So I started writing some poetry... Figured I'd share it here.  I haven't posted for a while.

My Mask
I smashed my face in
Ran it straight into the wall
Skin peeled back
A gaping hole that used to be a nose
I had to do it you see
She was always more beautiful than me
She was a source of pride
And pride is not allowed
She is gone now
And she took my self-love
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So I watched the movie Blood Diamond.  I really enjoyed it a great deal despite the fact that it triggered my white priveledged American guilt response.  Every time I experience a moving film about a very real and very ugly reality I have a moment of feeling lost and guilty.  While I'm grateful that I can live in a secure home in which psychopaths ( Read more... )

Been busy ( Read more... )

Must... Stop... Procrastinating!  Must... Write... Personal Critical Paper ( Read more... )

So yesterday we went out to East Bay and went thrift shopping!  Between two Goodwills I found a bunch of really awsome clothes.  I kinda went crazy!  I usually hate buying clothes.  It's usually been my experience that if I'm really vigilant that I can find one or two really good outfits, but I usually have a lot of disappointment, it's very time ( Read more... )

So... I have entered the next landscape of my accedemic journey toward truth.  The book I picked up is called The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge by Jeremy Narby ( Read more... )

Last night Kris and I and the girl went to Dani and Rachels house.  I love my school friends!  Rachel and I sang X-Box Kareoke.  Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Material Girl, and Lady Marmalade.  Dani and Denise sang I Got You Babe.  Jamie and Dani played with Tori a lot.  Even Hayden showed up which was really unexpected because he lives in Portland ( Read more... )

Ok... so I've never been one for the whole organic health foods thing, but out here in California it's all the rage.  So I finally made a trip to Trader Joes which was ok, but felt somewhat awkward I didn't really know what I was doing, and I didn't know what a lot of the stuff was.  But I went ahead and bought a few things and on the list was ( Read more... )

Last night Kris and I began having the sex conversation again. It's only a big deal because we are so bad at talking about sex with one another. We both have a lot of vulnerabilities, insecurities, and complex feelings and even after ten years of marriage we are still in the process of learning how to speak honestly while maintaining some ( Read more... )

I haven't lost my internal momentum. I'm just having a hard time keeping up with recording things that I've been doing! I had my cohort last weekend, and got to go to school with all my beautiful classmates, but class itself was draining and difficult.

We just read Identity and Violence by Amartya Sen, and it was a very interesting and involving ( Read more... )