the word "manifesto" is starting to become overused. if someone writes such a piece and it ends up in the Chronicle, they will probably end up being called a diatribe!

for trash and recycling, i prefer a more user-friendly (and media-friendly) term, such as "treatise".

p.s. if i knew how to start a thread, i would start one about garbage. is there one already? not butch-specific but for the planet masses?

only a butch would understand..........a few of my peeves and thoughts

I hate it when before anyone addresses me if there is a question as to my gender ( Im assuming ) people imediately look at my chest.

and even more so, since I lost all this weight and I can tuck my tits in my waist band of my jeans, after looking at my chest they look at my crotch.
( and still get it wrong!)

I hate it when people I have only met briefly but realize Im gay say your the man right? I say um no, I am a woman which kinda is important to the definition of a lesbian isnt it? two women? is it not? and they still answer with yeah, yeah I know, but your the guy though huh?.......!!!!:eek:
to me its kinda like asking a guy you just found out was married" hey I bet you do your wife doggy style dont ya?

I hate it when I go to get a hair cut and I have to spend ten minutes trying to talk the hairdresser into cutting my hair like I want it. I mean I have actually walked out because she was "sure I wouldnt like it and just wanted to trim it "

oh, a question...... has anyone ever got an extra short haircut to save having to come back as soon? or because you simply dont want to mess with it?

Is running low on conditioner really gonna fuck our lives up that bad? if it were my cigs or her conditioner .....Id be rollin buts........if I didnt buy that pricey ass conditioner Id have money for my cigs....( cant ya just use more of the cheap stuff ?)

Have you ever wondered why she lays out a set of clothes to wear she puts them on, they look great , you tell her that and she will try on six more and when you finally pick the one you like the most she puts on the very first out fit????

I wonder if there is a physical reason that makes it that I can only rub her back about 1/10th of the time she will rub mine before my arms give out.


how bout?????premature ejaculation??( for lack of a term for bustin it way before you planned....I mean WTF ? Am I the only one. come ya'll 'fess up.does it happen to you?

do you naturally do gross things without thinking? and then you turn around and she is looking at you like she is completely repulsed?

okay the burping thing... Im sooooo guilty... It is a terrible nasty habit I have, if Im drinkin beer I burp, I DGAF if Im in a restuarant or a bar or drinkin with my pals I burp, I do it without thinking. I know I know it is gross.
( I secretly wish My stomach wasnt amputated so I could belt em out like I used to.)

why do I have to pick up all nails tools, car fuses, screws, paperclips handy little pokey crap and shove it in my pockets all day long, and why? do I take that shit out and put it in my next days clean jeans to carry around with me for no fuckin' reason again?

Why when people really really piss me off do I always threaten to whoop their ass? I am trying to be a peaceful creature really.

how do ya stop yourself from looking at boobs while you are talking to people?

why is it when we spot another butch do we
give off a vibe but really not make eye contact and rarely if ever smile o acknowledge each other?
how bout some feedback butches????

I bet a purse wouldnt hurt my ass like my wallet does.....maybe Ill have to check into that...lol

back when I was married I tried to carry a purse... I lost it and left it places all the time, the last time i lost it was like 25 years ago and I still havent found it.

Stoney, there is much to think about in your post.
Haircuts, my mom did mine, but she has Alzheimer's now, so I use a razor comb. I keep finding all this great stuff on the ground too. I am trying to put it in my organizer once a week, but invariably I carry it around another day or two. Why is it though with all the screws I find, I never have the one I need and have to go buy more? The Boobs thing, I think to myself "look at the face, no, do not go there, think of their brain, we love their brain,dammit,think brain". It's important to me because I hate it when people look at mine for whatever reason. Still they are so hard to ignore.
Dylan's purse looks just the right size to carry a brick.

I use a giant fanny pack. It's black pleather, and I wear it at an angle, and off to one side, reminiscent of a pirate. Or maybe it looks like a squirrel on a strap.

I'm quite comfortable with my wallet, even if it makes my ass look bigger. *grin* I do recall being about 18 and sneaking a six-pack into the movie theater the last time I carried a purse. Not a big fan of fanny packs but they are handy at times, like at an amusement park when you've got a million things to carry.
Dylan's stuff looks pretty dang cool



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I'm here to clear up the butch vs femme nose blowing issue.

when Inks and I walk down the street with snotty noses... I daintily plug one nostral and blow a short quick hard *phneh!!!* and snot rocket out one side, then plug the other side and repeat. (this also works well on the bike when the circulation starts going and I don't wish a crusty jacket sleeve)

The first time I did this, Inks said "EW GROSS BARB." then showed me the propper, polite way to drain one's nostrals without a rag. she blew her nose into her hand and then flicked the slot off it with a snap of her wrist while swearing in dutch.

I prefer my way. My hand doesn't get manky. But I'm all delicate and girly like that.

Hi, i am Martina, and i am femme. i have three skirts and about six tops that i alternate among. On any given day, i wear the ones that are clean. i fuck femmes as well as butches. i can not do nails. Nor can i fix the car. If being a femme means you repair small engines in stilettos as so many of our threads seem to attest, then . . . .

quote Stoney how do ya stop yourself from looking at boobs while you are talking to people?

Shakin my head, do we really want to stop looking at them? Hmmm NOPE!

I'm with ya there Blade...

It is not top secret that I have a HUGE crush on the Progressive Insurance Commerical Lady. She is so hot! I love her hairstyle! Look at those eyebrows! I would totally hit it!

I haven't done laundry in nearly 3 weeks. No, I am not lying. Yes, I really do own enough clothes that I can get away with that. Yes, I know it's gross. No, I do not give a shit. I'm considering hiring out for that, actually. I mean, I can't -afford- it or anything...but if there was a cage match between "having milk in the fridge" and "not having to do my own laundry" the latter would totally win.

come visit, i'll wash and *iron* your laundry!
(ez loves the way that i iron his shorts, reminds him of his mom!)

I don't even own an iron. I refuse to buy anything that requires ironing. Ever. Not ironing my clothes reminds me of -my- mom.

So instead we could just go out and annoy people. Or get out dual-laptops and hijack threads and stuff.

Hey, do you have a a Money Iron you could send me for my Money Laundering collection?

Oops, wrong site.

I just loved this entire post Stoney...you brought up some of the best thoughts! I am also curious about the eye contact thing. It's seemed to me that it's just always been so difficult for lesbians in general to make eye contact. Like if we look at each other something will happen, or people will "know" (like I give a flyin fuck if anyone knows!). but it is particularly noticable with butches I think...maybe that's because I am butch so that's the only real angle I have experienced it from. As I have gotten older I have made more of an effort to make the eye contact, and the normal little head nod that we all do. But it is a phenomena that I have always wondered about....anyone else got anything to say about the lack or avoidance of eye contact between us? What are we afraid of? Or what are we avoiding?

Hmmm, I haven't noticed it like that MB, running into other butches usually elicits a glance w/ enough eye contact for the slightest smile and brief head nod from both sides.

And w/ other lesbian types actually I can usually tell they're lesbians (maybe) by the pro-longed eye contact w/ that "smiling eyes" look thing on their face...

Maybe you're looking away to soon? Or maybe I'm not looking away soon enough... lol.

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Lol, do you really need one? I'm sure between my FIVE mafia wars accounts that I've got have at last one. Lemme know and it's yours.