Messed up dreams this morning...

Yelling back and forth with a fundie minister about abortion, in a church across the street from our clinic (there isn't actually one). Odd thing was I actually managed to communicate that I believe every bit as deeply and as strongly in my worldview as he did in his, and we had sort of a "hug and agree to go our separate ways" ending to it all. Very bizarre. Then taking a train across australia (although wherever I was going wasn't actually in Australia at all, and I believe the setting was futuristic), and then a bit about forestfire and I debating between about 8 different types of pasta sauce. All strange.

Must get dressed for work now -- I just wanted to get the basics of these down before I lost them. If I recall more detail, I may flesh it out in a bit, when I get to work.

Update on SD

More info about Cecilia Fire Thunder, and her statement about starting a clinic on reservation land in SD

Info and link thanks for lilyofthewest, you can see her comment and my current take on it here

And PP's official press release on the subject -- link thanks to marnanel

This wouldn't preclude her opening an independent clinic on tribal land, though. I wonder whether she'll consider that, or whether she's been a bit blown away by the response, and the realization of the complexities involved.

And a DailyKos post with more info

*kicks self in ass*

Damn, but I've been coasting the past two weeks. I'm about two chapters behind on my reading for class, I haven't been doing my usual playing on the class website, and I've got to remember to do my homework assignment today.

In the house, I still haven't assembled the bookcase. Or sorted any boxes. Or done much of anything, really. Haven't even made it to the library to pick up my new books. I did start reading Strangers in Paradise, though. Unfortunately, I'm pretty damn sure that's doesn't count as a chore. *sigh* Bad Sarah.

*grump* Well, I borrowed SIP I from bec76, and I requested SIP II from the library, but the library doesn't have SIP III, and I hate reading things out of order. Either I'll end up being patient enough to wait to read one of cjdoyle's copies, or I'll be hooked enough to buy it myself. I suppose we'll see!

To do today:
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GIP!

chameleonpixie made me an icon of Mushroom's death glare (for context, Mushroom is often refered to as "evil bitch-kitty", and for good reason). Thanks to marnanel for the resizing!

*drool*

Eddie and Farscape and Xena, Oh, My!

Sometime later today I'm going to snitch some Bruce Campbell, Eddie Izzard, Angelina Jolie, Farscape, and Xena icons from there.

Posting for my own reference, and to share the joy.

*kicks self*

Well, I got my homework done, so that's good. Unfortunately, the headache from this morning keeps getting worse. And I'm an idiot, and forgot to restock my travel pill box (ok, altoids container). I just used up the last of my ibuprofen, and I don't have any imitrex on me. Suck.

On the positive side, I can get all of SIP from the library, after all, it appears. I hadn't realized the pocket books were the same collection, I thought they were extras of some sort.

Friday Five

1. When is the last time you became unraveled?
That depends on what you mean by unraveled. Totally unraveled, about two years ago, especially while I was still job-hunting after the move fell through. Frayed around the edges, during an argument/issue a few weeks back.

2. What's the longest trip you've taken?
Distance, or time? I suppose probably the drive across country with Chad, from CA to Ohio on the scenic route, with a stop in Ohio to sleep and change vacations, and then driving through to Vermont for Bread and Puppet with another group of friends.

3. Who is the biggest distraction in your life?
Hard to answer. In general, I don't think there is one that stands out. At the moment I'm feeling some crushy NRE that's wandering through my brain pretty frequently.

4. Do people notice you when you walk into a room?
Generally yes, I think. Unless I'm hurting, I tend to move relatively assertively. I'm also taller and bigger than most women.

5. Describe the last time you disappointed someone:
I'd expect the argument/issue a few weeks back would probably be it, as far as I'm aware. I don't think I've disappointed anyone particularly dramatically since then. If I have, I'm woefully clueless about it.

Another Friday Five

1) Of the various cultures, ethnicities or nationalities you belong to, which most strongly do you consider yourself?

Queer. Racially and ethnically I'm so much a part of the dominant culture (white, no recent immigrants in the family) that I'm almost unaware of identity in that regard (can we say "signs of privilege" boys and girls?). I have some vague notions of where my family immigrated from, but no real cultural connection. All the family stories in the past several generations happened within the US. The places where I've had to become aware of my identity are largely around sexual/relationship divergence -- the places where I'm not part of the dominant culture. "Queer" for me, is a good general term for the overlaps of being non-straight, non-monogamous, and non-gender compliant. And it's those overlapping communities that I generally find the feeling of being comprehended on the levels that I need to feel at home, and able to exist without feeling the need to explain how I exist all the time.

2) Is there a culture you cannot claim heritage from but which you feel quite close to?
Do gay leathermen count?

3) What's one language you wish you knew fluently?
On a practical level, french, since it counts for points on the Canadian immigration standards.
Alternately, ASL. I've been fascinated with it since I was 10 or 12, but never gotten beyond very basic stuff.

4) If you could move anywhere in the world and be guaranteed a job, etc., where would you go?
I've been particularly curious about Finland and Iceland, although I really can't say I know enough about how well I'd like the cultures to say that I'd definitely want to move.

5) If you had a time machine, and could witness any one event without altering or disturbing it, what would you want to see?
Wow. That's really hard to say. Most of the 'events' that I find most fascinating from a scientific point of view would take too long to observe. I think I'd be very tempted to spend a day in the cretaceous period. Or maybe in the paleolithic. It's less that I want to see specific events than that I want to have a first-hand sense of what X time period was like, in general.

GIP! (how could I not have realized this before?)

Of course I need a mitochondria icon!

I'm irrationally fond of them. Really the only organelle I have an emotional reaction to. I blame it on Madeleine L'Engle (for an utterly whacked but emotionally evocative presentation of them), and on the beauty of symbiosis. And on the niftiness of being able to track maternal descent by mtDNA. Elegant!

This dovetails nicely...

...with the identity question from the Friday Five.

I've been rereading Carol Queen's Real Live Nude Girl, and some parts have always resonated very strongly with me.

From the end of the chapter titled "The Queer in Me":
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It's a start...

Got the bookcase assembled and the games and puzzles unpacked.

It's a weird little history trip; a lot of these are games I've played since I was a kid (the parcheesi set is still marked "Sarah Young" in permanent marker from the summer I took it to camp with me). I've got my Dad's erector set, in the red metal case, and the Mastermind set I remember playing on the carpet in the den in Holly.