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Long story short: I've had a crap week and am looking for a frugal indulgence. I'm meeting more and more people who know me as a screenname instead of by name, which is cool, but this isn't the most pronouncable of screennames. And damn if the username I was fairly seriously thinking of changing to a couple years ago is still up for grabs. Which I think is A Sign.


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(Yes, I'm using radio buttons this time, it always frustrates me when y'all check contradictory boxes.)

Nushu is a form of womens'-only writing that rose in China when they refused to let the women write and read "man's" language. The argument against it last time was mainly that I was stealing from a culture which I otherwise know nothing about. The argument for it was that stealing from other cultures (especially stealing words) is about as American as you can be, and if I thought it was shiny, that was enough.

The attraction is that it sums up a couple things that are very important to me - literacy and feminism - in something that is much easier to pronounce and type than "theurgetoreadandwriteandforwomentoexpressthemselveswillalwaysfindawaysomehownomatterwhattheodds."


For those following the soap opera that is my life at the moment, the score stands at:
Gutters: they swear they'll be cleaned today
Car: unknown
Malice Domestic: also having a bad time of it; they had my goodiebag of books but not my badge, which I must pick up on Saturday. Gone back to the basic black-and-red tote, with a front flat zip pocket, two water bottle holders, and a business card slot. And pen holders. Very important, those penholders.

ETA: Wow, and last time nushu was quite popular. On the other hand, starcat_jewel and nycdeb have managed to comment with a couple of home truths which have killed my interest in changing pretty dead.

But I'm leaving the poll up, because otters are cute. *changes icon on post*

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Y'know that special part they need for my car? They told me yesterday they ordered it.

Today I find out the rest of that sentence: "...from Colorado."

They're now telling the rental agency that I'll be returning the car on Tuesday. And I am completely blessing my no credit cards policy, because all they have of mine on file at Enterprise is a $20 bill as surety for the gas.