obnoxiously happy and brimming with warm and fuzzies

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Recently

MCR show in Boston was great! I was one person back but used a couple of crowd surges during Thursday's set and the break before MCR to wedge myself into a little opening on the barrier. Ellie came late, so we met up afterward and went to IHOP because we were both starving. (I had to bail on tuesdaysgone and skip the Philly show because I was so exhausted, and because some combination of lights/noise/hunger gave me a terrible headache.)

Boston Slutwalk! I met up with a bunch of people I know mainly via Mob. We marched (super powerful experience! Almost an altered state, with an abnormal boost to my lung capacity akin to what I experience at concerts), there were some amazing speeches (finally got to hear shadesong give a survivor speech. I put myself at the front of the crowd pretty much directly in front of her, because she had posted about feeling stressed about this particular speech and I wanted to guarantee a known-friendly face in case that would help), and then it started raining, so I went with two friends to the workshop space, where we took the responsibility of setting up chairs and enjoyed some relaxation time. I stayed for three workshops before I had to bail for food.

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How many times have you been in love?

I am currently in love. I also once though I was in love, but it was more like Stockholm Syndrome. :\

When is the appropriate time to first say that you are?

I will not generalize. But I will tell my own sickeningly cute little story:

Cory and I had been talking all summer, and I was finally visiting him for a week. Toward the end of that week (we were in bed, about ready to go to sleep) I spelled out I LOVE YOU with my finger on his skin; I was too scared to say it out loud. I had to write it a bunch of times before he figured out what I was trying to communicate, and when he finally got the message, he squeezed me and said "I love you too."

(We've been involved for nearly a year now, although our official anniversary isn't until August [arbitrarily decided: the day I landed in Grand Forks].)

Do you think it is a good idea to live with a significant other before you are married?

Yeah. Although, uh, not so much the marrying type right here. Basically:
* I should not live alone
* My sister will not always be sharing an apartment with me
* If I live with a partner, then we can have sex in any room of the house without stressing over roommates walking in!

My priorities, let me show you them.

How soon is too soon to move in together?

I don't actually know; I have never been in a "should we move in together?" position.

When do you think you will get married? OR Favorite Vegetable? :)

*cough* Not so much the marrying type, remember? My ideal situation, the way I fantasize about my future, involves one live-in partner and another partner close by, each with other partners of their own. Plus maybe some more casual relationships. And we'd be embedded in a network of even more people with whom we could cuddle, play video/tabletop/board games, make art, go out to restaurants, etc.

(I enjoy bell peppers. And romaine lettuce. That's it.)

Plans

I need to pack tomorrow. On Monday, I fly into Baltimore (arriving around 3:15). Concert Tuesday, then back to Boston on Wednesday.

I am not thinking about August until I get back from D.C. (I cannot; I am too scatterbrained to hold that many plans in my head at once), but I am determined to celebrate our anniversary either by dragging Cory to Boston or schlepping myself to Grand Forks again, which involves lots of scheduling and stalking the internet for best airfare.