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travesty
I cannot play video games and knit at the same time. Sigh. -
BOOKS
Today I got the call from the library telling me that they weren't hiring me for the temporary clerk position. sigh. Job hunting when you have no connections sucks ass.
Anyway, that's not so much fun to write about, even if it is consuming the majority of my time.
In 2007 I read:
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
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I wrote in my paper journal about the turning of the year. I'd like to get some of that in here to share, but I might not get to it. And that's okay. At least I'm writing now. Sometimes I wonder why anyone would read my journal, it all just sounds like pretty regular ramblings to me. Maybe that's why people do read ( Read more... ) -
Short update and books!
I am back in Long Beach, California. I spent the last month traveling around New Zealand and to the Pacific island nation Tonga. It was a great time, but kept me away from the computer and my internet addictions. I'm not all caught up with lj yet, but hopefully I've have some time soon. I received much good news today. The first is that I am still ( Read more... ) -
Llama Time!
I had a really amazing time on a llama farm! There is a program called WWOOF (Willing Workers On Organic Farms) that connects organic farms with travlers (mostly). The farm puts up the travelers and feeds them in exchange for four to six hours of work. There are over 1000 registerd farms in NZ. I stayed for a week on a llama/alpaca farm called ( Read more... ) -
Two more books ;)
As I've been packing and such I found two books I read for Political Anthropology that I realized should go on my list of books I read in 2007.
Karaoke Fascism: Burma and the Politics of Fear by Monique Skidmore ( Read more... ) -
Ladies, Gentlemen, Everyone (*bows*) It is Good to Be Back
I feel like myself again. It feels like my confidence came back out of nowhere. I have no idea where it went or how it came back, but something has definitely changed. I feel more myself when I’m around other people and in social situations. I'm standing up for myself. I feel like I can really be social again. It’s wonderful ( Read more... ) -
Birthday and Things
My birthday was a lot of fun. Plus, I got two days of it because of the time change. *Kaching ( Read more... ) -
From Pili's Wall by Philip Levine
VI
This is me.
As I am.
There is no child
inside me. I
am a child.
I am inside me
squeezed tight, the
bright tongue
of the thistle
at night
or the quick eyes
of a rabbit
or the one eye
of fire.
With long black hair
I'm shaking inside
me, unfolding
like a tree
turning and turning
like a hand
in water or a widow
lost on the road.
