Wow. The Ahwahnee is splendid.

I know. I'm just so happy they (my sister and niece) are coming out for a visit, but to have that on top of it is incredible.

Wow, megan, that place looks gorgeous!

I think tonight I'm gonna try calling the neighbor of the house who emailed me. I'm trying to do 2 things a night until the inspection. Got a couple of plastic tubs and packed up paperbacks that don't have shelves. T's dad isn't home yet and since I want to tell the whole family, that will wait. So...the call.

No sex please: An asexual life

Barratt calls herself “asexual”, and says she’s very different to the many people who decide to abstain from sex for religious or moral reasons. “Celibacy is a choice, asexuality is an orientation. It’s not something you choose to be, it’s something you’re born as.”

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And the trouble is, as Barratt acknowledges, the banner of asexuality is an attractive hiding place for those who are repressing their sexuality – perhaps because of latent homosexuality, or a phobia of sex, or a childhood trauma. “I think there are some people who identify themselves as asexual who have a fear of sex, who may have had something traumatic in their past that’s put them off. I’m not denying that they may make up a proportion of the asexual population, but I do think there’s many who are also physiologically different, wired not to be attracted to other people.”

One asexual who certainly can’t be accused of being afraid of sex is Holland. And that’s because he’s tried it. Now a student at Warwick University, having got through his teens with no interest in sex, he then found himself in a comfortable relationship, aged 20. He was curious to see what sex would be like, so he decided to give it a go. He thought that trying it might kick his hormones into gear. “I thought some hidden sexuality might blossom, but it just wasn’t something that I was driven to do like she was.” After several months together, Holland split up with his girlfriend, partly because of the difference in sexual appetites.

Holland says that sex was “quite fun, quite enjoyable”, but crucially, he has no drive to go out and do it again. “If it happens it happens. I enjoy golf but if I never play it again, I don’t care.”

I wore green today on accident, although I did enjoy a lunch of corned beef, cabbage, and potatoes. I suppose it's good that I had an early meeting and I'm home already, because if some drunkass had pinched me on my commute, I would have thrown elbows.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY LAURA AND DH!!

Megan, one of the appetizers I made for one of my Christmas parties is actually called my "Ahwahnee special"! I will try to have the ingredients on hand this Friday, when you come over. It's so damned good. Every time I am at the Ahwanhee I order it, and I finally figured out that, um, ya know, I could easily re-create it at home.

I'm watching last night's Colbert, and it reminds me that I wished I had a camera with me the other day on my way to work, when I saw them taking down the AIG banner outside their offices. It must just have been because of the wind or something, but it was a great image.

Boo, neighbor wasn't home. But, two tub and I bought them tonight, that counts as 2, right?

Timelies all!

G and I did our traditional St. Patrick's Day thing - went to Madam's Organ to hear a friend play. (For those who don't know, Madam's Organ is a dive bar in Adams Morgan. Decor features taxidermied animals, musical instruments and drawings of naked women.)

Looks like she's died.