Phyllis Taylor sat on her wooden floor as she folded another plastic bag; she already had a pile of them stacked up beside her. Her legs were hurting from sitting there for so long, but she had a feeling of productivity as she looked at the emptying cupboard under the sink. On her other side was a separate pile, where she placed the old receipts. ( Read more... )

Last Friday I was in a Jack and Jill Swing dance competition. (J&J is a format of competition in partner dancing, where the competing couples are the result of random matching of leaders and followers. These competitions are intended to test social dance skills, whereas fixed partner competitions test performance dance skills.) I was one of the ( Read more... )

The first week back-to-school is over. This is going to be a busy semester (but that’s not news). I like most of my classes and professors. My speech prof is amazing: I think she is a kindergarten teacher in disguise. On the first day she bought snacks in Dixie cups and on Fridays she brings in her therapy dog for us to pet during lecture. I'm ( Read more... )

Last night I went to see Matson Jones...again. I love that band. I bought a t-shirt, which made me feel a bit materialist and fan-girlish ( Read more... )

So July 4th was fun this year. I spent most of the day being fabulously lazy reading scanlations on the computer. I made lunch and dinner, and did the dishes. At 8:00pm I headed over to Jere's (swing friend) place because he was having a get together before the fireworks at City Park. His house was conveniently one block from the park, although it ( Read more... )

Today has been lovely. I got up and went to class where we had a fabulous discussion about the stereotyping of women artists and whether you can decide the gender of an artist by their media. We also talked about fine art versus craft art. After lunch I spent an hour in the travel abroad office researching foreign universities. I wanted to do the ( Read more... )

Part One: The Ibrik ( Read more... )

"For those of you that don't get Logo, here's a short film they've been running recently. It's a humorous play on 50's stereotypes and sexism ( Read more... )

So, I've been keeping myself busy ( Read more... )

Does anyone want to go to Denver with me this Thursday the 15th? You won't have to pay for gas, since I've got that covered. I have room in my car for 4 people, so the more the merrier! It would be for the whole day (I want to leave around noon approximately). While I'm there I plan to attend an art exhibit for my summer class, go out to eat and ( Read more... )