Weekend notes. No particular order.

1. The freeway fell down, did you notice? We found out when we went to pick up a rental van at U-Haul to take our old couch to the dump on Sunday morning.

2. My teeth hurt. I demand rice pudding and other soothy treats immediately.

3. Lots of headaches this weekend -- I mean that literally. I blame orthodontic work as above, plus the possible return of my sinus infection. My I blew my nose this morning and there was blood. This makes me cranky. Also, my throat is starting to hurt again.

4. Didn't make it to Queer Playground. Fooled around at home instead. In fact, G. and I took the opportunity to practice some not-ready-for-public-scrutiny rope bondage techniques. In public, it looks dorky to consult the manual. At home, it's just cute.

5. Did make it out on Saturday, and had a lovely social time. Ate a lot of guacamole b/c see teeth, above. Won a prize!

6. Did the next to last big WisCon thing. The biggest thing, in fact. Done!

7. I could have used more weekend. No, really.

always a bad sign

"I’m not here to dictate how women run their sex lives..."

I missed one

final weekend note:

The Mavericks-Warriors basketball series is completely riveting. Wow. That's some fuckin' basketball happening right there.

every once in a while there's a ray of hope.

On the "advice boards" of a personals site that belongs to a company that I happen to work for, on the topic of Asian women's "submissiveness":

"are you sure you're not confusing 'submissiveness' with survival skills?"

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From black_pearl_10:

"So I think black artists especially in hip-hop and rap, get unfairly targeted with the need for "social responsibility" tag. So I'd like y'all to put down your favorite (non hip-hop and non-rap) song(s) about killing and objectification of women written and performed by a white person or group.

Copy this post, add your own entry (or entries) to this list, and post in your own journal. My guess is we'll have a huge list by the end of the day.

"Murder by Numbers" - The Police"

(my contributions start here, I will be adding throughout the day):

Violence, including but not limited to that inflicted on bitches'n'hos:

* Practically the entire ouvre of Nick Cave, but let's go for "The Kindness of Strangers," since that's the one that really fucking bothers me the most.
* A whole lot of Johnny Cash, including the obvious "Folsom Prison Blues," but also "Banks of the Ohio" (that song creeps me out) and many others.
* Many, many, many bluegrass songs. Let's pick "The Snakes Crawl at Night" by Charley Pride and "Poor Ellen Smith" by a cast of thousands.
* "Miss Otis Regrets," as written by the very gangsta Cole Porter and performed by many folks.
* "Bang Bang," Nancy Sinatra.
* "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" and "Norwegian Wood" by the Beatles. Plenty more here, too.

Not So Violent Bitches'n'Hos:

* "Special Secret Song Inside," Red Hot Chili Peppers (and, you know, many more)
* So much Bob Dylan I'm not sure where to start. (Although more than occasionally violent, too.) Oh, heck, how about "Like a Rolling Stone." Speaking of which...
* "Brown Sugar," the Rolling Stones (and, again, many more)

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OK, this is kind of hot.

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For those of you who are fans of the last link, don't miss Bitchy Jones' most recent entry, either.

"Every time you pretend to be turned on, or just do his kink because it makes him happy, or do his kink because it makes you feel valued, or do his kink because he’s paying you to, you are helping to make female sexuality less important. Making another point on the graph where women are sexual enablers rather than equal participants. Where men have the kinks and women kink themselves to fit."

As an aside, is it wrong of me to confess that her tone here in particular reminds me a little bit of Twisty at I Blame the Patriarchy? How many heads did I just explode?

As another aside, do I need to say that I do not agree with every single point she makes, but I still think it's a worthwhile read? Or: argue with her, not me? Argue with her, not me.

Read the comments, too.