Archive for December, 2008

Grades!

My grades finally posted and I did very very well, just like the ever brilliant but also worried Eugenie.  My fears of B’s were unfounded.  Hooray! To celebrate, I’m imagining wearing these stunning boots:

What I’ve Noticed

After Katrina, a white neighborhood militia murdered blacks who wandered into “their” neighborhood.  Disgusting, and a stark reminder that racism is far from eliminated in this country. An NYT editorial and Glenn Greenwald call for accountability after the Senate Armed Services Committee inquiry into the treatment of detainees in U.S. custody was released this week. […]

Shiny shoes

Aren’t these shoes just fantastic?  First of all, I love patent leather.  I remember the first pair I ever got.  I was 5 or 6 years old and my mother and I were shopping for new church shoes.  She had me try on a pair of patent leather shoes and I was instantly in love.  […]

Cleaning Accomplishments

I may have gotten next to nothing done for work today, but at least my house is a bit cleaner!  I’ve washed the kitchen shelves and organized all my spices and baking things, scrubbed the shelf and windowsill where my plants live, wiped the dust off all the “furniture” in my living room, dusted the […]

Password Protected

This blog does little to hide my real identity and I expect a coworker or potential grad school advisor or boss or someone I’d rather not know many personal details about me to stumble upon it eventually.  But I would like to blog about some of those personal details.  Of late, I’ve needed a place […]