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There's Something You Should Know
Just recently I changed this journal to mostly public; about 10 percent is still friends only and I'm not changing past posts. I love getting new friends, but I don't frequently comment. -
A Walk on the Wild Side
Story on the AZ Daily Sun website.
By GEAN SHANKS
Sun Staff Reporter
Monday, July 13, 2009
Under the shade of well-loved trees, botanist Dr. Gwendolyn Waring is surrounded by the varied but harmonious native plant species and eager visitors for her wildflower walk.
The Arboretum has been featuring these walks for about ( Read more... ) -
We Needed to See Brian.
LOS ANGELES
This is how I - in the company of friends Troy, Kyle and Meghan - spent my previous week:
SUNDAY
We left Flagstaff in the afternoon, via I-40. After several stops in shitty, stranded desert towns, we made it to LA. There, we helped clog the veins of Hollywood and Sunset boulevards. The businesses along these famous streets are much ( Read more... ) -
My To-Do List:
- call source
- interview kid and his gramps
- fall in love [again, dear]
- technology story
- get paycheck
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In 'Edition':
Especially lately, I read a lot and am often untouched by stories during daily scans of the AP Wire. At the Arizona Daily Sun, I not only am writing and looking for stories for myself, but I am constantly trying to find briefs and slot-fillers for the wire pages. Most of the time I use an arbitrary list of requirements -- an editor has mentioned ( Read more... ) -
Web site encourages tourism on tribal lands
Tourists and Native American artisans of northern Arizona may soon be conducting more business together with the launch of the Northern Arizona Native American Culture Trail Web site -- nanact.org"What we're trying to do is build a bridge between visitors to this region and Native American culture, Native American art," said Scott Neuman, the ( Read more... ) -
[DAY 1 of DUMPSTER-DIVING]
At the end of each year, NAU places giant dumpsters all over campus and students throw away the most amazing things in them. Kyle, Troy and I are in search of mass discarded treasure for the second year. This is what we've found on the first outing of the season:
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I've come to talk with you again.
Last night, Troy found out one of his best friends shot and killed himself.
I'm thinking of all the people I love that I've not talked to for a long time. Friends I thought I'd be close to forever, friends that don't know how much I love them even if we have nothing to talk about anymore.
I'm thinking about how these things happen in threes, how just ( Read more... ) -
What I'm Looking at These Days.
Sometimes, I have this curious obsession to go through entire catalogs of webcomics [or print comics uploaded online] from beginning to end. Last year, I went through the following: XKCD, Married to the Sea, Toothpaste for Dinner, Natalie Dee, A Softer World, SinFest and a handful of tiny, sporadic webcomics.
Currently, I'm going through Dilbert and ( Read more... )
