10 Feb 2003

cimorene: cartoony drawing of a woman's head in profile giving dubious side-eye (Default)
now, this is odd. why don't i feel sick?
cimorene: cartoony drawing of a woman's head in profile giving dubious side-eye (Default)
i slept really badly at first, woke up at 2 and read a bit of silvia. the dog woke me again at 7 or something. i took some cough syrup that seemed to actually work, and was able to sleep again. for a long time. had the distressing impression that the dog was gone and was too sleepy to go look for him, but when i woke up he was simply sleeping on the wrong side of my legs. oh well. so now i've got some saltines, and i brought a book in here, and the materials i have about finnish universities, and kleenexes, and tea, and the map i was trying to draw of wax's house. and i'm reading all the other new due south stories, because i'm not going to read the kat allison one when i've got such a long list of short things to do. i'm saving it still. right, so, i've got two ds stories still to read, and all this finnish stuff, and two people to write emails to. i should probably call people too. they can wait until i am no longer sick, though. wax is having computer problems. i don't know if i can really blame that for her absence, what with her distressing habit of watching tv or something and actually not answering ims while she's doing it. or then she could be sleeping or eating or something. whoever heard of cough syrup getting rid of a headache? this is truly bizarre. and meanwhile, where did the dog go?
cimorene: painting of a glowering woman pouring a thin stream of glowing green liquid from an enormous bowl (misanthropy)
a DEATH story! ::fume::
cimorene: cartoony drawing of a woman's head in profile giving dubious side-eye (Default)
i was reading this nicole hollander book (of sylvia cartoons) in the middle of the night and i found this lovely essay.

why i gave up feminism.

"giving up feminism made my hair thicker and my cleavage quite pronounced. i highly recommend it."

i'm in tune with my times. it's my first experience with being like other people, and boy does it feel good.

i feel ten pounds lighter since i gave up feminism. i was tired of dragging around our history and being such a pain in the butt to myself and others. feminism ruined the movies for me. you know if you're a feminist there's only one movie you can like and even thelma & louise is a little too heavy on the violence to really qualify.

i used to stay home and watch worthwhile documentaries on my vcr. i didn't get out much and when i did i fought with everyone.

now, postfeminist, i can watch what i like and my hair is drew barrymore blond and i can hang out in mised company and no one ever seems stupid or irritating or a waste of time and i have lots of nice relationships with very old men. i don't mind getting their prescriptions refilled, either.

and i'm done with blaming capitalism for poverty and violence. i embrace the idea that television and single mothers are responsible for the breakdown of society and muliple killings in fast food restaurants.

i enjoy saying "repressed memory" and "pork barrel" and "hillary" in a voice dripping with sarcasm and ennui. i must admit i had the voice when i was a strident, whining, victim-type feminist, but now i can make my lip curl when i say "public radio." i've even started to look a bit like william buckley, but that's not all bad.

i've grown to appreciate orrin hatch's arid allure. i think bob dole is darkly witty and saturninely sexy. i think jesse helms has southern baby-boy charm. i'm a softy for pat buchanan's dark-angel side and i think newt has really nice hair.... i'm afraid i still have a bit of trouble with rush limbaugh.

i watched too many of those 1950s science fiction movies as a kid. i see rush as a blobby pod person. i can't get into him. it's not to my credit. when i hear his voice, my dr strangelove arm reaches out, of its ownh volition, to change the station. don't touch that dial.

(not the whole thing.) --from female problems: an unhelpful guide

meh?

10 Feb 2003 01:20 pm
cimorene: cartoony drawing of a woman's head in profile giving dubious side-eye (Default)
wax, you are pleasantly requested (demanded?) to appear at your earliest convenience. ahahaha, i almost typed 'inconvenience' there!

so, actually, what i meant to say was that it's really not that much fun trying to wrestle these websites with exchange-student type information and figure out what i'm going to do. geez, it's so not fun it's almost frightening. can you hire people to do this kind of thing for you? ahaha, and isn't that even better! like i have anything else to do! i should thank them for giving me something to occupy my time.

well, something that didn't make me greatly nervous would be better, perhaps.
cimorene: cartoony drawing of a woman's head in profile giving dubious side-eye (simple)
would someone please pop the balloon inside my ear?

but gently.

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