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cabbie things
blue moon: Thanks to Laura, I've been reading The Planets by Dava Sobel and found out what a blue moon is: when it becomes full more than once per calendar month. Either way, I experienced a personal one when I came home for lunch--a rare treat for a teacher in the days before school begins--and turned on E! while I was preparing waffles and caught ( Read more... ) -
to waive or not to waive
crave the wave: A New Wave just arrived from amazon. And I was wondering, "Was it worth $25?" Its purchase also cast me as the object of my own previous mockery and puzzlement when it comes to people who own dvds. The first movie I bought was The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe and I've never looked back. Two words: ( Read more... ) -
reepicheep, mickey, stuart, ralph, despereaux . . .
eeek!: This is what happens to you after you carry out a dead mouse in a trap for the first time:- The potential number of mice in your house expands exponentially as the day goes on--until you end up with your head on the pillow and they're literally jumping up by the hundreds around your bed as you close your eyes.
- Everything you pick up, open or ( Read more... )
- The potential number of mice in your house expands exponentially as the day goes on--until you end up with your head on the pillow and they're literally jumping up by the hundreds around your bed as you close your eyes.
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some crazy writing ideas
A woman in my creative writing class was from California--summering in Michigan. She commented that she enjoyed this glimpse into the Midwest. She stated that we wrote about different topics than the people in her writing groups in LA. Could this be what she was thinking of? I should have just asked her.- My life in waking moments . . . *I actually ( Read more... )
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for your consideration
Here's a piece I wrote for my creative writing class.
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hometown
Weekend Edition Sunday puzzler for July 22, 2007 ( Read more... ) -
awkward
Most Annoying Office Habits: I clicked on this Yahoo teaser. My first thought, "Grist for the writers' workroom at the friendly set of The Office."
the walk: acoustic live: Yesterday, my Hanson dvd / cd combo arrived like a letter from a friend you've been meaning to call, worse you canceled on for the lamest of reasons ( Read more... ) -
adoption in the spotlight
Harry Potter: Harry Potter, clearly the "orphan of the decade," was celebrated by my friends' family. They were featured in a local newspaper, The Grand Rapids Press, because they had Gryffindor Quiddich t-shirts made for their family, including an Arizona contingency. Then, they spent most of the weekend taking turns reading #7 aloud to each other ( Read more... ) -
vertigo and other things I never thought I'd experience (again)
coming undone: I've wondered lately if I've coming undone. Here's the list of things I've experienced that I thought I could put the breaks on:- vertigo: The most tragic trigger is swinging on playground equipment that used to bring me so much joy. Another unseemly trigger involved a spinning room at my doctor's office and warm water rushing into my ( Read more... )
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australian directors
thirst: I do not recommend a lot of movies, but Rabbit Proof Fence is simply powerful. There was something so uncomfortable about watching the "filming of" because the director is a gregarious white man and the whole movie centers around young aboriginal girls being in the steely grip of white Australians. Yet I guess you could interpret it as a ( Read more... )