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The fourth of November, November
I was at Grant Park on Election Night. I'd been election judging in the DG, so I didn't get to the park until late. Coming out of Union Station there was a river of people streaming down Jackson to the park...so I just jumped in. Once we got to Michigan I followed the crowd over the bridge and towards the mass of humanity in the park. I could hear ( Read more... ) -
an open letter
Dear daylight savings time:
I really do appreciate the extra hour today. But now it's 5:30 and dark as fuck outside. You might want to work on that.
Sincerely,
Louise -
ANGER
I have to pretend like I don't have to do all this work because I just get resentful and angry ( Read more... ) -
Fall
Fall is really v. beautiful here in Hyde Park (even though the last two days have really been summer not fall). Yesterday I went for a run on the lake shore trail. I followed it down to its southern end (mouth?) (Also there are SO MANY golf courses south of 55th; what the hell). Maybe someday I'll get to the other 15.5 miles ( Read more... ) -
The fetal position
I'm going to assume it. -
(Untitled)
I would never want to be president, American dream aside (and my general inviability as a liberal woman atheist candidate aside). There is so much that you're supposed to juggle. Like, President Bush is supposed to have anticipated the Freddie/Fannie crisis back in like 2002? That seems like that's asking so much - to have to understand and ( Read more... ) -
high
Okay so today something happened to me that has never happened before.
I enjoyed running.
People always talk, on forums and joggers' journals, about runner's high and this sense of peace or happiness or something. And I was always like, "um, okay." I mean, when I run I am not usually hating every minute of it (the only reason I run is because ( Read more... ) -
The melting pot
Whenever my mom and I hash out dinner menus, she has this thing about the various ethnic foods going together. Like, you can't serve Greek salad and then Pad Thai for main course. Now I'm on my own, so I'm totally going on a mixed-food-cultures bonanza ( Read more... ) -
bugging me lately
To me lots of the feminists who are in such a flap about Palin are missing the point. There is no need to angst about how you are torn between voting for a legitimate woman contender for a powerful position, and how that woman herself is not a "feminist" ideal, does not support abortion, etc ( Read more... )