Work

I will write about work, because it's a nice, safe topic that doesn't involve friends who don't like me anymore and spouses who don't want to be with me. So, work it is.

I like my new job at GLBTSS. Quite a bit. I like the people a lot. The director of SGSS (Student Gender and Sexuality Services) is having a party on Sunday. He is really awesome. I met him last year because he was on the Board of Directors at Stonewall and I was their intern flunky. The other GAAs in the SGSS department are all awesome, too. And the work study undergrads, very cool. It's just a cool place.

On my floor are the Ethnic Student Services people, too. It's the ESS director's birthday tomorrow and the whole 4th floor is having cake. Nothing like a little birthday party and then a house party to get things going.

Speaking of Sunday, am I still getting together in the evening with dietbubba and binkiegirl? Let me know, kids.

Last night, Princess was worried about me (due to my big ranty post) and called me to tuck me in. Thank you muchly, dear. Sometimes I really wonder what I would do without you around. I don't want to find out. And Foo was trying so hard to cheer me up, I think I scared her offline. Sorry. :(

Oh yeah. Back to work stuff. So my poster was so big that it would cost a fortune to make copies of it. So I scaled it down to 11 x 17, and now it's SOOOO cluttered. Bleh. We'll see what happens. Work again tomorrow. I'm so "working for the weekend." I thought this school stuff was supposed to give me MORE free time!

ObJ: This userpic's for you.

If you're still reading...

I love you. I don't like the things they implied about you, either, especially since they don't know or understand.

Do you know that being friends with you gave me the hope that I could someday have a relationship with a girl? Sure, I thought they were beautiful and they made me feel fluttery inside, but I never could /relate/ to them. There was always some sort of mental block between me and girls. All my close friends were boys. You changed that. Well, Natalie too, but we were in grammar school and she was going to marry Peter Pan. (Here comes the bride, all dressed in green...) You, however, related to me in a way that I didn't think would ever happen. You were female, yet I adored you. You were female, yet I could get close to you. You were female, yet you weren't turned off by me. I was and am so thankful for that.

You: What's that movie with that guy and those guns?
Me: Clear and Present Danger?
You: Yeah!

This is not the sort of conversation I have with anyone else. Sure, it's fun to joke that we share a brain, but it's more than that. Very much of who I am was formed in college, and very much of me in college is entwined with you. No words, no comments, and no bad summers and icky disagreements can take that away.

Jan Brady said, "You are all a part of me, and I'm a part of you, and there's no escaping that! But it makes me feel really special."

Wherever you go, Jodie-O, there you are. And I will be there.

I love you.

When you need a friend, don't look to a stranger
You know in the end, I'll always be there
And when you're in doubt, and when you're in danger
Take a look all around, and I'll be there.

I'm sorry, but I'm just thinking of the right words to say.
I know they don't sound the way I planned them to be.
But if you'll wait around awhile, I'll make you fall for me,
I promise you, I promise you I will.

When your day is through, and so is your temper,
You know what to do, I'm gonna always be there.
Sometimes if I shout, it's not what's intended.
These words just come out, with no gripe to bear.

I'm sorry, but I'm just thinking of the right words to say.
I know they don't sound the way I planned them to be.
But if you'll wait around awhile, I'll make you fall for me,
I promise you, I promise you...

I'm sorry, but I'm just thinking of the right words to say.
I know they don't sound the way I planned them to be.
And if I had to walk the world, I'd make you fall for me,
I promise you, I promise you I will.