flight leaves for new orleans tomorrow.  our suitcases are packed.  mandy came by today and got the key to the apartment... she'll drive us to the airport tomorrow and then will likely camp out here with pipistrello while we're gone.  i left her the choice of a bottle of wine (pinot grigio or white zinfandel) from the fridge for catsitting.  ;o)  i ( Read more... )

saturday night, in a dream, i saw james, slumped, dead, against a wall.  it's an image i haven't been able to forget, down to the smallest detail, the curve of his toes, the curl of his hair, his eyelashes... i know these parts of him too well, i have too many memories, experiences, to pull from.  my other dreams haven't been much better, though ( Read more... )

i bought plane tix for the kids and i to go to nola for mardi gras ( Read more... )

today i finally saw the nick bantock retrospective at the englewood outdoor arts gallery. i had no idea it was going to be so amazing. it wasn't just his postcard-sized collages and paintings, but also collage sculpture pieces using a lot of "found" objects. i am more in love with his work than ever. i wanted to bring everything home. it's all ( Read more... )

sometimes i just don't want to deal. i sat in my bedroom floor two nights ago, crying. i still have things that he gave me everywhere, postcards tucked into books, little notes in drawers, these are the parts of him that were wonderful and sweet and too good to be true, the little reminders of him that i love and miss. i spend so many waking ( Read more... )

My Spring courseload:

PSCI3042- Introduction to International Relations M, W 2-3:15pm
Basic background and theories of international relations with focus on the interaction between nation states, international organizations, regimes and transnational movements. Themes examined include foreign policy conduct, international security and political ( Read more... )

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40872077/ns/us_news-weird_news/Read more... )

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in recent conversations with my mum, and with windy, this has come up ( Read more... )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q64C_ncgfR8&feature=player_profilepage

another night. can't sleep.