When I was finishing up my Masters in Teaching at Boston University, back when I still thought I might want to be a teacher, I got asked by the father of a friend from California what my plans were for after I graduated. I told him I was going back home to Kentucky to [...]
Archive for September, 2008
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Posted in Uncategorized on September 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Procrastination
Posted in Uncategorized on September 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Months ago, right at the start of 2008, I was knocking around the This American Life website while I was on my lunch break at work. When I love something, I love it a lot, you cannot underestimate the degree to which I love something that I love. On my roster of THINGS [...]
Omnivore’s Dilemma
Posted in Uncategorized on September 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am pretty much over meat.
I have never been the type of person who considers the most delicious possible meal some sort of mammalian chunk of business. I’ve eaten meat my entire life, but never genuinely loved it. This has made it very easy to not miss it now that I’ve made the [...]
Hurricanes – not just for the coast anymore!
Posted in Uncategorized on September 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The remnants of Hurricane Ike tore through my city on Sunday, bringing with it winds measured at 75 miles per hour. It was a surreal thing to witness. At first, when I didn’t realize the gravity of the situation, it was entertaining. I love windy days, and this was a very windy [...]
Ending
Posted in Uncategorized on September 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
David Foster Wallace dead at 46.
I know his great literary work is Infinite Jest (which, just like everyone else, I still haven’t gotten through) but I love him for his essays in particular, and his short stories. Brief Interviews With Hideous Men blew my mind. And essays like “Host,” “A Supposedly Fun Thing [...]
In which the fact that no one reads this blog works out well for me
Posted in Uncategorized on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am not an argumentative person. I have opinions about things, though. I have carefully considered opinions. Oh, and about those opinions, I’m pretty damn certain that I’m right about things. But to elect to disrupt the peace just so I can tell people how right I am? It seems [...]
Conversation at tonight’s dance class
Posted in Uncategorized on September 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
(all questions fired in rapid succession and in all seriousness)
Fellow Dancer: (out of the blue as we were lining up to do floor progressions) How long did you dance at this studio as a child?
Me: (surprised) Oh! Well, from eighth grade through the age of twenty so… seven years?
Fellow Dancer: [...]
Mission: Bridesmaid
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family on September 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My mom is getting married in October. It’s sort of an odd thing to behold. The first time my mom got married, I didn’t exist. The second time she got married, I was only nine or so, and there weren’t any expectations of me other than that I would behave myself at [...]
Something out of nothing
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged qlc on September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes I think the real reason I’m not satisfied with my life is that I can’t let go of the guilty feeling that I’m not doing what I’m supposed to be doing, and what I’m supposed to be doing isn’t what I want to be doing.
Right now, I am supposed to be reinforcing the habit [...]
It Was Mutual
Posted in Uncategorized on September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Your classic love story. Boy meets girl. On the internet, but in this day and age, internet dating is nothing to be ashamed of. Right? Right?!
Boy and girl fall in “love.” Boy and girl giggle their way through a mock argument or two, and after a maybe-reasonable period of courtship, move in together [...]
