This evening I traveled to N. Dixon street to hear our superintendent, Vicki Phillips, deliver her proposed budget to the board. Initially, I was rather annoyed that I was taking the time out of my life to go, but now I'm glad I went. It was really interesting to hear what she had to say. Her ability to clarify and speak from something that wasn't ( Read more... )

"Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." -Douglas Adams ( Read more... )

My column is due tomorrow.

Topic? It's your chance to directly impact what is printed in a newspaper other than the Statesman. What is relevant, timely, and matters to you?

everyone else did it forever ago...

Yoga was mostly just relaxing and stretching today- by the end I was relaxed/wound down enough that I could have fallen asleep instead of rolling up my mat had I been given that option. Actual swimming was good too, lots of hard kicking and pulling, and I managed to go a 1:00.8 from a push ( Read more... )

UPDOWNUPDOWNUPDOWNDOWNDOWN.

Sheesh.

Did you know that if you are fat enough you can swim in really cold water? Basically, that is the whole deal with beluga whales. Probably other whales too.

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"Trig I can do, but boys and dating? I'm a total spaz."

Rory said that, but it applys here too. Not that I've taken procrastination to a whole new level by watching Gilmore Girls and doing homework at the same time. Not at all.

Sometimes I just listen to the conversations around me, inserting in the facts I know aren't being said when I know the people, or making up the missing pieces when they are strangers. Either way, it's interesting what people say to one another. What they mean, and how they try to convey it; the interactions each has, and the layers that surround ( Read more... )

Looking forward to tomorrow ( Read more... )