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(although part of me does wish that I'd really been the seasoned activist my boss had expected me to be at the beginning of all this...I admit that.) I told some tales about stuff I'd been a part of--I didn't lie--but my part was small, and he thought it wasn't.(Even scaling back with PDA, they trust me more than the CIL *ever* did, which is its own tragic statement, when you think about it, considering that Empowering Disabled People didn't even mean sending stuff out with my name on it.)
And the person he describes as the "head" really did head it up, handling the eleven million annoying committee details in ways that would...probably depict minor nightmares for me if I attempted them(and it hurts that more of my disabled friends did not think of me as a true disabled friend) But this isn't a "show up and get your picture taken' kind of deal at all. She does the work I'm glad I'm not doing.
But it still hurts that it was gonna be "mine" and now? It really isn't.(Well, I get the same credit your parents give out when they're, like, "You were just the antic gleam in my eye when that happened."
"Muse" would be hard to put on my resume, if it ever mattered what I put on my resume.
I hate when I'm petty like that.

So Many Questions...

Jul. 18th, 2025 03:03 pm
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his week's questions were suggested by [livejournal.com profile] bindyree.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1 . . .

5. Name five favorite movies. Say Anything, Grosse Pointe Blank, Goodfellas(Yes, love contemplating murder-for-hire) The Ref...maybe "The Devil Wears Prada.

4. Name four areas of interest you became interested in after you were done with your formal education.
politics, labor organizing. politics of poverty, maybe a little economics

3. Name three things you would change about this world. more wheelchair access, more joy and fun, less climate crisis.

2. Name two of your favorite childhood toys.My stuffed unicorns and my etch-a-sketch

1. Name one person you could be handcuffed to for a full day.[personal profile] karlht

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Adelita Wins!

Jul. 16th, 2025 11:10 am
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https://19thnews.org/2025/07/arizona-primary-election-grijalva-foxx/
(Not that the credit is mine, though I put in a few hours on this this month, and if she lost, I'd feel like some of the failure is mine, so, may as well take a little credit, too. It's good for Dan and Jenise and them.

More Questions...

Jul. 11th, 2025 02:30 pm
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(at some point, have gotten away from my journal apart from this and the writing-goals things...)
This week's questions were suggested by [livejournal.com profile] silent_r_infork.

1. What was the most sick that you've ever been? When I was eleven, I had roseola, which is usually a disease for very small children(Not sure how I got it) that comes with spots and high fever. When I was twelve, I got chickenpox, which was exceedingly itchy and long-lasting at about two weeks. I was stupid and once ate a whole package of Oreos(Which I didn't even really want, as such...just wanted to throw caution to the wind or something, and it bit me on my bony disabled ass, like, instantly.) never have felt the same about oreos, but I feel worse that I ruined them for my mother, who cleaned up.

2. What disease are you afraid of getting?COVID, esp. long-form, dementia

3. Are you a big baby when it comes to taking medicine/shots for your illnesses? kind of. really don't like.

4. Is going to the doctor really THAT bad? Mostly, I don't like them. I had one in high school, though, that I got a crush on and was really glad I saw him for muscle pain, instead of something gross.

5. Would you have the flu twice a month if you were paid $1,000 for having it? Nothing with puking or diarrhea. I guess I'd be stuffed-up if someone paid, somehow, but I'd want some money up-front--time is, like, the one thing you can't replace.

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