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beccastareyesWent to the department barbecue, where the traditional dish is butter-soaked potatoes and half-chickens grilled over a firepit. Seriously -- they have these metal grates with handles that are like, 2' x 3', and there's like five of them loaded up with chicken halves and they grill for five hours covered in marinade. And they are delicious and filling -- I ate at 3 PM, and am not especially hungry now. Of course, it might have also been the salad, couscous, and desserts (Laura brought chocolate-chip cheesecake to the picnic!).
I shouldn't read blogs sometimes -- sometimes they are made of fun and win, and sometimes I find out a pastor is saying that the only thing wrong with Dr. George Tiller*'s death was that the murderer didn't go after the guys in charge of writing the laws that allowed Dr. Tiller to practice**, or that as a woman, I am not supposed to enjoy steak or write good erotica***.
* A doctor in Kansas who was killed a couple of weeks ago for being one of the few doctors in the country willing to perform late-term abortions. Trust me, there will be a rant about this when I am in the need to vent.
** And, judging from the quotes, it wasn't a case of 'If he felt abortion was wrong, he should have acted within legal bounds to change the law', but more of a call of violence against pro-choice lawmakers.
*** Okay, I have never tried to write erotica, so I don't know if there is a hidden genius lurking beneath my mild exterior. Thanks to![[insanejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/ij-community.gif)
fanficrants, I have a long list of what not to do.
Also figuring out what to do about the family reunion. There's always a giant crowd at the beach, and I know I get stressed out when I can't retreat from a crowd, even my family. And everyone's cramming crazy amounts of people into the space, so my ability to retreat is limited.
On the other hand, I do want to see a lot of these people, so I want to go. Shame I didn't think of this earlier and find a hotel room in the area. (Might just ask to borrow my aunt's tent.)
In something less stress-inducing, I did some Slayers fanart!
I shouldn't read blogs sometimes -- sometimes they are made of fun and win, and sometimes I find out a pastor is saying that the only thing wrong with Dr. George Tiller*'s death was that the murderer didn't go after the guys in charge of writing the laws that allowed Dr. Tiller to practice**, or that as a woman, I am not supposed to enjoy steak or write good erotica***.
* A doctor in Kansas who was killed a couple of weeks ago for being one of the few doctors in the country willing to perform late-term abortions. Trust me, there will be a rant about this when I am in the need to vent.
** And, judging from the quotes, it wasn't a case of 'If he felt abortion was wrong, he should have acted within legal bounds to change the law', but more of a call of violence against pro-choice lawmakers.
*** Okay, I have never tried to write erotica, so I don't know if there is a hidden genius lurking beneath my mild exterior. Thanks to
fanficrants, I have a long list of what not to do. Also figuring out what to do about the family reunion. There's always a giant crowd at the beach, and I know I get stressed out when I can't retreat from a crowd, even my family. And everyone's cramming crazy amounts of people into the space, so my ability to retreat is limited.
On the other hand, I do want to see a lot of these people, so I want to go. Shame I didn't think of this earlier and find a hotel room in the area. (Might just ask to borrow my aunt's tent.)
In something less stress-inducing, I did some Slayers fanart!
