A friend of mine took a cursory look at my LJ the other day. I had sent her the link to take a look at the header I made (of which I am kind of proud actually since 1)it required a lot of layers and hence a good deal of time and energy and 2)all of the pictures are pictures I have taken myself from various trips ( Read more... )

Lately, I have been having real trouble distinguishing dreams from reality. Not in a creepy "impose my way on the rest of the world" way, just that I am mixing up time and events in my imaginary life from times and events in my real life. For example, I just emailed a co-worker in our dean's office to ask if she actually received something I (think ( Read more... )

As if they aren't sick enough of my bad poetry... ;)

Automatic PilotWhat it lacks in speed and grace ( Read more... )

Poor White, Redneck, Trash: The Working Class in American Culture

In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, Presidential evocations of American identity have presupposed a nation that despite its ethnic, regional and class diversity is unified in terms of its intrinsic opposition to an anti-American threat. Such homogeneity is nonetheless threatened, ( Read more... )

Well, I have been meaning to start writing (as a release more than anything) so I joined _blank_pages_ and spent ten or fifteen minutes last night writing a short (and not very good) exercise about regret, but for me the whole point is to get writing again. Maybe something good will come of it ( Read more... )