Friday

[clevermanka]

Yesterday I was wearing my "Feminine Feminist" tee shirt. I had to run an errand over to Strong Hall. As I was walking up the steps to the building, a young male undergrad (really young--he looked about 15) was exiting. He held the door open for me. I hurried up the steps and said "thanks!" as I approached. He glanced down at my chest (as young males do), saw the words on my shirt, and then looked up at me with honest fear in his eyes. I just gave him a nod and a friendly smile as I walked through the door. I like to do my part to show guys that one, common courtesy is not wasted on everyone, and two, not all feminists are humorless prigs. Score one for the good guys.

A million thanks to adamcrafter for my bottle of miracle bruise-and-minor-wound healing juice.

Tonight, off to look sexy and get plastered with friends in KC. Tomorrow, I hope to make it to Sellout.


thefridayfive
1. What was your favorite toy as a child? Probably a toss up between my Barbie dolls and my plastic dinosaur set.
2. What is your favorite toy now that you're "grown up"? Hm. Either my happy dolphin or good length of rope.
3. What is the most dangerous toy you had growing up? I had lots of books that were on banned lists...
4. What is the most dangerous toy you have now? I suppose my beautiful gas mask (yes, that's the exact one I have) could be dangerous if used incorrectly.
5. What one toy do you wish you had/have? Oh dear. Just one? Um. How about her?
fridayfiver
Not even worth the effort to cut and paste today, much less answer.

Comments

[malvito.livejournal.com]

I normally refrain from replying to these unless I have something properly cute, witty, or cheesy to comment.

That having been said, I had to seriously sit down after reading Answer #2. ;-)~

[next-bold-move.livejournal.com]

Just thought I would take a break from screwing off to say that you rock. :)

BOOKS = UNAMERICAN

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

[tessagratton.livejournal.com]

I totally want that tee-shirt. really. where'd you get it?

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine, motherteresatoo. Drop by her LJ and ask if she's still making them! Tell her I sent ya.

[slinka.livejournal.com]

Tee hee!

[tessagratton.livejournal.com]

cool! thanks.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Aw man, I wish I'd been able to see that. Sux about it getting stolen, though. Was it a Rabbit Pearl? Those babies are expensive. Wow.

I love my dolphin. It's certainly my #1 fave of all the ones I've ever owned. Hope you enjoy yours!

Re: BOOKS = UNAMERICAN

[solan-t.livejournal.com]

*eyes get big*
Challenged books include:
Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

Just a few titles that make me go 'huh?!' (I have read these. A few other titles made me go 'huh?' but I hadn't read them)


And, if Earth’s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel is challenged I hate to think what would be made of Laurell K Hamilton's series (not on the list, actually)....

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

Behave, you.

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

It makes me happy to read posts like yours. I'm a big believer in equality, as well as "vive la difference" -- not just in sex/gender, but in race/ethnicity as well. It seems like the current understanding of equality is to avoid drawing attention to differences as much as possible, which is truly the idiot's version of equality. There is no "same," only difference and individuality, and that's why we're all special. To put it into a paraphrased misinterpretation of a villain from an animated movie, "we're all special -- so no one is."

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

"Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently."
--Tom Robbins, Still Life With Woodpecker