Mrrrrrrreeeeooooooowwwww

[bcholmes]

I have done a lot of things in my life.

I was hit on the head with an axe by my cousin Calvin when I we were both less than four years old. I once shook the hand of then-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. I had my own television special on a local TV station. I have vacationed in Jamaica. I have scuba-dived in the Carribean. I have lived, temporarily, in the Netherlands.

I have undergone secret initiation rituals in Haiti. I have been hazed in University. I have been in a car as it flipped end-over-end. I have been to been to 15 consecutive Toronto Trek cons. I have directed a cast of 100.

I have walked across the Canada-US border at the Bluewater Bridge. I have broken my collarbone in a tobagganing accident, and had it reset without surgery or anesthetic. I have been a witness in a criminal trial. I invented my own programme at University. I was in the top 5% in my province on high school math contests.

I have belonged to two (very) different political parties. I've written for the University newspaper. I won a cake when I was in grade 5. I have undergone gender transition. I have marched on Queen's park and I have marched in the Pride parade. I am a published writer.

But until last night, I had never used a circular saw. I am tool woman. Fear me.

Comments

[inefficient.livejournal.com]

one is not truly a person until one has felt the sheer joy that is rending wood with the vibrating power of a circular saw. Power tools are almost a religion.

Signed,
High Priest of the Order of the Black and the Decker

[inefficient.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, and you have done a shitload of cool stuff! (pardon my crudeness)

[lovecraftienne.livejournal.com]

We have a bunch in common. I put you on my friends list. We both know _the_nita_. This makes us both lucky people. I once shook the hand of then-PM Brian Mulroney (I've washed and washed, but the stench won't come out). I got hazed in a military jail (okay, abused, but it's kinda similar). I am a published writer, and been in the Pride Parade, and marched on Queen's Park. There's more, but...

Oh, and that gender thing. That, too. ;) Just got back from Thailand, in fact, seeing a man with shiny implements about that little problem. I am discovering the joys of physical congruency. I like them.

[purplepaisley.livejournal.com]

Bwahhaha! I still remember the first electric drill I ever bought.

But my Fear Me moment really came when I learned to drive a tractor. A small one, admittedly, but a tractor none-the-less. This is even more amusing when you know how incredibly non-rural I am. I have never had the fantasy of going off to live in the country. But the tractor, yeah. And saws. *Chain* saws.
Rawr!

Re: Mrrrrrrreeeeooooooowwwww

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

not only tool woman, but power tool woman!

*hands you the sawzall*.

[hellsop.livejournal.com]

If you like the circular saw, wait until you get to wield the sawzall...

[deepforestowl.livejournal.com]

rofl Proud of you! Remember not to cut anything off that is attached to you (I had an uncle that made a deep slice into his leg) and you will be golden! Women have this misconception that they can't use power tools or fix things themselves, so not true as I have recently learned myself (and as my mother has learned as well). Good job and good luck with your projects!

[futabachan.livejournal.com]

Yee-haw! Wanna help build a 60-foot folding schooner? :-)