Hi everybody!
Sorry I haven't written... I was sick for a while... then real life was busy... etc... sigh.
Three Quick things:
First, thank you all very much for the comments, both privately, and in email. Though I haven't always been able to respond, I always appreciate the support... and yes, the help, too. I even made banana bread!
Okay, this time we're going to try a little experiment.
So, today, I went to get my first oil change *ever*. I drove up to the oil-change place, and sat in my car looking confused until an attendant came. I explained to him that this was the first time I had ever had my oil changed and that I didn't really know what to do. To make a long story short, everybody was really nice to me, and I got my oil changed, plus a rather expensive cabin air filter...
Well, this is going to be a short one... I spent a bunch of time tonight writing to people... cried and sent apologies to one person who misunderstood, sent an explanation to another person... got unfriended by someone I have a great deal of respect for... and sent out another explanation to someone in an entirely non-Slashdot context. Three email messages... three hours.
Before I start my next rant, please let me stress that this "problem" I'm struggling with does not originate with anyone on Slashdot, or anything written here. Yes, several Slashdot users have inadvertently stepped into it, always via private email, but the problem, for me, started in real life. It just so happens that the exact same problems I've had with transsexuals in real life *also* happen when I meet transsexuals via Slashdot.
There's a problem with my journal here, and I'm not sure it's fixable. I'm thinking about giving up on it entirely. I've decided to do a few entries about the problem and see if I can work through it, but if I can't sort it out to my own satisfaction, then I'm just done here.
If you're transsexual, you're going to think this entry is about you specifically. It isn't. In a sense, It's about you *collectively*. No single person is responsible for bringing this on.
Looking back, I see that I've only been posting one or two journal entries a month. It's interesting that life is now so busy that I no longer seem to find the time to write about it! The truth is, it probably has more to do with time management issues than anything; there are now so many things I want to do, it's hard to find time for all of them.
I'm sorry I haven't been able to keep up with my journalling lately; the main reason is that so much is going on in my life right now, I'm having a hard time keeping up with all the changes. Things are happening so fast that I just don't have time to write it all down!
The last thing I wrote about was my d-thing.
My date. My date. My date. My first date ever. Ever.
It, um... well... er... I think I'd have to say it went pretty well.
So, today's kind of a big day.
I'm meeting someone for dinner tonight, and a social activity tomorrow. Sort of a D... no.
We're not using the d-word... it's a "just friends" kind of thing... but I think the d-word applies... it's just a d-word with no complicated expectations other than having fun spending time with someone special.
Which is probably a good thing, since this is my first real d-word sort of thing... ever. Ever.
53. Should the following be exterminated:
pants that create the muffin-top look on women:
It finally occurred to me to just Google for it... "muffin-top look"...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/330221p-281994c.html
I guess that will teach me to read my Glamour more often, huh?
1. Name someone with the same birthday as you.
Jesus. Well, close enough.
2. Where was your first kiss?
I don't know yet...
3. Have you ever seriously vandalized someone else's property?
Not that I can recall... unless you count that time that I was two years old and disassembled the vacuum cleaner. But, I mean, if they didn't want you to take it apart, why did they put screws in it?
DSL Line: remains up and functional. Built-in firewall appears to be configured appropriately now.
Server box: installed and ready to go, after some struggle to get the box patched... but needs server software.
Dual Boot Box: It should really be *duel* boot... XP put up quite a fight, but installed ok once I could get the installer disk to boot without crashing. The linux side... some struggle to get the box patched. Had to wipe and start over to get it to work. Sigh.
A quiet Saturday morning... (yawn)...
The DSL gal and her pals back at the home office did manage to get my upgraded DSL service back on the net, so I'm back in business net-wise.
After several false starts, my Fedora box is now patching itself; unfortunately I never did manage to convince it to use the updates I dowloaded and burned to DVD, so everything's downloading again. What-ever!
Well, the DSL *gal* finally showed up. She was really, really nice! And now... I don't have internet access at home. Sigh.
Wow. Now I've gone two months without a journal entry. Sigh.
Some of you may remember my "giving up" entry from several months ago?
It turns out that, having given up hope, there just isn't that much to say.
Back when I still had some hope, I could talk about all the hard work and interesting doctor visits and whatnot, and maybe sneak in a few bits about my hopes and fears for the future.
With your bare hands?!?
