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[verbminx]

The mom came home early, bearing food from Boston Market, which turned out to be strangely... cold, when it arrived. I didn't eat all of it, but so far I haven't had food poisoning yet. Knock wood. There was something I'd been planning to say here before she got home, but I was sidetracked and now I can't remember what it was.

After eating, I remembered to take my vitamins. This is a major victory, as I often forget... I have remembered for the past four nights, now, I think. I also drank a cup of cocoa spice tea (which has ginger in it) to help with digestion, and so far it all seems to be working. Not feeling as crampy as I was earlier, either.

Spent the rest of the evening knitting. I knitted a gauge swatch and then pulled it out; then I cast on a full needle of stitches and started a scarf, but I dropped a few stitches near the beginning of the fourth row, and decided to pull everything out and start over. That's where I quit. It's going well, actually (it would be better if I hadn't pulled out everything I did, but what I mean is that I am getting a feel for the mechanics of the process).

My ambition for tomorrow is to get a few inches into my scarf. When I'm up north, I'm going to be showing Autumn the basics, which will also be really good practice (at least as long as I learn to purl and therefore do stockinette stitch before I go... right now all I know is garter stitch).

Ho-hum. Not much to write home about, I guess. I have to remember that even little accomplishments are something, that I can still be proud of myself for success when it involves small things and not things that involve my name being in the paper and/or a program and/or the acknowledgements of a book.

A couple of LJ-notes: I'm really happy that the feministas community is finally taking off and people are posting to it and discussing things... intelligently, no less. I know I need to post a "get organized" project to that community, but I have to gather resources before I do that, and I just haven't had the time and inclination at the same time. & a friends-only post is coming soon, too.

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[ex-soma349.livejournal.com]

I just read through the "feministas" journal. Its really cool that there is a community that is discussing modern feminism with an open mind. I'm glad to see something like this is taking off and women are discussing issues in a forum where their heads aren't being bitten off for not being the cookie cutter ideal of feminists : )

[verbminx.livejournal.com]

yeah... when I started the community it was "closed" just so that it wouldnt be a big flamebait. Then I decided to open it because it wasn't getting enough traffic and I was being lax about adding people. it still took a little while to take off, but now ppl are actually posting stuff and discussing and whatnot. it wasn't my idea - i think it was actually jamie's - but i started it because nobody else had done so yet. i'm glad people are getting something out of it. also glad that anxietypanic's community is working out well and helping people. i feel like i've done some good! :)