tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180040adiva_calandiaadiva_calandiaadiva_calandia2013-11-08T01:18:23Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180040:861602adiva_calandia @ 2013-11-07T17:16:002013-11-08T01:18:23Z2013-11-08T01:18:23Zpublic0ghjkjlkfdsa the angry post I started this morning for my real-person blog about Christopher McCandless and Alaska-as-eldritch-force-I-mean-what is over 2000 words long<br /><br />but have I written anything on my NaNovel<br /><br />NOPE<br /><br />good thing I got ahead of the game last night -____-<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=adiva_calandia&ditemid=861602" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180040:827299adiva_calandia @ 2013-07-13T12:27:002013-07-13T20:30:12Z2013-07-13T20:30:12Zmelancholypublic1<a href="http://runonthewater.wordpress.com/2013/07/13/the-2013-room-clean-pt-the-last">The 2013 Room Clean, pt. The Last</a><br /><br />Oh, the mixed feelings that accompany leaving one's childhood home. Not to mention the ones that come with realizing you got rid of, like, 6-10 boxes worth of your past.<br /><br />BUT NOW, PACIFIC RIM.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=adiva_calandia&ditemid=827299" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180040:826458adiva_calandia @ 2013-07-12T13:48:002013-07-12T21:54:42Z2013-07-12T21:54:42Zpublic0Also, <a href="http://runonthewater.wordpress.com/2013/07/12/the-doctor-lands-in-alaska/">The Doctor lands in Alaska</a>.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=adiva_calandia&ditemid=826458" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180040:796282adiva_calandia @ 2013-02-06T21:14:002013-02-07T05:16:05Z2013-02-07T05:16:05Zpublic2I've been feeling in a funk anyway, and then someone posted <a href="http://runonthewater.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/anchorage-ak/">this</a> on Facebook.<br /><br />I love Seattle truly madly deeply, and I do feel at home here, but I am suddenly horribly homesick.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=adiva_calandia&ditemid=796282" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180040:756967adiva_calandia @ 2012-05-18T09:21:002012-05-18T22:07:45Z2012-05-18T22:07:45Zpublic0 Today is National Bike to Work Day! And today I also started housesitting for some friends of my mom, and they generously said "Sure, you can use a bike!" Partner #1 is just a little taller than me and has a much nicer bike than I do, so I was like "Score!" Plus the house is only about a fifteen minute bike ride from work.<br /><br />. . . Ostensibly.<br /><br />It took me a little longer than that this morning, I think, for a few reasons.<br /><br />1. A few inches taller means that a bike that fits her juuuuuuust barely fits me. I guess technically it fits me correctly, since your feet aren't supposed to be able to touch the ground when you're on the right-sized bike, right? GUESS WHO'S FEET CAN'T TOUCH THE GROUND. Mounting a bike that tall is a whole new adventure.<br /><br />2. I thought the route was pretty well flat; I had forgotten about the big dip halfway along. I also hadn't realized that the sidewalk/trail disappears on the side of the street I was biking on. So I had to get off at the bottom of the dip, run the bike across four lanes, walk it up the rest of the dip, and then try desperately to mount it again.<br /><br />3. So when I reached the coffeeshop along the way to work, you had best believe I was stopping for coffee and a chocolate croissant. More un-mounting and re-mounting hijinks, but also coffee and chocolate croissant.<br /><br />It was a nice ride, though -- it's bright and chilly this morning, and there were a ton of bikers out on the streets and sidewalks. And it was nice to use those muscles that I haven't used in a year. <br /><br />(The ride home was considerably easier. I had better luck with the lights, I think.)<br type="_moz" /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=adiva_calandia&ditemid=756967" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180040:756677adiva_calandia @ 2012-05-16T07:04:002012-05-16T15:04:49Z2012-05-16T15:04:49Zpublic2 Well good morning to you too, earthquake!<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=adiva_calandia&ditemid=756677" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180040:756019adiva_calandia @ 2012-05-15T16:25:002012-05-16T00:30:16Z2012-05-16T00:30:16Zpublic1 . . . Did I mention any of this?<br /><br />1. In June and July I will be running a summer camp. Terror and excitement.<br /><br />2. In September my family and I will be walking El Camino de Santiago, a 400 mile pilgrimage across the north of Spain. Terror (in my feet and shoulders; a fifteen-pound backpack is nothing to sneeze at) and excitement (in the rest of me).<br /><br />3. In October I will be moving to Seattle, where I will be moving in with a good friend of mine from school and then looking for any kind of work I can get. TERROR and EXCITEMENT.<br /><br />So that's the next few months for me: see-sawing between excitedly making plans and wanting to hide under the covers shaking like a Chihuahua in a thunderstorm.<br type="_moz" /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=adiva_calandia&ditemid=756019" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180040:741221adiva_calandia @ 2011-12-25T15:32:002011-12-26T00:37:19Z2011-12-26T00:37:19Zpublic0<a href="http://trailofdesire.tumblr.com/post/14786034879/yessssssssss">Merry Christmas to me!</a><br /><br />Other excellent swag: First season of <em>The West Wing</em>, chocolate from Barcelona, strawberry licorice from Australia, and chocolate-almond powder that I'm going to try out in coffee. Yay!<br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=adiva_calandia&ditemid=741221" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180040:741097Liveblogging after midnight mass2011-12-25T21:14:36Z2011-12-25T21:14:36Zpublic2Note the timestamps.<br /><br />RL conversations (simulblogged to <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://lienne.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://lienne.dreamwidth.org/'><b>lienne</b></a></span> ):<br /><br /><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font color="#204a87"><font size="2">(1:51:24 AM)<br /></font></font></span><strong>Sister: </strong>Have you started _A Princess of Mars_ yet?<br /><strong>Me: </strong>Yes! Boy, that John Carter! He's not scared of anything! "It's a defect in my character, I'm not scared of anything."<br /><strong>Sister: </strong>Yeah, the intro material is okay. It gets more interesting once he gets to Mars and he's meeting giant four-armed green Martians--<br /><strong>Me: </strong>And scantily-clad princesses?<br /><strong>Sister: </strong>--and discovering he can bounce around like a top. A top? A rubber ball.<br /><strong>Me: </strong>Would that actually work? Mars' gravity is greater than Americ-- wow. Than America? Than Earth.</div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font color="#204a87"><font size="2"><br />(1:54:30 AM)<br /></font></font></span><strong>Dad: </strong>*reading an article about whether Jesus had long hair*' *reads a quote about how in Jewish law, if a man has long hair "it is a shame unto him"*'<br /><strong>Dad: </strong>*strikes a pose emphasizing his shaved head*'<br /><strong>Sister: </strong>Does this mean you're shameless?<br /><strong>Mom: </strong>*absolutely deadpan*' Jim?<br /><strong>Dad: </strong>I don't want to go to bed anymore, this is getting too entertaining.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font color="#204a87"><font size="2">(1:59:31 AM)<br /></font></font></span><strong>Family: </strong>*discussing the plenary indulgence we just received at church*'<br /><strong>Sister: </strong>Still, it was a nice thing for the Pope to do for Christmas.<br /><strong>Dad: </strong>Pfff, yeah, like it costs him anything.<br /><strong>Sister: </strong>It's the thought that counts!<br /><strong>Dad: </strong>"Hey, Benedict, what'd you get for the Catholics this year?" ". . . Aw, shit."<br /><strong>Me: </strong>"Scheise!"<br /><strong>Dad: </strong>"It's Christmas Eve! Everything's closed! Uuuuuuh-- A plenary indulgence for everyone! Now leave me alone!"<br /> </div><div>Immediately followed by IM conversation:<br /> </div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#cc0000">(2:12:30 AM) </font></font></span><span style="font-weight: bold;color: #cc0000;">Pyth: </span>what the hell is a plenary indulgence anyway?<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font color="#204a87"><font size="2">(2:12:48 AM) </font></font></span><span style="font-weight: bold;color: #204a87;">Adiva: </span>it's the thing that threatens to destroy existence in _Dogma_!<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#cc0000">(2:13:47 AM) </font></font></span><span style="font-weight: bold;color: #cc0000;">Pyth: </span>hahahahahahahaha it's sad how that actually made sense to me<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font color="#204a87"><font size="2">(2:13:54 AM) </font></font></span><span style="font-weight: bold;color: #204a87;">Adiva: </span>YESSSSS<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#cc0000">(2:14:02 AM) </font></font></span><span style="font-weight: bold;color: #cc0000;">Pyth: </span>_Dogma_: How Atheists Learn About Weird Catholic Things<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font color="#204a87"><font size="2">(2:14:19 AM) </font></font></span><span style="font-weight: bold;color: #204a87;">Adiva: </span>that's the best part about Dogma to me<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#cc0000">(2:14:24 AM) </font></font></span><span style="font-weight: bold;color: #cc0000;">Pyth:</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>hahahahaha<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font color="#204a87"><font size="2">(2:14:26 AM) </font></font></span><span style="font-weight: bold;color: #204a87;">Adiva: </span>is I'm like "KEVIN SMITH"<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font color="#204a87"><font size="2">(2:14:28 AM) </font></font></span><span style="font-weight: bold;color: #204a87;">Adiva: </span>"YOU GET IT"<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#cc0000">(2:14:32 AM) </font></font></span><span style="font-weight: bold;color: #cc0000;">Pyth: </span><3<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#cc0000">(2:15:08 AM) </font></font></span><span style="font-weight: bold;color: #cc0000;">Pyth: </span>so wait, blanket pardons for everyone??<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#cc0000">(2:15:14 AM) </font></font></span><span style="font-weight: bold;color: #cc0000;">Pyth: </span>the Pope has clearly not seen that movie<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font color="#204a87"><font size="2">(2:15:14 AM) </font></font></span><span style="font-weight: bold;color: #204a87;">Adiva: </span>yep!<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font color="#204a87"><font size="2">(2:15:18 AM) </font></font></span><span style="font-weight: bold;color: #204a87;">Adiva: </span>YA THINK?<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#cc0000">(2:15:24 AM) </font></font></span><span style="font-weight: bold;color: #cc0000;">Pyth: </span>/giggling <3<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font color="#204a87"><font size="2">(2:15:47 AM) </font></font></span><span style="font-weight: bold;color: #204a87;">Adiva: </span>hopefully<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font color="#204a87"><font size="2">(2:15:54 AM) </font></font></span><span style="font-weight: bold;color: #204a87;">Adiva: </span>when Kevin Smith made that movie<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font color="#204a87"><font size="2">(2:16:13 AM) </font></font></span><span style="font-weight: bold;color: #204a87;">Adiva: </span>God went "aw, Christ"<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#cc0000">(2:16:19 AM) </font></font></span><span style="font-weight: bold;color: #cc0000;">Pyth: </span>spfffffffffffffffffffffffffft<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font color="#204a87"><font size="2">(2:16:22 AM) </font></font></span><span style="font-weight: bold;color: #204a87;">Adiva: </span>(Christ: Yes?<br />God: Not now.<br />Christ: :()<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#cc0000">(2:16:29 AM) </font></font></span><span style="font-weight: bold;color: #cc0000;">Pyth: </span>I LOVE YOU<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font color="#204a87"><font size="2">(2:16:31 AM) </font></font></span><span style="font-weight: bold;color: #204a87;">Adiva: </span>and then closed the loophole somehow<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#cc0000">(2:16:36 AM) </font></font></span><span style="font-weight: bold;color: #cc0000;">Pyth: </span>YOU ARE THE BEST CATHOLIC<br /> </div>May your weekend be filled with light, laughter, love, and a healthy dose of irreverence.<br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=adiva_calandia&ditemid=741097" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180040:740764TW: Anti-transgender bigotry2011-12-24T23:17:50Z2011-12-24T23:17:50Zcaffeinatedpublic0Dear <a href="http://www.anchoragepress.com/news/moore-report-transgenderism-muddies-issue-of-gay-rights/article_7df432a8-2cee-11e1-a932-0019bb2963f4.html">Ivan Moore</a>,<br /><br />I'm glad you recognize that "many people within the transgender community do legitimately suffer discrimination" because of their non-standard gender identity and expression. I'm glad you're paying attention.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://adiva-calandia.dreamwidth.org/740764.html#cutid1">But then your argument kind of breaks down.</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=adiva_calandia&ditemid=740764" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments