picked a handful of violets in my name

Wheeee!

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:34:54 GMT

So my Saturday totally sucked!

Remember how I was really worried about making my connection at JFK? It turned out not to be an issue at all, but for all the wrong reasons.

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But I did finally make it to Grand Forks, four hours after I should have. And then I slept for 16 hours.

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Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:46:53 GMT

If you used the opt-out I linked yesterday, you might want to go back and do it again. Turns out it's set opt_exclude_stats 1.
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Roller derby: awesome! We had to learn the rules and scoring practices through osmosis (and really could not hear the commentators well at all). We also ate some fried dough (truth in advertising!), which was basically a large flat beignet. Nomnomnom.

This morning, we went to the Flea at MIT. The original plan was for me to take the train; Ellie was driving but she had already promised every possible seat in her car to people from Wireless Club. But two cancellations later, I had a ride, yay.

Here are pictures of the things I got! Since I, uh, don't know what some of these doodads are called.
( Not that it matters that much. I'm just going to wrap them in wire anyway. )

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blargh

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:38:54 GMT

Am on campus, despite this being one of my days off. I was very tempted to wear this shirt, but I was too lazy to find it.

Verizon DSL needs to go DIAF, seriously. But they can send a tech! On Monday! When I have ALL OF THE CLASSES.

(Will keep phone on vibrate in pocket and sit near the door, ready to bail instantly. If the tech fails to call beforehand so I can actually, you know, leave class and come home - I will lose my fucking mind, I swear.)

Temptation to return to Comcast: rising. They were twice as expensive, but my internet did not die seemingly without reason, and always right before a holiday/weekend so that getting a tech takes even longer.

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LJ fails again! This time, on gender issues.

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:03:23 GMT

As of their next code push (and LJ's code pushes tend to happen on Thursdays), LiveJournal will require all users to specify "male" or "female" for their account's gender. No third option.

The change is almost certainly to target advertising in a more gender-stereotyped way.

EDIT: 2009-12-15 10:30 EST
Probably thanks to the many people contacting LJ, the code has been pulled. It will not be going live in the next code push.

Unfortunately, I don't trust LJ not to attempt to sneak something like this through again.

synecdochic has a summary. She suggests going to the Edit Profile page and changing your gender to Unspecified, contacting Feedback, and emailing the GM of US operations at anjelika@livejournalinc.com.

( complete list of posts on my Dreamroll re: lj's genderfail )

Geek Feminism also has a post.

If anyone reading this would like a Dreamwidth account (Dreamwidth's diversity statement specifically includes and "welcome[s] people of any gender identity or expression"), I have some invite codes, and if they run out, I'm willing to buy accounts for people who need them.

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This is why we can't have nice things.

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:54:56 GMT

The earbuds I have only had since New Orleans appear to have died. I tested them with Britta's iPod when I got to work and they were still dead on one side.

>:\ At least it's not my iPod?

I should have just kept my old pair, even though the silicone casing had split and the wires were exposed. They at least worked.

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Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:12:23 GMT

Today I sprayed myself in the face trying to peel boiled crawfish. /o\ They were tasty, though.

I also bought some beads and some blank CDs. BRB, burninatin' musics for Mom.

On the whole, it's been a good few days of shopping. I got a couple of cheap blazers and some tops to wear to work, and some other clothes. Ellie got a pair of Docs, since her other pair is in pretty bad condition.

Your daily linkspam:

• takebackscifi is getting off the ground. Addressing portrayals of rape in science fiction and fantasy.

• wook77 has contact info for advertisers on KRXQ, whose "shock jocks" advocated violence against gender-variant kids. Let's send some emails, folks! Several advertisers have already pulled out due to public outcry.

• Six bills in New York related to sex workers and victims of trafficking.

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