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hiddenmuseOkay, so I stole this from Kellie ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sigmaration, and thought I'd give it a try. :)
1. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
2. Tag seven people to do the same.
3. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag "whoever wants to do it."
But I am a rule breaker, so I will only follow the first rule. Do it if you want, or not. I won't name you or force you. (I agree, Kellie - so I'm keeping this in.)
1. While I may be a queer feminist - I am quite politically incorrect. (If you watch "South Park" - especially in the past season or two - Mrs. Garrison is kind of an example of how my PI Feminism plays out.) Now, I've nothing against feminists that think porn is the devil's work, that we should start using gender neutral pronouns (per, ze, hir, etc.), and spell "woman/women" as womyn/wimmin/womon. Hey, to each their own, I say.
I have no problem with porn (I may not be comfortable with watching it, but I could probably tell you about some of the actors as though I've been watching it for years) - and I don't think that the women taking part in porn are being exploited. It's their prerogative, their body - their choice. So you have Nina Hartley - RN and feminist porn star; Annie Sprinkle - a feminist, porn star and now a sex educator. So on and so forth.
I'm pro-choice - I have no business telling someone else how to live their lives, or what they do to/with their bodies. If it were me, in that situation, my personal opinion leans toward "under these circumstances - rape, incest, the health of the mother or fetus at risk." Also, I want to know something - if the pro-lifers are so gung-ho about abortion being murder and saving the lives of unborn children, why do they really seem to not give a fuck about the child when he or she is born? How about adopting those kids that you've "saved"?
Also, I support gay rights (well, duh) - but I do get laughs from films like Borat and Blades of Glory, even though my girl complains about the homophobic jokes. Maybe that's a queer Midwesterner thing, because even Travis (my stylist/colorist) said that he thought Blades of Glory was hilarious. {For the record, he's from Kansas City, MO - and moved out to San Francisco about a year or so ago.} Then again, we also bond over South Park, celebrity gossip and the occasional discussion of slashfic.
I could probably go on for days - but I'll just leave that where it is for now.
2. I have 5 piercings, and I'd like to get a couple more at some point.
My piercings are: double-pierced lobes, the right tragus, a helix orbital in the right ear (mine is higher - in the same area as an industrial piercing), and left eyebrow (as seen in my icon). At some point, I want to get another ear piercing - maybe a daith. {To give credit where it's due: All photos are from BMEZine.com, except for the eyebrow - that's mine!}
The first two piercings (tragus and eyebrow) hurt in a good way - and for a former SI, that may not be the best thing to hear! For the record, my earlobes hurt, because the existing (mostly closed) holes were stretched. And my helix orbital? Yeah, that was painful too. Still, my piercer, Eldo, is made of awesome and he talked me through every piercing that he's done for me, and kept me from turning into a neurotic mess!
At some point, I'd like to get a tattoo. I'm not sure what I'd go for exactly, but I'm kind of leaning towards a flower of some kind (a lily or a similar flower). As for the placement, I'd probably go for the inside of my forearm. :-)
3. I didn't want to be an insurance agent when I grew up.
I don't think any of us do, really. In my case, the aspirations were really, really lofty - medicine, psychology, advertising, social work, writing. When the real world came knocking, I'd spent years doing clerical temp work - mainly in the summers while I was in college; worked in retail; spent a summer working in a factory; and then, I was a receptionist for almost 5 years before crossing over to the dark side (they had cookies - I couldn't resist!) and becoming an agent.
Do I still have those lofty aspirations? Yeah. But who doesn't? It's just something to dream about - even though I like my reality.
4. I love cover tunes.
Sure there are some most excellent original songs, but I also enjoy the covers of many of those songs. A few of my personal favorites are:
"You Know I'm No Good" - Arctic Monkeys
"Under Pressure" - The Used f. My Chemical Romance
"Drive" - Dashboard Confessional
"Hands Down" - Michael Stipe
"Changes" - Butterfly Bouchers f. David Bowie
"Ziggy Stardust" - Bauhaus
"Die Die My Darling" - Metallica
"I'm On Fire" - Tori Amos
Pretty much any of the Me First & The Gimme Gimmes covers
5. I have the occasional boy crush - yes, me. Ms. happily partnered-to-a-woman, still has boy crushes.
My main crushes seem to be on gay boys - it makes me a fag hag, but I feel like I'm "safe". I'm not going to try and make out with (or sleep with) any of my boys. I just want to go out for dinner, maybe go shopping, and hang out with them, just like I would with anyone else.
Besides that, I tend to have crushes on guys that are any (or all) of the following: Jewish, chubby, wear glasses, are older or younger than me, and if they're straight, I love it when they're secure in their sexuality and human-ness. Hell, I just love it when *anyone* is secure with their human-ness.
Those factors would explain my crushes on Patrick Stump (chubby, wears glasses, younger - secure in his sexuality and human-ness); Steven Page (chubby, wears glasses, Jewish, older, secure...); Tim Gunn (okay, so that's more of an "I wish you were my cool gay uncle" thing. Besides, when he says "make it work", it works.)
6. When I was in high school, I was extremely lame - even more than I am now.
I tried hard (maybe too hard) to be cool and fit in. I wanted to be on the cheerleading squad - nevermind that I couldn't do any of the required jumps or splits. I wanted to be in the National Honor Society (NHS) - no, really, I did. Never happened, though.
I remember hanging out with a group of non-conformist types, who referred to themselves as "Originalists". We were still kind of conformists, though. Even though I hung out with them, I was a die-hard New Kids On The Block fan, and tended to be kind of exclusionary (may not be a word, but I don't care!) towards people . I only wanted to be friends with people that also liked NKOTB - okay, I did make some exceptions, but still, I was kind of snobby. Then again, I was also the girl that wanted to wear a The Cure t-shirt to the concerts. Didn't get the chance - but, that's okay.
The NKOTB fandom was serious enough that two of my fellow yearbook staffers (and NKOTB fans) designed their pages with a New Kids slant. Then again, those same girls traveled all over the Midwest to go to shows and do the groupie thing - although, when one of them was called a groupie by a manager or someone else, she took offense to it. (Let me think here ... you're blowing/fucking/whatever a member of a boy band. Yeah, that would be a groupie alright.)
7. I have epilepsy.
I was first diagnosed when I was about 11 years old, and after being seizure-free for over 2 years, I was taken off the medication and considered to be "cured" or something like it. This, despite the fact that I was quite adamant in my refusal to take my meds - I'd be given the (chewable) pill, only to hide it in my mouth somehow, so I could get past the "did you take it?" test. That cover was blown when in the process of a move, my box spring was picked up, and about a month's worth of my seizure meds fell out.
I was "re-diagnosed" when I was about 19, after having had a grand-mal/tonic-clonic seizure (that would be the "shake and bake", flailing everywhere type) while out with a girlfriend at the time. That resulted in spending about 2-3 days in the hospital, having a battery of tests done - EEG, CAT scan, even a spinal tap. It turned out that it was possible that I was having seizures in the interim - but wasn't aware of it. Knowing what I did, I could recall about 2 or 3 instances where I'd had seizures.
On that go-around, I took the epilepsy more seriously. I was a good girl, took my meds, wore my MedicAlert bracelet. I had seizures every few months, which kept me from getting a driver's license - in Missouri, one has to be seizure-free for at least 6 months before getting a license.
My seizures either start as "auras" and build into another seizure, or they are just the auras (a lot of times, they are feelings of deja vu - even if I've never been in that situation - and fear). Afterwards, I'm quite sleepy and teary/embarrassed - which is my usual post-seizure response. Even though it happens in maybe a minute or two - I'm still sleepy!
Okay, so that's more about me. :-D
I don't really know what else to say!
sigmaration, and thought I'd give it a try. :)1. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
2. Tag seven people to do the same.
3. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag "whoever wants to do it."
But I am a rule breaker, so I will only follow the first rule. Do it if you want, or not. I won't name you or force you. (I agree, Kellie - so I'm keeping this in.)
1. While I may be a queer feminist - I am quite politically incorrect. (If you watch "South Park" - especially in the past season or two - Mrs. Garrison is kind of an example of how my PI Feminism plays out.) Now, I've nothing against feminists that think porn is the devil's work, that we should start using gender neutral pronouns (per, ze, hir, etc.), and spell "woman/women" as womyn/wimmin/womon. Hey, to each their own, I say.
I have no problem with porn (I may not be comfortable with watching it, but I could probably tell you about some of the actors as though I've been watching it for years) - and I don't think that the women taking part in porn are being exploited. It's their prerogative, their body - their choice. So you have Nina Hartley - RN and feminist porn star; Annie Sprinkle - a feminist, porn star and now a sex educator. So on and so forth.
I'm pro-choice - I have no business telling someone else how to live their lives, or what they do to/with their bodies. If it were me, in that situation, my personal opinion leans toward "under these circumstances - rape, incest, the health of the mother or fetus at risk." Also, I want to know something - if the pro-lifers are so gung-ho about abortion being murder and saving the lives of unborn children, why do they really seem to not give a fuck about the child when he or she is born? How about adopting those kids that you've "saved"?
Also, I support gay rights (well, duh) - but I do get laughs from films like Borat and Blades of Glory, even though my girl complains about the homophobic jokes. Maybe that's a queer Midwesterner thing, because even Travis (my stylist/colorist) said that he thought Blades of Glory was hilarious. {For the record, he's from Kansas City, MO - and moved out to San Francisco about a year or so ago.} Then again, we also bond over South Park, celebrity gossip and the occasional discussion of slashfic.
I could probably go on for days - but I'll just leave that where it is for now.
2. I have 5 piercings, and I'd like to get a couple more at some point.
My piercings are: double-pierced lobes, the right tragus, a helix orbital in the right ear (mine is higher - in the same area as an industrial piercing), and left eyebrow (as seen in my icon). At some point, I want to get another ear piercing - maybe a daith. {To give credit where it's due: All photos are from BMEZine.com, except for the eyebrow - that's mine!}
The first two piercings (tragus and eyebrow) hurt in a good way - and for a former SI, that may not be the best thing to hear! For the record, my earlobes hurt, because the existing (mostly closed) holes were stretched. And my helix orbital? Yeah, that was painful too. Still, my piercer, Eldo, is made of awesome and he talked me through every piercing that he's done for me, and kept me from turning into a neurotic mess!
At some point, I'd like to get a tattoo. I'm not sure what I'd go for exactly, but I'm kind of leaning towards a flower of some kind (a lily or a similar flower). As for the placement, I'd probably go for the inside of my forearm. :-)
3. I didn't want to be an insurance agent when I grew up.
I don't think any of us do, really. In my case, the aspirations were really, really lofty - medicine, psychology, advertising, social work, writing. When the real world came knocking, I'd spent years doing clerical temp work - mainly in the summers while I was in college; worked in retail; spent a summer working in a factory; and then, I was a receptionist for almost 5 years before crossing over to the dark side (they had cookies - I couldn't resist!) and becoming an agent.
Do I still have those lofty aspirations? Yeah. But who doesn't? It's just something to dream about - even though I like my reality.
4. I love cover tunes.
Sure there are some most excellent original songs, but I also enjoy the covers of many of those songs. A few of my personal favorites are:
"You Know I'm No Good" - Arctic Monkeys
"Under Pressure" - The Used f. My Chemical Romance
"Drive" - Dashboard Confessional
"Hands Down" - Michael Stipe
"Changes" - Butterfly Bouchers f. David Bowie
"Ziggy Stardust" - Bauhaus
"Die Die My Darling" - Metallica
"I'm On Fire" - Tori Amos
Pretty much any of the Me First & The Gimme Gimmes covers
5. I have the occasional boy crush - yes, me. Ms. happily partnered-to-a-woman, still has boy crushes.
My main crushes seem to be on gay boys - it makes me a fag hag, but I feel like I'm "safe". I'm not going to try and make out with (or sleep with) any of my boys. I just want to go out for dinner, maybe go shopping, and hang out with them, just like I would with anyone else.
Besides that, I tend to have crushes on guys that are any (or all) of the following: Jewish, chubby, wear glasses, are older or younger than me, and if they're straight, I love it when they're secure in their sexuality and human-ness. Hell, I just love it when *anyone* is secure with their human-ness.
Those factors would explain my crushes on Patrick Stump (chubby, wears glasses, younger - secure in his sexuality and human-ness); Steven Page (chubby, wears glasses, Jewish, older, secure...); Tim Gunn (okay, so that's more of an "I wish you were my cool gay uncle" thing. Besides, when he says "make it work", it works.)
6. When I was in high school, I was extremely lame - even more than I am now.
I tried hard (maybe too hard) to be cool and fit in. I wanted to be on the cheerleading squad - nevermind that I couldn't do any of the required jumps or splits. I wanted to be in the National Honor Society (NHS) - no, really, I did. Never happened, though.
I remember hanging out with a group of non-conformist types, who referred to themselves as "Originalists". We were still kind of conformists, though. Even though I hung out with them, I was a die-hard New Kids On The Block fan, and tended to be kind of exclusionary (may not be a word, but I don't care!) towards people . I only wanted to be friends with people that also liked NKOTB - okay, I did make some exceptions, but still, I was kind of snobby. Then again, I was also the girl that wanted to wear a The Cure t-shirt to the concerts. Didn't get the chance - but, that's okay.
The NKOTB fandom was serious enough that two of my fellow yearbook staffers (and NKOTB fans) designed their pages with a New Kids slant. Then again, those same girls traveled all over the Midwest to go to shows and do the groupie thing - although, when one of them was called a groupie by a manager or someone else, she took offense to it. (Let me think here ... you're blowing/fucking/whatever a member of a boy band. Yeah, that would be a groupie alright.)
7. I have epilepsy.
I was first diagnosed when I was about 11 years old, and after being seizure-free for over 2 years, I was taken off the medication and considered to be "cured" or something like it. This, despite the fact that I was quite adamant in my refusal to take my meds - I'd be given the (chewable) pill, only to hide it in my mouth somehow, so I could get past the "did you take it?" test. That cover was blown when in the process of a move, my box spring was picked up, and about a month's worth of my seizure meds fell out.
I was "re-diagnosed" when I was about 19, after having had a grand-mal/tonic-clonic seizure (that would be the "shake and bake", flailing everywhere type) while out with a girlfriend at the time. That resulted in spending about 2-3 days in the hospital, having a battery of tests done - EEG, CAT scan, even a spinal tap. It turned out that it was possible that I was having seizures in the interim - but wasn't aware of it. Knowing what I did, I could recall about 2 or 3 instances where I'd had seizures.
On that go-around, I took the epilepsy more seriously. I was a good girl, took my meds, wore my MedicAlert bracelet. I had seizures every few months, which kept me from getting a driver's license - in Missouri, one has to be seizure-free for at least 6 months before getting a license.
My seizures either start as "auras" and build into another seizure, or they are just the auras (a lot of times, they are feelings of deja vu - even if I've never been in that situation - and fear). Afterwards, I'm quite sleepy and teary/embarrassed - which is my usual post-seizure response. Even though it happens in maybe a minute or two - I'm still sleepy!
Okay, so that's more about me. :-D
I don't really know what else to say!
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Date: 2007-09-27 05:45 am (UTC)*hugs*
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Date: 2007-09-27 11:20 pm (UTC)He's quite awesome - *insert fangirling here*, and no matter what he says, he is quite popular with the ladies.
*hugs*
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Date: 2007-09-28 01:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-28 01:55 am (UTC)If there's any hatred, it's probably more incidental/case by case. Unlike Pete, whom I tend to love to hate, and hate to like. :-P
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Date: 2007-09-28 02:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-29 04:30 am (UTC)Patrick - cute, shy, witty, very creative ... probably a little on the pervy side. :-D
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Date: 2007-09-29 04:47 am (UTC)Oh, Patrick has got to be pervy. It's the shy/quite ones you have to look out for.
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Date: 2007-09-27 06:42 am (UTC)2. It is not that I didn't think Borat and Blades of Glory were funny. However, I do have a problem when media makes homophobic jokes. I'm sorry, I just don't think homophobia is funny and I'm not going to apologize for that. It doesn't mean that I'm without a sense of humor -- far from it.
And btw -- I'm a queer mid-westerner, too. So I don't know what that whole argument is about.
3. You say that you don't want to make out with Patrick Stump. I don't believe you. You would snog him at the first whiff of opportunity and you know it.
That is all.
ps -- thanks for editing the comments on pro-choice. You really scared me on that one.
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Date: 2007-09-27 11:18 pm (UTC)And yes, I'd make out with Patrick Stump. Except that would only happen when I can queue up to get tickets for hockey games in Hell. {As for the not making out comment? That would be my *gay* boys, love.} :-P
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Date: 2007-09-27 11:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-27 11:19 pm (UTC)I agree - it would be nice to just run off and have cute geeky children with him!
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Date: 2007-09-27 09:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-27 11:21 pm (UTC)