NillyBaby is too cute for words!

Congrats Jon and FAQWife!

I just got my walking papers from the Radiology doctor. One more doctor/department down! YAY.

But it was talking about asexuality and how being asexual doesn't exactly mean the same thing to everyone.

If I can tweak this a little -- asexuality doesn't *look* the same in every asexual person (as you said, some are aromantic, some are heteroromantic/biromantic/homoromantic), but overall, the common characteristic is that, regardless of romantic orientation, asexual people don't experience primary sexual attraction. If a person experiences primary sexual attraction, "asexual" is very likely not the right descriptor for them.

(Granted that people can and will and do choose to identify in all kinds of ways that don't always make sense -- obviously there are going to be people who, for instance, *do* experience primary sexual attraction and yet call themselves asexual -- in order to make some kind of sense of "asexual" as an orientation, then I'm sticking with "for the vast goddamn majority, 'asexual' = 'does not experience primary sexual attraction'.")

Asexuality has nothing to do with sexual activity, and aces can and do have sex, often quite a lot, as ita noted. (That gets into the areas of demisexuality and gray-A, which have both gotten slammed recently in certain areas of LJ as "slut-shaming" and not "true" orientations. Stay classy, LJ.)

Don't let the radiology door hit ya where the good lord split ya!

Excellent news, Perkins.

asexual people don't experience primary sexual attraction

So they might have sex as a biological feels-good function, but they're not attracted to one specific partner or type of partner?

Good news, Perkins!

Yay Perkins!

Great news, Perkins!

asexual people don't experience primary sexual attraction

So they might have sex as a biological feels-good function, but they're not attracted to one specific partner or type of partner?

Damn it, my dad literally just showed up to take me to lunch, so I have to go. I'll answer this anon. (Short answer: yes. Long answer: it's more complicated than that, as most things are. Hi, I'm more asexual than not. Or, if you will, demisexual.)

I've been wondering what the opposite of demisexual is.

The IO9 thread has been reasonably civil so far. Not too many people treating asexuality like a defect.

I managed to make a huge mess of my oatmeal in the kitchen this morning. But luckily I brought three days' worth of stuff to work.

Yay Perkins!

A fun article on Stephen Colbert's Bermuda sailing race. I like the excerpts from his emails:

“In these conditions, it is more important than ever to keep up your fluid intake, or else suffer the serious effects of dehydration: fatigue, dizziness, and hallucinations. Thankfully, so far…Spiders! Spiders everywhere! They’re coming out of the sails! Kill them with fire!

p.s. Did that Rapture thing happen last Saturday? You know what, don’t tell us. We’ve got it TiVOed.”