I still like Philly better than HoCo, though.

[corknut]

Doug: "Speaking of forging things, Maddie, how would you like to make some money after school?"

The table tents at my school's dining halls are filled with typos and grammar mistakes. Today, I spotted the best one I've seen so far:

"Spitfire Grill is a compelling tale about a town struggling to survive, and the heroin that saves it."

UNH is promoting drug use, everybody!

Speaking of dining halls, I had these really good Asian noodles for dinner. They were good, at least, until I found an ant crawling around in them. Why does life do this to me.

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[fire-lord-azula.livejournal.com]

Well, there's a little more to it than short hair and pants.  My clothes are distinctly masculine.  You know how button-down shirts have buttons on one side for men, and the other for women?  I only wear shirts where the buttons are on the "men's side".  I drive a beefy truck ( yeah, stereotypes, but it feeds into the "gender issues" thing -- yes, even in 2009 ).  There really is nothing "feminine" about my presentation.  I've been called "sir", "buddy", and "young man" numerous times, usually by the elderly.  So maybe I do have some real gender "issues"... as long as it doesn't escalate into harassment ( which it has in the past ), I don't care if people think that of me.  I just don't want myself or my family to be harassed because of it, you know?  That's when I start caring about people's perceptions.  Are you KIDDING?  She edited your work?  NOT COOL.  I thought teachers weren't allowed to do stuff like that.  Your wording wasn't WRONG.  She was forcing her personal beliefs onto you.  Wow, I think I would've talked to the principal about that.  That's really not within a teacher's right to do.

Yeah, I did feel embarrassed for her.  She knew the hair belonged to her, but she couldn't do much about it, or risk bad PR for the entire restaurant.  My mom wondered why the woman wasn't wearing a hairnet, too!  Really, if you have long hair, it's an unspoken prerequisite.  Even people with short hair can have stray hairs fall off into food.

[banerry.livejournal.com]

You've been harassed? That's even more ridiculous. I'm sorry! ... Why wouldn't teachers be allowed to edit work? :P If it's schoolwork, I mean.

[fire-lord-azula.livejournal.com]

Bullied, harassed, yeah.  Thanks.  <3  Once one kid started, they pretty much ganged up on me.  Girls and boys.  Because it wasn't an "incorrect" word.  "Mankind" is a perfectly legitimate term.  It's ridiculous to me that she would cross out a correct term because she didn't like it.

[banerry.livejournal.com]

What. :| Fail. Yeah, I pretty much do feel the same way. It's a personal preference thing.

[fire-lord-azula.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes!  I was their punching-bag.  Not only was I the most masculine girl in school, I was shy, wore DBZ T-shirts, and liked to draw dogs/wolves, which made me a real weirdo, let me tell you.  Yeah.  If a word isn't factually incorrect, leave it alone.  But this "shero" stuff is just LAME.  Watch it make the next edition of the dictionary, though.  :\

[banerry.livejournal.com]

... I know tons of people like that. They're all awesome. 8| "Shero" just makes me laugh. Especially since it came about because they thought "heroine" was too much like "heroin" to use in a public school setting.

[fire-lord-azula.livejournal.com]

Aw.  :D  They sound awesome to me!  I try to think I was too awesome for that school, but, 'eh.  "Shero" makes me think of "Shego" from Kim Possible, which is... yeah.  It's only one letter apart, so.  But, yeah, the origin of the word is pretty funny.  No one wants to think of a female lead as a drug!

[banerry.livejournal.com]

High school? ... Shego is awesome; I think I might like "shero" better now because of that connotation. XD

[fire-lord-azula.livejournal.com]

No, middle school.  Moving across the country at twelve-years-old is the absolute WORST thing to EVER do if you're going to attend public school.  You know no one, and kids are already in their little cliques.  If you're shy, make that 10x worse.  Better yet, Shego used to be a hero --... er, shero, or whatever.  So there you go.  Maybe it's not so bad after all...

[banerry.livejournal.com]

I'll bet. DX I'm lucky that I spent all my middle school years in the same school district. She's cooler as a villain, though. :P

[fire-lord-azula.livejournal.com]

Awfulawfulawful.  It came to the point where I had to be homeschooled.  I was literally becoming depressed and my straight-A's ( not to brag ) were suffering.  I had enemies in nearly every class, and the bus ride to/from home was unpleasant.  I was in almost constant agony for eight hours.  I dreaded going to school.  I'd say you were very lucky never to transition at that age.  Agreed.  I was just playing off the word association.  Villain!Shego > hero!Shego.

[banerry.livejournal.com]

... I don't even know what to say. D: I'm glad you had the resources for homeschooling! Villains in Kim Possible just crack me up, period. THEY HAVE VILLAIN CONVENTIONS AND THEIR OWN SUPPLY HOUSES.

[fire-lord-azula.livejournal.com]

Awww.  D:  If I made you feel bad or weird about it, I'm sorry.  It gave me social anxiety, which was formally diagnosed a few years later.  Took me years to get out of that rut.  I still have issues in social settings, but not nearly as bad anymore.  Thanks!  Believe me, I was glad, too.  I needed to get out of that destructive environment.  It was poisoning me to be with those kids.  THEY'RE SO WONDERFULLY DORKY AND SRS BSNS.  Now I want to find episodes...

[banerry.livejournal.com]

You didn't; don't worry. <3 THERE'S SOMEONE ON YOUTUBE WHO HAS THEM ALL UPLOADED.

[fire-lord-azula.livejournal.com]

Oh, good!  I wouldn't want to do that.  D:  Thanks for being supportive.  <3  ...I THINK I MIGHT FIND THIS PERSON.

[banerry.livejournal.com]

HERE YOU GO (http://www.youtube.com/user/RonBWL).