Archive for August, 2008
Red shoes
Once I realized I had enough money for school this year, I bought a pair of shoes (of course). You will be very impressed with my restraint. I didn’t buy these even though I’ve been drooling over them since March. I didn’t spend $360 on these beautiful, beautiful, beautiful shoes because 1) I really shouldn’t spend […]
Getting some sleep
I ended up with enough scholarships, grants and fellowships this semester to go to school full time. I’m not taking out any loans and I’m only working part time, too! Pretty much this is going to be the best semester of my life. I’m even turning down some commitments I made when I thought I […]
Why I hate migraines, #463
I’m going to miss swing tonight.
Pain
Sugarbutch asks “what’s in your box of darkness,” referring to this poem. I was reminded of this passage from “Musing on Pain, Love, and Others” by Laura-Zoe Humphreys in Bisexual Women in the 21st Century. Storyteller: Scrape of metal and a rustle as the white curtains close me in with them. One takes my hand […]
What I’ve noticed
Beautiful liquid sculptures by Sachiko Kodama at Le territoire des sens. China sets up areas for protests, then says no one meets their requirements to have a protest. When I lived in China, I found that no one liked to tell me “no.” If they didn’t want something to happen they just made some sort […]
Minimum wage jobs
A while ago, my friend Marie recommended I read Iain Levison’s A Working Stiff’s Manifesto. I finally got around to it this summer. It’s fantastically funny and unfortunately true. I get the newspaper and dig through the classifieds. It’s the same old crap. “CAREER OPPORTUNITY!!!” screams an ad for a $6.25 an hour warehouse clerk. […]
Uh oh
I might have committed to too much this semester. Classes Plant Morphology Genetics Ecology Discrete Math Calculus based Intro Statistics Clubs Botany Club, president SEEDS, web coordinator, field trip project co-director, grant writer Tri-Beta, liaison with Botany Club Associated Students for Women’s Issues Work Project for Undergraduate IGERT award Project for Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental […]