Is the Nail Nerd painting with her left hand onto her right nails, or are those transfers of some sort? I was talking to a nurse with pictures on her nails a week or so ago, and she just said the pics on her off nails were fucked up, but no one could tell.
Wash: So, two days in a hospital? That's awful. Don't you just hate doctors? Simon: Hey. Wash: I mean, present company excluded. Jayne: Let's not be excluding people. That'd be rude.
'Ariel'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Apr 07, 2012 8:51:50 am PDT #29908 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Atropa - Apr 07, 2012 9:01:37 am PDT #29909 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Nail polish fans! I met the lady behind NailNerd.com today, and her site is definitely worth checking out. She does tutorials (like these "corpse nails"
Oooh, nice. (Note to Self: next manicure, go back to blood spatter.)
Zenkitty - Apr 07, 2012 9:03:58 am PDT #29910 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Both bathrooms are clean! Load of dishes done. Now to WASH ALL THE CLOTHES because I found an earwig in a newly-washed jacket that I hadn't put away yet.
And thanks, Buffistas, for providing the name of that ooogly gross bug.
Later my sister and her very helpful boyfriend are coming over and we're gonna paint my bathroom. Which means I really gotta vacuum sometime today too.
And of course, conveniently, today is the day of my regularly-scheduled unstoppable back pain. 4 Advil and a Valium in order to function. "They" tell me I don't have PCOS or anything in particular wrong with me, and the Mirena was supposed to stop this obviously .-related pain, so I don't know what the fuck.
Polter-Cow - Apr 07, 2012 9:05:35 am PDT #29911 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That is a good story, Erin. I am glad it's a true one.
sj - Apr 07, 2012 9:07:53 am PDT #29912 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Erin, that is a wonderful story. I can imagine it would be hard to change the beliefs you were raised with, and good for your dad for being able to listen to your criticism and change.
Zenkitty - Apr 07, 2012 9:11:10 am PDT #29913 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Erin, that is a great story. You rock, and it's great how your dad was able to change his mind.
I thought about telling some stories about my family and racism, but I think I won't. My mom, bless her, was able to accept all black people as children of God, but she couldn't accept a black man as her daughter's boyfriend. Turns out, it still kinda hurts.
smonster - Apr 07, 2012 9:21:13 am PDT #29914 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Erin, you and your family rock.
ita !, yes, she's left-handed. She does have a tutorial on doing transfers, but she paints directly on her right hand.
Ah, Zen. I'm sorry for the pain, both physical and emotional.
§ ita § - Apr 07, 2012 9:24:00 am PDT #29915 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
When my sister was about 16, my mother was homophobic enough that my sister threatened to have an affair with a woman to test her, since she usually caved on anything when it came to someone she loved, in her real life.
However, my sister didn't need to, because my family is a walking talking operation-having test in queerdom, predominantly on my mother's side. My mother is 25 years later, over her homophobia enough to be calling into radio shows and yelling at people about condemning gay people (and getting teased about it (in a friendly way) by co-workers). She does admit to having a reflexive discomfort around transsexuals that's sufficient that she's worried she'll upset our FTM cousin, and she doesn't want to. She just thinks she'll say the wrong things, and she's not sure if she can learn to say "him" where she would have said "her".
She has an extensive clinical understanding of many of these issues, but it's really different when it's your sister, your nieces, your nephews, your cousins, and she's trying to default to inclusive language, and she's just not sure she can.
I feel for her, but I also feel that fuck it, just throw yourself out there and learn. It's not like you can practice at home in your bedroom and get good at it. Look at your niece-now-nephew and see how much of a he he is, and it will be so much easier. You're imagining a much more femme version in your head and thinking you can't apply masculine terms to that. It's a lot easier than you think.
Also, his sister hasn't mastered it, so...really...you'll get a pass if you try where he can see you.
Lee - Apr 07, 2012 9:35:20 am PDT #29916 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Nail polish fans!
Speaking of which, are you in or out for the next round of the polish exchange?
My mother has either gotten more racist with age or just less good at hiding it. It's not really a black white thing though. About 10 years ago, when they were selling their house, my mother inexplicably started in on how she didn't really want to sell to Armenians, or at least not those kind of Armenians.
Strix - Apr 07, 2012 9:35:46 am PDT #29917 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
It was a long process, but the thing about my dad -- he always LISTENED.
He didn't change overnight. It took 20 years or so. And he's still not perfect, but he's trying.