Random observations from today

[hils]

1. I write much neater in a hardback notebook than do in a reporters notebook

2. I'm worried people aren't going to like my mpreg. It's quite dark :(

3. I am annoyed with girls who think they can't do anything relating to technology because they are girls

4. I am annoyed with men who think I can't know anything about computers because I am a girl

5. My random icon generator has picked this icon of Chloe for my past two posts

Comments

[selinamoonfire.livejournal.com]

2. I'm worried people aren't going to like my mpreg. It's quite dark :(

Do you like the story? If you do then it's the way it was meant to be written. If you like it, then that's what matters. I wrote a dark!fic a few years back that I thought no one would like and it turned out to be one of my most commented ones. You never know what the readers will like. ;)

I am annoyed with men who think I can't know anything about computers because I am a girl.

I get the same treatment over cars. LOL

[hils.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think I like it. It's still in the rough draft stage so we'll see how I feel when it's ready for beta. LOL!

[staceyuk.livejournal.com]

3. I am annoyed with girls who think they can't do anything relating to technology because they are girls

4. I am annoyed with men who think I can't know anything about computers because I am a girl

Ooooooh! I HATE that!

[hils.livejournal.com]

So annoying!

[krazykipper.livejournal.com]

Surely the fact that you work in IT is indication that you're good with computers...

[hils.livejournal.com]

It's more the fact that people are surprised when I tell them that that's what I do for a living

[krazykipper.livejournal.com]

Actually, I can get that. People are often surprised when I tell them I'm a scientist. Apparently all females in a hospital have to be nurses. Or something.

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hee! My best friends boyfriend is a nurse

[krazykipper.livejournal.com]

See, male people can be nurses. And female people aren't always. It's not this particularly bizarre phenomenon or anything.

And girls can do computers. It's not that complicated to understand right?

[hils.livejournal.com]

I'd say semi-complicated but if I can learn it then anyone can

[krazykipper.livejournal.com]

I meant understanding that girls can work computers too. ;p

[hils.livejournal.com]

Oh, right! LOL!

[krazykipper.livejournal.com]

*grins* I wouldn't demean what you do, I'm sure I'd suck at it.

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hey, I could never be a scientist. We all have our skills :)

[krazykipper.livejournal.com]

This is true. ;p

[http://users.livejournal.com/woman_of_/]

4. I am annoyed with men who think I can't know anything about computers because I am a girl

Kind of reminds me of being at a talk on Libarary Orientation at Uni, when I was asking the guy doing the talk a question, and the looked at me with the most patronising look. Then the shock when I asked him why the computers didn't have printers to print the ref num of the books I was looking for

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hehe!! You'd think these days with the alleged equality of the sexes these things wouldn't be a shock any more

[annephoenix.livejournal.com]

Nothing is ever *too* dark!

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hee!!! Ok then! LOL!

[ladydreamer.livejournal.com]

Well, it can't be all fluffy bunnies and shopping for teensy eensy booties. I think of the best mpregs ever written in this fandom was quite dark. (No, it wasn't one of mine.)

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hehe! I don' think this one will be amongst them somehow.

[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

I never have any problem with 4, in fact they seem to cotton on quite quickly to the fact that I know way more about Microsoft Office than they ever will and then I can't get rid of them!

But 3! Grr! Women drive me nuts sometimes. Why do so many women buy into this? Do they really think that because some stereotype determines that a woman should be bad with computers, a poor, nervous driver and have everything in fucking pink that that is how they should be? Is it a self-fulfilling prophesy? Is this why I'm the only non-blonde in my office?

But then apparently more women use the internet than men, so maybe that's wrong.

[hils.livejournal.com]

I once nearly slapped the girl next door to me when, in all serious, she said 'we can't fix the smoke alarm. We need men'