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Recently

While I am still theoretically AFK, C. is playing video games so I'm online. Heh.

We've watched The Guild, Dr. Horrible (again), and Stranger Than Fiction. Yesterday, we saw Scott Pilgrim (and I suspect we might wind up seeing it again). Plus, you know, hanging out and stuff. :)

Scott Pilgrim

In the car yesterday, C. and his roommate L. were trying to figure out who in their group of friends corresponds to each character. They failed to reach any firm conclusions. L. was probably Knives, IIRC, and they couldn't decide whether C. was Kim (due to hair color) or Scott.

Last night, C. decided that I had to be Ramona, because:

He and all his friends live in North Dakota, which is practically Canada.
None of his friends know me, which makes me mysterious.
I have an evil ex. (Actually, if I broaden my criteria a bit, I can probably come up with seven.)
He claims my fashion sense is not unlike Ramona's. Not sure I agree with that, but I do like her wardrobe, so I'll roll with it.
I like roller derby. (I think this is as close as he could get to the roller skating delivery girl thing.)
I did try to dye my hair an unnatural color, even if it didn't really work. (And if we can figure out where to get purple hair dye in Grand Forks, I might try again while I'm here and have someone who'll help.)

So that apparently makes him Scott by default, which seems to make him happy.

Links

trouble: Anna's Hopefully Helpful Guide To University Students (New and Returning) (version 1/part 1)
This is my very first and most important advice to you, gentle reader: When you need help, ask for help.
The Pervocracy: Risk management.
With reasonable use of condoms and common sense, having sex and playing with strangers are not tremendously risky activities. Being alone with strangers--that's a risky activity. I'm not worried about letting some random goon tie me up. I'm worried about letting some random goon tie me up where other people can't hear me safeword.
metaquotes: Briefly, hradzka's experience of fandom often is rather like Monty Python's Spam sketch.
FANDOM. "Well, there's gen and meta; gen, slash, and meta; slash and porn; slash, het, and porn; porn, flamewars, meta and porn; porn, slash, vids, and porn; porn, slash, porn, porn, meta and porn; porn, meta, porn, porn, flamewars, porn, slash, and porn..."
Feministe: Consent and coming out
Knowing your preferences and your limits is an important part of having a satisfying sex life. For most of my life as a sexually active person, I could have talked about these ideas, but it wasn’t until more recently that I was finally able to practice what I often preached.

Plans

C. and I are getting dinner with some more of his friends tonight. I still need to call my relatives and make plans with them.