February 2006

Nice overview of Betty Friedan and her work.

Last night, I maxed out my credit card and bought one of these: Dropped the other two computers off with The Geek Squad to see if they can do any data recovery. Gateway told me that Blue Screen of Death + Clicking Sound + inability to restart past the “Gateway” symbol page meant my hard

Fuck you.

Pink’s “Stupid Girl.”

What exactly is the princess of archetypal hero myths? She’s not a real love interest, since the reasons the hero loves her are never explored. She’s a symbol, possibly like today’s real-life trophy wife. An object of status to impress other men. Maybe that explains why the whole idea of women characters as “love interests”

I had lunch with this one editor, she took me to this fancy restaurant, and she told me I had to make a decision…whether or not I was writing for black people or white people.” – Danyel Smith If you’re a white writer, would you expect to get asked a question like that?

But, then: For this bitch, every month is Black History Month but my ass can see the value in setting aside one month for deeper exploration.

NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts (CNN) — Police on Thursday are seeking a man in connection with a gun and hatchet attack at a gay bar in New Bedford, south of Boston. Three people were wounded in what authorities said they suspect were hate crimes. They “suspect.” Yea. (via Angry Black Bitch)

Because he sends me shit like this. That is just frickin hilarious.

Two hours in, while working on a short story I was going to submit to an anthology, I got the Blue Screen of Death. It told me to restart. So I did. And got the Gateway logo and then… dark screen. Nothing. And an odd clicking noise. I restarted it again. And again. And again.