They're made out of Meat!
a humorous short story by Terry Bisson that was nominated for the 1991 Nebula award.

'Tis the season for Tarot readings!

Well, actually, 'tis always the season for Tarot readings. ;-)

This year I would like to have an open Tarot reading gift exchange! I will accept pretty much any gift you wish to offer in exchange for Tarot readings. Here are some things I particularly want:

-new Tarot decks
-vegan treats
-donations (any amount) to the Oliver's 2010 Travel Fund
-donations (any amount) to Farm Sanctuary
-handmade items (YES, PLEASE KNIT ME THINGS! I've turned down knitted items in the past, but NOW I WANT THEM so please knit me things and I will love them. Hats, scarves, mittens, pillows, bags, cuddly toys...BRING IT ON.)
-tea mugs (my dishwasher killed many tea mugs this year and now I have only 2!)

If you have something else to offer, let me know...no matter how silly you think it is, if you feel it will be of similar to me as a Tarot reading will be to you, it's perfect. :)

Fuck You And Your Fucking Thesis: Why I Will Not Participate In Trans Studies by tagonist

I almost didn't even know it was Hanukkah. I'm not surprised that nobody I'm related to called me to wish me a happy Hanukkah. I'm not sure when my family stopped celebrating holidays, but at some point, there was just nothing to celebrate anymore. We stopped caring.

I didn't stop caring, but I'm not really part of the family anyway.

I guess I'm just kinda feeling sad about it this year because, at least last year when I was doing the Christian thing I had a holiday to celebrate and people to celebrate it with, but Christmas is totally meaningless to me really. People who grew up celebrating Christmas have that tradition in their heritage, so they can celebrate it as a secular holiday and have that be meaningful to their families, but I have no such tradition, so there's nothing for me to celebrate. Also, I don't have a family, so there's nobody for me to celebrate nothing with. And, seriously, there are no Jews out here. It would be nearly as weird for me to be like "hey guys, let's celebrate Hanukkah!" as it is for me to go to someone's Christmas thing as if it were my holiday.

I mean, I could celebrate any holiday that I want, but nothing I could do would fill the void that I need filled by a holiday celebration.

Happy Hanukkah, though.

lj now has ads before i can access my page! what the crap?? if this keeps up, i may be migrating to another blog...

gusgus still looks like a pegleg. i should post a pic to facebook. he's looking pretty pathetic. and he's already over it, wants to run around the house. he's supposed to be on restricted movement for the next 4-6 weeks! this is not good.

christmas is almost here!!! hooray hooray!! our tree is up, the house is decorated, the music is playing, the gifts are bought! i'm so ready! :D

DILEMMA.

I am researching condoms -- specifically vegan condoms. There is a brand, Glyde, which is available in the United States. I would love to work on making these more available to condom users. So I'm thinking about this, and I keep having the the thought that in order to responsibly recommend that people use this product, I need to actually test it myself.

And that makes me feel a little weird about how I go around promoting condom use and safer sex all the time. I mean, I totally believe in condom use and safer sex and no WAY am I going to stop going around promoting it! I just feel weird being someone who does a lot of talking about condoms and safe sex when I don't even have sex. How could I possibly even really know what I'm talking about?

Clothing and fashion are completely incomprehensible to me.
I don't get it anymore than I get why people judge other people's bodies. Seriously, why?
I dunno, maybe I'd understand it better if I could ever find clothes that (a) fit (b) look good (c) feel good and (d) don't cost a lot of money.
Maybe not. I just don't get it.