just a bunch of randomness today.....

Has anyone heard of the Pstyle? If you have, you're a couple steps ahead of me. Sassy over at Sassy Britches is celebrating her blogaversary and she's giving one away as a prize.. all I had to do was describe what I'd do with one and then link back to her and then sit back with my fingers crossed (and apparently my legs, considering what the Pstyle is for) and wait to see if I'm the lucky recipient!

I'm almost at 200 posts--when I started blogging I wasn't all that sure I'd make it to 20, let alone 200. It's changed my life in a few ways, all of them good I'd say. I've met some amazing people, anticipate meeting a few more in the not so distant future and will probably make more friends as time goes by. When I look at my followers list, I remember being so excited that I'd finally managed to reach 10. Now I have 86 and it cracks me up that that many people think I'm interesting enough to want to follow me. I'd love to know how many lurkers there are...and if you'd be brave enough to say hello :) 

I got John Mayer's new cd, Battle Studies yesterday. If you know anything about me, you know I am deeply in lust/love/obsessed with John Mayer. (and his music of course!) I have to tell you that out of all of the cds I have of his, Battle Studies is by far his finest work to date. I thought he'd have a hard time surpassing Continuum, but I was never so glad to be wrong. It is magnificent and if he doesn't win a bunch of Grammy's, I'll be totally shocked. All of the tabloid crap aside, he is a genius musically.....

I've got to try and make this blog more interesting---is there anything you'd like to see me cover here? Any questions you've wanted to ask, or anything you want to know? Drop me a comment, I'll make a list of stuff and go from there....never know what will come out of this mouth :)

6 Word Saturday--What Was I Thinking?!

Cate over at Show My Face  does this really cool thing on Saturdays that I used to never miss. It's called 6 Word Saturday and you just describe what you're doing or how your life is going in 6 words. It's really popular and it's a challenge to compress all of it in such a small phrase. So, here's my contribution....

Volunteered for overtime, so regretting it.

40 hours a week on phones is more than enough torture for this human being. OT emails get sent out almost daily, and I've happily just tossed them into the cyber trashcan. My week consists of yearning for Sunday and Tuesday, like a fat boy yearns for cake. But in a moment of sheer psychosis, I actually replied to one of the emails and volunteered 5 hrs of my day off on Sunday evening. Weird thing is, a couple of my buddies, who also avoid OT like low fat salad dressing, volunteered as well for the same shift. HUH!? How did THAT happen?

While we were standing there stunned after work, scratchin our heads wondering how the supervisors got ahold of our minds thru subliminal suggestion (I vaguely remember a scent of gardenias floating thru the air when the email came, related? who knows) we all vowed to never let it happen again. We made a pact to instant message each other a huge DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!!  if another email solicitation comes around...our mental health is worth more than time and a half........

Terminology...my rambling take on it.

CJ, over at Don't Lick the Ferrets, has an amazing post about terminology being used today, and my comment got so large I decided to make my own post today about it. This may not be as eloquent as hers, but I'm gonna try anyway...

Tag me as another label hater. I do identify as lesbian, but I've been called various forms of that title (label) and I accept that. It's convenient and comfortable to categorize people, I get that. It doesn't make it right and the world would be a better place if we didn't, I think.

"Faggot" offends me terribly. I have the same reaction to that word as I do the "n" word. But, I know that it's being used in the gay community as freely as the 'n' word is being used in the black community. By taking the power of negativity away from the word, you lessen the impact of it's intention. That's awesome reasoning, but you'll never hear me using either word. Even if the day came when that word didn't have the hate behind it that it's always delivered and a proclamation was made that anyone could use it, I'd still refrain. It's an ugly word and there are better words to describe your fellow human being.

I'm not perfect, and as ashamed as I am to admit the following, I've been busted numerous times using the 'r' word when describing something that I find ridiculous or exasperating. I've also described little people as the 'm' word. I've also been busted out on it and I went to my corner with my tail between my legs, knowing better. I've made a determined effort to never use those words again when describing something..those words cause hurt and the thought that I've hurt someone bothers me very much.

CJ also brings up the term "breeder" when referring to heteros and I find that offensive as well. It separates gays from straights in that straights breed to bring forth children. Every single day  lesbians are giving birth to children. 100% of those pregnancies involved a man. Whether that fertilization took place remotely or personal contact, they've become a breeder. (Just to be clear, I'm not offended by CJ , just the word 'breeder'. ) So, what name will we come up with to describe lesbian breeders?
Call me crazy, but wouldn't Momma be awesome??

I apologize from the bottom of my heart and I vow to consciously change my way of describing those who are different from me. I never want to intentionally make someone feel less than they are or make them feel inadequate. This is not a perfect world and there will always be labels. I'm a woman. I'm a lesbian. I'm also a breeder. (well I was until they took my uterus and all my baby making gear back in '04)
Ok rambling done....if some of this made sense, cool. Whatever didn't make sense, I'll try and clear up if you need me to.