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Not this again.
I think what bothers me most about who I am today is my lack of strong focus on anything important. I feel like my ambition was a sponge that has been thoroughly wrung out. The other day I was on the phone with my sister, and she was urging me to be aggressive about finding a -------- job. I am finally certified, and I have ZERO urge to go out and ( Read more... ) -
Desperation
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. --Thoreau
Perhaps there is nothing left, then, but to cease being quiet about our desperation. For quiet desperation is all the more easily ignored.
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Way cool map
Okay, roaming around on the NY Times website, I found this way cool map of county unemployment rates nationwide. Just based on the colors of this map, three places you don't want to be are the Carolinas, the West Coast, or anywhere in northern Michigan. -
Shot Down
At the hunter's screech and roar ( Read more... ) -
Why I Like My Job
Today one of our residents wanted to make a card (actually it was more like a small poster) to give to his mother, who was coming to visit him. He has a common symptom of brain injury, which is uncontrollable shaking of his hands when he tries to do fine motor tasks. So I helped him make this poster. He was doing it himself because his mother ( Read more... ) -
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Letter to a friend - "Existential Crises"
Jan. 4, 2008
Well, thank you for your honesty (though I DO expect it as a matter of course anyway, like I said!). I guess if I were to respond to what you said, I would say what you think is in line with what I tend to hear from certain types of people--those who are driven, successful, "goal oriented" and all that implies. You certainly fit this ( Read more... ) -
Greetings from the Old South
So here I am, taking a break to visit family. I'm not originally from here, but my sister moved here after college, and this has become the de facto family reunion spot. It's been a bit rocky so far; my brother-in-law has been sick as a dog for days, my sister and mother had a fight, and I've been overeating like mad. It's not so bad down here; ( Read more... ) -
Here's to Pacific Rim names
So I'm watching the Las Vegas Bowl, and Brigham Young is kicking off to Arizona to start the second half. There are two penalties against Arizona on a pretty good return. The two play-by-play guys have the following exchange:
Guy 1: So it's the second penalty on the play that will be assessed, the penalty on ...
(Pause)
Guy 2: Let me do it.
Guy 1: Go ( Read more... ) -
I'm back on the blog!
First, I want to send a shout-out to all my homies! Yo-ay, I'm back! I'm not sure how much or how often I'm going to write now, but I probably will have a lot to discuss as I do my student teaching. For now, I'm re-running the following verse. I found it while rummaging aorund in old entries. It remains my favorite bit of poetry. I read this for ( Read more... )