thoughts

Jul 13, 2008 14:27

This weekend I was supposed to go on the OASOS camping trip. I had been planning it for months. Then I screwed up my schedule at work, and couldn't go. It's disappointing. The camping trip was one of the few things I still really like about OASOS, and this was my last year to go. But I think it's telling that I'm only a little disappointed. OASOS ( Read more... )

mom, family, queer stuff, cooking, music

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rocknlobster July 13 2008, 21:34:59 UTC

She mentioned finding a recipe for "quick and easy" bourbon balls, and I cracked, "Is that when you buy the vanilla wafers pre-crushed?"
*rimshot* XD

Cooking is fun! Although I definitely agree that cooking for one person can be a hassle. Basically what it comes down to is that you need to cook for more than one person, and eat the same thing over several days. XD

I found out the other day that she still thinks that she did something wrong and "made" me queer. At this point though, I find it more perversely amusing than offensive.
Sigh. Maybe one day the switch in her brain will flip to "get it" and all will be well. Otherwise, I'm glad you aren't too personally invested in that. It takes a lot out of a person. @_@

veleda_k July 15 2008, 00:03:35 UTC

Sigh. Maybe one day the switch in her brain will flip to "get it" and all will be well. Otherwise, I'm glad you aren't too personally invested in that. It takes a lot out of a person. @_@

I normally get agitated over that kind of stuff, so I'm surprised that I'm so detached. I just can't get worked up over her trans- and homophobia anymore (at least, not most of it). It's not that it doesn't bother me, but I'm just used to it by now.

rocknlobster July 15 2008, 05:45:41 UTC

I understand.

kurenai_tenka July 13 2008, 22:31:48 UTC

Ahh I love that song! :D

Sorry to hear about your mums husband...I hope she's coping okay. :/

ravenbell July 14 2008, 03:34:47 UTC

Ditto. Please pass along our sympathies.

And good luck with the cooking! I'm useless in the kitchen, so it all sounds very impressive to me. ;)

Sorry about missing the camping, and as for relating to by age... capybyra July 14 2008, 03:39:07 UTC

There's an odious stench in Freudian Psych claiming that WE sabotage ourselves by making deliberate choices. And thus the logically valid - "honest mistakes" category gets co-opted as heavy psych issues. Which in one worldview gets used to justify calling your attempt at "changing the system from within" worth those 20 years of boredom... Yeah- I love the song too! and Ms Warnes really takes the song to heart ( ... )

Re: Sorry about missing the camping, and as for relating to by age... veleda_k July 15 2008, 00:23:55 UTC

Some of us have our lives disproportionally helped by a group we've moved on from. And we do not feel the "us now" can talk to/with the present members of that group. And for some of us that's as it needs to be.

I definitely agree, and it's something I've had to come to terms with. It's taken me too long to realize that moving on is normal and ok, rather than some sort of failure on my part.

Forgive if I've been overlong in your space

Don't worry about it! People are always welcome in my space, even if they're long. ;)

plinko July 14 2008, 14:59:46 UTC

I have nothing really important to say here... Nothing except *e-hugs*. I just wanted to let you know I'm reading you. ^__^ And I think you are awesome.

veleda_k July 15 2008, 00:26:33 UTC

I just wanted to let you know I'm reading you. ^__^ And I think you are awesome.

That's very important! It helps alleviate the "Oh god, why am I babbling so much? Nobody gives damn; I'm just annoying" feeling.