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jawnbcI have a test tomorrow. No, not a lab test: a language test. As part of that government recruitment process thingie, I'm being tested on my aural French ability. Too bad my potty mouth/sex French won't be covered («Ben ouais, ouais! J'aime ça! O ben, je jouis! Calïsse! Tabarnak!). So far I'm A (writing), and C (reading). I expect a B or C for tomorrow's test.
I'm about an hour away from finishing the design of my poster for the big AIDS shindig next week in Toronto. Where it will be in the 30s with high humidity. And where, it turns out, my accomodation isn't air conditioned. The poster pretty much fucks up this stoopid, American-perpetuated discourse about how condoms break more often during anal sex. It's been fun doing the research; it'll be even more fun arguing with epidemiologists. Sometimes there's nothing better than being a (quasi) post-structural social researcher.
Last night the Czech Republic had their soirée des feux d'artifice. I must say, without a doubt, clearly, the lamest I've ever seen as part of the festival. Boring music, boring fireworks. Glad we only had to walk 10 minutes to see them.
I also have 28 assignments to mark. And 3 interviews to write up. And it's Pride on Sunday and i've nothing to wear. Food would be good too.
I'm about an hour away from finishing the design of my poster for the big AIDS shindig next week in Toronto. Where it will be in the 30s with high humidity. And where, it turns out, my accomodation isn't air conditioned. The poster pretty much fucks up this stoopid, American-perpetuated discourse about how condoms break more often during anal sex. It's been fun doing the research; it'll be even more fun arguing with epidemiologists. Sometimes there's nothing better than being a (quasi) post-structural social researcher.
Last night the Czech Republic had their soirée des feux d'artifice. I must say, without a doubt, clearly, the lamest I've ever seen as part of the festival. Boring music, boring fireworks. Glad we only had to walk 10 minutes to see them.
I also have 28 assignments to mark. And 3 interviews to write up. And it's Pride on Sunday and i've nothing to wear. Food would be good too.
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Date: 2006-08-03 05:47 pm (UTC)Btw I mentioned you (twice) in my journal entry today . .
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Date: 2006-08-03 06:01 pm (UTC)Ooh I'm mentioned! Must go look right now!!!!
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Date: 2006-08-03 07:14 pm (UTC)So is it like a school art/poster contest ... I'm honestly slightly confused - or needing more details (I've been wanting to ask this question every time you've mentioned the subject).
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Date: 2006-08-03 07:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-03 07:26 pm (UTC)fireworks!
Date: 2006-08-03 06:06 pm (UTC)[splut!]
mind you, they did have a nice little rainbow thang going half-way through. i haven't checked my camera yet but hopefully at least one photo turned out.
best of luck to ya!!!
Re: fireworks!
Date: 2006-08-03 07:08 pm (UTC)not really
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Date: 2006-08-03 06:13 pm (UTC)I didn't see it, but I'll blame the watery Canadian beer for their demise. If they had their own home brew, they'd probably have kicked more ass. None of this 5% content BS...real beer has at least 10%!
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Date: 2006-08-03 09:54 pm (UTC)Why would the epidemiologists have issue with your poster? Is there something about your methodology/analysis which is less robust than what they would use?
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Date: 2006-08-03 10:19 pm (UTC)There'll be all the skimpiness that one expects at such an event. But here in BC people are a bit more reserved...though more in the social sense. Whereas those Ontarians will strip at the drop of a hat. Or less... ;)
Epidemiologists are often obsessed with numbers and hygiene. And will make pronouncements that, while numerically accurate, aren't tenable in the real world. Like "no one should ever engaged in anal intercourse", as if that's not a huge deal to a lot of us (queer and not).
This poster is a discursive analysis, which will also make many epis scoff.
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Date: 2006-08-04 02:19 am (UTC)I think discursive analysis is fine. We rely on that in the veterinary context, especially in outbreak situations, as we don't have the data access (and can't exactly ask the animals...) and get by just fine. As long as one doesn't over interpret...
Sounds like your epidemiologists aren't practising epidemiology when making statements like "no=one should ever engage in anal intercourse". We don't talk about prohibiting practices (with diseases) - we talk about risk levels and mitigations and awareness...
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Date: 2006-08-04 04:13 am (UTC)I'll put the poster up tomorrow; take a look for yourself. I'd be interested in your feedback!
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Date: 2006-08-04 06:17 am (UTC)And, sadly, there's moralistic crap here too - luckily in my field it doesn't seem to be so applicable, unless you're in the area of animal welfare/humane transport.
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Date: 2006-08-03 06:26 pm (UTC)It's Pride. Just go naked. Oh, and post pix.
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Date: 2006-08-03 07:02 pm (UTC)once, in a lifetime of sex which easily eclipses the totals of the entire bush cabinet. just once. and there have been some pretty ... uh ... taxing encounters.
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Date: 2006-08-03 07:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-03 07:24 pm (UTC)I've had a condom break three times (noticed instantly, btw). (By the way you've asked before but I've never answered - I wear the condoms in the family.)
Interesting thing was that it was every time I was inside the same guy over a period of a month or so. The condom never NOT broke with him. There was nothing unusual about the brand of condom or application of lube as I recall. But some combination of factors equaled broken condoms with this guy. (This was in the days when I would stupidly forego the condom when "pressed" - those days are forever behind me - so in the end we went bareback for a few months and nothing was abnormal until I wised up to the fact that he was a coke-addled prick.)
He told me the third time that he was allergic to latex ... which I suppose was a factor (although I believe we were using hyperallergnic condoms). So the only thing that I can come up with is that when he was near latex he clenched really hard - though I didn't remember noticing that bit.
Dear Jawnbc, can you explain - I can't talk to any of my friends about this (actually I can, but they don't have any clues)?
Signed, Busted in Zurich
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Date: 2006-08-03 10:22 pm (UTC)Were they his condoms or yours? How do you put one on? Could be any number of things...
Any chance the eejit purposely sabotaged the condoms (pin pricks), or tore them taking them out of the wrapper?
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Date: 2006-08-03 10:37 pm (UTC)Thank god for getting older and wiser. I can't believe I ever got into that particular situation now. (Though when I think of of the situation at the time I can see why I
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Date: 2006-08-03 08:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-03 07:26 pm (UTC)I might watch Saturday's finalé from across the water in Kitsilano. We'll see how things go. Gotta get up early the next day for that parade.
Are you going to the Dyke March Saturday? Do you know about the Oddball on Sunday?
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Date: 2006-08-03 10:11 pm (UTC)No, what's Oddball?
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Date: 2006-08-03 09:35 pm (UTC)And je espoir the poster pour la conference goes gangbusters aussi.
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Date: 2006-08-03 10:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-03 10:22 pm (UTC)I'm still awaiting word if you're going to march with the socialist hordes. If that's the case, make sure to wear orange! :-P
See you Sunday!
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Date: 2006-08-04 02:03 am (UTC)Dithering? What are you? Paul Martin?
Yer draggin yer ass down there, dammit!