What an exciting weekend! I tried to start it on Friday by insisting on a day off, but got called in to work at the last minute. I'm grateful for $$, but would have liked to enjoy some me-time as I knew I had a big weekend coming up ( Read more... )

Please to see my post about SMF here.
( barely home alive )

The upcoming festival always gets me thinking deeply about where I've been this last year, and I'm staggered at both my personal progress and my simultaneous stagnation. Last year, I was basically a JAFO. Although I ended up being quite busy helping others out, I spent much of the festival in an existential "why am I here" kind of attitude. Even at ( Read more... )

I'm feeling most productive lately, although I suspect the world is getting weird.

( school and books )

With Debbie's computer now only slightly less broken, we were finally able to touch base. Is it wrong for me to be this excited about a to-do list? I'm very excited to be the Assistant Festival Director (AssFerd). There's a lot of organizational stuff to help out with, and I'm gonna have to motivate people (nicely, at first) to put in their ( Read more... )

Ok. So my theme of the year is Patience. In that I'm trying to learn how to have some. I get frustrated with things that move too slowly. I prefer to work really hard for awhile and then enjoy the fruits of my labor. But we all know I'm not a very good gardener.

( M job opportunity )

We're back from Sickle and exhausted. It was an interesting year. Not a lot of people. I definitely missed folks over the months. It was weird to not be on cast ( Read more... )

We're back! We're exhausted! There was much to do when we got home, but after a  good nights crash, and a little fast food (yum!) we are both feeling much more normal.

( a cut in which I explicate the meaning of things in blank verse )

Hey all, real quick cuz I'm at work...
here is my letter to the appropriate government officials. From writing the letter, to getting the addys, printing and mailing, it took less than an hour. So no excuses! Write in and help us! I went for pathos and emotional connection, as well as humanitarian and economic issues, while giving some general ( Read more... )

I am so glad the postulancy ritual is over ( Read more... )