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Wednesday December 22, 2010 · 1:36 PM PST

2010/12/22 · 13:36

I am using my diary allowance to try to promote a diary I just read which is currently languishing and about to fall off the recent diaries list. I also see the unfortunate irony that my own diary will only push it further down, but I'm hoping that it might help get a bit more attention for a very well written diary about an important topic.

Racism and discrimination in employment.

How Far Will One Company Go to Avoid Hiring Blacks?

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Tuesday December 21, 2010 · 4:50 AM PST

2010/12/21 · 04:50

hey everyone-
this isn't a particularly relevant diary, but more of just needing to engage.
Where I am, it's nearly 2 am and all of m friends are asleep, and I'm feelign terribly lonely and depressed.
Don't worry, not despondent and destructive depressed, just could use some communication.

Unfortunately it's still early in the US where I have a lot fo friends as well, so I really don't have anyone I can just call up and chat with.

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Wednesday December 01, 2010 · 8:15 PM PST

2010/12/01 · 20:15

I just saw this video posted at Joe My God - an excellent gay blog. I have watched this video over and over, and love the message and cadence of it. It's fantastic. I don't know anything about Illinios State Senator Ricky Hendon except this video, but for today, he gets my esteem. This speech was for the civil union bill in the Illinois Senate, which has passed and will go on to the Governor, who has said he will sign it.

Video and transcript below.

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Tuesday November 30, 2010 · 8:51 PM PST

2010/11/30 · 20:51

Today I received an email from an employer, following my application for a job last week. There was something that struck me as odd (okay, actually, horribly wrong) about the email. Thought I'd see what others would do in a similar situation.

To get the full setting, you should know that I don't currently have work. I'm trained as an architect and have been working on my masters during the school year here in New Zealand. During the term I make money as a TA (or what we call tutor here), but our term ended at the end of November, and we don't have many offerings over the summer break. I'm in a position of either trying to find permanent full time work and putting my studies into a part time basis, or finding temporary work until February when school starts back up and I have teaching assignments again. Money is more than extremely tight. I have none at the moment. In fact I just got my power turned back on after it was turned off today. Thankfully my mother helped me out - very embarrassing at this point in my life. So, I need work. Important to keep in mind in this dilemma.

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Friday May 14, 2010 · 4:31 AM PDT

2010/05/14 · 04:31

I will be the first to admit that this is filled with hyperbole. Yet, it still is applicable, so I hope you'll stay around for the description.

The whole reason for this is based on a recent discovery about my home country that I never previously known. In 2005 I moved from the US to New Zealand. I knew when I moved that Maori (or Te Reo), the language of our native people, was a second official language. It wasn't until tonight in the news broadcast did I know that sign language was our third official language. As I contemplated this it made me think of the dilemma of the deaf in the US.

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Wednesday September 30, 2009 · 9:46 PM PDT

2009/09/30 · 21:46

Growing up in a small town in Wyoming I was exposed to a weekly ritual which I didn't realise was unusual until I was in my mid 20's. The procedure was routine screening for all elementary students, EVERY WEEK, for throat strep infections. There are several amusing parts of the story, the first is the number of GP's I've seen who were amazed at my lack of gag reflex (I'm also gay - insert your own joke here.) The second part is how socialist programs were directly responsible for saving children who grew up to be the teabaggers of today.

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Thursday August 20, 2009 · 4:03 AM PDT

2009/08/20 · 04:03

This is a diary about gay marriage. I'm gay. My relationship is in disarray. I can't claim to make perfect sense, but would love some feedback about the whole point of relationships. This is a personal diary. If you're not interested please move on.

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Sunday June 21, 2009 · 12:50 AM PDT

2009/06/21 · 00:50

Before proceeding too far into this, please note - this is snark. Also, I've had a shit 24 hours.

My partner is a doctor. We live in New Zealand. Where we live we have a two tiered system. we have public GP's and other physicians which are subsidised and then a hospital system that is fully paid for by the government. In addition we have other privatised hospitalised systems that you can chose insurance and coverage for. We (my partner and I) are advocates for public health care. Unfortunately in his specialty public health care means treating the 3% most ill. There is a need for help for the other 97%. So he opened his private practice.

Here is a reality check. Doctors get depressed. Particularly doctors in the mental health profession. Particularly when they are getting fucked up the ass by a good old boy system that protects it's own and hates outsiders.

Saturday night (our time) my partner decided to try to take his life.

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Saturday June 20, 2009 · 12:58 AM PDT

2009/06/20 · 00:58

I was sitting here, and I have to admit that this is in a slightly devious mindset, so motive is not pure, but I've been in a battle royal with my family. My parents are self proclaimed liberals who had a terrible time with me coming out. THEN.... on top of it I have a grandma, who while growing up was non-religious, but as I got older became more so. Every birthday there were the "jesus loves you" birthday cards etc.

Until I turned 30. She had a heart attack. I told her i planned to come visit her. For my 30th birthday I got a birthday card that said I was not welcome in her home because of my lifestyle (you know the boring gay partnered thing - not the swinging coke snorting straight variety...)

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Tuesday June 16, 2009 · 7:54 PM PDT

2009/06/16 · 19:54

I just came back from an interview this afternoon. I don't feel great about it. Generally I do great interviews. It's actually one of the few skills I have. However after moving from the US to NZ I have noticed my ability to judge how an interview has gone has plummeted. In the US I could walk out and know exactly how it went. Here, I have no idea. Anyway, since I'm in the mood I've decided to post a diary about some of my least favourite interview moments.

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Sunday April 26, 2009 · 8:51 PM PDT

2009/04/26 · 20:51

I am needing a conscience. I've lived for ten years with a pathetic one which I don't believe in yet that I follow... It is what tells me what to do with my grandmother

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Tuesday September 30, 2008 · 1:55 AM PDT

2008/09/30 · 01:55

Hi everyone-
I'm a graduate industrial design student and am currently working on a paper about how interface design for places such as Daily Kos can either encourage or dissuade real work participating in an active participatory democracy.

I'm using Daily kos as one case model, but i"m trying to find some interesting big names that people might now about that I could study - So I was hoping you might be able to help

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