Archive for August, 2008
Some days…
My feet, my bicycle, and the buses are usually all I need. I don’t mind not having a car. But the buses don’t stop near the grocery stores, and today there are more groceries on my list than I think I can carry home.
What she said
From Helen Boyd‘s She’s Not the Man I Married. The overwhelming pressure to conform to masculine and feminine ideals – or die trying – is constant. The obligation to conform is also somewhat invisible and harder to put your finger on. It comes out in …. the funny looks I get pushing an elevator button […]
A family tragicomic
I read Fun Home yesterday. You should read it too.
Interview!
I’ve got a scholarship interview tomorrow. Any money I get at this point will reduce my loans for the semester, which would be wonderful. I’m a little nervous and very worried that I’m going to have a migraine. Yikes! ***UPDATE*** I got it!
What I’ve noticed
The US government conducted a huge raid for illegal immigrants in Postville, Iowa. They haven’t explained why some are being deported and others are being jailed. Wives of the arrested men have been fitted with leg monitoring bracelets and basically been told “You can’t work, you can’t leave and can’t stay.” The local Roman Catholic […]
My first ESA meeting!
This summer, I went to the Ecological Society of America’s annual meeting in Milwaukee. After spending most of my summer at KBS near the small town of Hickory Corners, it was nice to be in a city for a few days. The conference was great. I learned a lot of ecology, met tons of cool […]
Back to the music
I haven’t done a weekly top 5 since June, and I’m not planning on doing one today. Hopefully you’ve all still managed to find good music. Just in case you’re having trouble, though, here‘s a song I really love.