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Of Financial Aid, Name-Change Documents, Dog Licenses and a Bench Warrant
I had a bench warrant that I didn’t know about. It prevented me from getting my name-change documents, which prevented me from getting my financial aid, which prevented me from continuing with my next class in graduate school.
Let me back up a little. Back in 2005, I was working at an outdoor collection center for a well-known charity thrift ( Read more... ) -
The 'F' Word
This was supposed to be a presentation I was assigned to perform with a Learning Team during the last class of a six-week course on Counseling Models. Excellent class. Thank you, Dr. Alan Levy, long may you wave. Anyway, the whole thing got bollixed up by time constraints, so I didn't get to do most of this. I thought it was too good to go to waste ( Read more... ) -
...and they lived Happily Ever After...
Getting married in Southern California is fun and easy--probably too easy, but so far, we're okay with it, my new husband and me.
We set off early in the morning on June 5th--two weeks ago today--for the Beverly Hills courthouse, where we had an 11:15 appointment to get married by one of their Deputy Commissioners. We were nervous. We both had new ( Read more... ) -
The 106 Most-Unread Books
This is a list of the 106 Most-Unread Books from Library Thing. If you've read it, BOLD it. If you've started it but not finished it, underline it. If you have it, but haven't read it yet, italicize it.
1984
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Angela’s Ashes : a memoir
Anna Karenina
Beloved
Brave New World
Crime and Punishment
Dracula
Emma
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Washing My Fruit
I assume that everyone has heard of the concept of The Hundredth Monkey, but since I have been thinking about it a lot recently, I thought I'd just jot down the outline here for future reference, and as a way to amuse myself while my tea brews.
It's an extended metaphor about how change happens. I don't remember whether I read about it somewhere, ( Read more... ) -
A Small Review for a Little Book
I just finished reading my first holiday-themed book of the year, and I enjoyed it. It's called, Every Person On The Planet, and it was written by a cartoonist for The New Yorker named Bruce Eric Kaplan. The book is subtitled, "an only somewhat anxiety-filled tale for the holidays".
I have to say that if it hadn't been subtitled, I would not have ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
The internet is inherently dehumanizing. We sample each other like treats on a tray. “I’ll have a little of him today, maybe a taste of her… none of those others today, thanks, maybe later…” When, exactly, does that sliding CLICK take place, when a real person meets a real person, and they become friends, sight unseen, no senses involved but the ( Read more... ) -
Nothing much to say, but lots of words bumping around anyway...
I've been spending a lot of time elsewhere lately, and enjoying it immensely. I think I may move in there; elsewhere is stocked with the best imaginable company and the effects it's had on me are amazing. I'm not going to sully my time there by satisfying the curiosity that may exist surrounding the subject, but I have been growing an arch between ( Read more... ) -
Vacation! The Beach!(Yaaay!)Cell Phone Trouble (aaargh!)
I've been on vacation this week since Friday. I haven't had a vacation in years, and I didn't really plan on taking one, but it turns out that if I didn't take it pretty soon, I would lose it and end up getting a week's pay instead. And that's no fun.
As it is, I got paid for the week AND I got to go to the beach. I had a great time with my best ( Read more... )
