maybe it is the wind in the trees, or the cackling of crows that sounds so much like crackling kindling…maybe it’s the cold air sneaking through the holes in my crocheted sweater as i walk to my car after class…maybe it is the syncopated and stifled throbbing of my neighbors bass-heavy stereo…whatever the cause, i [...]
Archive for October, 2006
strange currencies
Posted in life on October 30, 2006 | 3 Comments »
hippietastic altruism et al
Posted in Uncategorized on October 29, 2006 | 1 Comment »
alex and i were hippies for halloween, ala jimi and janis. i think the world may have been simpler thirty years ago, we knew who was evil in the government, we were active protesters, we rallied around things that were beautiful and funk music was all over the airwaves. i’m not certain the [...]
DO NOT mess with me about stem cell research
Posted in Parents, Politics & Elections, Research, life on October 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
just heard this, want to smack someone: michael j. fox is supporting claire mccaskill in missouri in the upcoming election because she supports stem cell initiatives and research. the commercial fox shot shows him visibly effected by by parkinson’s, an illness that could benefit greatly from stem cell research. hit is moving and [...]
cleaning up
Posted in Uncategorized on October 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
today was mimi’s memorial service. it was beautiful and i think the things i said about this beautiful woman were good. so many in the family were there and it was nice to see all of us cleaned up. the thunder outside is really loud right now and i think it might be my mimi [...]
the plugged in generation
Posted in education, life, technology on October 24, 2006 | 1 Comment »
i have to respond to something i read on a friend’s blog:
“18-22 year-olds today do not know how to be alone. In fact, I think they’re afraid of being alone. I think they are probably mostly afraid of looking like a dork because they are alone.” –ejbilling.wordpress.com
i agree with my observant friend and must inform [...]
Just a few things
Posted in art, criticism, education, life on October 23, 2006 | 1 Comment »
i’m pretty thrilled to be rollin with this man. i had a long weekend with the rents while he studied and played world of warcraft, yes, my husband is a gamer, and when i got home yesterday we had dinner and went about our separate business. i have to say that we spend [...]
photography
Posted in life on October 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
today was stressful. i taught the second half of the lesson to the class and though some of the time they were into it, the other half they acted like i was major bitch because i wanted them to calm down and do some actual work. i decided to use the digital camera we got [...]
breathe
