First official day!!!

SO today was my official first day of Graduate school. I feel ready to fly into the moon with happiness, and into the sun with nervousness. In all honesty I am only nervous because in a few semesters I have to take Statistics at the Masters level and I struggled at the senior undergrad level. But I'll not think about that today. Today I will just think about how awesome it is to have officially started classes. AH! 

Cosplay is not consent

Years ago I attended an anime convention with my (then) girlfriend. She wanted to do a couple costume so we went as Ban (her) and Ginji (me) from The Getbackers. I was personally fond of the Beastmaster but sometimes we compromise, right?

Anyhow, we went to the rave after the panels had closed because I wanted to dance. She’s not a dancer but she did her compromise. We had really nice give-and-take back in those days.

So I’m standing there sipping the rum and coke she bought me when all of a sudden I feel teeth sink into my shoulder from behind. I jumped back, ready to swing on whoever had punched me (instinct, you know?) and I see this girl, maybe 16 or 17 jumping up and down screaming how much she loves Ginji and she just ~had~ to “have a bite”.

My girlfriend stayed in character as Ban and defused the situation between me and the girl because I was still ready to hit her. She had not only put her mouth on me, without me even knowing she was in my personal space, she bit hard enough that I had teeth marks on my shoulder.

Had this girl approached me and asked for a hug I would have gladly given her one. Had she approached me and asked for a nibble, well, I can’t say for certain I would have said no. But the thing is, she never gave me a choice. I was never given the chance to make a choice, I was just bitten.  Actually bitten.

Was it sexual in nature? Maybe, maybe not. Was it inappropriate? Absolutely 100%.

I might be in costume but I’m still a person.

An important post about bullying and suicide..

I have knows this man and his family for quite a long time. His wife is one of my fav people. If you have a moment, read today's topic.

The Rest of My Life: Close to Home: In 2002, the year I graduated from high school, over 30,000 desperate people in the United States died by their own hand, leaving behind a...

My sister

Gods you guys, I have the most amazing sister in the world. I love her so much. 

I’m crying in her email this morning and I said:

Soooooo I guess that’s that. But it’s okay. I’m okay. I mean hey, it’s only my favorite guy in the world who just played with my heart like a cat toy. Psh. No bigs. We all know I rock the single life nobody’s business. Why stop doing what you’re good at? And anyhow, someone has to be single to sit at the kids table, right?

And my sister says: 

You deserve better than that crap. and don’t worry, I’ll always sit at the kids table with you.

I fucking love her.  

Pretty Padded Room

This lady on Shark Tank is trying to get an investment for her counseling option. It’s online therapy that basically acts like talking to a girlfriend online or on the phone. I think that’s pretty cool for basic issues like being upset about bikini season, or being stood up for a date.. but not for hardcore problems.