Nov. 13th, 2011
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Nov. 13th, 2011 08:42 amDear self:
Test, due today. Failing to take this test will mean failing this class. Again.
Journals, due Friday, which means due tomorrow, there being no time between now and Friday to do them. Failing to do these journals will mean failing the same class. Again. Okay, the last test for this class is in December and it's on the calendar. I'm going to pass this class this time. \o/
Project, due tomorrow. Ten percent of the final grade.
Projects due rapidly approaching, that must be begun before the next class for each class. Thirty percent of the final grade apiece.
Twenty-five items of jewelry that must be named, priced, photographed, and Etsyfied.
Thousand-word Supernatural femslash fic, due one week from today.
Thousand-word Supernatural fic, due rapidly approaching.
DO SOMETHING THAT ISN'T FUTZING AROUND CHECKING YOUR FLISTS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
Journals, due Friday, which means due tomorrow, there being no time between now and Friday to do them. Failing to do these journals will mean failing the same class. Again.
Projects due rapidly approaching, that must be begun before the next class for each class. Thirty percent of the final grade apiece.
Twenty-five items of jewelry that must be named, priced, photographed, and Etsyfied.
Thousand-word Supernatural femslash fic, due one week from today.
Thousand-word Supernatural fic, due rapidly approaching.
DO SOMETHING THAT ISN'T FUTZING AROUND CHECKING YOUR FLISTS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
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Nov. 13th, 2011 10:23 amGrace and its varied meanings, is the subject of the UU service today. I think I am not going. I should go, it's the second Sunday of the month which means Social Justice Sunday, but I do not think I have the cope to go get dressed and drive there, never mind deal with people. And I'm fairly certain I don't have the time to disappear into discussion group for two hours after the service.
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insmallpackages is open for business!In case anyone had not figured it out, I really love the whole concept of holiday wishlists and granting other people's wishes.
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Nov. 13th, 2011 12:42 pmOkay. Spring semester. Law Office Management, three hours Tuesday evenings. Intern program associated class, one hour Wednesday evenings. Word I, online. Internship itself, hopefully daytime and at my current place of employment. Then I have my paralegal degree. And Art History II, Child Psychology, and Spanish II, all online, to cover the rest of my breadth requirements for University bar the multicultural, the second writing, and the Language III courses. Then I can go on to University and spend a couple-few years studying women and sexuality.
The rest of this semester, then a much less stressful next semester, and then I am OUT OF HERE.
I can do this.
...I should actually apply to the internships my supervisor found me. Done! Now, back to homework...
The rest of this semester, then a much less stressful next semester, and then I am OUT OF HERE.
I can do this.
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Nov. 13th, 2011 03:55 pmQuoth zillah975, in a post she prefers me not to link: What I think would be awesome would be if, from now forevermore, everyone in the world would say to themselves every morning when they wake up, "First, do no harm." And then try their very best to keep that in mind, and try their very best to stick to it. I think that would be awesome.
First, do no harm.
Driving down the interstate, running thirty minutes late, listen to the whole song or read the lyrics. Don't flip off the jackass who just cut you off on the interstate, because the jackass might be late to work too and having just as bad a day as you are, and getting flipped off is going to make the jackass have an even worse day. That's harm. Don't do it. Also, don't cut somebody off on the interstate. That's harm. Don't do it.
Don't play games with the telemarketer who calls you during dinner. He needs the money to buy dinner the same as you do, and he has a really shitty job. (I used to work—well, we didn't call it 'telemarketing', because graduating from that university is considered an opt-in to getting donate-please phone calls from that university, but it was telemarketing, so I know it's a shitty job.) You making his day worse? That's harm. Don't do it.
Don't swear at the checkout girl when she screws something up. She's having a shitty day already. She's probably having a shitty life; most people do. Maybe her parents are fighting again. Maybe her significant other's being abusive. Maybe her kid is sick. You don't know. That's the point. She's got Schrödinger's day, and you don't know whether it's good or bad until you pop the box, which if you're polite you won't do. If she's having a good day, you swearing at her will make it a bad one, and if she's having a bad day, you swearing at her will make it horrible. That's harm. Don't do it.
Cold margaritas and hot señoritas, smiling with long dark hair— Don't treat the pretty woman you see as there for no other reason than to be pretty. That's harm. Don't do it. Applicable to all genders, actually, but kyriarchy being kyriarchy, it's more harmful to treat a woman as being there only for eye candy than it is to treat a man the same way. This goes double if the pretty woman is of color, because read the open letter from black feminists to SlutWalk. If someone treats you as though you're just there to be pretty, call him out (because it's probably a him), of course, because he's doing harm to you and he shouldn't be. But don't insult him. That's harm. Don't do it.
Don't buy from Walmart, because of how they treat their employees and their widget makers' employees. Buying from Walmart is harmful; don't do it. But harm to you is harmful too, so if you shopping anywhere else will put too big a bite in your pocketbook for you to pay your bills, consider the harm done to you versus the harm done to others and make your choice. Sometimes all the available choices are harmful, and doing nothing is not an option. I can't say 'that's harm; don't do it' here, but be mindful of the harm you're doing, and apply harm reduction strategies where you can.
Think before you speak. Think before you act. Try not to act in anger or in pain. This won't always be possible, but try.
Quoting zillah again: But if we all just started out with the desire to first, do no harm, and then were really mindful of it, and really tried, I think the world would be a whole lot better off.
zillah975, in a post she prefers me not to link: What I think would be awesome would be if, from now forevermore, everyone in the world would say to themselves every morning when they wake up, "First, do no harm." And then try their very best to keep that in mind, and try their very best to stick to it. I think that would be awesome.First, do no harm.
Driving down the interstate, running thirty minutes late, listen to the whole song or read the lyrics. Don't flip off the jackass who just cut you off on the interstate, because the jackass might be late to work too and having just as bad a day as you are, and getting flipped off is going to make the jackass have an even worse day. That's harm. Don't do it. Also, don't cut somebody off on the interstate. That's harm. Don't do it.
Don't play games with the telemarketer who calls you during dinner. He needs the money to buy dinner the same as you do, and he has a really shitty job. (I used to work—well, we didn't call it 'telemarketing', because graduating from that university is considered an opt-in to getting donate-please phone calls from that university, but it was telemarketing, so I know it's a shitty job.) You making his day worse? That's harm. Don't do it.
Don't swear at the checkout girl when she screws something up. She's having a shitty day already. She's probably having a shitty life; most people do. Maybe her parents are fighting again. Maybe her significant other's being abusive. Maybe her kid is sick. You don't know. That's the point. She's got Schrödinger's day, and you don't know whether it's good or bad until you pop the box, which if you're polite you won't do. If she's having a good day, you swearing at her will make it a bad one, and if she's having a bad day, you swearing at her will make it horrible. That's harm. Don't do it.
Cold margaritas and hot señoritas, smiling with long dark hair— Don't treat the pretty woman you see as there for no other reason than to be pretty. That's harm. Don't do it. Applicable to all genders, actually, but kyriarchy being kyriarchy, it's more harmful to treat a woman as being there only for eye candy than it is to treat a man the same way. This goes double if the pretty woman is of color, because read the open letter from black feminists to SlutWalk. If someone treats you as though you're just there to be pretty, call him out (because it's probably a him), of course, because he's doing harm to you and he shouldn't be. But don't insult him. That's harm. Don't do it.
Don't buy from Walmart, because of how they treat their employees and their widget makers' employees. Buying from Walmart is harmful; don't do it. But harm to you is harmful too, so if you shopping anywhere else will put too big a bite in your pocketbook for you to pay your bills, consider the harm done to you versus the harm done to others and make your choice. Sometimes all the available choices are harmful, and doing nothing is not an option. I can't say 'that's harm; don't do it' here, but be mindful of the harm you're doing, and apply harm reduction strategies where you can.
Think before you speak. Think before you act. Try not to act in anger or in pain. This won't always be possible, but try.
Quoting zillah again: But if we all just started out with the desire to first, do no harm, and then were really mindful of it, and really tried, I think the world would be a whole lot better off.
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Nov. 13th, 2011 06:38 pmOkay, I'm at the title cards of Community 3x06 and I'm getting the distinct impression that it is not safe to continue. Anyone seen it and willing to share their opinion of the ep?