A few things
Feb. 10th, 2014 01:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bjornwildeI went on a binge this weekend, buying all sorts of books.
eBooks:
The Dark Heroine by Abugail Gibbs
Night of Cake & Puppets by Laini Taylor
Harvest Moon edited by Mercedes Lackey, Michelle Sagara, and Cameron Haley
Comics:
The entirety of Rachael Rising by Terry Moore
Audiobooks:
The Odyssey by Homer (Narrated by Sir Ian McKellan
Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines
Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregillis
The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter
Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
The Dragon's Path by Daniel Abraham
Secondhand Spirits by Juliet Blackwell
Spiri Dances by C.E. Murphy
This means I need to be more watchful of my funds until my next paycheck. Fortunately most of the audiobooks were on sale for $5.
I've noticed two labels that keep catching my attention on Tumblr in reference to treating each other right, ally and cisgender.
Ally is a perfectly good word and a great thing to be, but I can't see calling myself such; even thinking about it makes me flinch a bit. This is entirely my own feeling and I don't mean to say anything about those who do call themselves allies. To me it seems something only woman or minorities should be allowed to label or use. As if calling myself an ally isn't valid and somewhat tooting my own horn. If I am to be an ally, it behooves me to just be one and not call myself one.
Cisgender. I don't like this word. It makes me uncomfortable and I think I know why. Being labeled as cisgender (as I am) is dangerously close to being labeled 'other'. I am fine with other people using it, even using it in regards to myself. This is despite it making me uncomfortable. I figure they get called all sorts of names that make them uncomfortable, they are allowed to use a word I'm not fond of; at least they are not using it in a fashion so as to be mean. Most often. I also just noticed there is a lot of 'they' in the proceeding sentences. I think I need to think on this more.
And onto other things...health and weight.
I am having trouble losing weight. I am trying my best to think of my current efforts in terms of getting healthy, and mostly I am doing just that, but a vain part of myself keeps focusing on the numbers on the scale. I have started tracking my food which is a great way to keep me honest about what I eat and keeps me from being lazy and hitting fast food.
Speaking of healthy, this weekend at the swim meet there was one event where we didn't notice the event's posting and my daughter was within an few minutes of scratching. I ended up running about 10 yards to get back to the tent to get her and I didn't feel slow. I didn't feel fast either but I didn't feel as if I were a boulder trying to push itself out of a hole. And I wasn't breathing hard when I got to the tent. And I did this in snow boots. Which means all the walking at lunch and workouts at night are paying off. I am getting healthier.
eBooks:
The Dark Heroine by Abugail Gibbs
Night of Cake & Puppets by Laini Taylor
Harvest Moon edited by Mercedes Lackey, Michelle Sagara, and Cameron Haley
Comics:
The entirety of Rachael Rising by Terry Moore
Audiobooks:
The Odyssey by Homer (Narrated by Sir Ian McKellan
Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines
Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregillis
The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter
Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
The Dragon's Path by Daniel Abraham
Secondhand Spirits by Juliet Blackwell
Spiri Dances by C.E. Murphy
This means I need to be more watchful of my funds until my next paycheck. Fortunately most of the audiobooks were on sale for $5.
I've noticed two labels that keep catching my attention on Tumblr in reference to treating each other right, ally and cisgender.
Ally is a perfectly good word and a great thing to be, but I can't see calling myself such; even thinking about it makes me flinch a bit. This is entirely my own feeling and I don't mean to say anything about those who do call themselves allies. To me it seems something only woman or minorities should be allowed to label or use. As if calling myself an ally isn't valid and somewhat tooting my own horn. If I am to be an ally, it behooves me to just be one and not call myself one.
Cisgender. I don't like this word. It makes me uncomfortable and I think I know why. Being labeled as cisgender (as I am) is dangerously close to being labeled 'other'. I am fine with other people using it, even using it in regards to myself. This is despite it making me uncomfortable. I figure they get called all sorts of names that make them uncomfortable, they are allowed to use a word I'm not fond of; at least they are not using it in a fashion so as to be mean. Most often. I also just noticed there is a lot of 'they' in the proceeding sentences. I think I need to think on this more.
And onto other things...health and weight.
I am having trouble losing weight. I am trying my best to think of my current efforts in terms of getting healthy, and mostly I am doing just that, but a vain part of myself keeps focusing on the numbers on the scale. I have started tracking my food which is a great way to keep me honest about what I eat and keeps me from being lazy and hitting fast food.
Speaking of healthy, this weekend at the swim meet there was one event where we didn't notice the event's posting and my daughter was within an few minutes of scratching. I ended up running about 10 yards to get back to the tent to get her and I didn't feel slow. I didn't feel fast either but I didn't feel as if I were a boulder trying to push itself out of a hole. And I wasn't breathing hard when I got to the tent. And I did this in snow boots. Which means all the walking at lunch and workouts at night are paying off. I am getting healthier.
