I like music, long walks on the beach, and poking dead things with a stick.

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

 Hopes for a quiet summer

Tonight, the high school I live near held its graduation ceremony, outdoors and complete with loudspeakers. So, even though it was warm enough to have windows & screen doors open, I had the house shut up so I didn’t have to listen to endless trite commencement addresses. Don’t the people who give speeches at graduation ceremonies realize that the teenagers suffering through those speeches won’t recall any of it for more than 15 seconds?! All those kids care about is getting that diploma and hoping their parents won’t make them get a summer job so they can party until college and/or other entrances into the Real World.

I decided to update my guide to polyamory, tidying up broken links and streamlining some of my writing, plus adding a couple of links (and an excerpt) from one of the best essays on polyamory I’ve ever seen, Poly People I Can Do Without. Absolutely priceless. (That essay spotlights 90% of the reasons I’m not cheerfully eager to embrace the poly community.)

Wonderfully wicked quote for the day: “You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.”–Jessica Mitford

Oh, only eleven days until my birthday! But only three days until I get my next tattoo and a new kitten, so guess which day I’m probably gonna like better?


One Response to “Hopes for a quiet summer”

  1. Ro Says:

    Lil, so agree with you about graduation ceremonies. Dad was in shock because I wore a peace sign on my mortar board and a dove arm band the day I graduated university. Oh, and the proms, boring.

    Am off to be with my high school crush next week in Canada. The day with the new kitten sounds like more fun than getting another tattoo, but what do I know? Nothing…

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