It’s been a while since I’ve written here, mostly because I’ve been thesising. Data coding is fun stuff – for real, y’all. Or am I joking? I don’t even know anymore.
The kitten is in a tear-up-mommy’s-work phase, which has made everything really fun. Luckily, there are only teeth marks and claw marks in data I have already coded.
Mom has had the flu for a week now. Type A according to her doc. She’s almost over it, though. I think he scared the shit out of her when he told her it killed a shitload of people in the early 1900s. Yeah… that’s what you tell an anxiety-riddled woman. Go doc!
My little brother came up with a new boy the other weekend. There’s a really funny story attached. He was texting me to ask if he could come up and he said “I’ve been seeing this new guy but he’s not out so we want to get away from Hickory for a while.”
We proceeded to figure out where I would leave a housekey for him and all that jazz so he could come up while we weren’t going to be home. We wouldn’t be home until a few hours after he got here. I go to bed.
10 minutes after I get in the bed (Lin is still swishing in the bathroom), I get a text that says “He’s 13.”
I text back: “what?”
He says: “on my myspace buddy profile if you want to check him out.”
I say: “You mean 18?”
He says: “No, no 13″
I launch into a two-text-length tirade about child molestation and how he can’t bring a 13 year old kid here because that’s seriously wrong. My bro is 24… you see why I’m upset, right?
He texts back: “No, he’s 19. He’s #13 on my buddy list.”
Laughter ensues…
It almost never snows in Asheville. But, this is the fifth time we’ve seen snow since before Halloween! Lin and I knew it was coming because the hard mast was enormous in proportion this fall… acorns galore! Either way, I’ve enjoyed watching Amos and AJ walk around snorting it on the back deck, and I laughed really hard when TARDIS stepped out on the back porch (where she’s not supposed to be) and cried because her feet were cold. Cats are adorable when they’re confused.
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I’ve been thinking about this a little bit because Lin and I have straight couple friends who are married, and lesbian couple friends who have been together a long time, but have a very hetero-gendered (homonormative) relationship. In all of these households, the woman or the “femme” woman does all of the housework – the cleaning, the cooking, etc. Lin and I don’t identify as butch/femme. However, if one of us were to wear a dress, it would be me. If one of us were to dress in flannel and hiking boots, it most certainly would be Lin. Barring costume parties, of course. In fact, she was wearing plaid flannel and doc martens the other day – and I couldn’t help but laugh at it. She did, too, so I suppose it was okay. (more…)
So, I’ve mentioned before that I’m teaching online this semester. It’s not so bad. I still miss my WTF face, though. I had a student today complain because I added a tiny assignment to the syllabus. All I ask is that in a “writing intensive” class, they prepare an outline for their papers and send them to me. It’s part of the writing process that they need to learn. Plus, it’ll help me help them narrow the focus of their topics so they’re actually sociological. Here’s what I mean about them not getting sociology: (more…)
