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I am, literally, months behind on replying to comments. I feel really bad about this, though, apparently, not bad enough to dedicate significant time to rectifying the gaffe. There are posts with comments I absolutely must reply to and others to which I want to reply. Perhaps in the next few weeks I won't be as completely overwhelmed by life and will be able to, at the very least, exhibit common lj courtesy. I'll never be fandom's social butterfly but I do need to not be quite so rude.

For the past few days I have been fighting the "No Mom, really, you don't have to buy me clothes" battle that occurs with every new season. The Mum kind of hates buying clothes for herself so she displaces all of her shopping desires onto buying things for me. Which would be great, if 8 times out of 10 she didn't buy me clothes that I never, ever wear. Sometimes she knocks it out of the park, like when she bought me the red dress I wore to

hiyacynth's wedding, but generally she trends towards clothes that are either frumpy or of a style that I just never wear.

Anyway, it all boils down to her buying me clothes that she can't really afford and that I never wear. And this summer I can't help but suspect that she's also commentating on the length of my skirts. To which I say, it's not the nineteenth century, I can wear clothes that show my knees when I sit down. *facepalm*

Which reminds me! I have an awesome new calling at church! I am now a Relief Society teacher. What is this and why is it awesome? Well, Relief Society is the third hour of the Mormon Sunday worship block and is the hour when the sexes split apart; the men go to Priesthood and the women to RS. The bulk of the hour is taken by a lesson, kind of like Sunday School. I am excited about my new job because it means that for at least one Sunday a month I will be able to use my powers to insure that no one is teaching things that are damaging to women. I will have to walk a fine line of not being offensive to my more conservative fellows, I don't want to start wank at church, but subtle subversion will certainly be possible.

Mostly my plan is to focus on women's stories and to leave the men out of it (as much as possible, given the patriarchal organization of the church and the fact that all scripture and belief is focused around male-typed deity).

As you can tell, I'm very excited. And, huh, maybe I should start poking at that Mormon Feminist blog idea that I've been kicking around. Hmmmmmm *ponders*

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