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Another morning wherein I have avoided the apocalypse. I think. No, really, some days just feel this way.

Last night Linden and I hung out at Shake Shack and talked about private school and Cyteen.

We're up to 21% ($1,275) in D&J fund raising. That sounds like a lot, or a lot of progress. But we still have to average $75 in donations a day to make this happen -- and that's hard after the initial flurry of excitement. mithrigil and I are going to start (soon, but maybe not until I'm in Europe), doing various features on each of our journals about things related to the show, since it's more interesting (and polite) than talking $$ -- I'll be telling tails from the dungeon and talking about my various personal beliefs about theater. She'll be writing about music and some other stuff as yet to be determined. And we're going to host little interviews with each other. So, if there's stuff you really, really want to know, now is the time to make your voices heard.

OMG, the Dingo Ate My Baby case has been reopened (I just had to tell Patty it was real, not like Coke and Pop Rocks!). Come on, you all know you read my journal for wacky Australian news. My original phrasing regarding a tragic event and subsequent bias in the investigation thereof was offensive. Leaving this for the record.

Advocating energy savings in areas that don't believe in global warming. This is super interesting.

On really being Peggy: Flatter and escape.

Warm Cats, Cold City: photojournalism of the past.

Fans of an Ohio high school football team have been caught on video taunting their rivals with an anti-gay chant.

Is Christian Fundamentalism to blame for anti-gay bullying? a debate.

The New York Times covers It Gets Better. (Please note: Yes, it's not enough. Yes, Dan Savage can be problematic and cruel to members of our own community. Yes, people dealing with multiple marginalizations experience a vastly different narrative and may not find relevance in this project. Yes, telling kids "one day everything will be fine" is crap, because hey, my life is awesome and shit still happens. But... BUT: the message that You Are Not Alone, MATTERS. And media attention makes more conversation. 'Tis good).

Ryan Murphy has been offered the chance to direct a remake of Rocky Horror. This is one of those pieces of information I'm not sure what to do with: too many factors, some, somewhat personal. And unlike many of you who have feelings about it, some also somewhat personal, mine have little to do with a lot of participation in late night showings of RHPS -- maybe I've gone 20 times total, which is nothing for real fans? Anyway. Hrrrrrr. I'm intrigued.

Meanwhile, A hilarious (to me) intersection of science with a movie I love.

Not new, still awesome: FUCK YEAH, SKEKSIS.

Comments

[browneyedgirl65.livejournal.com]

Obviously I can't follow the video (on the debate of whether fundamentalism is to blame for gay bashing), but I note that Ann Althouse is representing the fundamentalist side. Is this actually a debate worthy of watching?

Also, I'm still searching for an atheist homophobe.

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

Re: atheist homophobe. Try trolling Randian objectivist blogs. If they exist, I suspect that's where they'd end up.

[redstapler.livejournal.com]

Nope, you're right.

[browneyedgirl65.livejournal.com]

Oooh, great idea! I'm sure they exist, they just don't seem to jump out of the woodwork the way the religious nutjobs do.

[wingstar.livejournal.com]

I came out to my dad as bi this weekend (he and I are both atheists) and... he's certainly not a virulent homophobe, but he definitely started talking about "if that's your choice" and the "lifestyle" and then changed the subject to babies, as in me having them.

...consider me more baffled than anything.

[ophymirage.livejournal.com]

when my mom forced me out of the closet, many years ago now, "the babies" was the thing she was stuck on as well. I pointed out that, as a bisexual, my chances for babies & marriage might in fact be significantly better than the average woman's (marry a guy and have babies, marry a woman and have babies, marry a woman and SHE has babies, marry a guy who has babies from a previous marriage, etc.)

In the interests of not breaking her heart completely, I left out the bit where I've known since I was about 13 and babysitting that I don't like children in general, have no interest in raising any, make a decent auntie in specific (friends' kids), and the thought of actually having something living & moving around in my abdomen gives me the screaming heebie-jeebies. That all came out in later years..

ETA, because I should: congrats to you for the come-out. it's an act of incredible bravery, every time, every person. Well done, you.

[wingstar.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's actually a pretty good point to make! I'm pretty young, so for me, babies are... in the nebulous future, to be thought about later. :)

I guess that's why I was confused, since in my brain, the two subjects (sexual orientation and whether or not to have kids) aren't related at all. But maybe actually he was stuck on biological babies, and could use a reminder about non-biological babies? (ps, has "babies" stopped looking like a word at this point?)

Either way, I hope you and your mom are at an okay (for you) place now. *ehugs*

And, thank you. :)

[lilacsigil.livejournal.com]

Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia. Personally, I think she doesn't care about homosexuality in the slightest, but is perfectly happy to deny us marriage rights to appeal to the supposed "swinging voter".