Ah, the lurgy, it is to be dreaded.

[frahulettaes]

I so love that word. Totally stole it from nicci_mac.

I don't get sick often anymore. I've been using the neti pot *link goes to youtube video demonstration* and have been feeling really much happier and more alert. I was so excited about not getting sick anymore that when my throat started to be itchy I was kinda let down. Still, my lurgy seems to very mild by comparison so, yeah.

I have the day off, luckily and I'm on my sofa drinking very fine english tea with organic brown sugar and watching S3 of Due South. And it struck me how very lucky I am to have all this and how it is very snuggy to be home and not have to work and get to watch Fraser and Ray K and hear the opening music and feel the swell of love and comfort.

I haven't been posting a lot lately though I've been reading. Some very nice stories coming in to j2_everafter, the wall-e story is particularly lovely. I've been following the J's movies and even saw My Bloody Valentine with friends and enjoyed it. Will be seeing Friday the 13th this weekend. So, fannishly, I'm putting my time in.

I'm mostly not posting because I'm still digesting all of the posts in RaceFail09. If you want to follow it, though there are literally TONS of posts so good luck, you can trace the course through rydra_wong who has put in a herculean effort tracking the links. Also, of note, the post titles she's come up with are very clever. I don't have anything of note to add, yet, because I'm still in the 'listen more than you talk' mode. Because as Parker said through Spenser, I never got in trouble keeping my mouth shut. I cast around looking through links and trying to understand, trying to 'see' my own inability to see what, as a privileged person, I have a lifetime of practice 'not' seeing. So I finally settled on Tim Wise' book Speaking Treason Fluently. So yeah. That's not to say that I haven't run through literally hundreds of essay type posts on the issues. I practice them and then trash them, unposted, because, still nothing new there and the more pants I try on, the more I find the pants don't fit or are assless chaps masquerading as pants. In conclusion, I don't know if I'll ever post on it, but I am reading and listening.

I'm moving. Again. Which is good, I hope but like all moves, it's a crapshoot. The new place is a house near Silverlake but closer to Atwater Village. I like the area I'm just hoping the new roomy sitch works out.
It's less rent though so I'll be saving more. The simplicity thing is moving from voluntary to involuntary at a pretty fast clip. It's surprising to me how difficult it is to simply get rid of stuff. Even though it's stuff I haven't even unpacked from two moves ago and I don't even know what's there or if I NEED it. Which if I did, doesn't it stand to reason that I'd have looked for it and used it by now? Still, letting them go, even thought I'm desperate to, is still damn difficult. I am not my stuff. Or rather, I'm trying not to be my stuff but it's really haaaarrrd. *whines*

Personal notes: Jenlev, I love your photos. Seeing them is like having winter in a land that knows no winter. Also, I'm so jealous of your new crow friend. Reading your journal always feels like coming home. ;)
Nutmeg3, darling, a lot is going on for you and I read your posts and just hug you in my mind. I'm so happy for your new opportunities. And I sympathize with your losses. Also, I love your glider posts. ;) Ginmar, your bravery and insight always inspires me.

Totally random notes: The three shows I totally love have black retro cars: Supernatural = Impala, Burn Notice = GTO, Due South - GTO. Sigh. Black cars are still the coolest. All my shows say so.

Go in peace, cfj.

Comments

[the_milky_way]

Oh, oh I love the wall-e story. :)
Just finished reading it.

I'll see Friday 13th tomorrow night and I am kind of looking forward to even though I am going alone.
I'll have to wait until March to see My Bloody Valentine.

Get well. :)

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

You know, I don't say this much, but that Wall-e story was darn near perfect. Spectacular writing, engaging conversation, beautiful imagery. She's very talented. That's one thing I like about SPN-J2 stuff, the writing is fantastic.

One piece of advice, when you see MBV in 3d? Sit in the middle of the theater, otherwise the events go right past you. ;) And I'm sure I don't need to say that Jensen in 3d is AMAZING. Guh. My roomy went to the Hollywood Premier and got a photo with Jared. I was seething with jealousy but I totally had to work. Have a lot of fun at the movie. ;)

Thanks for the kind wishes. ;)

[the_milky_way]

Yes, this story had it all.

That's one thing I like about SPN-J2 stuff, the writing is fantastic.
Most of the times that's so very true.

Okay, thank you. Advice taken and appreciated. Middle of the cinema, got it. :)

Thank you. :)
I intend to enjoy Jared on the big screen and try not to be too scared.
And really, I would totally be jealous as well.
I think I'll die of nerves when I finally get to meet Jensen.

*g*

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

Well, Jensen is a whole other bag of tricks. I'll be seeing the boys at the LA con and I'm not really afraid of seeing Jared, he's a big goofball. But Jensen? Well, he's so...pointy? I don't know. Also, I tend to react differently than I think I will to the odd celeb. I work at Whole Foods in the heart of the movie district, so I see my share of folks and I'm always amazed at how I react. Luckily, I can hide in the kitchen. Billy Zane was the worst for me. I got a little wiggy. Had to go sit on my hands. BTW: I plan on wearing a shirt to get a reaction from the boys: Looking for Moose Knuckle...I'm sure Jared will laugh his head off but Jensen? I just don't know.

Have fun. cfj.

[the_milky_way]

I know what you mean about Jensen.
It kind of says a lot that I am more excited about meeting Jason again.. but then again it's Jensen and I am just doing it because of him. I just wish Jared would be there as well.

I had my share of celeb encounters, especially during the Berlinale days during the last years and I always reacted differently. My worst was kind of crashing into an actor at a street light and almost running Alexander Siddig over at the next corner.

LOL shirt.. :P

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

Heee...did you see that post where Jared crashed Jensen's date with Danni and swept them away to see the MBV premier in Vancouver? Ah Jared, your love is pure. ;) Made my tinhat all shiny and stuff.

[the_milky_way]

Yep, saw it...
My tinhat needed polish as well.
And I giggled at that because it's so Jared and it seems like his gf wasn't invited.. LOL

[jenlev.livejournal.com]

I hope the move goes well. And yay for the process of unloading *stuff*. {{{hugs}}}

Thank you, I'm glad the winter photos are nice to see. If I didn't think you'd end up stranded for a week in Chicago I'd tell you to hop on a plane. Stranded due to unpredictible weather which is of course the down side of winter. ;)

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

I would so jump on a plane right now. I can taste the fluffernutters as I sit here. Followed by snuggy sofa sitting and the watching of Farscape. Sigh.

;)

[jenlev.livejournal.com]

Heee! Sadly, there has been no fluff in the house for a while. Unless you count the cat and I. ;)

[ginmar.livejournal.com]

You're a sweetie.

I had one of those click! moments today when we were discussing the case of Diamond Milburn, the twelve-year-old girl who was attacked by four cops and subsequently arrested, along with her father, for somehow attacking them. I realized that I at once point in my life would have been shocked by the case, but that lots of people didn't have the luxury of that shock. Shock is a luxury. This girl has very good reason to doubt the police, and to fear for her safety. She's on trial, not the police, can you believe it?

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

Firstly, you're welcome. ;)

Secondly, Well yes, I can believe it. And you and I both know why. It does sort of tickle my fancy to imagine all those cops with no pants on. Seriously. And I think it's important that we begin to see this situation as one among many and not shocking at all but commonplace. Especially w/r/t news coverage. Which is almost all white privilege oriented. And extremely sexist. Even sources like NPR are suspect to me because of how chary they are about covering these issues in any sort of meaningful way.

Shock is, indeed, a luxury.

[ginmar.livejournal.com]

It's a result of how safe you perceive yourself to be. Black people have been given plenty of reason to believe that the authorities themselves are their enemies. This is why I could understand where Rev. Wright was coming from. Things might be better now, but what he went through, growing up during the times he did? Yeah. I was disappointed in his sexism so I don't know how to resolve that. However, Diamond Milburn should be seated on the witness stand, not at the defendant's table.

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

Agreed.

[ginmar.livejournal.com]

It always seems to me that this fear is exactly the pervasive fear that women describe in discussions about rape, that so many men do not get. Women are brought up to be afraid. Who does that fear serve, exactly?

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

Oh my god yes. On so many levels. It serves to keep women in the place where men can keep raping/persueing/harrassing women without natural consequences. And men are damned nasty when consequences start getting thrown at them. It also sort of explains the reason that innocence is stressed so heavily for women.

[ginmar.livejournal.com]

And when men stand aside and let this stuff go on, they expect cookies for being indifferent or whatever, just because it's not as bad as actually doing something wrong.

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's always the moderates, isn't it? We tend to see the shiny assholes first and totally overlook the moderates who allow for the assholes to exist and be supported.

[ginmar.livejournal.com]

Or else who live vicariously through the assholes. Really, it's not rapists who scare the fuck out of me; it's the legions of guys who sympathize with, defend, and live vicariously through the acts of rapists----or get defensive when the topic gets brought up, probably because they're remembering things they've done.

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

and they get even more upset when they find out women don't like their jokes, jabs, slurs. Like we're supposed to just let them do/say whatever the hell they want. They are mostly blind to their own sexist actions. Which is the definition of privilege, no? Really damned annoying.

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

I've got to figure out where my DS DVDs are stashed and do a rewatch, I think. And most of all, thank you. ::hugs back:: And I'll have to take some new glider pics so I can make a new glider post.

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

(((((hugs))))))
You are such a bright light on my flist.

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

Now I feel all teary and blushy.

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

*hands you tissue*