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Jul. 21st, 2011 01:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwydion* I have a court date for my name change in August. For those joining us in the middle, I have an androgynous first name, that I don't much like, but a gendered middle name. It's cheaper and less hassle to keep my legal signature as it is, so I'm changing my middle name to Misha, as it has the same initial and it is used by both men and women. (Ex: Misha Collins and Misha Barton). Misha was picked by votes in this blog a while back. (I suspect Misha Collins' smoking hotness played a part in the poll results, but I don't mind. ;) )
Once the name change is official, I need to yet again change my license, then my Pennsylvania birth certificate. With the birth certificate in hand, I can start battling social security to get all my paperwork changed there. slow and exhausting, but long term it's worth an extra ten dollars a month, and consistent documents are just generally a big help. Sigh.
* Today, I had the incredibly decadent meal of rainier cherries, tsiziki, and garlic naan. I also was planning to pick up peach tea loose leaf for more iced tea at the farmer's market, but discovered that the ridiculously good local tea company is now make huckleberry black. In my opinion, huckleberry black loose leaf makes the best sweet tea of all, so I'm counting this as a serious win. may I add, Omnomnom!
Tomorrow, my big agenda items are all phone calls and housekeeping, so maybe I can sleeeeeep.
* Colbert on the debt ceiling: http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/tue-july-19-2011-david-carr
* Republicans are holding up reauthorization of the FAA because they want to strip union rights. They say they will not keep the FAA going if the Democrats don't cave. I hope the Democrats show spine on this one, because I think stopping all air travel in the US even for a week will piss off rich Republican donors at their party and allowing people to keep their unions is the right thing to do. All the Democrats have to do is hold firm on this one to get an easy win for the side of right.
* Another moon around Pluto: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2011/23
* Fingers crossed: http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/07/19/birth.control.iom/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
* For il_volpe; http://feyandstrange.livejournal.com/1086858.html
* It's looking like we are getting to watch the new Torchwood after all. Whoohoo!
* I'd like to add a Gina Torres solo storm movie to my list of movies that I'd pay full evening movie theater prices to see, along with Misha Collins as Midnighter. Too bad they aren't in the works, as I'm pretty sure they'd kick ass. Why are we getting this crappy looking spider man reboot, when there are actual interesting stories we haven't seen yet on the big screen?
* Thank you, Senator Franken for calmly demolishing the pro-DOMA witness in today's repeal testimony, by pointing out he was out right lying about the content of the study he was siting. I know people thought he was a joke when he first ran for office, but he's consistantly stood up for women's rights and saftey, and for equality under the law for all Americans including LGBTQ folk. Pwnage here: http://youtu.be/318DYr_K8J4
* A thing on how "neutrality" on LGBT issues in public schools means free licence to bully and drive kids to suicide: http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/21/video-school-districts-neutrality-policy-impacting-bullying/
Once the name change is official, I need to yet again change my license, then my Pennsylvania birth certificate. With the birth certificate in hand, I can start battling social security to get all my paperwork changed there. slow and exhausting, but long term it's worth an extra ten dollars a month, and consistent documents are just generally a big help. Sigh.
* Today, I had the incredibly decadent meal of rainier cherries, tsiziki, and garlic naan. I also was planning to pick up peach tea loose leaf for more iced tea at the farmer's market, but discovered that the ridiculously good local tea company is now make huckleberry black. In my opinion, huckleberry black loose leaf makes the best sweet tea of all, so I'm counting this as a serious win. may I add, Omnomnom!
Tomorrow, my big agenda items are all phone calls and housekeeping, so maybe I can sleeeeeep.
* Colbert on the debt ceiling: http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/tue-july-19-2011-david-carr
* Republicans are holding up reauthorization of the FAA because they want to strip union rights. They say they will not keep the FAA going if the Democrats don't cave. I hope the Democrats show spine on this one, because I think stopping all air travel in the US even for a week will piss off rich Republican donors at their party and allowing people to keep their unions is the right thing to do. All the Democrats have to do is hold firm on this one to get an easy win for the side of right.
* Another moon around Pluto: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2011/23
* Fingers crossed: http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/07/19/birth.control.iom/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
* For il_volpe; http://feyandstrange.livejournal.com/1086858.html
* It's looking like we are getting to watch the new Torchwood after all. Whoohoo!
* I'd like to add a Gina Torres solo storm movie to my list of movies that I'd pay full evening movie theater prices to see, along with Misha Collins as Midnighter. Too bad they aren't in the works, as I'm pretty sure they'd kick ass. Why are we getting this crappy looking spider man reboot, when there are actual interesting stories we haven't seen yet on the big screen?
* Thank you, Senator Franken for calmly demolishing the pro-DOMA witness in today's repeal testimony, by pointing out he was out right lying about the content of the study he was siting. I know people thought he was a joke when he first ran for office, but he's consistantly stood up for women's rights and saftey, and for equality under the law for all Americans including LGBTQ folk. Pwnage here: http://youtu.be/318DYr_K8J4
* A thing on how "neutrality" on LGBT issues in public schools means free licence to bully and drive kids to suicide: http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/21/video-school-districts-neutrality-policy-impacting-bullying/