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Did not do Pride this year: working on a spoon deficit. Instead, I stayed home, and got rid of roughly 2/3 of my books- a huge improvement, although I still have more books than shelf space. Interspersed this with a conversation held entirely by text message (I'm making an appointment for a hearing test; I find it very hard to hear anyone on a cell phone (to say nothing of trying to talk in a crowded public space, say). Odd to have an emotionally intimate conversation by text: I K-N-O-W J-U-S-T W-H-A-T Y-O-U M-E-A-N...

simply because...

the i♥you because meme: love me here

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Sen. Robert Byrd, rest in peace. He came from an racist past to battle on the side of civil rights; I can't remember how many times during the Bush years he was a hugely needed voice of reason, a reminder that there might someday be a government that was not that one.

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Somewhere between charming and trippy: AT-AT Afternoon, starring a pet AT-AT.

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Up until 5 AM, de-bookifying my room to an extent (five 30-gallon industrial strength trash bags' worth, to be precise). Options regarding libraries, etc. looking unlikely due to sheer mass/volume of books involved; suspect some lucky person will be getting the FreeCycle library of their dreams. In to work at 8 PM tonight, to work until (who knows when). Stress levels of the weekend have abated slightly, for which I am profoundly thankful.

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Via azn_jack_fiend, in comments to an entry by rm: The late, great Molly Ivins gives us the last word on Camille Paglia.

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Random but true: I have a sudden urge to sit down with The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time!