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7 exciting excitements!
Oct. 27th, 2008 09:09 pmTo balance the angst-- gender and otherwise-- there is much excitement and joy in my life.
1. Yay! I just got took to the Y and showed how to lift weights! Tres excitement. My brand of queerness has traditionally involved a pretty intense mind/ body split- the whole thing of trying to be a disembodied head, ignore the body and maybe it will go away-- and while I've been enjoying the mellow ache of cardio, I haven't braved weight machines since college. And I liked it! Yay! Angry, do you still wanna show me how to work out? Does anybody else wanna be my macho macho gym buddy?
2. I went to my first Melonite church service and it was beautiful. I'm sad for my friend Bassam in the recent loss of his mother; and I'm very grateful to have been able to be with him at the 40 day service. This is the first time I've been in a Christian church and not been angry in years- maybe ever- and it was so gorgeous. A beautiful sermon on fighting hatred in your own heart; singing in Arabic; and the words Jesus and Allah coming together. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
3. Reconnecting with the starry girl, who grows more precious, beautiful, brilliant and ethical every day. It's a paradox straight outta Zelazny. Remember the guy whose every step was twice the length of his previous step? Yeah. Like that.
4. Reconnecting with the mare; finding ways to share excitement and creative energy that respect both our complicated bodies. She's going to critique Little Sister for me. Yay!
5. Really enjoying my Ted; feeling like I'm making headway on this one last dynamic that I fall into that I don't like; while also just reveling a lot in how strong and stable and loved I feel. I love our home, I love our life together, I love our lives apart. I found myself a rare gem; I'm gonna keep him.
6. Loving the new piercing. Possibly the most painful one I've ever received; but the healing process has been so smooth, it has already become a part of my body, and a favorite one at that.
7. New crush energy; shy and anxious and excited and hopeful; fingers crossed, inshallah and yay.
Life is sweet.
1. Yay! I just got took to the Y and showed how to lift weights! Tres excitement. My brand of queerness has traditionally involved a pretty intense mind/ body split- the whole thing of trying to be a disembodied head, ignore the body and maybe it will go away-- and while I've been enjoying the mellow ache of cardio, I haven't braved weight machines since college. And I liked it! Yay! Angry, do you still wanna show me how to work out? Does anybody else wanna be my macho macho gym buddy?
2. I went to my first Melonite church service and it was beautiful. I'm sad for my friend Bassam in the recent loss of his mother; and I'm very grateful to have been able to be with him at the 40 day service. This is the first time I've been in a Christian church and not been angry in years- maybe ever- and it was so gorgeous. A beautiful sermon on fighting hatred in your own heart; singing in Arabic; and the words Jesus and Allah coming together. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
3. Reconnecting with the starry girl, who grows more precious, beautiful, brilliant and ethical every day. It's a paradox straight outta Zelazny. Remember the guy whose every step was twice the length of his previous step? Yeah. Like that.
4. Reconnecting with the mare; finding ways to share excitement and creative energy that respect both our complicated bodies. She's going to critique Little Sister for me. Yay!
5. Really enjoying my Ted; feeling like I'm making headway on this one last dynamic that I fall into that I don't like; while also just reveling a lot in how strong and stable and loved I feel. I love our home, I love our life together, I love our lives apart. I found myself a rare gem; I'm gonna keep him.
6. Loving the new piercing. Possibly the most painful one I've ever received; but the healing process has been so smooth, it has already become a part of my body, and a favorite one at that.
7. New crush energy; shy and anxious and excited and hopeful; fingers crossed, inshallah and yay.
Life is sweet.