i'm pleased to realize that in spite of the caustic commentary that insistently finds its way into my innerconscious (i.e. obese women are population control) (shame on me), this in no way precludes my being seen as, and perhaps actually manifesting, the persona of the verynicelady. i've worked at harboring default pleasantness for quite some time ( Read more... )

when people who ask those sorts of questions ask me what i'm doing, i usually respond that i'm going to school at msu. if they want further information, without fail my summary response that i am getting my phd in english is met with the inquiry, "oh, what are you gonna do with that?" is this in reference to the physical manifestation of the ( Read more... )

ah hell, i finally got into a bit of trouble for my non-computer propensities. My good intentions in contacting the professor i will be teaching with beginning july, a contact i made june 1 or so, has gone terribly awry, in that i just now rechecked my email and he is not very pleased that i failed to respond to his inquiry about a meeting a full ( Read more... )

so, this year i have been invited to six weddings thus far. 6! that seems like a lot to me. the world must realize the auspicious power of the numeral nine, consciously or not. it is well that i think they are a goodtime, and despite my official status as divorcee, i find that i honestly feel happy and optimistic for all involved. this weekend ( Read more... )

indeed, i just kept putting off going down the street for internets, though duly nagged by my 2009 conciousness that there were likely email communications of some professional matters awaiting me. but, i just couldn't bring myself to do it. and you know what, it didn't even really matter! it's vastly comforting to know that i actually don't have ( Read more... )

i'm trying to get rid of at least half my clothes and maybe more of that in books, maybe all movies too. which typically suggests an immanent yardsale, but in my past experience, it is a real drag to sit around with all your old stuff all day. i want to give it all away, but taking it to the donation boxes rankles every lazybone in my body ( Read more... )

when i think back a decade or so ago, i'm aware that i was generally satisfied with my state of affairs in a quotidian way, and a decade before that, and so forth. i wonder why such a largely portion of the young populace does seen discontent? its difficult for me to resist the urge toward pinpointing grand underpinnings capable of mass ( Read more... )

this weekend we are taking a trip to harborsprings, our very tribal homeland. we are going to place my mother's ashes in little traverse bay on mothers day, which is what she asked for. it will be nice to be with all my sisters and their children and for nitaawe to see the ancestral lands of birch and hills. indeed, i would rather stay in lansing ( Read more... )

in the perusing of an 1846 publication by a chippewa man who traveled all around the States and throughout Europe as a virtual captive to the exoticizing fascinations of an affluent white populace, i learned that there are tunnels that go beneath the Thames... is this common knowledge, or is it good enough to get me a book contract once i squeeze ( Read more... )

have mercy. yesterday, one of my students brought up the thought that "personal responsibility" should be of greater account than the historic encouragements toward alcoholism that besets so many tribal people. (all that rum from the oldworld wasn't shipped alongside cheap trinkets and iron cookware for nothing). its' amazing how often this ( Read more... )