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Feelings of pointlessness

I think I need to do something to address encroaching feelings of purposelessness in life. Maybe take those spanish courses I’ve been talking about since forever, or find a noble cause to volunteer for. I could start trying to develop a an eco-coop so that when I have enough money in a couple years I can buy into something I’d actually want to buy into. But the union is enough cat herding for now.

For memorial day weekend, I have a distinct lack of plans. Parents were talking about a picnic type thing in Ohio. I’m betting the extended family has something going on in Southern Illinois. There’s always IML (heh).

Oh, I can apply for a senior analyst position this week. I don’t think my writing skills are up to it, but I should probably do it anyway, to raise the promotion panel’s awareness of my existence. Yay?

musings on biphobia, gender, privilege, the usual…

But they’re not my musings. I ran across on okcupid I think. Anyway, he has a few interesting posts recently on biphobia, which refers to this post and extensive commentary (click on the comments link at bottom to see more), the meme about the dad that is psycho defensive of his daughter’s “virtue”, and one on a specific aspect of biphobia: the bi man as a transmitter of STIs.

An interesting read if you’re looking to blow an evening. =)

Updates

  • Moving out mostly complete: has again gone above and beyond the call of duty by managing my excess furniture disposal process while I’ve been out of town.
  • I was in Denver, but had no spare time.
  • I don’t know how much was allergies, how much was altitude and how much was early onset sinus plague, but I am not well.
  • Still need to clean fridge in old apartment.
  • Landlord has been alternating between understanding and dickish about my move out process, and my remaining furniture in the apartment. PS, that bathtub was disgusting when we moved in, not gleaming white.
  • Have finished the first two season 3 BSG dvds. Need to put them in mail so netflix can send me more. By which time I will doubtless be well, and it will be irrelevant.
  • Still need to cancel utils at old place.
  • Am otherwise well.
  • Gah!

My weekend update

This weekend I had one of my trademark uneventful weekends:

  • slept for like 12 hours when I should have been packing
  • moved my big stuff quickly on saturday
  • had tasty brunch at Victory’s Banner. It’s the far-east guru variety of vegetarian restauarant, and, true to theme, is quite tasty. This with my lovely moving assistants: bhudson**, radicalnerdgirl*, and moved+. Sadly the new roommate, Barry, couldn’t join us at VB.
  • planned the next stage of the constitution drafting process with my favorite co-volunteer.
  • tried to pack more on Saturday, and rolled a very low success.
  • Went to party with my roommate-for-a-day (he was moving out as I was moving in). Cool guy, IP lawyer, cyclist, friendly, moving to logan’s square. (ugh, though really, I guess that’s not too far now).
  • Ran my 10 miler, averaging about a 9:15 pace. Better than I expected to do.
  • Redistributed Papa-san and recyclables to radicalnerdgirl
  • Finished packing and cleaning my place. People familiar with the old place would not recognize it now. Iz Kleen!

And the things I did not get done still they are remembered. Mostly on sunday. Failure to make it to church for the monthly GLBT brunch and, more significantly, failure to make it to moved‘s for the board games.

ETA: I think it’s safe to say I have solved my “not enough stuff for all that space problem”. It’s even safer to say I now have the reverse problem. Alas. =)

** = I think he deserves special recognition for moving from “I really just met you” to “I’m lugging heavy objects for you” in about a week. Thanks, Benoit!
* = Her warrior princess kiai as she attacked the mess in my kitchen with her cleaner-squirting robo-swiffer was both daunting and inspiring.
+ = Mad propz for mad tetris skills.