On further reflection: I think the forced pregnancy trope isn't consciously aimed at anyone. Every time it's used I suspect the writers think they're being creative. But the target audience is, I think, men. The issue of control over one's reproduction is one that most women have struggled with, and don't really need Kemper or Davies or Mallozzi to pontificate on. Men see the horror of the forced impregnation but don't see the way it's reflected in the daily concerns of women, don't see that for some women there's little distinction between SF and reality.

I was about to say 8 or 9 things, but you all wildly intelligent people covered most of what I would say. So I'm going to say "ditto" and move on.

Matt, my twitter feed is abuzz over some fucked up flu-like virus going around that saps people's energy. Do you have a bug?

In re the BART spokesman, it's possible WMATA's is worse. When people were complaining about being sexually harassed on the transit system - sometimes by Metro workers - his resposne was "one person's flirtation is another person's harassment" (the wording may not be exact).

I'm about to go to a meeting/interview for that job I mentioned a while back. Wish me luck!

Good Luck Aurelia!

I really hate my downstairs neighbor AND UPS right now, although somewhat irrationally. I have a package coming to my home that I really DO NOT WANT to get sent back because I need it for a show. I can't have it delivered to the theatre because the secretary isn't working this summer, and the package pickup place closes before I get off work. I can't have it delivered to my work because they are now not delivering packages that they deem as personal. And now at home, my neighbor won't sign for it and also, I think her grandchildren banging in and out of the front door are knocking the infonotices off, so I don't get them. The UPS website only lets me change my delivery options if I have the info-notice number.

good luck aurelia! you are going to impress them! big time!

Good luck, Aurelia!

thank you all. You make me feel better!

Good luck aurelia!

Good luck aurelia!

In other news, Father's Day is Sunday. And I remembered! So I ordered Dad the full dvd set of the Ioan Gryffudd (sp?) Horatio Hornblower shows. He likes Patrick O'Brian, so I hope he'd like these.

The real gift, of course, is the cook who starts next Monday and will make dinner for the folks every weekday. So long as my mother doesn't freak out about it...

Well, I just found out why UPS won't leave packages at my house- they don't leave packages at multi family dwellins with only one entrance. Since my house looks like a house, they used to just leave it there. But since my (newish) neighbor is there and goes outside and such, and she is not me, they figured out it was a multi family dwelling and won't leave it. My old neighbor also worked during the day, so they always left the packages thinking it was a single house.