Captain Awesome and the Spacecapades

Oh boy oh boy oh boy! Whataburger has CHICKEN TACOS now apparently! I was bemoaning the fact that I didn't really want a burger, but all the food places near me are either extremely expensive or burger-related (yes yes, I didn't have time to pack a lunch this morning; bad me, bad). I decided to go to Whataburger and discovered upon arriving that lo! Behold! They now have a chicken soft taco with grilled onions and poblano peppers!

It is delicious! And totally not burgery, which is what I was craving. Yay!

Also, D&D occurs this fine evening. I am looking forward to it!

Edit: ( Tiger & Bunny crap. Part 1: final doujinshi review. Part 2: blarrgh )

Honey oat bread!

This is what Danny made when I said before workouts "but I did not buy bread from the store, because you promised we would make bread!"

Not just any bread but delicious honey oat bread! It is ridiculously awesome.

Lately we've been cooking a lot more because we both see the cost effectiveness of it, and honestly it turns out we both like cooking. I find it more enjoyable when I'm not doing it alone, and hope Danny enjoys that too, as it would mean we will both continue with the cooking. As a result, we have needed to acquire things we'd previously gone without-- like smaller mixing bowls and ingredients that combine to make delicious things. And a big old cutting board. The one I got is made of bamboo, which smells weird and milky like bamboo shoots do when they are fresh-cut. I'm hoping that smell will fade with time, because it's a swanky cutting board, otherwise, and well worth the purchase. Being big enough to make bread on, it may significantly cut down on Danny having to sterilize the counter every time he makes things, which I'd like to do since I like it very much when he makes things and see every reason to make the process easier for us both.

The only downside is, Danny doesn't like the bread too much since it tastes a trifle more like wheat bread than it might've without the oats, so we'll just have to make more bread in the future. No hardship there!

( Annoyed about TOR. )

Anyway. Time for sleeps.

Everyone, hold on a second.

I need you to go buy Girl Scout cookies. I know, I know-- you were going to do it anyway. Those cookies are super delicious.

Is this about Taylor of CA, who claims to be a girl-scout and has problems with the GSUSA organization allowing transgendered children to partake in the organization's activities and club?

It is, a little. I disagree fundamentally with the idea of putting such stock in gender that it can cripple your ability to do something because you feel like to do so you must be male or female. I strongly advocate gender equality and gender blindness. The arguments put forth by this so-called girl scout (evidently part of an organization called "Honest Girl Scouts", designed to repress girls even more than they already are by denying them sex education, in the interest of "purity"-- how Victorian) include complaints that she feels 'unsafe' knowing that the GSUSA may allow transgendered individuals to join the group.

Why should women feel unsafe around men? That only further empowers men and de-powers women.

Why should a little girl be treated differently just because of her biological origin? If she chooses to be a girl, that is what she is.

I find arguments like this wildly offensive; I am a woman, and I am not threatened by the presence of men, transgendered men OR women, or women. Furthermore, the implication that there is an inherent sexual perversion associated with transgendering is draconian, and needs to stop.

Is it worth explaining why sex-shaming girls of any type is harmful to women? It seems to me like the reasons are obvious. Girls should be free to express themselves sexually and so should boys. The act of sex is not inherently dirty, and it is pursued for mutual pleasure between consenting adults. It should be conducted cautiously to ensure neither party is hurt, and it should be conducted safely to ensure that neither party is given unwanted complications, such as tearing/bleeding, sexually transmitted infections, or unplanned pregnancy. The means by which you accomplish this is entirely up to the participants. Condoms and abstinence are equally acceptable forms of preventing STI transfer, pain, or childbirth.

What really irritates me is the misguided notion that purity is separate from gender identity, or sexual exploration. A woman who enjoys sex is no less pure than a woman who has never had sex. Purity is determined by personality and conduct, not by sexual proclivities or gender.

So please, buy lots of Girl Scout cookies, because they are delicious. And maybe, possibly, also because you think transgendered kids probably get enough flak already, and don't deserve to be singled out and bullied.