I can’t remember when I first wanted to get a tattoo, but it was sometime in high school. I wanted a yin yang on my ankle. In college, I finally got it, but at the last moment, I changed its placement to my lower back. It was amazing. It was transcendent. It was painful. It [...]

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Happy Groundhog Day! I’m participating in a flickr group devoted to this strange unholiday, and I’m taking a representative photo for (roughly) each hour that I’m awake today. Thought I’d share with you all. I will update this post several times throughout the day. Got up, crawled back into my hole: Insomnia begins. Diverting myself [...]

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(no, not that one) “That says, ‘oh, Love Me Dead!’” or, A Feminist Critique of Ludo’s “Love Me Dead” Today’s music brought to you courtesy of DH *ahem* who picked it up from a House commercial. Which is funny, since I watch TV & he doesn’t and the song totally escaped my notice. I’ve had [...]

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