- Thank you to everyone who came to my party last night! It was so much fun! #
- There was a VM from Platinum Stages waiting for me at work. They don’t like what I wrote about them on the internet. (part 1 of 2) #
- I don’t feel like calling them back right now, though. Just not feeling up to it. Besides, everything I wrote was true. (part 2 of 2) #
- @sambearpoet – LOL! That’s a new one. Never heard that phrase before! #
- @jbrotherlove – Wow! I feel half honored, and half… *violated*! #
- Eating chocolate, in the spirit of the season. #
- I signed up for BlogHer Ads but then changed my mind. Plus our fax machine won’t send double-sided print-outs. #
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Oct 31 2007 11:59 pm | Category:
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Thank you to everyone who came to my birthday party last night! It was great to hang out with everybody and eat Boston Market catering and boob cake. (Thanks, Jen!) I feel weird when I’m the center of attention, so if I acted weird when I was opening the various cards and gifts, that’s why. Thank you to everyone who brought stuff… you certainly did not have to… and I really appreciate all of it. I appreciate everyone being there and helping make my birthday a fun day! Oh and to everyone who stuck around until I got up the nerve to actually do some stuff on the pole, thanks for putting up with my nervousness and not laughing at me. Maybe once I’ve had more practice on that pole/stage, I’ll be less nervous!
Oct 31 2007 03:07 pm | Category:
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- I’m a level 5 graduate – got my pink and black garter!!! :D Posting photo now. Exhausted! #
- Tomorrow morning I have to wait for FedEx, therefore I’ll be late to work. Then we have to leave early. I feel slightly guilty. #
- Waiting for FedEx. Those fools better get here soon; I don’t want to be too late to work. #
- @viviane212 – Thank you!! :D (Birthdays are so much more interesting w/ social media!) #
- @Flyswatter – Pumpking-carving ideas: http://tinyurl.com/yw3cts (via @extraface) #
- My desk is dusty and it’s grossing me out. Can’t clean it til I finish what I’m working on though. Motivation. #
- My new iPod actually has sound correction, so I’m going to have to go back & take off all the adjusting I did in iTunes to account for that! #
- Somebody texted me "happy birthday" from a 573 area code. No idea who it is. But, um, thanks, whoever you are! #
- In case I forgot to mention it: level 5 pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/amberlrhea/sets/72157602790761304/ #
- There are kids in the office for some sort of trick-or-treating thing. I don’t like it one bit. #
- Activated my USAA card and transferred balance. Screw Bank of America! Now on hold w/ Fidelity re: 401k. #
- @extraface – So far the only bad thing about USAA is they won’t let Rusty be a driver on my car insurance policy. #
- Okay scratch that last tweet… they’ll let him be on the policy after all. Nice. #
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- Home from politics podcast. Mixing two songs together for my Level 5 pole dancing graduation (!!!) tomorrow. My theme is very… topical. #
- @tiffanybbrown – I like the new avatar! #
- For graduation, I mixed together Garbage’s "Only Happy When It Rains" and Rihanna’s "Umbrella." #
- Ruminating on @spaceyg’s point tonight that the CA wildfires are diverting attn. away from the dire but "less sexy" GA drought. #
- Had to make Sex 2.0 Google group membership moderated, bc of spam accounts signing up. Assholes. #
- It’s my last day of being 27. And, level 5 pole dancing graduation is tonight! #
- New GA Politics Podcast episode: http://urltea.com/1×5z #
- Eating a Rice Krispie treat. I mean, a marshmallow square. #
- About to head home. Gotta call my grandmother & thank her for the bday card, then get ready for graduation! #
- About to head out to level 5 graduation. This is it! :) #
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Oct 29 2007 11:59 pm | Category:
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Yikes. “The Constitution does not allow the government to arrest people for thought crimes, so any promises not to violate the constitutional rights of citizens are already broken by their own definitions.”
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PodCamp Nashville: coming February 2008.
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Sherry wrote about her son who won’t stop playing those goddamn video games. She mused:
This got me to thinking about online social networking. I have friends that I text message more than I speak to. I have friends who will only engage in email conversations because they are too ‘busy’ for lunch meetings. Are we allowing our lives online to affect the way we see the world?
I am still a proponent that social media and the way the Internet is evolving is capable of making the world much better in a variety of ways, but perhaps we need a parent reminding us to stay focused on our priorities and make sure we maintain some sort of balance.
And in the comments, I replied:
Eh, I don’t know. This is the kind of thing the alarmists, haters, and curmudgeons always use to try to show that technology is ruining the world. But you know, there’s a HUGE difference between planting yourself in front of a computer/video game/whatever for hours at a time such that you neglect your other responsibilities (e.g., homework, chores, family time), and integrating technology into your life in a responsible way as a means of supporting or growing offline relationships.
Her kid playing X-Box all day long really isn’t about technology at all – it’s about a kid trying to get out of doing the shit he’s supposed to do. If it weren’t a video game, it would be something else. That’s what kids do, and that’s why they need parents to teach them that dog won’t hunt.
Unfortunately there are adults who exhibit, ahem, attentuated growth. You hear stories about people whose spouses spend almost every waking hour playing World of Warcraft instead of keeping up their half of the relationship. Or “porn addiction,” for that matter. It could be anything, really.
I think that’s where a lot of people get confused; they put the focus on the wrong thing. The particular technology in any situation isn’t what’s cause for concern; it’s the behavior.
Adults don’t need parents to remind them of their priorities. Adults need to take responsibility for their own damn lives; and if they don’t, well, there are consequences. That’s the way it goes.
Frankly, people who are constantly too “busy” to have lunch once in a while are obnoxious. I don’t want to be friends with someone who’s always got a cellphone plugged to their ear. But I also don’t want to be friends with someone who doesn’t pay attention to our friendship because of any other stupid activity.
Almost one year ago today, on my 27th birthday, I graduated from Level 1 pole dancing.
Today, on the day before my 28th birthday, I will graduate from Level 5 pole dancing, and get my black garter. From here on out, it’ll be continuing practice in “Level 5/6,” because after tonight I’ll have attained the highest level!
A retrospective of graduations past:
Tonight we have to do a two-song set, and Angela has highly encouraged us to have a theme instead of just randomly choosing two songs. My two songs are Garbage’s “Only Happy When it Rains” and Rihanna’s “Umbrella” – so I call my theme ‘Make it rain.’ Yes, the pun is intended and my tongue is stuck firmly in my cheek. But an effective rain dance is exactly what we need in Georgia right now!
I’ll post photos tonight or tomorrow morning, of course. I feel like I should say something deep, but words are failing me. Just… it’s amazing how much can happen in a year.
- Trying to write a post about Chemistry 3 that doesn’t sound stupid. I hate when I get writer’s block. #
- @technomom – Heh. No, no, nothing like that. This is much better. Chemistry 3 is Tristan Taormino’s lastest porn film! #
- After the UT game is over, Rusty and I are going to a Halloween party at a sex club, dressed as a priest and a nun. #
- Woke up about 10 minutes ago. That’s what happens when you don’t go to bed until after 3:00 a.m. :P #
- To do today: Athens Pizza, Home Depot, Looks of Atlanta, make CD for Level 5 graduation tomorrow, podcast party @ Manuel’s. #
- Unfollowing @billpalmer for now because of too much Twitterrhea. #
- Politics podcast is at 6, not 6:30 #
- at politics podcast recording. good discussion so far. #
- should the politics podcast be @ manuel’s from now on, or @ rusty’s & my apt.? #
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Oct 28 2007 11:59 pm | Category:
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“Turns out, the best drinking stories in history are actually, well, historical. So raise a glass to your forefathers and marvel at these tales.” Via David.
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“How often do they get basic sexual health information wrong? How many times have we had to pitch in substantial research ourselves? (And don’t get me started on the time I was told in an interview that I invented sex work.)”
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“Yes, it’s silly. And yes even though I spend a lot of time there it’s still *our* kitchen. But we each had that Kool-aid poured for us long before we could speak. But ‘poured for us’ isn’t the same as ‘bred into us.’”
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