One thing having Owen has done was make me stop using the word "normal." We use "typical" in its place because normal and abnormal have negative connotations for us. Owen's atypical but "normal" for him.

I'm not wading into kink because my kink varies. I'm on the Kinsey scale--my needle swings wide.

I'm on the Kinsey scale--my needle swings wide.

Heh. My first thought on reading this? "Oooh, needles!"

Today was a tiring day. I really should do laundry tonight, but I don't have the energy.

I'm not trying to bust out with a prescriptive vs. descriptive battle

Bring it, bitca!!

but I just don't believe that that definition is, as you say, "generally accepted" anymore.

Oh, I certainly agree that it's used kind of interchangeably with kink; I'm just saying those people are WRONG, and I am RIGHT!

Heh.

Seriously, I'm just happy that people are talking and exploring different modes of expressing sexuality, and, even though more openness still needs to be brought to sexuality in general, a lot of movement has been made towards a more accepting mindset.

GO TEAM SEXY TALK

There was a scene with handcuffs in "Welcome to Temptation" by Jennifer Crusie, and it was implied that the character uses them frequently -- his girlfriend in the book found them behind his bed, and then later, his best friend, the sheriff, told him to buy some of his own and stop stealing the police ones.

What interests me is that not only is the guy apparently into handcuffs, but it seems he somehow manages to wear them out.

For those not on Facebook, Fay posted there about an hour ago. So, I'll take that as good news.

Oh, I certainly agree that it's used kind of interchangeably with kink; I'm just saying those people are WRONG, and I am RIGHT!

THIS.

On a philosophical level, I'm all in favor of the natural evolution of language. But in practice, when the natural evolution of language is towards sloppier and less precise speech IT MAKES ME CRAZY WITH THE WRONGNESS.

Saw that; yay! Also saw her new cute hair.

ION, I splurged tonight. I have been dry like a dry thing; I think, as good as the HRT keeps my moods and such, I am definitely drier skinned than I was with my ovaries.

Got the Night-A-Mins nighttime moisturizer, because they've upped the hydration quotitient in it, and I remember using it back in the day, and I used it religiously, simply because it smelled and felt so damned good. I use Olay supercharged stuff in the daytime, because of SPF. But I get so lazy about doing nighttime stuff, and I figured I would bribe myself into doing it, if I loved the stuff.

I also got the Ginger body scrub, the Spreadable kind. I've used their Salt Scrub in the past, and this is still nice and gritty, but the particles are less harsh, but it's still nice and oily. Some people don't like that, but I do, as I am lazy, and I don't want to have put on another full body layer after I've sloughed all my real estate.

OMG, it smells SO DAMNED GOOD. And I am very smooth. Yay.

So, win.

My advisor's comment yesterday: "If you show up at the interview with that cane, they'll definitely hire you, because they'll be scared that you'll sue if they don't." Argh.

Another month and a half until my dissertation defense. I can do this.

Did you beat him to death with your cane? Good lord.