I'm just sitting here making rude hand gestures

[blamebrampton]

I've been working rather hard on a bunch of stories for the some time now. What would make all of this seem worthwhile would be if any of the many invoices that are sitting in the Accounts Payable offices of many Australian publishing houses could be bloody well paid. That seven days' terms line isn't a joke! Grrrr!

Anyway, this means that I still have no time for sensible long posts, but there are some things that need to be written up!

1. Most of you have probably read the heartbreaking story on LGBTQ schoolchildren in the current Rolling Stone. I have a really long thing to say in response, which will have to wait for another time. I also have a short thing to say:



2. I have been sending things, some very late. kath_ballantyne, I have what can only be described as a gift for losing your address. LJ keeps deleting the messages that contain it, cursed LJ! One more time?  libby_drew, I am afraid your box requires more postage than I possess at the moment, so I ate some of the chocolate and thought nice things about you! And I very carefully knitted a hat for someone last year and then forgot who it was for. I have a vague idea it was someone European, and feel certain we spoke about it and an address was sent and then ... probably a cat-related distraction, knowing this house. thisgirl_is, it was not you. Your hat is in the post! 

3. HAPPY BIRTHDAY norton_gale!! I hope you have a wonderful day and your two tiny people are well behaved and hilarious from dawn to dusk! And to old_enough, too. We miss you!  So late with so many other birthdays! I've made a few via email, but for abusing_sarcasm, marryoh, 1strangebird, morien_san, and el_princess, I hope you all had brilliant days!

4. _inbetween_ really is a genius. This was her response to my self-description the other day:


The hair in reality is a bit straighter and longer, and has a stripe the colour of the claws here, but otherwise, yes, pretty much spot-on! Right! Off to the gym so that it's only my mind that goes! Much love to you all!

Comments

[kareina.livejournal.com]

I tried reading the article, and couldn't make myself finish it. I feel so very fortunate that I attended a school that was an amazingly supportive environment for kids who were different from the normal in any way, and wish that everyone could have done so. The teen years are hard enough with a supportive environment, I can't even imagine what it would be like in a hateful one.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

The scary thing is that it was generally better when we were kids than it is now in places like this. It's bizarre that Americans would think it's OK to act as though they are the Taliban. Madness!

[kareina.livejournal.com]

Yah, the more I hear about it, the happier I am to not be there...