Almost Done

My shot is now every two weeks. Since I'm on a quater dose the changes have been slow...a little hair on the back of my thighs, on my right wrist. And it was a big deal when two weeks ago I saw eight scraggly black hairs growing out of my chin. Still it's bizzare how exciting eight tiny hairs are...especially when you've spent five hours in the library writing papers.

I'm leaving for a massive roadtrip across the US (southern route) on Saturday with my awesome clone. It's the first time we've hung out since our birthday at the beginning of march so it'll be a lot of catching up. Amy's been running around following UCLA softball and joined a local women's softball league with is cool. We've both been looking for jobs to start once this trip is over...but right now I've gotta finish one more exegesis paper and Hinduism final. I really love all of the Hindu mythology...there's plenty of interesting gendered theology inside of it.

This semester has convinced me that process thought works the best within Buddhist theology. I've also spent a considerable amount of time with the idea of the third sex/gender in the contested figures of the pandaka/Mike Dillon and the first century eunuch. Which has been amazing, there's so many similiarites in two completely different contexts. The reality of Trans folks gives bodies to often theoretical categories, sparks reactions to intersex and trans bodies which often renders bodies allegorical or places the uncategorizable into a system of dualities. Damn dualities...I've come to the conclusion that categories are important for rights (political, being recognized as a subject and such) even though they often become oppressive and later need to be undone. But such is the way of naming I guess.

Anyway, writing too many papers will do this to you. I can't wait to see my clone. But first I've gotta survive the last of papers/finals. I've made an Ocean Springs/New Orleans soundtrack to keep me movtivated. Journey, indigo girls, girlyman, the supremes, RENT, Wilco, Postal Service, Louis Armstrong and Death Cab are featured.