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What's one thing that annoyed you lately, and one thing that made you happy? I want to vent.

Pissed me off: This Evangeline Lily gif set cropping up on my Tumblr feed wherein she's talking about "strong female characters" and how it supposedly sucks that female characters lately "emulate men," when "our compassion, our selflessness, our instincts to help, to protect, to put others first" should really be what we look for in female characters. I think it's annoying as shit because it's just a retread of the same bullshit gender essentialism and these morons are like, "Oh, she's all about lady power! Yeah!" when it's not saying "Women are diverse and female characters can be tough and awesome, whether traditionally feminine or traditionally masculine" - it's saying women should embrace traditionally feminine traits because women are essentially a certain way, which is annoying as fucking hell. A femmy female character is great and a butch female character is great. It doesn't have to motherfucking be either/or. God damn it.

Made me happy: This gifset I saw on Tumblr where Nichelle Nichols was relating a story about how Martin Luther King dissuaded her from quitting Star Trek because Uhura was a positive portrayal of an African American on an American TV show as an equal and beneficial member of the crew.

That Evangeline Lily gifset has been annoying me too.

I'm glad I'm not alone.

The Evangeline Lilly thing is annoying. Especially when her character spends a great deal of Desolation of Smaug making googly eyes at the hot dwarf, because it makes me think THAT'S her idea of a "strong female". I suppose the being a good ranger/scout/archer thing was "emulating men"? Ugh.

I don't know. I suppose it could have been taken out of context but it definitely annoys me to see stupid tags attached to it like "You go girl" and "BURN STRONG FEMALE CHARACTERS". Ugggggh.

gender essentialism is gross. that Nichelle Nichols story is the best, though.

Isn't it touching? It does show that these stories touch people and make a difference. :)

I'm annoyed at my father's workplace where I helped out with something a couple of months ago. I just got paid now (being paid late was my own fault) and figured out that I got paid a whole lot less (as in at least 20 % less) than what my father told me. Going to discuss it with him tomorrow to see what the fuck that is all about. Hopefully it's just a misunderstanding and I get the rest of what I earned.

I baked blueberry muffins earlier and enjoyed them with a nice cup of Earl Grey, which made me happy.

That sucks, man. I hope you get the lowdown (and your money's worth).

So relaxing! Good on you. :)

Annoyed: I've been having a lot of bad anxiety days lately. I'm amazed I've been talking here as much as I have because it's been bad.

Happy: I realized that these bad days I've been having used to be my everyday. It makes me happy to think of how much better things have gotten in the last couple years.

I'm sorry to hear that. I hope it turns around for you. But I'm glad that things have picked up from the old dog days you're talking about. It'll definitely get brighter. :)

Thanks nonny :)

Pissed me off: I have friends that are notorious for being late. Last weekend, I went to a concert with C. and her mother, and they were an hour late for our proposed meeting time (which THEY had set) because they didn't factor in enough time for traffic and parking for an unfamiliar venue. They were barely in time for the concert to begin, but not for socializing before over our picnic. It also meant that we couldn't explore the gourmet food trucks (so no beer/wine for us) at the concert venue.

Then last night I was hosting a D&D party and had set a 3:00 start time-- factoring in latecomers (nobody showed until 3:20) and hanging out for a while-- with the hope of getting the game underway by 4:00. Well C. and her husband D. text me at 3:15 saying they'd be late but they'd be there ASAP. I thought this meant they were coming from C's parents' house in LA but that ASAP meant that it couldn't be more than a hour late. 4:15 is okay. Well at 4:15 rolls around and everyone else is at my house but them, so I text D. again and he says they're on the freeway meaning that they were coming from their place in Santa Barbara. They didn't arrive until after 4:45, and we didn't get playing until 5. AAAAARRRRRGGGH.

Made me happy: I have lots of leftover party treats, including fancy cookies, Vernor's ginger ale (which I love, but I rarely drink soda), and Moroccan rice! And my Angels won today. I should get an Angels icon.

Edited (woops, my anger does not mean this entire post should be in bold) 2014-07-27 23:12 (UTC)

I know that feel. The word "punctual" isn't in my family's vocabulary, let alone our genes, so family get-togethers tend to drag at least two hours behind the proposed start time. Frustrating!

At least you've got the goodies to show for the annoyance, right? Congrats on your team's win, too! That's totally cool. :)

The temperature annoys me. The real feel is 99, so even in the house it's a bit warm. I cut the fan on, I get cold, I cut the fan off I get warm. WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!

Oh, and my legs made me happy. (Not that I have amazing legs, but I'm getting to a point where I'm semi comfortable with them.) For the first time in years I own a skirt! And am going to wear it in public! (As soon as I find a shirt to wear under this cardigan.)

It IS hot. I feel like a WTNV reject these days. :)

I'm glad for you! You rock that skirt!

Haha, I hope not! At least here the air won't contain some weird chemical that makes you grow a tail or acts as a truth serum or some other insane, random ass thing. Suppose we're lucky in that respect. (Unless you want a tail, in which case... Too bad.)

Heh, thanks!

If you're talking floor/desk fan rather than ceiling fan, turn it on but point it towards an area of the room where you don't spend much time. You get ambient coolness that's less aggressive than having it aimed at/near you or oscillating.

That's an excellent idea! I actually do this sometime, but I still get cold... Lol.

What I really need to do is move the fan across the room, but that area is a bit crowded so it would take some reorganization. I'm lazy so it hasn't happened yet.

Thanks, though!

Pissed me off: Lately I've been finding it really difficult to concentrate and relax. I've got a list of about half a dozen things that I want to do, but I can never seem to settle my brain down enough to actually do it. Now it's gotten to the point where the things on my list don't feel like they're recreational, but more like tasks. What pisses me off the most is that I'm so preoccupied with trying to force myself to relax that I end up wasting my time being unproductive doing other stupid things and now it's gotten to the point where I haven't been making enough time to spend with my boyfriend. I've also been staying up till the morning hours and waking up in the afternoon. My vacation shouldn't be this hard.

Made me happy: Well, I am on vacation and the fact that I'm slacking off in the worst possible way has little to no consequences anyways.

I get everything you're saying, in the worst and best ways. Enjoy your vacation, though. :)

Pissed me off: All of the negativity in the Game of Thrones fandom. I get it, you hate D&D, most of us do, but please shut up about it now. Also, the in-fandom fighting over favorite ships and characters is super tiring.

Cheered me up: Siddig as Doran, can I get a hell yeah!

Ahh, fandom negative sucks the fun out. Sounds like the show itself will bring you some joy when it comes back, huh?

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