Heehee! This stream-of-consciousness stuff is way fun — but I’m almost afraid to re-read it later, for fear I’ll want to bang my head against…
Continue ReadingThe ASWM Presentation! part 1
Hastily typed out in stream of consciousness, while returning from the ASWM (Association for the Study of Women & Mythology) Conference — typing on BART…
Continue ReadingSailing, saris, activism, & climbing
Lots of great firsts to (quickly) report! First, on Saturday 18 February: I attended a “battle sail” with my housemates on the Hawai’ian Chieftain, a…
Continue ReadingMore new things!
It’s funny… in making up potential things to try for my 50 New Things list, I find myself adding on all the ideas and events…
Continue ReadingCatching up to the end of the year… sort of
I’ve been effectively running at a frantic pace for the past three or four months, in order to keep up with all the things happening…
Continue ReadingSlutWalk thoughts
I had an interesting bit of cognitive dissonance the other day, upon hearing about Slutwalks. For those who haven’t yet heard of them, earlier in…
Continue ReadingMedical cannabis dispensaries
Due to California law, medical cannabis dispensaries (I think that’s the correct phrase) are springing up all over the place. There is, of course, quite…
Continue ReadingCave of Forgotten Dreams, pt. 8
Alas, it gets worse. The narrator rambles on in the same demagogic vein about the “mutant albino” crocodiles, ending with a close-up shot of one…
Continue ReadingCave of Forgotten Dreams, pt. 7
Closer in to the camera crew on the walkway we see swells of stone that half-shelter the pregnant mare’s niche. Painted on one is a…
Continue ReadingCave of Forgotten Dreams, pt. 6
It is at this point that the absurd scene (mentioned previously) with the spear thrower occurs. Interestingly, nothing at all is said about the greater…
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