The Newest Possibilities

So, this week I've applied for two positions that I'm pretty excited about:

1. Editorial Intern with Seed Media Group. The description of the position is: Editorial Intern (Web)The Editorial Intern (Web) will turn out breaking science + culture news on a daily basis. This is an in-the-trenches opportunity to help build a news outlet as well as inhabit it as a beat reporter. Experience meeting tight deadlines a bonus; ability to take a slightly unconventional view a must.

I mean, that sounds just about perfect. This Seed group sprung forth from the loins of Seed Magazine, this pretty funky science magazine that Henry Kaiser interned for last year. They're all about science and they're all about criticizing the right's mishandling of science. I mean, I'm giddy about physics, I jerk off to cog sci, and I tear down walls (cell walls, damn you!) for stem cell research. I think I'll fit in well amongst these people. The interview's tomorrow, with a guy whose second google hit is a website called octacock (a play on octopussy, no doubt, although I haven't gotten a good sense of their site yet).

2. GLAAD National News Media Fellowship. To rip a bit from their website: "The National Fellow is primarily responsible for supporting GLAAD's National News program through monitoring print and broadcast media and sustaining relationships with national news reporters, editors and producers. -Plan, write, edit, and proof written materials including releases, alerts, letters to media professionals and other documents as needed. -Monitor assigned national media outlets on a daily basis and compiles coverage of GLAAD's work and issues pertaining to the LGBT community. " Etc.

If I'm thinking about law school...and I am...this would be a kind of great opportunity for me to do what I like, with an organization I like, for a cause I like, that would provide something on my resume to give to lambda legal after a year of law school that they would like. I would be pretty darn excited to do this and work with them, although I'm curious whether they'd object to my rampant heterosexuality. I tend to be fairly un-PC, which is fine when I'm talking about women ('cause, you know, I am one), but works a little less well when I'm talking about queer folk ('cause, you know, I'm not one by any typical standard). Hopefully they'll believe that this is because I accept homosexuality fully enough that I feel I can discuss it...I don't have to sidestep it out of deference to the experts. I mean, I don't think that would be a good way to handle any issue...but if you really plan on being a douche, sidestepping might be a good idea.

I hate defining myself as "straight." I tend to just go with "hetero." Although, let's be honest, I'm about as straight as they come. I'll only kiss people I have an emotional attachment to, and only hook up inside a monogamous relationship. I'm into nothing kinky, can't stand the mixing of pleasure and pain, and I never get bored with repetition, so the ultimate conclusion of a regular sexual routine would suit me fine. It's true, I watch gay porn, but I'm into that at least as much for the dynamic between the characters as I am for the sex. Television studios know that once the two characters in a show get together, the show's done. Porn's the same way for me. The climax is when the characters first kiss...not when they climax. Good porn, in my opinion, is the porn that can keep this dynamic going throughout the sex, so the viewer gets the characters physical and emotional excitement. Wow, I'm such a girlie girl.