Being Amber Rhea

Twitter updates for 2009-03-31

• Loving @TristanTaormino’s new Twitter icon #
• Contrary to the article @sunluff tweeted, I do not love dogs. But then I have always been a nonconformist. #
• Ran into @nikkistrick and @alyjack at Chick-Fil-A downstairs. Worlds collide. #
• End of the quarter = everything’s crazy #

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Twitter updates for 2009-03-30

• After I get to work today I’m calling to dentist to ask what I should do about my tooth that’s still hurting. #
• About to head to the apt. for the final walk-thru. That apt. is no longer ours after tmrw! Then, calling the dentist bc my mouth HURTS. #
• @tiffanybbrown – I second @karsh, chamomile will knock you out. I used to think that was some hippie shit, but it really works. #
• It’s going to be a long day. #
• Waiting for management company guy to show up @ the apt. #
• @extraface – if that’s the give it to your wife thing (can’t tell on phone), it’s an epic fail, no question. #
• Time to clean my desk again (just for @absurdities!). I need to buy a roll of paper towels to keep in my desk, and more Swiffers. #
• No patience for this know-it-all commenter dude (always a dude) on my blog. GO AWAY. #
• There is sugar from Krispy Kreme donuts ALL OVER THE FLOOR. It is grossing me out. Hopefully the cleaning ppl will vacuum tonight. #
• Someone called “mens news” is following me. BLOCK. #
• Going back to the dentist 10:00 Wednesday for an adjustment :/ #
• @tessa – What is your new Twitter icon? I can’t figure it out. #
• The Taqueria del Sol web site uses the blink tag #
• @sononick – And yet I love their tacos. *conundrum* #
• Settling in to work a little later than usual. #

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Twitter updates for 2009-03-29

• Good god, the pollen has arrived. #
• Head still hurting from dental work I had done almost a week ago :( #
• Looks like Twitter Tools has stopped working. Hm. #
• Never mind, it’s working. And w/ that, internet break continues. #

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Twitter updates for 2009-03-28

• Awake, will be heading to breakfast at Radial soon. Tooth STILL hurting. Wish it would stop. :\ It’s been 4 days since I got the crown! #
• LOVE this post by @lenachen: http://is.gd/po1q (via @nataliaantonova) #
• I want a dogwood tree. #
• Bought an old Brownie video projector @ an estate sale in Toco Hills. #

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links for 2009-03-28

• the ch!cktionary – Is sexual expression and feminism incompatible?
  "My blog and Girls Gone Wild are worlds apart, and at least in the environment where I live and learn, I get neither a gold star nor a trucker hat for flashing my breasts. What I do get is a lot of judgment, slut-shaming, and the assurance that I will never land the corporate gig expected of a Harvard graduate. So why do I feel compelled to blog? Not because I’m some passive victim of the male gaze but because I want people to stop thinking about female sexuality in such a limited manner."
  (tags: sex sexuality feminism doublestandard awesome)
• Waking Vixen » Blog Archive » Book Review: Mutants
  "The reason I didn’t give the book more than three stars is that the chapter about sex made me kind of furious. There is some really beautiful writing in the chapter about intersex conditions, plus some great historical illustrations. But the underpinings of the chapter are fucked up: Leroi keeps using the word 'gender' to mean the biological manifestation of reproductive organs. No. No. NO. Ugh – I really don’t understand how competent (though I guess that’s questionable) writers/researchers mix up sex and gender, especially in the biological context. Though there has been some (inconclusive) research about the link between gender identity and biological sex (the latter is the combination of hormones, chromosomes, and genitals – so the identified sex at birth doesn’t always correspond to biology), gender is an innate sense of being, NOT explicitly biological. Point being, Leroi keeps writing 'gender' when he should be using the word 'sex' – and it made me want to scream."
  (tags: biology sex gender books bookreview)

Twitter updates for 2009-03-27

• Didn’t sleep well last night. :( Want to stay in bed for several more hours. #
• I need this: http://is.gd/omdu #
• @uncool01 – OMG I *love* your new Twitter icon! #
• Sorry to be missing #wam09 this year #
• …but I had a dream I was at an amalgamation of #wam09 and BlogHer and feminist bloggers were ganging up on me. #
• Need to make hotel reservations for @Sex20con… why do I keep forgetting? #
• @karsh – Aw, your tweet was so nice! I might have to retweet it. Or at least favorite! :) #
• @absurdities – Well, you were present (in the blog sense, that is) for some of what likely triggered that dream. :P #
• @griftdrift – Hmm, wonder if it was our old apt. building? #
• @griftdrift – …”our” meaning “@rustytanton’s and mine.” Not yours and mine. My pronoun had no clear antecedent. #
• 18 emails in my Gmail inbox and I’m not reading any of them right now. Internet break continues. #
• Via @DeviousMuse… @polelateaz is now on Twitter! Follow them for ATL pole dancing news. #
• I’ve reached the tipping point where blockign all the creepy Flickr contacts and Twitter followers takes too much damn time. #
• …and now I’m answering the emails I said I wasn’t reading. Contradictions. #
• @alyjack – NO OFFICE SPOILERS!! I might watch it tonight but might not til tomorrow night. #

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Twitter updates for 2009-03-26

• I thought Cardio Pole was tonight but it’s Pole Flow. Oh well, that works too! Registering. #
• This “Earth Hour” thing is so Stuff White People Like #
• So over listening to this coworker prattle about her damn dog #
• Looking fwd to Pole Flow at 6:30 but inexplicably nervous too. #
• Sad that my (formerly my mom’s) 1970s avocado green chicken pattern baking dish broke :( #
• This is one of those times where a semantic web that could read my mind would be nice. This is NOT what I’m searching for: http://is.gd/pacA #
• @sononick – NO SPOILERS!!! I won’t see it til at least tomorrow! #
• Trying to think of other search terms I could use for the 1970s hen pattern baking dish. None are coming to mind. So, time for bed. #
• @absurdities – That’s not fair. There’s 3 hours between us. #
• Ok one more thing before bed… retweeting @rustytanton’s twitpic of the shed-in-progress: http://twitpic.com/2h9pl #

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links for 2009-03-26

• The Bilerico Project | What Transmisogyny Looks Like
  "This is a topic that has been vital to my understanding of the world over the past few years, but it's still relatively unknown outside certain circles of activists. When I mention it as an area of my work, I almost invariably have to explain what it is. The short answer is that it is the intersection of transphobia and misogyny that specifically targets trans women. But that dry academic answer never communicates the visceral and intense experience that it is."
  (tags: transphobia transgender gender)

Twitter updates for 2009-03-25

• Still in a lot of pain from yesterday’s trip to the dentist :( #
• Would pole dancing to Of Montreal be too weird? I’m thinking of doing my next performance to “Cato as a Pun.” I think it could work! #
• This day is bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S (reference just for @alyjack) #
• Not sure if I’ll go to class tonight. Supposed to make up Monday night’s class but not sure if I feel up to it. #
• Chick-Fil-A chicken noodle soup is actually really good. #
• Don’t think I’ll be going to class tonight. Looking fwd to getting back in the groove on Monday, tho. #
• @RogueReverend – I feel for you. I suffered there for 3 hrs yesterday. Hope everything goes smoothly and quickly for you! #
• @misstreah – I love your enthusiasm about being 31! Very awesome. #
• @absurdities – I like your new Twitter icon! #
• Hoping our tax credit shows up soon so I don’t have to get worried about it #
• @uncool01 – Love those stairs! #
• About to do some more unpacking, after the ibuprofen kicks in #
• My mom called to tell me about her friend’s house that stinks and is covered in dog hair. She was so disgusted she had to tell *someone*. #
• @ingodwetryst – Wow. That’s pretty bad. At least my mom didn’t mention anything about urine! (tho she did mention “stains”) #
• My blog hits have dropped dramatically. Unsurprising since I haven’t been blogging. #

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Sex 2.0.2: coming soon

I’m tempted to start off w/ a long explanation of why I haven’t been blogging much lately, but I’ll save that for another time. What I want to mention now is that the second Sex 2.0 will be held in Washington, DC on May 9 (which also happens to be Rusty’s and my 4th fuckiversary; I think that’s a good omen). I can hardly believe it’s been almost a year since my dream of Sex 2.0 came to fruition! I’m not a part of the organizing team this time around, but everything is coming together and I can tell you there are some really amazing sessions lined up, including hands-on tutorials on podcasting and shooting video, discussions on identity, sexual commerce online, transparency, the sex commons, gendered implications of technology, erotica in the digital age, and my personal favorite: “How to Get Some at Cons.” Match has revamped the web site and it looks awesome. Register soon – the early bird rate ends on April 9. Those of us who were at Sex 2.0 last year can attest that it’s a damn good time. There is a block of rooms reserved at the hotel at a really good rate (the conference itself is taking place at a hotel this year). And there are some cool attendee-organized events coming together for the day before and after the conference. Join the Google group if you want to get involved and/or stay up to date on the latest developments. Hope to see you there in May!