August 2011
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Aloo Matar (Or, My Cousin Has a New Food Blog!)
(originally posted at http://gemmaseymour.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/aloo-matar-or-my-cousin-has-a-new-food-blog/ )
In honor of my cousin, Jill Seymour, who recently launched her new vegetarian food blog, Vegetariabean, here is my vegan recipe for Aloo Matar…this is dead simple to make and very, very tasty. Don’t forget to check out Jill’s blog for more recipes!
Aloo Matar...
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Alone With You
Written in a flash of inspiration while hanging out backstage with “Suddenly, Tammy!”, as they prepared to take the stage at The Khyber Pass Pub, in Philadelphia, PA, the night of 7 August 1993. I had long ago forgotten the actual date, but I found the original copy in the small notebook I was carrying that night.
In case you were wondering, the melody line in the verses is ripped off...
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The Ashes of My Past
So, in the process of remaking my life, I am currently sifting through the ashes of my past, the contents of my storage units. I have come across old notebooks filled with poetry and the evidence of my songwriting. I’ll be sharing some of it with you…
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indelible
color me in with red pen for one small moment, i breathe, mixing dioxine acrid ozone in my still functioning lung
i was among them, then
you rock, continuing wooden bone creaks upon me grating silver in to each newly opening tear (pronounce “tear”)
said a man, once a time give up nothing and lightly move on, color in, remember all
you are indelible, now
this was i born to they...
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Oh, by the way...my latest project.
There will be more soon, I promise.
http://www.twiin.org/
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I'm all wrong for this era.
ctuniverse:
For this place. For this time.
I need to be able to run in the fields and meadows and forests and mountains, with the flowers and tall grasses and trees everywhere. I need to be able to pack my bag and adventure for hours at a time. I need to feel the magick everywhere, feel the beauty and wonder in awe at the world.
Instead I wake up inside a dead house, in a dead town, in a dead...
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Fracking could have caused East Coast earthquake →
adamquinn:
Experts are looking for a reason behind Tuesday afternoon’s unlikely 5.8 magnitude earthquake that shook people up and down the East Coast, and some are saying that a recent rise in fracking could be the culprit.
Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” is the man-made splintering of underground rocks to expedite the exploiting of natural resources. It’s become a widespread phenomenon...
I haven't eaten today.
I need attention. Fill my askhole.
I love telling people how I really feel, and then watching them flounder and retreat because they can’t imagine how to deal with people who are anything but fucking ecstatic.
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My body is shutting down.
I no longer can summon the energy to care about much of anything at all. I am so sick of feminists, so sick of liberals, so sick of lesbians, so sick of transgender v. transsexual idiotic bickering, so sick of being told what I am and what I will be, what I can and cannot be, what I can and cannot wear, what is possible and what is impossible.
I avoid mirrors. I...
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That horrible feeling when it feels like you're...
scar-lip:
For me it’s more wondering who is and isnt’ even my friend…
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My 22 USD Sustainable Backpacking Hammock
17 August 2011
I’ve been a camper and backpacker since I was about 10 years old, although I certainly haven’t done as much of either of those two things as I might have liked in my life. Lately, however, there has been an idea nagging at me about the state of art when it comes to the sort of gear on offer. It seems somewhat contradictory to me that most all the gear manufacturers and...
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Obsession.
the last few days, i’ve been totally obsessed with hitting the road. for a bunch of reasons, really, but i’m fuckin’ scared. really fuckin’ scared. idk. i just don’t see how all this isn’t going to end in tears. i miss my girl. she’s 6 now, and i haven’t seen her in 9 months. i have no job, no money, nobody fucking loves me at fucking all. i’m...
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matchless
i am the girl on the outside who was the girl on the inside through this pain i peer through a pane, peerless wishing for just one match burn this ghostly shell she is matchless beautiful and terrifying at once graceful is her silence none shall love her and despair clack, clack, clack, clack i think i can, i think i can i think i can, i think i can seal the doors, check the oven and please do,...
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When I say I'm pro-life...
shannonsunrise:
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speakfortheweak:
It doesn’t mean I’m religious. Because I’m not. It doesn’t mean I hate LGBT community. Because I am a supporter. It doesn’t mean I force women to give birth. Because I never will. Take what you want from my blog, but never assume I’m just your stereotypical pro-lifer. It is VERY possible to ask questions, state your opinions in a civil manner on this...
What I really need right now is one woman, just...
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Queen of Tragedy
She’s a cross between Emma Peel Gwyneth Paltrow Amy Lee. She’s got a girlfriend ’s thirty-three Can’t give her up Won’t set me free.
And still she means the world to me If only I could make her see If only she’d be good to me But I’m the Queen of Tragedy, oh, oh
She calls me on the phone I need another loan ‘m gonna lose my home Still, she lays it...
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“If you stream one track from an unsigned band on Spotify, they earn $0.00077601....”
– Monday Morning Factoid: Spotify Royalty Rates | tunelab™ (via blackbutshining)
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kiriamaya:
ACLU: Federal Court Upholds Transgender People’s Right to Access Medical Treatment in Prison
The appeals court wrote: “Surely, had the Wisconsin legislature passed a law that DOC inmates with cancer must be treated only with therapy and pain killers, this court would have no trouble concluding that the law was unconstitutional. Refusing to provide effective treatment for a...
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WPS Philadelphia Independence & the LGBT Community
(originally posted at http://gemmaseymour.wordpress.com/)
It’s funny, you know, before transition, I really kinda hated sports, team sports in particular, but somehow, I seem to have turned into a huge fangirl! I have had my eye on a WPS Philadelphia Independence jersey for quite some time, and you can now add a USA Women’s Soccer jersey to that, as well.
I would really love to go see the...
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Spend all your time waiting For that second chance For a break that would make it okay There’s always some reason To feel not good enough And it’s hard at the end of the day I need some distraction O, beautiful release Memories seep from my veins Let me be empty O, and weightless and maybe I’ll find some peace tonight In the arms of the angel Fly away from here From this dark...
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Looking for good resources on veganism and...
So, I was faced with a situation at Camp Trans where my lack of experience with vegan cooking left me feeling somewhat embarrassed, so I need to bone up on my vegan and vegetarian madskillz.
I’m not a vegan or a vegetarian, and I have no intention of becoming either, although I do recognize that my personal philosophy of morality does tend to lead in that direction, following along the...
1. First thing you wash in the shower? My hair. 2. What color is your favorite hoodie? I wouldn’t be caught dead in a hoodie. 3. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again? In a heartbeat. 4.Do you plan outfits? Yes. 5. How are you feeling RIGHT now? Drunk, and out of cherries. 6. Whats the closest thing to you thats red? The sour cherries I just ate. 7. Do you say aim or a-i-m? WTF...
unnomjuste asked: Gemma! I haven't seen you on here for a while.
a trans woman isnt a woman that used to be a man,...
anarchoawesome:
huge difference, here.
jillianinvegas-deactivated20111 asked: Hi gemma. curious as to what camp trans is. Ive recently come out, and it would be nice to know that there are social activities in which I wont be judged due to my gender identity
