longer thought about this later

[rm]

I think I get the most emotionally caught up in my status BS in a bad way when my "very fictional life," as I call it isn't taken seriously.

More specifically, how many of us pay lip service to the idea of "chosen family" or "created family" but still don't really treat such connections as seriously as biological or legal connections? One could argue there are logistically valid reasons for that, but is life really lived on logistics? I suppose this is iterations #904539054 of my complaint about the phrase of "just friends." I realize, of course, what it's supposed to mean, but it always sounds like an oxymoron to me, how can you be calling someone a friend and neglible at the same time?

I go do stuff now before I get cranky.

Oh, speaking of cranky -- if you're following the Gather dramarama -- apparently homosexual marriage will make your health insurance rates go up.

Tomorrow's SFF column that I won't even work on until tomorrow night is going to be "Does Cyberpunk Still Matter?"

Comments

[rm.livejournal.com]

AH, that's actually a much more interesting misinterpretation than the one I thought I saw.

One nice thing about NYC, since we don't drive, it's harder to live in "bubble world" so political/social activism is sort of unavoidable.

[saltbox.livejournal.com]

One nice thing about NYC, since we don't drive, it's harder to live in "bubble world" so political/social activism is sort of unavoidable.

I hear that, but you wouldn't believe the number of NY attorneys I know who simply go to work and go home and party with their friends, with no political activism in between. I actually see less of that in (perhaps more drive-ey) Madison, where there's a strong culture of political participation.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that makes sense to me. One thing about NYC, it can make you wish you lived in bubble-world. But it's sort of a big differentiator I find between NYC and LA, in particular and large swathes of the country in general. Social ills aren't hypothetical, they ride the subway with you.

[saltbox.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm not a big fan of LA. I do wish people participated more politically, though. I mean, electoral turnout in this country is so low! And that's not even counting agency "public meetings" where only a micro-percentage of the public ever attends even one in their lifetimes.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Yeah. As much as it goes against the ideals of America, I'm starting to think the Australians have something with the mandatory voting.

[saltbox.livejournal.com]

Me too (though there's a decent argument to be made that the Framers contemplated an active political citizenry, not the apathetic masses we have today.)