Sophia Mann returns to blogville

I'm back! I was never a very good blogger to begin with, but a lot of that owed to the fact that I was in my final semester of college with four upper division classes.

Now that I'm finished with that, and only have one last thing to complete before getting my diploma, I plan to make a REAL attempt to blog. Every day, or perhaps every other day. I have not yet decideded. At any rate, I will be making daily entries during my last hurrah as an Anthropology undergrad, a trip to Greece and Turkey. (!!!) Granted, I have to do it for my course credit, but who cares?

So here's what's going on in my life:

1. I'm going to therapy. I'm trying to work through some issues I have (such as my tendency to burst into tears at the slightest sign of an instructor's disapproval).

2. Working things out with Mo. Our relationship hasn't gone south, more a little sideways. We discovered that we've got some big problems. Many of my friends (mostly the ones who haven't really had relationships) think that our problems signify the faliure of our relationship. But frankly (something that I wish I could say to those friends), I feel that it's not the problems in a relationship that make it fail. Rather, it is the problems interfering with the amount that each individual cares for the other within the relationship. So sure, Mo and I have some big problems (which mostly have to do with each of us as individuals), but despite these problems, we still love each other just as much as when we first fell in love. Therefore, we are taking this calm, school-free time to work on learning about each other.

3. Preparing for a move. We're going to move across the country to Virginia, where our employment chances are higher. We plan to live with my parents until the two of us get jobs, and then we will move out and create a home of our own (hopefully with a kitten). We'd originally planned to do this in Utah, but unfortunately, there is no job market for recent graduates in Utah, especially with the good ole' boy job networking that goes on here. In addition, though unemployment is still a problem in Virginia, it is not as bad, nor is the state's legislation sticking their heads in the sand regarding the unemployment. So employment opportunities are more likely to get better and better.

4. Being scared shitless about the move. It's terrifying, especially since its such an act of committment for Mo and I. I got a little cold feet a couple weeks ago. Does that make me the man in the relationship? :-P

5. Preparing for Greece and Turkey.

6. Studying Russian... soon. I will be soon.

7. Sleeping and playing computer games. I'm spending a little too much time on this recently, but oh well.

Dear So and So

Dear Readers of Dear So and So,
I'm too lazy to get the picture.
Sleepy Student

Dear Army Anthropologist,
You really scared me yesterday when you told me you needed to talk to me after class. I felt like I was waiting for the principle the entire time. However, I was very pleased with the news that you gave me.
Your Anthro Student of the Year

Dear Me,
You are AWESOME. You've worked your butt off and kept it up. Even though you've bitched along the way, you've managed to do the thing you wanted. Do well. And here's the evidence: the faculty of anthro declared you Anthropology Student of the Year! Try to let this be enough. Keep this in mind when you're thinking you're not good enough. You are Anthropology Student of the Year for 2009-2010. You can do all kinds of things. And you will.
Sophia.

Angry Vagina

My vagina is angry. It is. It's pissed off.

Why is it that there can be medical research to create a pill that makes it so old fogeys (whose whithered raisiney testicle shouldn't be pumping out ejaculate anyway) can get it up, but NOBODY can do extensive and conclusive research about what upsets the vaginal pH, causing a woman to get a yeast infection?!!!!!

Seriously, we all know that spooge (which is disgusting), upsets the pH, but what about for women who don't have sex with men? What about all the 7 and 8 year olds who get them? It's clearly not BAD HYGIENE, like all those (male) pediatricians say. Because I have excellent hygiene and still get them. AND...

A woman knows when she has a fucking yeast infection, you fucking pricks. She doesn't need to go to the fucking doctor so that she can pay $25 or more for the doctor to confirm to her that she indeed knows her body, plus $5-10 for the prescription. AND...

Why is it that the creams are $10-$15 dollars? AND...

Baby Powder has corn starch in it. Corn starch is a sugar. Sugar in the vag causes infections. WHY are we using this on female babies? And WHY hasn't anybody come up with a safer alternative? AND...

I think that men should be disqualified from the ObGyn profession. They don't have a vagina or a uterus, how the hell are they supposed to know what's going on in my body? No amount of book learning can EVER make a man fully understand what a woman's body does. EVER. AND...

I am so tired of pouring countless amounts of money into my vagina because NOBODY can tell me why I get yeast infections all the time. I need to recruit some radical feminists to break into key members of the FDA's houses, stick a straw down their penises, pour salt into the tube, slowly remove the tube, and scream, "THIS IS WHAT A YEAST INFECTION FEELS LIKE YOU ASSHOLE, SO MAKE DIFLUCAN OVER THE COUNTER ALREADY!"