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| 09:37pm 05/09/2005 |
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By the way, if you were wondering where I'd got to, I'm now blogging at LP. |
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| And while I'm at it... |
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| 12:25am 10/03/2005 |
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mood:  exhausted
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you should read suzoz' post about kids' reaction to her child's having two mums:
http://susoz.typepad.com/personal_political/2005/03/two_mums.html
here is what I wrote at suzoz' place about this issue:
"all this has been very disturbing indeed, suzoz.
as a lesbian-identified queer woman who'd like to have kids, I'm starting to get a sense of just how horrible the environment for them might be at times. it's really lamentable. I'm an American citizen, and moved back to Australia in part because I thought that on the whole this was a more tolerant and progressive society. now I'm starting to question that assumption.
I get tired of fighting - and tired of being accused of being strident - the insult thrown at uppity women everywhere - and of special pleading. but I remember women like Rosa Parks who changed so much simply because she was tired. sometimes in our most exhausted moments we can speak clearly to the truth of ourselves, and that gives me some hope.
a belated happy IWD to you :)" |
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| Doctor's Advice |
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| 05:53pm 05/03/2005 |
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mood:  calm
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I went to see the specialist yesterday to get the lowdown on what's happening. the good news is that the range of treatments, survival rates, and strategies for avoiding amputation is much bigger than when I was 14 and went through this the last time round. the bad news (personally in terms of how I'll feel) is that chemo is now thought to be effective - am looking at six to nine months of same. I might do a pre-emptive strike and go for the bald look now! half way through the chemo they operate. it's at that point, depending on whether the tumour's shrunk that they decide whether to excise part of the bone and replace it either with a bone graft or a prosthetic bone replacement or to amputate. if the latter is necessary, the location of the tumour means I'd likely get to keep my knee - which would be a big advantage in mobility options - not easy for a double above-knee amputee to walk on prosthetics. but hopefully it won't come to that. at the moment, I'm in a wheelchair which I am not enjoying.
anyway, I feel a lot better knowing what's in store. I was frantically imagining I'd be in surgery next week to lop off my leg. it won't be easy, but, phew... |
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| Young Conservatives |
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| 03:32pm 03/02/2005 |
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mood:  angry
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from the home of "Conservative Homosex" in deepest Melbourne comes this post celebrating the rise of hard right neo-fascist parties in Europe. how can someone be so gay and so wrong? |
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| She's back! |
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| 12:55pm 27/01/2005 |
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mood:  rejuvenated
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...from a very relaxing and revivifying visit to the mountains. sore leg, though, from all the bushwalking. nothing beats repeated spas with a bottle of champers, spending hours and hours reading, and swimming in a rainforest lagoon... |
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| Weather |
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| 01:18pm 17/01/2005 |
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mood:  hot
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the weather in Brisbane at the moment is horrendous. hot and humid and overcast now meaning it won't get much cooler at night. I've just popped home to get some stuff - a friend and I went up to the mountains to visit another friend and she's kindly invited us to stay a few days... |
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| Dating update part 2 |
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| 11:27pm 14/01/2005 |
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mood:  chipper
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in response to an email query, yes, I'm still interested in dating boys :) and/or girls. and/or Julia Gillard. |
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| Dating update |
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| 01:21pm 14/01/2005 |
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mood:  horny
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maybe I should try writing to DarkAngel27 on rsvp.com.au? not only does she look hot in her black bikini, this is a priceless sentence for a cyberdating profile:
ultimate goal is too show all others the kindness and love in everyone despite their ugly, evil insensitive appearance.
you go girl! |
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