More on our road trip, later.

Traveling has been fun, but I love being home. Being gone made me appreciate it.

*hugs*

How have you all been this past week?

This morning, my first of a month off from work, I awoke around nine and decided to move to the living room and continue reading Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers, rather than to go back to sleep until noon. After reading a couple of chapters, I was inspired to write and opened up my laptop for the first time in a few days with that very intention ( Read more... )

My life is full. So full. Beautifully full ( Read more... )

Why'd we give crazy bitches the right to vote? Yeahhh...the comments are especially frustrating.

Sexism AND Racism in one fell swoop!

After a long day at work, I stopped at the grocery store for food stuffs for dinner. I was wandering around the bakery/deli area of Vons when a woman (my age or a little younger?) walked up to me and very politely asked me if I could recommend the proper bread to go with brie ( Read more... )

dizzying.
happy.
frustrating.
achingly beautiful.
full.
confusing.

i want to start a movement, a revolution of love. i want my students and colleagues and friends and family to feel loved and to love others.

[somehow, i'm holding out hope in the face of nihilism.]

I'm just gonna stick with Livejournal. What's the point of double-posting?

Rather than spending my holiday perusing the internet until I'm ready to shoot myself in the face, I'm spending the time doing what I love - visiting with friends, practicing music, reading, writing, and math - while maintaining a comfortably neat home ( Read more... )

As far as holidays with my family goes, this Christmas was relatively goodish. Josh and I were on a crazy sleep schedule, so we were later than usual both days, but the Secret Santa exchange with the cousins was quite fun, and Emily was her typically adorable self ( Read more... )

A white teacher chose to bind the hands and feet of two black students (with tape) in a "demonstration" on the slave trade.

Epic fail.