Thursday, February 28th, 2008
I am finally up past 9 at night to have time to write. My life has been full of sleeping early and going to work. A constant cycle that does not seem to change. I am on a quest to make that change so I can finally write and ingest some knowledge from the outside world besides where I reside.
I was exploring Adbusters and came across an interesting article written about the Iraqi War which most of us seem to forget in our daily lives.
Here is the article. Check it out.
Have a pleasant day.
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
At my full-time job( I will not disclose the name for privacy purposes), I must take online training courses. As I was working on the courses today I noticed how all the customer scenarios were dealing with Mr. Smith and Mr. Anderson. All of the customers were “businessmen” and the only scenario with a female was one dealing with a cookbook! Now what does that conclude? That men must wear ties and work for businesses while women work in the the kitchen, where they “belong”.
I have to sit there all day tomorrow noticing all that bullshit as I try to finish the damn training.
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
My Partner( an over worked grad student) and I (over worked) have decided to participate in the Vagina Monologues here in State College. It will be taking place at the State Theater on February 17, 2008. The tickets are available at the State Theater website.
All proceed are going to the Centre County Women’s Resource Center. This production is being put by women of the State College community.
We have participated at the university we attended prior but this will definitely be a different experience.
Support all the performances of the Vagina Monologues and look for a performance near you!
My Partner and I are so excited to be getting involved in the community! We can continue to make friends!
There will be more posted soon!
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
So did everyone hear that Kerry is all for Obama. I bet Edwards cried himself to sleep.
Don’t they make a cute couple.
I cry everyday for the future of the United States.
Monday, January 7th, 2008
Due to my obsession with getting to play a computer game I received for Christlessmas, I realized that you have to install drivers to update your video cards and audio. Who new?
Saturday, January 5th, 2008
When you think about the years that have past sometimes it is all one big blur. Lately my life has been clear from start to now. I have been trying to keep myself occupied and therefore soon will be working and getting this site more together.
Fun fact for the New Year: Accu-Weather Forecast is located in State College. It is out in the middle of nowhere giving you your weather update.
Happy New Year!
P.S. I know I am five days late.
Monday, December 24th, 2007
I hope everyone enjoys whatever they celebrate. I celebrate a time for celebration. This is the only time of year that you have an excuse to see people run up their energy bill and waste precious energy for the mere joy of trying to see if Jesus will come back to enjoy the party everyone throws for his birth. I must say it is quite a party. I think Jesus is the biggest celebrity of them all. Second comes Brittany Spear’s sister and that is probably just because she is taking “responsibility” at sixteen fucking years old and keeping some cells that will eventually form a human. Funny how all that works out.
In the mist of all that, Happy Holidays everyone and be safe.
Thursday, December 13th, 2007
Words are so interesting. They take several forms to every single person. If someone says the word “tree”, I might picture something completely different than someone else and that in itself makes a meaning.
Let’s discuss the word partner. It is a word that is gender-neutral in saying boyfriend or girlfriend. Such as the phrase significant other.
My Partner or also my girlfriend was talking to a woman about the Vagina Monologues. My partner was discussing that I was interested in getting involved. My partner described me as her “girlfriend” but the person thought she meant a friend that is a girl but if she would have said partner then they would have understood.
If you try to be gender-neutral and say Partner people automatically think you are in a same sex relationship but if you say Girlfriend then you mean a friend. What is wrong with the world and who calls there friends girlfriends?
Answer: Lots of people.
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Yesterday I completed a web-training assessment on sexual harassment. It was a well done training compared to some of the ones I have heard about in other companies and universities.
One of the first problems with the training that caught my eye was the fact that the person being harassed is instructed to confront the person who is making them feel “uncomfortable”. They also said that this should be done in private. Again, let’s think about this statement. If someone is making you feel uncomfortable, confronting them and telling them to stop is not such an easy task. Basically, if someone doesn’t tell the person or persons to stop, then they cannot claim sexual harassment because they have not made it clear that they are uncomfortable. In my opinion this policy is hurting people who are being sexually harassed but are afraid to speak up. Speaking from experience, confronting someone (who in most cases in a job setting is your superior) is easier said than done.
Monday, November 26th, 2007
l<– this is an ovary. put this in your profile if you know some stupid drama queen that needs her’s punched.
I just copied and pasted this from someone’s AIM account profile. It was at the bottom of the page and the 1 that you see is a pink dot on the profile.
Let’s think for a moment. Ok, time is up. How is this not sexist and falling into the stereotypes that is the face of our society?
What makes me even more upset is the fact that this was in a female’s profile. Should I be surprised?