The Object-Lesson

So I have a friend who's working for Nerve Magazine which is based in New York. I get a message from him this morning asking if I would be willing to do an interview for a sex advice column from the perspective of Goths. . .

Now my first reaction was to to laugh out loud in the middle of my Bio class. I'm really not sure how to reply to this. I think it's a good idea in theory--it's always good to share knowledge and I guess give voice to people who are almost never taken seriously--but me? 1) am I really a goth? 2) I'm hardly Lady Love; I doubt I'd be the most qualified even if I do wear a disproportionate amount of black. 3) I'm way too shy. I wouldn't even be able to do an interview on the weather if it was going to be published under my picture.

However, if any of you are considerably less shy than I am and want to give it a go I'd be happy to give you his contact info. The questions are tasteful, and the magazine's legit. And I'd hate to not give him a hand in his first job in the swiftly sinking New York publishing industry.

Anyway, I'd better get back to being the most awkward librarian ever (Yesterday I walked up to the Dean of Libraries [My boss's boss's boss] with lovely ink splotches all over my face. I looked like I'd just come from Ash Wednesday mass).

Some quotes from the Right on why same sex marriage should not be legalized:

"It makes me sick to see two of the same sex together... Discussing !" 

"People who are 'for' same-sex marriage are REALLY SKREWED UP!!!!!! and quite carzy!"

And my personal favorite:
"Because it is an Aboniation to the LORD!!!!!!!!"

Please not the rampant misspelling and poor grammar. If homosexuality should be outlawed for weakening the morals of the nation, maybe we should outlaw fundamentalism for weakening the nation's intellect. Just a thought ;)

I'm very glad that I figured out that I'm bisexual here in nola where the atmosphere is so open and supportive. I can only imagine what I would have had to endure had I stayed in Alabama.

To all of my gay and bi friends: I'm glad you exist.

I just mounted a defence of sadomasochism in my blackboard post for my literary theory class.

I think if they were a little uncertain of me before (being the very quiet girl who wears an awful lot of black) I think now they are going to probably avoid me even more, now that there is some clue as to my somewhat deviant extra-curricular activities.

So much for making new friends. Oh well. Vanilla kids are boring anyway.

I'm sure I'm over-exaggerating, but it is extremely uncomfortable (and potentially damaging) for me to in any way merge my professional life with my private one.

That being said, I'm gonna go shopping for new latex!

I know most of you don't venture uptown very much, but if you make it this year I will have a ton of red beans and rice and jambalaya along with some wine and beer and assorted other beverages at my apartment two blocks off the parade route. I would really love it if some of you dropped by. I'll be around all weekend and will probably be making breakfast foods to make it easier to get to Rex and Zulu. Call, text or comment if you'd like directions.

 

Happy Mardi Gras

Ten random facts.
ten random people who have to post ten random facts et cetera et cetera

1. When I was a little girl I was a vegetarian. I would make my parents go through drive-throughs and order me a cheesburger (never a hamburger because I hated ham) with no meat. They always got funny looks.

2. I generally like books more than people. If I like you, you're ahead of the game.

3. I've always wanted to live in New Orleans.

4. I'm pretty much only attracted to brains. I never really notice whether anyone is attractive or not until after I've talked to them. And of course, brains and sex are all kinds of mixed up in my head. I sort of see sex as the natural conclusion of a good conversation.

5. I am a creature of opposites. If two things are mutually exclusive, I want (to be) both of them at the same time.

6. When I was younger, I wanted to be a country singer.

7. When I drink martinis I talk very passionately about existentialist philosophers.

8. If someone I like needs help I will do everything in my power to help them.

9. I hate crowds, jellyfish, willful ignorance, vodka, fundamentalists, cucumbers and mayonaise.

10. I don't make friend easily and I usually don't know people as well as I'd like to.

I tag Aleytys, Chris,  Christian, shadow, claire, bridey, hannah, meredith, stefanie, and kelsey.
wow that's almost my entire friends list. have fun.           

 There is nothing more humiliating than having your pretty lace thigh-high stockings with the pink ribbon at the top fall down around your ankles while helping a library patron. 

Go me.

Today, while riding the streetcar, a little girl looked up at me and said "You're very pretty." She had that innocent sincerity that all five -year-olds seems to posses.
 
I almost never believe anyone whole-heartedly when they complement me. But it was kind of impossible to disbelieve her.

I was very taken aback and flattered.

I just got to hold someone captive for an hour and make them listen to me about English. This is kind of awesome.

Now I need advice on things that might get a 15 year old football player who likes rap into reading. I feel sort of evangelical about getting people to read. It's probably the only way to save the world at this point.

Suggestions?

My life wins.


Thought you all should know.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7509578.stm

I'm going to cry.

    I love you. Really. But could you please stop writing sentences that are 10 miles long and end up exactly where they began? And also, I know it's a  German thing, but this business of making up words is unnecessary.  Your philosophy is great, but it does not need it's own lexicon.

Other than that I think you're peachy.

Love,
S.

I hate being such an old lady.

I'm totally not at Steampunk Fetish Night.

I'm gonna go drink some tea. I have a date with Grissom.

Crime scenes are sexy, right?

I start bartending Friday night at the Dungeon. I'll be in the Venus Bar. Come see me. Or die.

Love,
S.

As a kind of a hobby, I've decided to try my hand at modeling. I've started working with boygoth, as he's getting back into photography. My main interest is fetish fashion photography. So I need an alias. The word I keep playing around with in my mind is "orchid" because 1. they're my favorite and 2. they are extremely sensual flowers. And it just has a lot of resonance to me. But I'm extremely picky and not so good with the coming up with cool names, so I ask for suggestions.

I have purple hair. It is wonderful. :)

Ok, I've been wanting to do something different with my hair for a while now. So I woke up today and decided "Black and Purple." Now the picture I had in my head was this :

Purple. With a capital P.

 What I got was black and "oh, in this light I can kinda see it. What color am I looking for again?"

I did not want black hair. Everyone I know has black hair. While it looks great on them, it's not what I wanted.

So the question I pose to all you people is, Is there a way for me to take my kinda sorta almost purple streaks in my now black hair and make them Purple streaks, like the lovely Apnea?

I'm kind of delirious from sleep deprivation, having only slept 3 hours in 2 days and worked for far too long in the cold at Rev. Zombie's and way to early at the library (2 p.m. - 10:45 p.m.; 2 a.m.- 4 a.m., having slept from 5 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and then having taken a final exam) . . . but you know what, it's all worth it because Fetish Night was the most fun I've had in a long time. It's been weeks since I've been flogged that well. And even longer since I've done anything with wax.

I'm so going to fall asleep here. At least it's warmer than Zombie's.

Oh and I had some drunk guy asking me if  I could change the weather cause he was cold. Because I'm such a powerful voodoo master. I can control the weather with my awesome black magic.  Stupid drunks.

                     

I would kill for this.