Friday, September 12, 2008
commitment
I find commitment to inanimate objects much easier than to people. Sometimes, maybe a little too easy. Several years ago I got a tattoo that I was quite smitten with. Over time though, I grew less and less impressed with it and decided that I wanted to change it. Today I finally followed through and made some updates. Here are the official pictures of the transformation from star to lotus flower:
Thursday, September 11, 2008
encore
Two posts in one day - ooooh!
As long as I am on a roll of passing along gems from my favorite blog goldmines, I might as well send you this link. Slate Magazine is something, much like Thai food and Weeds (the show, duh) that I just cannot seem to get enough of sometimes. I have avoided writing anything about the election and I am not particularly sure why. I somehow doubt I will begin a Dooce-like event. So maybe I will tackle that before too long.
In the mean time, suffice it to say that identity and persona are playing huge roles in this election. Dare I say more so that ever before? Hillary Clinton's campaign and now Sarah Palin's are inducing some interesting insights about sex/gender and politics. The debater in me found this to be particularly interesting because let's face it - a lot of us had already thought about some of this. Maybe I should wear my "Debate Like a Girl" t-shirt today.
On a side/unrelated note, gmail has a series of links at the top of the page and they are clearly tailored to the emails you send. For instance, I bought a laptop bag and the email confirmations induced links about computer bags. Given the large numbers of emails which include the word debate, I often get links about debate-type things. Recently the only link gmail can find about debate is a reference to a joke that tops my list of most-hated jokes, ever, in the history of ever. Come on gmail, get it together.
As long as I am on a roll of passing along gems from my favorite blog goldmines, I might as well send you this link. Slate Magazine is something, much like Thai food and Weeds (the show, duh) that I just cannot seem to get enough of sometimes. I have avoided writing anything about the election and I am not particularly sure why. I somehow doubt I will begin a Dooce-like event. So maybe I will tackle that before too long.
In the mean time, suffice it to say that identity and persona are playing huge roles in this election. Dare I say more so that ever before? Hillary Clinton's campaign and now Sarah Palin's are inducing some interesting insights about sex/gender and politics. The debater in me found this to be particularly interesting because let's face it - a lot of us had already thought about some of this. Maybe I should wear my "Debate Like a Girl" t-shirt today.
On a side/unrelated note, gmail has a series of links at the top of the page and they are clearly tailored to the emails you send. For instance, I bought a laptop bag and the email confirmations induced links about computer bags. Given the large numbers of emails which include the word debate, I often get links about debate-type things. Recently the only link gmail can find about debate is a reference to a joke that tops my list of most-hated jokes, ever, in the history of ever. Come on gmail, get it together.
good thinking
As I did my daily perusing of blogs I came across a this video on Boing Boing. As soon as that nice old man started talking I burst into laughter. I cannot be entirely sure why it was so funny to me but for right now I will blame it on the fact that I am so congested I have become delirious. It did inspire me though, so I think I will work on taking more movies. I have recently become a little better at taking more pictures, as evidenced by the fact that iphoto has found a permanent home in my dock. For you non mac lovers, 1. shame on you, 2. that just means I use it a lot.
So I will give this whole movie thing a go and then maybe I will make something fantastic. Maybe. I am still in the process of thinking that thought (One of my favorite people said something like that in a meeting yesterday and I vowed to find some way to use it - success.)
Back to my beloved blogs and blowing my nose.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
mmm cake
When I tried to declare my booty a "pancake booty" the other night, a friend explained that I actually have an "angel food cake booty." The end.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
things I forgot i knew
Everyone has bad days but that does not seem to make them any easier. Knowing that the next day could get better does not make a lousy day feel better. However, having several lousy days in a row does make a day that might have previously been categorized as mediocre feel like winning the lottery. I can only imagine how tomorrow will feel when I actually win the lottery. And by lottery I mean finally get a paycheck which brings me above the poverty line for the first time in, well, ever.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
long awaited updates
It seems I have been missed during my blogging hiatus - there were IMs, phone calls, emails, people knocking on my door, registered letters, the whole works just to see what was happening to Kesley Hair.* The thesis got totally finished and turned in and then I had nothing left to procrastinate so I took a break from blogging. Good news though, school starts Monday so there is plenty to procrastinate again - thank goodness.
Life has not been all that exciting and the feelings of pure bliss associated with finishing a Master's degree faded more quickly than I had hoped they would. In just a few days I will officially be employed in my first, truly full-time job. I add truly because I have been working more than full-time the last two years but it paid so little sometimes I feel like it didn't count.
My new favorite hobby is making lists of things I am going to buy with my first paycheck. Unfortunately, there are a lot of necessities that have been moved up the priority list and some fun stuff has been moved to the bottom but eventually I will get there. I have been considering personalized license plates but the reality is that I can't handle that sort of commitment so instead I have been shopping for new tattoos, good thinking, huh? I have vowed to take myself on a celebratory date to have a dinner where I don't even think about the prices. Then I am going to come home and do nothing the rest of the night because that is what non-students do. Speaking of things non-students do, sleep every night. I think I will go do that now.
* Okay there was only one IM asking about the blog but still, I am sure the rest of you were on the verge of missing me.
Life has not been all that exciting and the feelings of pure bliss associated with finishing a Master's degree faded more quickly than I had hoped they would. In just a few days I will officially be employed in my first, truly full-time job. I add truly because I have been working more than full-time the last two years but it paid so little sometimes I feel like it didn't count.
My new favorite hobby is making lists of things I am going to buy with my first paycheck. Unfortunately, there are a lot of necessities that have been moved up the priority list and some fun stuff has been moved to the bottom but eventually I will get there. I have been considering personalized license plates but the reality is that I can't handle that sort of commitment so instead I have been shopping for new tattoos, good thinking, huh? I have vowed to take myself on a celebratory date to have a dinner where I don't even think about the prices. Then I am going to come home and do nothing the rest of the night because that is what non-students do. Speaking of things non-students do, sleep every night. I think I will go do that now.
* Okay there was only one IM asking about the blog but still, I am sure the rest of you were on the verge of missing me.
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