Yay almost the weekend!

It was hard getting out of bed this morning (which is very different than normal for me). It was colder than usual overnight, and I was so snuggly and warm under my blankets and with my cat next to me. Now I'm at work in the AC and bright, harsh lights. Blah.

FFXI was mostly uneventful last night. Farmed, farmed, farmed. Did I mention yet that I farmed? I'm getting a little somewhat very bored with farming, but I need money fast, so. Why "fast"? Because I'm a sick, sick little DRK. I'm so sad that I can't buy more armor! Must Buy More Armor Now! HQ stuff makes me happy, so if I don't buy any then I'm not happy! Blah. At least that's only happening in-game and I have no spending-money obsessions in RL.

Took a break in the middle of farming to help a LS member (Thrapy) get some item for a quest. As the item dropped from the first mob we killed, you'd think it would have been only a short break, but no. We had to do it on that damned barge, so it took more than an hour to get on it. (30+ minutes to gather together, 36 minutes wait for the boat). Then because the darned server kicked me off, it took me another hour to get home from CL/South Landing. (First I was waiting for another boat, but that was taking too long so went out to Jugner to outpost warp home... only to find a beastman banner there instead of NPCs. Bah.)

I've been trying to get more action screenshots, and this one amused me. *chomp* I eat your head! Luckily I don't use it for much in-game...

That's about that. On Friday we're starting our farming for eyes for clusters for O-Hats. Yay! The hat will be very, very, very, very nice for DRK. Mmm, +acc! +10 acc!

Yay almost the weekend!

It was hard getting out of bed this morning (which is very different than normal for me). It was colder than usual overnight, and I was so snuggly and warm under my blankets and with my cat next to me. Now I'm at work in the AC and bright, harsh lights. Blah.

FFXI was mostly uneventful last night. Farmed, farmed, farmed. Did I mention yet that I farmed? I'm getting a little somewhat very bored with farming, but I need money fast, so. Why "fast"? Because I'm a sick, sick little DRK. I'm so sad that I can't buy more armor! Must Buy More Armor Now! HQ stuff makes me happy, so if I don't buy any then I'm not happy! Blah. At least that's only happening in-game and I have no spending-money obsessions in RL.

Took a break in the middle of farming to help a LS member (Thrapy) get some item for a quest. As the item dropped from the first mob we killed, you'd think it would have been only a short break, but no. We had to do it on that damned barge, so it took more than an hour to get on it. (30+ minutes to gather together, 36 minutes wait for the boat). Then because the darned server kicked me off, it took me another hour to get home from CL/South Landing. (First I was waiting for another boat, but that was taking too long so went out to Jugner to outpost warp home... only to find a beastman banner there instead of NPCs. Bah.)

I've been trying to get more action screenshots, and this one amused me. *chomp* I eat your head! Luckily I don't use it for much in-game...

That's about that. On Friday we're starting our farming for eyes for clusters for O-Hats. Yay! The hat will be very, very, very, very nice for DRK. Mmm, +acc! +10 acc!

"..."

It's not often that a website leaves me at a total loss for words, but focusonyourchild.com has accomplished that. I'm just boggling at the amount of incorrect, illogical information presented as fact. (Credit for the link goes to juliansinger, I think? I saw it on my flist this morning, but can't find the post now.)

How would you like to have parents who made comments like this?

"My son couldn’t care less about sports and the great outdoors. He's painfully shy and easily gets hurt. Other kids call him a sissy. I’ve tried everything. My boy even wimped out of Cub Scouts. What am I supposed to do?"

"Our oldest daughter, Lisa, is starting junior high soon. She's a hopeless tomboy. If she had her way, she'd never wear skirts or dresses. She can't wait to sign up for the school wrestling team this fall. If I say no, she'll throw a fit. Where's the magic wand so I can turn her into a lovely princess?"

Oh nos! Your son "wimped out" of Cub Scouts! Oh no! Your daughter won't wear a dress! Gasp! They must be headed down the path towards homosexuality!

But hey, don't worry! If your child does turn out to be gay, they can be cured! Because homosexuality is a disease, after all...

As speechless and annoyed as this site leaves me, it also makes me so sad. Some people believe that stuff. They'll read the site and nod in agreement with it. Their poor, poor kids, and our poor, poor country.

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On a related note, kirbyk made a good post this morning on the word 'homophobia':

"I don't like the word homophobia.

Because that's not what it is. I'm sure there are people with an actual irrational fear, a phobia, of gay people. This is a mental disorder, and I feel for them, like people afraid of spiders or the English or what have you. Get well soon.

What most people refer to is more like racism, but with sexual preference instead of skin color."

Find the whole post here.

"..."

It's not often that a website leaves me at a total loss for words, but focusonyourchild.com has accomplished that. I'm just boggling at the amount of incorrect, illogical information presented as fact. (Credit for the link goes to juliansinger, I think? I saw it on my flist this morning, but can't find the post now.)

How would you like to have parents who made comments like this?

"My son couldn’t care less about sports and the great outdoors. He's painfully shy and easily gets hurt. Other kids call him a sissy. I’ve tried everything. My boy even wimped out of Cub Scouts. What am I supposed to do?"

"Our oldest daughter, Lisa, is starting junior high soon. She's a hopeless tomboy. If she had her way, she'd never wear skirts or dresses. She can't wait to sign up for the school wrestling team this fall. If I say no, she'll throw a fit. Where's the magic wand so I can turn her into a lovely princess?"

Oh nos! Your son "wimped out" of Cub Scouts! Oh no! Your daughter won't wear a dress! Gasp! They must be headed down the path towards homosexuality!

But hey, don't worry! If your child does turn out to be gay, they can be cured! Because homosexuality is a disease, after all...

As speechless and annoyed as this site leaves me, it also makes me so sad. Some people believe that stuff. They'll read the site and nod in agreement with it. Their poor, poor kids, and our poor, poor country.

---

On a related note, kirbyk made a good post this morning on the word 'homophobia':

"I don't like the word homophobia.

Because that's not what it is. I'm sure there are people with an actual irrational fear, a phobia, of gay people. This is a mental disorder, and I feel for them, like people afraid of spiders or the English or what have you. Get well soon.

What most people refer to is more like racism, but with sexual preference instead of skin color."

Find the whole post here.