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Jul. 30th, 2014 10:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ofearthandstars+Today I got an appointment with an orthopedist. I also ran 1.5 miles this evening (it felt so good to run, I could have cried), iced afterwards, and have very little pain. Which makes me feel like a smuck after going through the trouble of making the appointment. That said, I'm still having grinding issues, and I guess I'd rather see someone about it than put it off and find out that it's going to get worse. I also had more pain after my 1.25 mile run the other day. So I don't think it's the end of my knee issues, and there's also related foot pain, so, meh. Hopefully they won't laugh at me. My GP was like "I run a lot and have little aches and pains all the time!" which felt sort of dismissive, but this is a relatively new problem that's come about since my injury, which makes me worry it's not just the usual aches and pains.
+Tonight I came home and found this beauty on our carport.
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team_jessie linked me to this video, which made me smile. Even though some of the lyrics are still tinged with the usual heterocentric female-as-object-for-male-attention stuff of pop music, I still find them mostly empowering. (Can we not dismiss fat-shaming and unrealistic representations of bodies in the media without making it about the need to be accepted by a partner? Can't we just be all about the bass for ourselves?) Sorry, I guess that's petty griping. Still, the song is cute and catchy.
+An oldie but goodie: Sociological Images discusses the issues inherent in feminizing veganism.
+Brentin Mock has written some wonderful pieces for Grist challenging environmental justice and the lack of minority representation in environmental groups; this piece is no exception.
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vaginapagina an article on the difficulties of dating while mentally ill. I happen to think that these sort of issues can linger long into a committed relationship; living one's darkest moments around anyone else leaves one vulnerable. There's always the question of how much of my mental state do I share, because I don't want it to be a burden to my partner.
+Rolling Stone has an awesome article on CeCe McDonald, a transgender woman who went to jail after acting in self-defense.
+Tonight I made an Ethiopian stew with tempeh, red lentils, tomatoes, and Berberé in the crockpot (recipe is from a cookbook and I can't find it online, sorry!) Perhaps more exciting is that I made injera for the first time.
The injera was relatively easy to make, there was only the waiting around for the yeast to do its business. These were really good, we ate everything, even my most picky eater told me that he liked it and would eat it again.
+Tonight I came home and found this beauty on our carport.
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team_jessie linked me to this video, which made me smile. Even though some of the lyrics are still tinged with the usual heterocentric female-as-object-for-male-attention stuff of pop music, I still find them mostly empowering. (Can we not dismiss fat-shaming and unrealistic representations of bodies in the media without making it about the need to be accepted by a partner? Can't we just be all about the bass for ourselves?) Sorry, I guess that's petty griping. Still, the song is cute and catchy. +An oldie but goodie: Sociological Images discusses the issues inherent in feminizing veganism.
+Brentin Mock has written some wonderful pieces for Grist challenging environmental justice and the lack of minority representation in environmental groups; this piece is no exception.
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kaberrett shared in vaginapagina an article on the difficulties of dating while mentally ill. I happen to think that these sort of issues can linger long into a committed relationship; living one's darkest moments around anyone else leaves one vulnerable. There's always the question of how much of my mental state do I share, because I don't want it to be a burden to my partner. +Rolling Stone has an awesome article on CeCe McDonald, a transgender woman who went to jail after acting in self-defense.
+Tonight I made an Ethiopian stew with tempeh, red lentils, tomatoes, and Berberé in the crockpot (recipe is from a cookbook and I can't find it online, sorry!) Perhaps more exciting is that I made injera for the first time.
The injera was relatively easy to make, there was only the waiting around for the yeast to do its business. These were really good, we ate everything, even my most picky eater told me that he liked it and would eat it again.
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Date: 2014-07-31 03:10 am (UTC)The food and the bread looks tasty. I had no idea what injera was, until I looked it up. As it happens, we have some teff in the house, so I'd love to try injera. It sounds as if I might like it.
I hope your knee problems will stop soon. Hopefully you can get some help.
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Date: 2014-08-01 02:07 am (UTC)And I hope the orthopedist is able to provide some insight and help with your knee.