Gratuitious Icon Post (not really)

[kleenexwoman]

According to my statistics, this is my 200th entry. Suppose that's a milestone of some sort?

Anyway, just in case it is a milestone, I have a couple new icons. nyghtshayde, , who keeps writing me lovely poems, made the new default one for me, and ghostgecko made this one for me. Is it not absolutely awesome? I've already traumatized someone on sages_of_chaos with it. HAHA!
For the curious, "Rishathra" means having sex with a humanoid alien; the term was coined by Larry Niven in his Ringworld series. Had to look it up, as I haven't yet read the Ringworld series. Would you believe none of the three libraries around Farmington Hills have them?
ETA: A search reveals that the CMU library does have several Ringworld books. I shall have new reading material by tomorrow! :does dance of new books:

Speaking of readings and tomorrow, I fear I must miss D&D in order to read "Every Friday" in front of people. I am extremely pleased about this. Only a freshman, and two poems in the Central Review in two semesters. (I still haven't picked up a copy of the Review, despite the fact that they are apparently spread all over campus, much like dead leaves or Nutri-Grain Bar wrappers.)
I'm quite pleased about this. Not only am I going to get to spread creative love, but there is also going to be tea and cookies. Tea and cookies, people! And possibly banana bread. If people bring banana bread to the reading again, I shall not be responsible for any of my actions that include stuffing my face with banana bread.

Also skipped "House" on Tuesday to go to a meeting. (I'm making excuses for skipping a TV show. That is sad.) I can't say what meeting it was, not because I'm paranoid or keeping secrets but because the group doesn't have a name yet. It's a new GLBT group on campus. We've already got one, the GSA, but apparently there are many people who have problems with the current GSA. In fact, there are so many people that have so many problems with the current GSA that we spent a half hour bitching about it instead of getting down to business and making protest signs, which was really the reason I came to the meeting in the first place.
Reason for protest: Exodus. Not the Biblical book, but the Christian anti-gay group, which is going to give a speech on campus. The topic: "Is Homosexuality Morally Wrong?" Exodus's inevitable answer: Yes, but you can stop being gay and eeeeevil if you love Jesus enough. Our response: Bollocks. (Phrased in a slightly more concise and polite fashion, of course. Politeness at the protest was stressed at the meeting--no huge rainbow signs, drag queens, or Molotov cocktails. Dammit, I was looking forward to pitching a few Molotov cocktails.)
We also spent quite a while going over names for the group. Suggestions were generally either along the lines of "Pride" or "Prism" or "The Triangle Society" (all of which are names of other GLBT groups on campus that fizzled out years ago) or joke names like "The Queer Ninjas". Or a name that sounded perfectly normal when said in full, but whose acronym proved to spell "P.E.N.I.S." (I was somewhat impressed that someone had taken the time to create such an acronym.)

Ah...was going to type more, but it's time for bed. Sweet dreams, everyone.

Comments

Hey...

[wolf-heart9.livejournal.com]

...you could mail me copies of your college review with your poems. I would love to have them and I would show them off proudly. *grins and bats eyelashes*

And cool about reading...it's an addictive drug, let me tell you. I feel like a huge part of me is missing since the Lotus Cup closed and we haven't gone to an open mic night in ages.

Been trying to think of some names for your group on campus...nothing yet. My naming ability has gone out the window. Dammit.

[ghostgecko.livejournal.com]

I traumatized someone?
GROOVY!!!!!!