#venusbone

And I don’t know what to say so I just start shouting and laughing.

And I have to admit that it’s true.

Sun: what makes you feel like you?

Being in my home, especially my bedroom, which is my favorite place in the world. Relaxing with good friends who share similar interests. A brightly colored lipstick. Dolly Parton and other divas. Cuddling cats.

Mercury: who’s your go-to person when you need to talk?

I have a few close friends who are my go-to people: Sarah (my best friend who I’ve known since I was 16); Jane (who is always there for me and is @venusbone); my feelings committee, consisting of my friends Mej and Amber; and my dear friend Josh!

Mars: When was the last time you got mad and why?

It was actually over this past weekend and Monday. I was in Florida for a work thing where I was the facilitator and logistics person. This basically meant that I was in charge of making sure that people all arrived and that nothing caught on fire and/or melted down. I got really angry a couple of times with a couple of people who we flew in because I felt like they were letting their egos get in the way of other people being able to do their jobs. I hate it when people grandstand and I hate it when people make the jobs of service workers more difficult, both of which happened and infuriated me.

Gemini: are you introverted or extroverted?

1. What is the most frustrating book you’ve ever read and why?

Probably either Great Expectations or A Death in the Family. The were both assigned in high school English classes. I finished both books, but they were each so utterly boring and frustrating to read. If there’s one thing I hate, it’s being forced to read through boring books.

2. What kinds of books do you wish you read more of?

Poetry, religious history, theology, gay novels.

3. Any pet peeves when it comes to books (design or otherwise)?

I HATE books with white covers. For one thing, they get dirty and look gross so very easily. For another thing, I think that they tend to be rather boring.

4. Book that you started out hating and ended up loving?

I was really reluctant to start reading Rancière’s The Ignorant Schoolmaster. I didn’t care for it at first, but by the time I was done, I ended up really liking it and agreeing with a lot of it.

5. Do you have any poems memorized and if so, which ones?

Tragically, I do not. But I do know the lyrics to hundreds, if not thousands, of songs. :)

6. What are you currently reading?

I’m currently reading some of the essays in Walter Benjamin’s Illuminations. I just finished re-reading Sylvia Federici’s Caliban and the Witch, which I love. This weekend or early next week I will begin reading Jean Genet’s The Thief’s Journal.

7. What book(s) has/have been on your bookshelf, unread, for years that you keep meaning to pick up?

I have a copy of Trinh T. Minh-ha’s Woman, Native, Other that I picked up at a used book sale years and years ago, and I’ve wanted to read it, but I’ve yet to.

8. Have you ever read everything an author has ever published. If so, who? If not, whose work would you like to read entirely?

I have come incredibly close with Octavia Butler. The only thing of hers that I haven’t read is Survivor, which hasn’t been republished in several decades and which she personally didn’t care for and refused to allow it to be republished.

9. Is there a book that you think is actually not as good as the movie?

Pet Sematary. The movie isn’t that great, but I thought the book was stupid as fuck.

10. Best book that you’ve ever accidentally stumbled across?

Mind of My Mind by Octavia Butler. I stumbled across it while idly browsing through my high school library and read it and loved it. With it began my deep love of Butler and it still remains one my faves of hers.

11. Favorite chapbook?

Off the top of my head, I really love At This Point in the Game by Tommy Pico aka @heyteebs

Okay, so it appears that part 2 of this ask meme is to create my own list of questions, so I’ll follow the example above and go with a theme:

Favorite piece of clothing/jewelry that you currently own?

Piece of clothing/jewelry you’re currently lusting after?

Piece of clothing/jewelry that you loved at the time, but now regret most?

Favorite place to shop for clothes?

Favorite thrift store?

Designer you love to hate?

Designer you hate to love?

Top 5 current celebrity style icons?

What handbag/purse are you currently using?

What are you wearing at this very moment?

Is there a shade of lipstick you wouldn’t be caught dead wearing?

This is for the same old voice ask meme.

This is for a voice ask meme from loooooooooong ago.