What is up with this double posting issue I've been having lately?

I shall take this opportunity to say that I would like someone to deliver my six-person hot tub right now, please. And a masseur.

...and their Splendiferous Zeppelin Escapades.

I smell sequel!

I'm watching Slings & Arrows. But not at KT & ND place. I feel so dirty as if I was cheating or something. Thank goodness its funny.

Oh, fer cryin' out loud...

So, I got a response to my post on the writers' list. Here's part of it:

And, unfortunately, the language you are not ashamed of, is part of a larger problem; claiming you "adore" something, or are "fascinated" by some aspect of history, for example, are very "feminine" uses of language. I have learned to avoid them, as they tend to sound gushy to me.

Is it too girly of me to roll my eyes forever? I mean, first I'm silly for enjoying stories about girls doing traditionally male activities, and then I'm diminishing myself by using traditionally feminine language? WTF?

Would it be less girly if you tell her to go fuck herself?

Something tells me she has a problem with her own femininity, (as someone who sometimes suffers from this, I think I can spot 'em). Or that's actually a guy.

I have never read a fictional account of a woman masquerading as a man to serve in the armed forces but I recall a fascinating story about a civil war recreationist who was barred when they discovered she was female. It was the first time I'd heard of the practice and I really enjoyed researching it. One might say I adored the process.

I am, in the words of some rap artist, going back to Cali."

LL Cool J

Sorry for the madness, hon. You and Em (and Joe, I suppose ;) ) can come to my family's for Thanksgiving!

That's really weird, Susan. Those examples don't seem feminine to me, though I must admit that I am not sensitive to that sort of thing. Or, to quote the earworm Aimee and Vortex have so generously given me, "I don't think so"

I see the "adore," but not so much the "fascinated." At least, I can't imagine either of the male leads of my WIP saying "adore" in a non-ironic fashion, but I can easily picture them describing themselves as fascinated by a topic. Of course, this is 200+ years ago--they have to say "Fascinating!" or words to that effect, because "Cool!" and "Wow!" are right out.

And, the thing is, I was perfectly aware that I was using a girly word in a tomboy context when I said I adored girls-in-uniform stories. I was trying to be a little playful with the language. I mean, I do that sometimes. Being a writer and all.

Anyway, I made my final icily polite response, and said that I wouldn't be posting further on the issue because I'm going out of town for a week and will have spotty internet access. Which isn't quite true. We don't leave till Sunday, and MIL is putting us up in a hotel with in-room high speed internet. But I figured I'd leave the flouncing away (or stalking off, to use a more masculine term) implied rather than spoken.