Death Reborn Revolution

10:55am: finally, bush says something right...
one of the things i like about our election process is the outgoing president usually is pretty graceful about it. i was worried about bush, but maybe he realizes he's made such a mess out of the country that it's time to slink away and let a grownup clean it up. of course he does have 77 more days to wreak havoc, and he will...

but then if he's true to his word, he'll go away.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081105/pl_afp/usvotebushtransfer

12:38am: 8
some smug person for prop 8 said he welcomed obama supporters, even if they voted against mccain because people of color were so in favor of prop 8 that it ended up being a net gain for his cause. that is exactly what i was afraid of, as i saw no on 8 supporters in weho and silverlake--but nowhere to be found in rosemead.

we did a really poor job of communicating to families and communities of color who might vote for obama but see no reason to support queers. lots of work to be done--but it also reveals one of the ongoing problems in the lgbt political community. it just doesn't seem to understand how irrelevant it is in monterey park or westminster. the many POC families do not listen to npr and are more likely to watch tbn than pbs.

even worse, it doesn't seem to understand the vicious homophobia a family can have--even one that seems progressive on education, economic, or race issues.

homophobia binds these communities, and only when there is a sustained, compassionate, and public lgbt presence within these communities will you see some of the bonds start to loosen. for a queer of color, it can be so awful--as white queers accuse you of being not as committed as they are and some families are just (i'm sorry for the expression) so fucking ignorant you just want to cry.

12:20am: idiots.
what really irritates me is a bunch of clueless asian parents just voted to ensure their children won't be living in california and they won't know why...

well, at least they'll have the LDS to keep them company. have fun at the family banquet...

let's hope 8 doesn't pass...

1:06pm: how to ruin a load of laundry and a nice piece of black leather
yes... the leather is ruined and all my whites are a horrid off-green...

11:13am: voting today
voting was not bad at all--since i don't teach until the afternoon, i waited until 10:30 to walk to my polling place to avoid the morning rush. i had my sample ballot all ready, and went over to the local school auditorium. i spoke with my neighbors in line and waited for about fifteen minutes before i got checked in and got my ballot. then i went over to the booth, voted, and then--the best part--i guess i really like putting my ballot physically in the ballot box. i got my sticker and waved to my neighbors and walked home.

total time: about 25 minutes.

all in all, a pretty good time. :)

4:01pm: Obama's G-Ma...
Wow...

Anyone willing to bet that Palin and McCain will accuse Obama of playing the "grandmother's death" card?

3:42pm: Grad School Update
Transcripts: Ordered
Diversity Statement: Complete
CV: Updated and Complete
Personal Statements: In Progress
Writing Sample: In Progress

2:21pm: We need more love like this.
Here's to not being alone in the world.

http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=ki-negler110208&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

1:50pm: friends only?
i am thinking about about making this lj friends only--any thoughts? most of my posts are already gravitating that way--and it would keep me from making the mistake of mis-posting something private. then again, public posts are nice for their own reasons...

i am weirdly undecided here...

has it worked for you if you have one? or if not, why? i'd really welcome your input. :) ty!

12:16pm: to ask me why i don't slam...
is like asking me why i don't write sonnets. i know the form, and i suppose after a bit of work, i might come up with something decent..

but to assume that anyone who gets up in front of a microphone can immediately slam completely overlooks the amount of work and skill and practice demanded by the form, as well as the special talent and love for the form that the best slam poets possess.

slam is not interchangeable with performance poetry--it is a subset of performance poetry, much as a sonnet is a subset of poetry. yikes--why doesn't everyone just know this already?

so go ahead and ask me to perform--but as far as slamming goes, why not ask someone who is actually does it?

10:48am: bad news/good news
bad news--due technical difficulties I will not be performing at Sisterfire this weekend! :(

No prob--scheduling people on the committee apparently got their signals crossed and I was the odd one out. I am disappointed, but, hey, what can you do, right?

Good news--I am not going to be without g-friend this weekend!!!! She's flying in for the weekend! YAY!!!!!!!!!!

So--I WON'T be at Sisterfire, but I WILL have someone to snuggle with! :)

1:21pm: idiotic sentiment of the day--
I think some of the best evidence against evolution comes from reading the plethora of comments like this on the internet...

"I WAS SHOCKED AND DISTURBED AT COLIN POWELL'S ANNOUNCEMNT OF SUPPORT FOR OBAMA. THIS IS ANOTHER BLACK WHO HAS RISEN TO THE TOP WITH REPUBLICANS AND NOW SUPPORTS A BLACK FOR PRESIDENT AND THE REPUBLICANS GET TRASHED AND ACCUSED OF RACISM"(http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/presidentbush/2008/10/powell-obama.html)


CAPS LOCK--the sign of truly incisive commentary....

12:42pm: Kewl new gig!!!
I am performing at Sisterfire this year! Such an honor! October 26! yay!

so my schedule is:

Sisterfire October 26 (OMG!)
Genderfusions (Boulder) Nov 07 (Headline and panel discussion)
Sarah Lawrence (NY) Nov 14 (Tranny Roadshow)
Trans/Giving (WeHo) Nov 22 (Just fun to be back with the T/G crew!)


I am so grateful that people want to hear my work! :)

4:32pm: celebrating no studying for the gre anymore...
...coincided with a clearance sale at frederick's of hollywood. yay!!!

10:08am: Why I love the world.
stuff like this makes me like human beings....

3:48pm: GRE.
done. i've never worked harder or scored higher on a standardized test. now a quick rest and off to help my mother.

11:44pm: horrible thought
i am becoming increasingly convinced that the lasting significance of john mccain's campaign might simply be unleashing sarah palin upon us.

12:43pm: New York types?
Can anyone in New York City put me up on Saturday, Nov 15? I perform at Sarah Lawrence on the 14, and I'd like to stay one extra day just to bop around---I would just need a place to stay, maybe hang out, and then guidance on how to get to la guardia... ty!!!!

10:46am: gosh i have to stop listening to the indigo girls....
why is it every time i listen to the indigo girls do i want to roll up my sleeves, get political and work tirelessly to end violence and injustice against people whose only crime is being who they are?

3:45pm: (*#&(&#(*!!!!!
I lost my driver's license. I do this from time to time. Usually I lose my entire purse and wallet and credit cards and hardrockgrrl then needs to take care of me for a day or two until I figure my cash situation out. Luckily it was only my DL, a victim of switching to my small club purse and a mildly obnoxious door man who thought he was being flirtatious and funny. So I'm calling the club later tonight to see if someone found it, and I have an appointment at the DMV for the replacement...

That's pretty much all I can do for now. Thank goodness I have my credit cards and stuff *knocks wood*

10:12am: 700 billion?
okay, so let's assume we're not getting any bailout money... so let's think about government...

there are what--about 435 congressional districts in the US? imagine what your district could do with 1.7 billion dollars... and not just your district, but every other district in the country...

mind-blowing...

9:33am: Please Send Kind Thoughts To Leslie Feinberg!
I had no idea that Leslie Feinberg was this ill...

(From the Trans-Academics Board)


URGENT UPDATE:

I fell seriously ill in San Francisco late last October and had to cut short a trip to the annual Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Trans (LGBT) Labor Conference in Australia in order to go to the hospital. I have remained acutely ill since that time. I dropped 50 pounds in the Spring and Summer. My lab work shows the need for thoughtful medical care. However, the treatment I have received as a masculine lesbian female has been a terrible obstacle.

At this time I've had to leave our home of more than a decade-and-a-half in order to relocate with my beloved life partner Minnie Bruce Pratt as she begins her teaching job upstate at Syracuse University.

Since I am too disabled right now to be able to have much one-on-one contact, I will begin developing my web page for communication-and not just for health updates.

I am trying to digitize many videos, articles, photos and other material from my own archives in order to upload it to my web page. For example, I will put up an extensive, although still partial, bibliography of thousands of articles I've written over more than 30 years, which were compiled by a working-class student.

Minnie Bruce and I have health insurance at this point, thanks to the shop-floor struggles led by LGBT workers for domestic partner benefits, which helps defeat two-tier wage and benefit packaging. We're lucky right now that one of us can work to financially support us both. But I am feeling that kind of caring we are receiving from across the U.S. and around the world in an actual material way. I appreciate that support. Messages can be sent to: Leslie Feinberg, 72 Van Reipen Ave., Jersey City, NJ 07306.

In the spirit of Stonewall!
Leslie

3:36pm: why is always like this?
why are you always asked to do a cameo onstage right after you've eaten the big sandwiwch and finished the chips? oww.... like dancing is the last thing i wanna do...


Event: Perverse Cabaret
Time: September 27, 2008 9:00PM
Location: Fat City, 11th @ Folsom, SF, California 94110

To RSVP or view the invitation, go to MySpace:
http://events.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail&eventID=461670.92136&hashcode=6584E669-B195-41CB-BB16-BE300C250491

i'll be onstage for a song with King TuffNStuff :)

3:48pm: Sarah Palin Getting Witchcraft Protection...
O-kay. What scares me is how many people support her because of nonsense like this...

11:03pm: Bush bailout math
According to BBC News, the bailout will cost every American taxpayer $5,354

$5354! Shiznit!!!! Thanks for the stimulus check, President Boogerface. I didn't realize that I was supposed to use it to buy lube for the big screwover...

This is more than I have in my checking and saving accounts right now. So even if the FDIC fails I still come out ahead.

Forget the bailout.

ps--don't even go on about what we might have invested in the market--no one knows what's going to happen there, and the bailout might make investors overconfident which would make things even worse.