Quasilaur’s Blog

Wordpress has been updated…life is a little better now. I guess I need to blog more, eh?

Well, not tonight… it’s time for ice cream and entertainment.

Until I can get this issue resolved, I will be continuing my blogging outside of LiveJournal at quasilaur.wordpress.com. I’m considering just pointing my domain to there, but I’m not sure if I really want to do that. Checking quasilaur.net every day and deleting long strings of spam that’s being slipped in is becoming wearing. And for those of you who might be curious, I’m unable to update Wordpress on my end, at least, if there is a way, I don’t know what it is.

And of course, this post will be spammed below, likely until Wordpress is updated, so here it is, SPAM SPAM SPAM:

I’m putting up this post until I can get the situation rectified that allows spammers to exploit this generation of Wordpress I’m using. It seems to be only attaching to the most recent post, and then it only seems visible when viewed from RSS or another manner. I’m not a nerd, and I’m unfortunately not able to update Wordpress on my own, so I’m getting creative.

Hey spammers, attack this post!

I’ve been busy losing 51 lbs (since September) — and then learning how to scuba dive.

I got my Open Water certification today! Thanks GirlDiver!

I promise to write more soon!

…to ask strangers on the Internet for free shit.

Last week was a doozy. We were counting down til our departure to Ireland, Jon was required to go to NYC for business during the week, things were intense at work for me, and serendipitously on Monday morning, I was emailed about interest in a job interview.

By the end of the week, I had a job offer for a job less than 2 mi from home with great benefits. I gave 1 mo notice to my current job (my boss seemed happy for me, but not so happy at the same time.) The house was cleaned and we were packed. We spent Friday evening with friends, having a wonderful time, and then Saturday we started our journey. I’m still discombobulated because my life took a turn last week, and hopefully for the better.

We’ve been wandering around Dublin so far, and today we are going to wander more. There seems to be a marathon today, which may account for all the American athletic types I’ve seen around. What a coincidence we just happen to come here during a tourist time.

The weather is not unlike Seattle, which is a relief. Jon has now approached me at this little computer station, so it’s time for breakfast.

Here’s to all life’s adventures!

Diets.

I remember once when I was a kid I saw a poster featuring Garfield. I remember it saying something about “Diet is just Die with a T.” There’s diets emphasizing this, that and eliminating everything else. And it’s all promoted as if one thing fit all. Where exactly does evolution fit into all this? Where it is obvious that American culture (super-size me and all) encourages obesity (well, that and that people live in suburbs, drive cars miles and miles to the “corner store” and rarely do any physical exercise), what about us as individuals with tons of evolutionary genetic heritage?

As for me, I know that my family heritage is rural. Craftspeople, tradespeople, farmers and shopkeepers. Also, there’s the poverty and walking up-hill both ways in the snow. A body that burns calories slowly, knows how to store for long times w/o food and has endurance would be helpful in lean, hard-working times. Some of the women at work call my body-type “thick.” And it’s true, I’m not scrawny woman. While I am overweight, I’ve got big bones. I’ve got my mother’s family’s hips, broad and solid. I was well nourished as a kid — perhaps over-nourished compared to my ancestors. Maybe I’m genetically built to be optimized for hard labor and lean times? I find that I’m not as jazzed by proteins, but I ADORE complex and simple carbs, stuff that is cheap and easy to get. Protien actually makes me more hungry, and I tend to eat more when proteins are involved. Funny, huh?

Jon is different, though. He NEEDS protein. A veggie diet leaves him starved. We’ve found a happy medium, for the most part.

Maybe weight loss, health maintenance and optimization for our lifestyles has nothing to do with what our current culture and science is telling us — maybe we need to ask ourselves, how did our parents grow up and eat and work? How did their parents live? Maybe that can serve as a guidance?

Of course — I have no scientific back up, but it’s an interesting thought.

Whoa… no January post.. so I never gave the post family/Disney redux!! Quickly put, myself, Jon and his family went to Walt Disney World for Xmas and New Years. It was a hypnotically good time filled with occasional amazing meals at night, long lines for everything, tacky, sparkly things I just had to have and a barrel of joy that just had to be the drugs in the water. I came away dazed and rather horrified at how much TinkerBell stuff I had purchased. It’s not something I’d really want to do again any time soon, but really… it’s not that different from Burning Man.

Moving on…

I’ve been really busy with my new job. It’s quite a trip, I must say. Inside where I work, it’s hard to tell just who the crazy person is sometimes… or even more fun, who’s the person who has pending charges of rape, murder, etc, and who has the charges for public urination, unlawful improsnment, assault. We have it all. Violent, unmanaged tempers and docile, polite individuals. And then there are the patients!! hahahaha. Seriously though, it really is that varied. On my caseload, I have intolerant and hostile people that will call me the worst things you’ve ever heard, and polite, thankful people that will tell me that I’m too nice. Meanwhile, among my own class at the hospital, the psychiatric social workers, we’re fighting for recognition as a professional class, and the pay to go with it.

Ah, the politics of a state institution!

In other news, I’m officially getting married April 8. I have 2 friends in Chicago working on important aspects of the wedding, including making the dress and arranging the ceremony. Tomorrow I’ll be talking w/ them about details. I’ve also been in correspondence with people at www.sumiche.com about getting custom, ecologically sensitive rings made for Jon and I. This is going to hopefully be a simple, memorable occasion. We’re thinking of going to Cupcake Royale for a cupcake tasting for the wedding cake-ish thing.

In additional news, I’ve been having fun amassing a new wardrobe thanks to my new job. And also, before I forget it, I officially quit my employment w/ Babeland, which is sad, but wasn’t managable w/ the new job and hellish commute. Let’s see, what else should I write here?

My friend Damien will be moving into my building from Chicago in just a month or so. It’s very exciting. Welcome to Seattle, Damien!

That’s all for now. Thanks for watching. Spring is coming soon!!

Here’s the deal.

I’m a woman in her late 20’s, married in Seattle, WA. I work as a psychiatric social worker at a state hospital. I’m hoping to work closer to home one of these days, preferably with youth in the LGBT community. I’m liberal, yet at times pragmatic, thoughtful, and stubborn. I consider myself curious and open minded, and sex positive to boot.

I can be found in numerous communities online including, but not limited to, LiveJournal, Flickr, MySpace, and OKCupid.

Last Updated April 16, 2006.