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Definitely Alive
And completely unwilling to let LJ go. I know it's been half a year since my last (meager) update, but there's way too much history on this little journal, and I know that keeping an outlet like this for what-have-yous will be meaningful and useful.
So, where to start?
I've been married for a year. And marriage is great, especially when you are ( Read more... ) -
This was probably one of those "Long Time Coming" things.
I can't understand it.
I just... can't. On the whole, I pride myself on taking on a worldly view and striving to see from all perspectives, whether the difference lies in culture, society, politics, race, orientation, or what-have-you. The uniqueness of humanity is dazzling to me, and I adore discovering of differing points of views just so I may ( Read more... ) -
Do you know what a Silpat is? Or a Colander?
This time last year, I had no idea that the word "Mandolin" wasn't just referring to an instrument in the lute family. I never considered the importance of the numbers 18/10 or 18/0. Nor did I realize the difference between china, porcelain, and ceramic objects. I also never knew that there was such a thing as a "seafood" fork and what exactly the ( Read more... ) -
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again...
In the spring of my eleventh grade, we studied gothic romanticism for a time. That was when I first discovered Daphne du Maurier's RebeccaNow, over ten years later, I still have the same paperback copy, thought tattered and frayed, torn at the seam and much loved by my devouring eyes many times. The vague and meandering beginning that lures you ( Read more... ) -
Eighteen hours later...
And all is well once again, just as I had predicted ( Read more... ) -
Bloodletting
Do we ever truly heal from certain traumas in our lives ( Read more... ) -
Teaching, teaching, and... more teaching, my god, it takes over your life
My prominent feeling for the previous week has been, "OH LORD MAKE THE PAIN STOP." Which roughly means that students have returned to school, and seeing as I am capable of writing on livejournal, I have managed to survive the worst first week of school ever. Typically, I enjoy the first week, since the students are quiet and attentive albeit ( Read more... ) -
A place for everything and EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE. WASHED. AND DUSTED, DAMMIT!
Writing here as a means of sporatic procrastination from the pains of deconstructing (and soon reconstructing) my closet. I've never realized to what extent that I've been a packrat before, but when I find a bag full of receipts from 2006 shoved in a cubby hole, it's rather annoying. I shall strive to be even more organized that I have been in the ( Read more... ) -
Joe Biden's Secret Identity (...or this is what I watch when I'm not working)
I'm watching Jimmy Buffett make random grunting comments on Emeril right now ( Read more... ) -
Important News, Very Very Belatedly!
I'm sitting in Charlottesville, Virginia, watching the start of the Sotomayor confirmation hearings, and I'm wondering how in the hell can this woman sit in her chair so calmly while each senator rambles for ten minutes all while rows of photojournalists sit at her feet clicking away. I sincerely hope that she gets the approval votes, because her ( Read more... )