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the new year
Apparently I'm completely out of the habit of posting livejournal entries. Ah well. I have a few updates I want to make: I wanted to detail the weeklong vacation I took with Suzanne and Sarah to visit the family in California, I wanted to do new year's resolutions, and I wanted to post my 2008 year end list ( Read more... ) -
almost done!
So I've very nearly survived my second to last semester of grad school. I took my School Age final tonight, that being my trickiest of classes this semester (shades of preschool).
Holy procrastination. I don't know what the deal is, but I have not been able to self-motivate lately. I always seem to discover some great new blog or website as a ( Read more... ) -
Amazing
I'm so proud that the United States has elected Barack Obama president, potentially the most progressive president since Lyndon Baines Johnson, perhaps since FDR. And yes, I am ecstatic that we've elected a Black president. It's by no means the reason I voted for him (universal healthcare, Iraq withdrawal, economic policy, etc), but it's a ( Read more... ) -
food meme
I haven't posted in like, fuh-rever. I plan to remedy that soon. But for now, here's a fun looking meme:
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak ( Read more... ) -
do not like!
There have been a couple of changes to my local landscape that I am still peering glaringly over my glasses at: a Taco Bell is being installed in the otherwise nice shopping center across the way, and the 2 giant pine trees in the neighbor's yard were cut away this morning ( Read more... ) -
end of session
I am just 2 days (one business day) away from being done with summer school! It's been quite a bit easier than I anticipated, but I'll still look forward to having gobs of time to spend with my girlfriend, play video games, make money, and just get things done. I'm looking to apply at the Chandler Unified school district - that's right, back to the ( Read more... ) -
vice presidential picks
Obama vice-presidential picks that would please Mark:
John Edwards
Jim Webb
Wes Clark
Sherrod Brown
Russ Feingold
Brian Schweitzer
Vice-presidential picks that would not please Mark:
Hillary Clinton
Evan Bayh
Ed Rendell
John Kerry
Vice-presidential picks that would make Mark cry bitter, bitter tears:
Chuck Hagel
Sam Nunn
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happy what?
So yesterday was Father's Day, as you know (if you didn't then I'll give you a moment to make an apologetic phone call). It was the first time in my life that I've been told to have a happy Father's Day, in context. The girl working the register at Chipotle took one look at Sarah, standing between Suzanne and I, smiled and said, "Is she your little ( Read more... ) -
okay
The first one of my friends to share this trailer with me approvingly, because "it's political" is gonna get the stinkeye.
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Happy Loving Day
Today's the anniversary of the court case Loving vs. Virginia, the case that struck down anti-miscegenation laws in 1967.
Forty one years later, we're likely to elect a president whose parents could have been jailed in certain states at the time of his birth.
Progress. Gays and lesbians still don't have marriage equality, though.