I had a meeting with my prof, who wrote me this as a starting point for my mapping statement.... only 7 hours later I forget what it says and cannot read it.

The only words I can get now are First, I am ____ each(?) ___ ____ ___ subjective + _____ _________ ___ _____ of ___ Romo.

just a compilation on gaming related writings from the past 3 weeks that i've been re-posting/ sending to people a lot
Including questions regarding females working in gaming, a letter to valve and my general thoughts/impressions of l4d2
( Geeky stuff )
( Geeky stuff: questions on female employment in gaming, letter to valve and l4d2 impressions! )

Now, the one I'm looking at already has their quota one female bodied employee, but she knows little to nothing about video games.. so I plant to apply anyway. Here's the thing, I've never worked at a game store before, so how do I convey my love for video games and years of gaming experience in a resume?

Should I include my steam i.d. in the contact info?

I love valve, I honestly truly do, but I'm really getting frustrated with the lack of communication to fans/gamers/community. I mean, we're all on steam and this shorta thing takes 10 seconds and honestly the lack of communication is more disheartening than the delays, bugs, issues and fuck ups.

#L4D2 got gnome into helicopter, he fell. Jumped down, got him back, lost a player. Everyone in, I'm holding the gnome. A tank punches the gnome out of my hangs as the helicopter takes off. we watch it fall. Achievement DENIED.

Hey guys, secret research going on. If you have the time please comment/respond with your favourite mythical creature

Missy: chimera, Manticore

Katie: unicorns

Adam: himself, or mothman

Me: Nessie, bride of frankeinstien

Alaurea: Dragons

Dos:

Apple:

Ian: Basilisk

Geoff:

James: lizard folk

BT: The Gulon - The Scandinavian gluttonous dog-cat-fox hybrid.

Grubs:The giant flesh-eating creature of Antor

H.Dog: Azathoth, the blind idiot god. Does that count? If not, angels, but only the apocalyptic world-destroying kind.

Brain: the goddamned minotaur.

MBM:

Matt:

Adam:

Nigel:

Blake:

Kate: chupacabra or swamp thing

Aaron: cthulhu and mergoats

Katelyn:

Caitlin:

Clancy:

Trent:

Andrew: Mongolian Death Worm

Jess: perfect man/hufflepuff

Jessica:Cthulhu and Prince Charming

PPKERS: The Kraken!

SuperCarrot: phoenix.

People I forgot because I am such a jerk:

Zach: jesus or goat man

Boyce: Jack Frost, succubi, and Cthulhu. Though if you wanna count the old gods too, it's Artemis, Odin, and Sarasvati.

kris: Fairies

me:~un-talent Dec 14, 2007, 4:37:29 PM
Sorry again, I know this comment is old. However there is a simple fact that is being constantly overlooked in this debate, which is the dangers and health risks associated with being pregnant. pregnancy is a risky business (well worth it for some, but it puts incredible strain on the body and mind).

So although I respect your desire to stick up for the "child's" rights, the fact remains that pregnancy is dangerous to the mother. And could very well kill her, so although adoption may be favoyred to an abortion, it is far more dangerous. I personally do not feel it to be my place to force or tell anyone to put themselves at risk. And I know that I wouldn't want anyone telling me I had to put my life and health at risk either.


(sorry this is completely separate from the above comment) I was wondering, since your into pro-life if you happen to know where I could find statistics on the number of pro-life men vs pro-life women?

Unknown user from pro-life community:
~no-named-fairy Dec 15, 2007, 3:05:01 PM you do seem to know about the subject, Im glad Im not dealing with any ignorant.
I know it ios dangerous and all, I I woiuldnt ask anybody to risk their lives in pregnancy, you see, that is a bit different: if the life of the mom is in danger, then I believe it wont be so bad.
But there are people who just abort because they didnt use anticonceptics.
I believe that fertilization only must occur when you want to have babies, that is SUPPOSED to be its purpose.
thankyou for respecting my opinion, and of course I respect yours.

Oh and answering your other question, there is a site that I know of, unfortunately I live in a spanish-speaking country, so its in spanish.
But if you want to give it a shot anyway here it is:
[link]

I promise I will try to search for another one, and Ill give you the link later

Me: ~un-talent 7 seconds ago

Today has been all kinds of awful, the vegan anniversary celebration plans have turned into me eating Saltines in my room solo. Plus I got back a few marks, all in the 75-79 range (depressing), and was denied 2 extensions I could really use.

Once everyone cancelled I was already too annoyed at school work to bother going out to eat alone. Plus for some reason because it was a special day, going out alone seemed even more depressing then going home alone.


Now I am debating between dragging myself up stairs to make myself a cake and watch the movie 9 alone... or to just give it all up and go to bed. In reality I will probably dick around the Internet for another hour before crawling back into bed to lay there for a few hours.

Happy ani to me!

I did post a status on FB telling people who are able to, to donate to farm sanctuary for my anniversary so hopefully some good will come of that.

Kindness of Strangers and Gamers.

Best thing that has ever happened, I think my housemates are scared for life over how much excitement and shrieking this caused.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And I have no celebration plans! EEP! I need some quick, easy and inspirational celebration advice! I normally throw a big dinner party with a large group of friends but well I don't have a lot of time, money, plans or a huge group of friends.

It is going to be my 9 year vegan anniversary so I want to do something special, but i'm completely out of ideas. So I'm going to put it out there, any ideas on how to celebrate? What to do? where to go? what to make/eat?

I need ideas and fast!

Messed up shit I had to read in my text book by the fuckwad john Macdonald (note the textbook, class, prof etc are all against what this dumb fuck teaches and argues but it is still annoying as fuck and damn well angering)

Texbook reading:
John Macdonald:

Some women invite rape. By their deductive behaviour in dress, bodily movements or suggestive remarks, they convey to men the impression that they are eager or at least willing to indulge in illicit sexual relationship. ….Failure to indicate disapproval of suggestive sexual comment encourages sexual advances which may take the form of Forcible rape.

I fucking kid you not, he goes to examples.

Macdonald provides two examples of such rapes. In one case, a woman answered her front door to find three unknown men standing there, who then forced their way into her apartment and gang raped her, one striking her face and cutting open her chin. We are told that the victim ‘precipitated’ these brutal attacks by having had a drink that evening and opening the door wearing only a sweater. In another example, an 18-year-old girl had a gun held to her head while she was gang raped in a car. We are asked to believe that the men would not have behaved thus had she not ‘precipitated’ the attack by talking to one of the men (whom she had mistaken for a friend), agreeing to go to a drive-in with them etc


eta: to which I heard a number of dumb ass guys in my class, who sadly are all police academy/army enlisted, nodding and wonder why the male prof thought that was so outrageous and weird. "it makes sense" was the worst their responses.

Mormons!

Specifically Mormon ladies calendar, the sequel to the shirtless Mormon male missionaries calender.

but what the hell, going through and editing some older photos, I'm kinda sexy damnit. So why the hell aren't certain boys taking note? I mean... common... I would possibly have sex/relations with me, I play fucking video games and RP. Where's the love geeks?

I wrote them a quick e-mail, telling them how annoyed I am that Dollhouse is being put on hold for a month and an appeal for a third season.

If you haven't already, guys please tune into the show, tivo it, watch it on hulu and show some mad love for this series. Maybe even write your own letters, phone calls or e-mails.

Thanks

I just have to say that I was extremely upset and disappointed to learn that you will be withholding episodes of Joss's Dollhouse for an entire month. Surely, you have seen what an amazing program this series is. You have a really amazing opportunity to be part of something great, yet you seem to be consistently taking this for granted. Let's face it, the majority of your programing is just plain awful crap. Followed by remakes and re-packaging of the same crap. There is only one night a week I would ever dream of tuning into your network and that would be Friday nights for Dollhouse.

This series has so much potential, and its story is only just developing. You've seen the fan base Joss's series generate, the long lasting and loyal viewer-ship and fans his shows earn. The quality writing is something that is solely lacking from broadcasting today, and I would sincerely ask that you think about that when considering to re-new this series. It is worth it. Please re-new an amazing series and be one of the few networks to actually provide some quality broadcasting. I would hate to have my only reason for tuning into your station taken away. We all know these shows get better with time, please allow Dollhouse to get there and you will have thousands of thankful fans like me.

please carefully consider dollhouse's fate for the upcoming season. I will be anxiously awaiting novemeber's end so I can tune back in for my favourite program to return. And I hope it will continue to return again after that. Please, Please, Please give this amazing show a chance for a third season and keep your viewers happy.

Thank you for reading this and please remember that there are all kinds of fans who are hoping that you save this show.

-Amanda Dickie

Gah, I have a midterm next monday that I am so fucked for, yet somehow whenever I sit down to try and study it just doesn't happen. I cannot do it and I retain nothing. on top of that I am starting to feel bad because it's been a while since Party's had a proper walk. Which means his next walk will be a challenge which adds to me putting it off making matters worst.


Seems to be the story of my life. Like the boxes of unpacked stuff that adam moved downstairs, they need to be moved again and fast. The problem being, to where? They don't want them cluttering up living space but out of the way storage is lacking. So what really needs to be done is unpacking. Getting our kitchen together, getting my room done etc etc.

But it is midterm week/month, I have so many papers due, we rarely even get our acts together to eat a real meal the idea of ever being fully unpacked seems daunting. Maybe the next long weekend can be unpack boot-camp. But those boxes need to go some place now. Bah.


Also have so many half finished projects, like my entertainment center, shelves etc etc. We need to go to the hardware store, but adam's car is busted so that won't be happening until that gets sorted out. God so many headaches, not all of them are even mine. I need to breathe, focus and get one thing done at a time. And get more sleep... much more. Tomorrow is another new day, i'm going back to try to study

Hey guys,

sorry for the delay in posts, my friend Katie and I went to the farmer's market in downtown Halifax. Our market is currently being held in the old Keith's Brewery, a older cozy labyrinth of tunnels, floors and boths of farm fresh goodies and local crafts!

There is so much to see and do, traffic (of other people that is) is a bit of an issue, but with their new space down the road they will have event more floors and a much more open space. So although I will miss the charm and maze of the keith's brewery the extra elbow room and being open 4 days a week will be a welcome change.

Let's get started!



The Market Attrium various fresh produce tables, an apple cider and apples section and two bakers! The mushroom guy no longer seems to be active, but in his place there were some fine produce vendors who made jams, salsas and more!



The Atrium is by far the roomiest portion of the market tour so be sure to savour your personal space while you still can before moving on to the downward winding stair case, or through the various arches, into the craft hallways or back up the stairs for level two and three.


This Market trip not only did I visit Happy Hippie Granola, but I found another granola enthusiast who did all kinds of gluten free mixes, yum!


Here is a shot of one of the craft tunnels, there is a great word working guy who has amazing Atlantic products. Beautiful, beautiful work.

in the back of this photo you can see the atrium.

More crafts!


I was so tempted by the prospect of fresh garden herbs, but I feared the little guys wouldn't survive the canvas bag and the hike home. So for another day.


This is one of the many apple and cider booths. You can get samples, buy a glass, a liter or two or the gallon sizes. MMMM


Cider is what fall is all about.


Vendors in action




onions and shallots


For some reason there were some beautiful cherry tomatoes, I missed another shot of tiny yellow and red ones in baskets.

so cute

Broccoli and flowers (i think?)


I have a few action shots of consumers grabbing some taters


Carrots! Just be sure to ask them not to snap off the greens before hand if you want to keep them.

more carrots, further along there were vendors of rainbow carrots but I ran out of card space


Autumn produce, look at the kale!!!


Plus local artist are always hiding in the corridors providing a great atmosphere (photo is awful, sorry)


I also came across an amazing new addition. RAW CHOCOLATE! Cocaonibs, pure cocoa, vegan hand made chocolates and raw fudge (with coconut oil or without) So creamy and SAMPLES!


The basement has sweet shops, glass art, wines, jams, soaps and the lovely atlantic hemp. with hemp seed samples


Second/main floor 2 (the building is on a hill, so depending on which side your on this is the main or second floor)


Now between staff of life vegan cinnamon apple rolls or their chocolate cinnamon apple rolls fresh with coffee and tea and this Indian stand it really doesn't matter where else I go. I normally get a chickpea roll (but there are many vegan options, I am just a roll sucker) and they come with lovely side salads.




More produce!




Apple empire

plums



1$ each for these bad boys! Plus the closer it is to closing the cheaper things get. So if you can risk the time limit, go near close and get 7-9 for the price of 1.


I also noticed this new addition, so great!


My good friend katie chowing down her vegan cinna-bun


So if your a hungry vegan warrior, get yourself to your local market. Know your farmers, their practises and get yourself some quality produce. Maybe even some good deals.

Bonus: when I got home and de-stalked the Brussels party stole the stalk and ran around with it all day.

Or the story of how I told my roommate's mother's that her daughter was dead.

Back story, my roommates name is Jenifer and her home number is listed first in my contacts. Which meant that during my bathroom break at the movies, when I attempted to call her to inform her that we would be running late due to us deciding to see a movie. I called her Mother, and this is what I told her in the shitty reception basement hallway of the theater where you can only get 2 bars of signal.

"Hey, I am really sorry, but I have some bad news. We are going to be running late, because we are seeing Jenifer's body." And which point, she understandably began to freak out and break up at the same time. So I kept repeating myself, "Hello? can you hear me? Jenifer? Jen? Jen (Last name)? Jenifer's body? We are here right now, so we'll be running late? Can you hear me? yeah I said we are at Jenifer's Body." More freaking out, I asked who it was, she replied her mother (!!!!). Cue much appologizing and trying to explain "oh no, don't worry, it's just a movie. It is the name of a movie, jenifer's body. She's actually fine, i though you were her."

Oh which, she only really heard more of jenifer's body. Eventually the signal cleared enough for us to get through to one another... she told me I gave her a heart attack. And I apologized some more, before calling my roommate and asking her to please call her mother so that she would know that she was alive.


So please, be careful which number you dial.

Although I identify as pansexual, I was recently made aware that this term might create problems with transitioning individuals as it tends to imply that they somehow do not fit onto the traditional gender bi-nary of male and female. This possibility of misundcerstand made me realize just hot problematic labels can be, specifically when I decided to attempt to re-classify myself in a way to avoid alienation and groupings myself with those in the queer community who exclude these individuals.

Needless to say it proved to be extremely problematic.
Pansexual is generally used to categorize a person who is interested in both males and females, from my understanding the term was changed to acknowledge that gender is fluid and that trans folks deserve equal play.

On second thought, that's not the best way to describe the label. Essentially, bisexuals may or may not be accepting of transitioning partners and cannot grasp the idea of being born biologically male and identifying as female etc. I know at least where I'm from the queer community can be a hostile place for identifying males/females, despite the person in question being female, people tended to get hung up on appearances and other labels from which they excluded trans people.

e.g. "I'm Bi, so i like both girls and boys. But those trans folks are "freaks". "

This kind of attitude was not something I wanted to be associated with, especially when trans friends of mine felt isolated by the community at large. I decided to adopt the term in support and just to distance myself from some of the queer based hatred/misnomers.  Although bi-sexual in itself would include trans folks, many self identifying people in the community considered bi-sexuality to exclude trans people. I find that form of exclusion ridiculous, which is another reason I was drawn to the 'pan' label.

My friends and I also developed issues in our small area regarding personal pronouns (a whole other issue). Where despite the number of times we would correct people they still insisted upon applying their own interpretation of gender to individuals who have explicit-ally expressed their female identification (or their male identification). Certain individuals would even get angry when we applied proper (i.e. pronouns that matched the identification) to the point that a few individuals cease to communicate with us.

However, you make a really good point. I have never considered how applying the term PanSexual might make it seem as if I see trans folks as separate gender/sexuality category. Words and labels are tricky like that, I guess. Maybe I'll have to do some further defining to find the correct words to project my sentiment and push forward progress.

I personally have issues with the idea of gender and sexuality binaries as I'm not a firm believer of the all or nothing. I think most people have multiple sides, many of which could be male, female, butch, fem, gay, straight etc. Although biologically I would be classified as female, I have many classifiable "male" traits. So the idea of all or nothing doesn't seem to offer an apt description.

The option to choose a gender that exists outside the binary, from my limited perspective, would allow identifying males to choose male, identifying females to choose female, and those that would choose a third option the chance or even the opportunity to not disclose that information.

I guess from limited (and relatively privileged) stand point I hadn't considered how the term pansexual might add to the implication that trans individuals are different from "other" individuals. And how the term might add to feelings of exclusion and difference, the adverse effect of why I used the term in the first place. I guess defining my sexuality might not be able to be achieved in a single label, as labels present a plethora of problems. Identifying female and being born biologically female may not be mutually inclusive, however that doesn't mean that someone who is 'only' identifying is any more or less female or that they should ever fall into another classification. Both individuals are identifying females, they are equals and there is not one who is 'more' female than the other. Perhaps we need a term that redefines gender as a whole. Or a term that expresses direct inclusion of all groups without marginalizing anyone. Pansexual was a term I used to express an attraction to both genders with the attempts to explicitly state this
included all males and all females regardless of biology but perhaps by adopting a term to explicitly include trans people it aids in contributing to their exclusion in a third gender slot.

Classification is a bitch. Perhaps the best bet is to simply avoid labels at all, what a commotion that'll cause ;).

Cell phone: 1-902-789-4094 Unlimited text, local calls free after 5pm.

Mailing address:
B.A.D. Dickie (Amanda Dickie)
APT 1 3179 CONNAUGHT AVE
HALIFAX NS B3L 3A9


All for now <3