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Sunday, November 8th, 2009
10:43 am	I know you think my taste in music is weird but I just found the perfect pandora radio mix. Citizen Cope Rhonda Vincent Current Mood: sublime (Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
8:28 pm	refrigerator/freezer poll My refrigerator is warm enough that a fly is merrily flying around in it.  Everything in my freezer is thawed, and somehow, seems to be dripping into the refrigerator compartment.  This seems to be a sort of pink water.  Whether it is blood or melted strawberry popsicle that colors the water pink, I do not know.  Nor do I want to know.  There is also a sort of pink puddle under the fridge as well. Poll #1467946 What should I do Open to: Friends, detailed results viewable to: Friends, participants: 9 What should I do? Eat all the meat in my freezer quickly 1 (11.1%) Wait a day, everything will freeze again. it's just on an auto-defrost cycle 0 (0.0%) don't eat any of it. put it in the garbage. it's been dripping long enough there is a puddle on the kitchen floor as well as inside fridge 8 (88.9%) ignore it and pretend nothing is weird 0 (0.0%) call my landlord who is also my mother-in-law 4 (44.4%) wake andy up. 3 (33.3%) ignore it until it starts to smell bad and then I'll have to deal with it. 1 (11.1%) (9 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, August 17th, 2009
9:48 pm	The washington post's dreamy surreal article about Asheville http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/08/14/ST2009081402295.html?sid=ST2009081402295 (Comment on this)
Thursday, July 16th, 2009
7:55 pm	challah dreams Last night I dreamed I was telling someone what challah bread is like, how good it is, and that you can buy it at The Fresh Market (an Asheville grocery store). I didn't remember this dream until I was standing in the Fresh Market staring at the challah bread, and that fragment is, of course, the only part of the dream that I remember. I think I was like 11 years old the last time I ate challah bread.  My mother stopped buying bread when she got a bread machine around 1996. Challah bread is of course, deeply symbolic, but not being and never having been Jewish, or particularly familiar with Judaism, I knew nothing of the symbolism until I googled it just now. Current Mood: wistful (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, June 20th, 2009
5:19 pm	an article about homeless high school students excerpt from leicester news-leader (a fledgling local newspaper owned by the folks from the weaverville tribune): "...Capps is just one of many Erwin students facing tremendous challenges to succeeding in school.  Of all the Buncombe County Schools, the Erwin district has the highest rate of free or reduced lunch, second only to the Community High School BCS East. "Erwin also has the highest number of students identified as homeless.  Emily Walters with the Buncombe County Board of Education said last year Erwin High School had 39 students identified as homeless and as of May 1, the total is 64. "'We've added more since May first,' Walters said. 'Historically Erwin has had the highest.'" -------------------------- I realized of course, they're comparing Erwin to the other Buncombe County schools.  Who knows what the rate is in Asheville city schools.  That may be higher. Nonetheless, what the hell?  What can this community do about this? (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
6:55 pm	OK, so I bit when Sarah posted this in her journal, so I guess I should go ahead and post it in mine The first TEN people to comment in this post [though I doubt there will be that many - prove me wrong, people] get to request a drabble(Short little plotless interaction so to speak) of any pairing/character of their choosing from me. In return, they have to post this in their journal, regardless of their ability level. If you absolutely can't write, I don't see why you wouldn't be able to offer drawings or icons or something instead. Why not? It seems like good times. Any pairing/character, though if you ask me something I don't know, I will freely make it up. Will be in play format. I promise at least one pun per scene unless you specify otherwise. Regardless of characters/situation. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
6:28 pm	the more I understand, the more confused I am. Current Mood: wednesday afternoon Current Music: would like to be listening to ani difranco (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
6:16 pm	ballot US Senate  Hagan -- a genuine, intelligent person who understands the issues facing folk in north carolina Dole -- a power-hungry former beauty queen. Cole -- the libertarian candidate?  who cares? House of Representatives District 11 Shuler -- sort of an environmentalist good-old-boy.  the current issue on his blog is Mexican trucks Mumpower -- Hmmm.  The only issue on his web site that he discusses with any conviction is illegal immigration, an issue he and shuler agree on.  And his web site's graphic design is just creepy. ... his graphic designer must not like him much?  Otherwise he seems to really be a libertarian.  His big fight on Asheville City Council was cracking down on illegal drug dealers, but he doesn't mention any of that on his web site.  He is a licensed psycologist.  which explains a lot i guess. Smith -- the libertarian Governor Perdue  -- She is experienced and the things she says are intelligent.  i didn't like a radio ad she did a while back...  it made her look like a hypocritical bitch. McRory -- is sounding more awesome than Perdue, more coherent and more together and focussed.  I've never voted for a Republican before, but damn, he is for mass transit.  and it sounds like he believes in the same God that Jean believes in. how cool is that?  I will have to do more research. Munger -- the libertarian ... there are a lot more people on the ballot, but I've had enough political research for one night. thoughts anyone? Current Mood: political (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, September 12th, 2008
7:33 pm	Texas Ike:  22 foot storm surge to hit the area w/ 25% of the u.s. refineries. the largest hurricane since katrina to hit a major u.s. city. and everyone in north carolina is bitching about gas stations raising their gas prices.  "Oh my god, it's price gouging, they're making a profit." supply and demand, people.  there's a hurricane coming, you'll know what's going on once it's hit. for some reason, from what i understand, houston evacuated, but galveston, which is where it's going to hit didn't.  40% of people are still there.  but the island is going to be underwater.  ... so they're having a curfew. ... because that makes sense. atleast that's my understanding.  i might be wrong.  my understanding of houston area geography is nonexistent.  galveston has been flooding since 9 am, and my understanding is the storm hasn't even hit yet.  ah it's to hit land about midnight.  water is already 9 feet above normal.  Current Music: kuhf fm (Comment on this)
Sunday, September 7th, 2008
8:58 pm	:) i was listening to public radio this evening while I was heating up lasagne and sauteeing swiss chard, and they played this long, amazing, in depth, fascinating radio documentary about a Philadelphia doctor from Ghana who eventually went back to Ghana and started a bunch of sickle cell anemia clinics and all about sickle cell anemia in Ghana. The documentary was put together by one Aaron Schwartz, 2009, and it was funded in part by Swarthmore College.   Thankyou Aaron Schwartz, Swarthmore College, & NPR for a fascinating and educational program. (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
10:45 pm	i hope everyone is listening to or watching Barack Obama right now. He is being awesome and historic in his speech. (Comment on this)
Saturday, August 16th, 2008
10:46 pm	advice? One thing i've learned by doing this whole working from home/freelancing thing is that it's impossible. You take a 5 minute break and somehow three hours has passed. You manage to work for two hours, and then you're hungry again. 10:00 p.m. comes and goes and you haven't got anything done. even the three hours was eaten up by some dumb procrastinating project and not something important. I'm beginning to realize why I was so horrible at Swarthmore. My time management skills are shit. I expect to get days off. I don't like having work to do on the weekends. I prioritize and prioritize and I never make it through my list. People invite me to dinner and I go. I always want to go to sleep at 11 pm and sleep until 9 am. How do I do this? How do I improve my discipline and focus? When I'm at work, I don't have this problem. I am always doing something. always moving forward. I am on time. I am able to set everything else in my life aside and just focus on work. What do you do when you have to bring this into your house? Current Mood: stress (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, July 4th, 2008
11:55 am	and other cooking disasters Most of you out there have probably read Calvin & Hobbes, and you remember that Calvin's mother always cooks this amorphous green (sometimes orange) blobby stuff for dinner, and Calvin finds it very threatening. ... I've figured out the recipe. Current Music: kid rock (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
8:00 pm	Cooking with spam for dummies Is spam any good in soup or is that just the sort of thing one should never try? I'm assuming it works basically like hot dogs, which are ok in soup. Right? Current Music: Evanescence sort of (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, May 26th, 2008
12:42 pm	Cicada The cicadas have arrived. They have this awesome sci-fi-ish sonic sounding buzz that is reminiscent of alien-movie-landings. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, April 5th, 2008
9:52 pm	Interesting http://www.swarthmoorhall.co.uk/index.htm (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
9:53 am	Poll 1. If you are wearing a knee-length skirt to a job interview, what sort of shoes do you wear with it? What do they look like? Can you walk in them? Are they remotely comfortable? Do you think they're attractive or are they just something you bought to wear to job interviews and for that matter, you absolutely hate them? Do they have that necessary, I-am-sitting-here-looking-posh-but-not-drawing-attention-to-myself look? Where did you buy them and how expensive were they? 2. If you are wearing a knee-length skirt to a job interview, do you wear pantyhose? black socks? knee-high socks? no socks? something else? Option 3: You never wear skirts to job interviews. Option 4: You only wear long skirts to job interviews. (10 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, January 7th, 2008
6:53 pm	:) There is nothing so luxurious or awesome as owning a dishwasher. Current Mood: jumping up and down w/ happine Current Music: sweet dishwasher noise (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, December 29th, 2007
5:30 pm	cooking pancakes with coconut milk in place of butter We got macademia nut pancake mix and maple syrup for Christmas. I'm mixing it up. I realize I only have one teaspoon of butter. I'm out of cooking oils. The only other option is to break open the coconut milk and use it as my cooking oil. It burns. But the burned bits taste good, like little bits of burned sugar. the mix creates light, fluffy pancakes, and the subtle flavors of maple syrup and coconut and macadamia together are fucking awesome. the best pancakes ever. Current Mood: delighted (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, December 13th, 2007
9:01 pm	a book you should read "Confessions of an Economic Hitman" fascinating book -- sort of a personal narrative of global economics. that tells an indispensible history of American foreign relations in the past 30 or so years. links together a lot of things i knew were related but couldn't figure out how they were related to each other. sometimes the writer gets annoying, but it's worth the read for the solid info. (2 Comments |Comment on this)