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Another favorite
Scheherazade
from Crush, by Richard Siken ( Read more... ) -
Found Objects
I've been organizing my computer files in the past few days. It's extremely soothing. I read articles about how the hierarchical file structure is becoming obsolete, but I can't imagine how I would function without it. In any case, while organizing and moving things around, I found a bunch of old poetry, some of which I am posting here.
This one was ( Read more... ) -
In the heat of the summer sunshine...
I'm sitting in a lovely little cafe in downtown Montpelier, waiting for the girl I'm going to be tutoring in French to arrive. I am drinking French roast cafe au lait. It is delicious. In a few hours, I will go pick Emma up from work and we will go out to dinner with her mom and her mom's friend, who wants to introduce Emma and her daughter. This ( Read more... ) -
Because Texas is ridiculous.
The Texas House approved a budget provision late Friday requiring state colleges and universities, if they use state funds to support "a gender and sexuality center," to spend an equal amount on a center promoting "family and traditional values."
While many members in the chamber cracked jokes and guffawed, the amendment's author, Rep. Wayne ( Read more... ) -
wistful thinking
this morning i wore my french sweater dress and boots, and wished i were clicking down the cobbled streets of poitiers and drinking café au lait from cute little cups instead of coming home from church to put on pajamas and commence the usual sunday marathon of grading and lesson planning. i like teaching, but i dislike not having enough energy for ( Read more... ) -
life in bullet points
- my laptop has experienced hard drive failure, precisely one week before its applecare is up. as long as replacement is covered (no reason it shouldn't be, since i didn't drop the poor thing), no harm done, as everything is backed up. i'm very grateful to my dad for getting me that external hd last christmas. in the meantime, i am fortunate that my ( Read more... )
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"happy weekend update"
once again, spent the afternoon at the village cafe, drinking a delicious delicious mocha and lesson planning. pre-algebra is all done for the week (but it's one of my favorite classes to plan, so i guess it's all uphill from here :P), though i have to make some worksheets and go buy more candy for another variable activity. bribing my 7th graders ( Read more... ) -
overheard
in the village cafe: "everyone in austin is exactly the same, all super liberal hippies and shit"
(judging by further overheard snippets of conversation, i don't think this guy is particularly conservative himself, so i'm choosing to find it funny rather than sad) -
vivo (i live)
things that have happened lately: my grandmother got married. my sister graduated high school and is going to usc next year. i am gainfully employed for next year (teaching at st. michael's). i am gainfully employed for the summer (housesitting and tutoring). i am not, have never been, and probably never will be allergic to anything; on the other ( Read more... )
