"I Don't Have to Explain My Art to You Warren..."

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Friday, September 26, 2008

A Quaint Portland Review
Current mood:

sick
Category: Travel and Places

Here are just some of the highlights of the trip to Portland to see the awesome Poage girls, Counting Crows and Maroon 5:

1. Chillin' on Ken and Cara's awesome deck and seeing their uber-productive (with volunteer cucumbers!) raised-bed garden.

2. Chillin' at Ambrosia reading the 'Sex in Portland' insert, with Kristin's roommate's art on the cover of the weekly paper. Drinking beer and eating a veggie burger.

3. Waffle cart! This is a cart that serves waffle sandwiches. The first morning I had the veggie sausage and maple spread. On the next morning, on the way out of town, I had the Black Forest: Nutella and Raspberry Jam. It seriously was heaven.

4. Cara's tour of Portland by car. We saw where Ken works, where she works and her Momma's apt. We also went over some of the fab bridges that I hear a true Portlander knows the names of, in order.

5. Powells. Yes, I might be one of the only people I know who had never been there but it was the best. Books everywhere, strange Rockin' Rudy-esque items and a section devoted just to small press!

6. The Counting Crows show. Adam Duritz is 'crazzzzzzy good' like Pop-Tarts. Seriously, the guy was so stoked and insane genius amazing.

7. Kristin's occasional interjections of "Take off your shirt!" to Adam Levine while they were on stage.

Currently listening:
S&M Communion Bread
By Stacey Earle
Release date: 2005-06-21

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Thursday, September 25, 2008

Happy Birthday William!
Current mood:

blah
Category: School, College, Greek

Nobel prize-winning author William Faulkner was born on this day in 1897. Many of Faulkner's novels and short stories take place in Mississippi, where he lived and worked for most of his life. His first book, "Soldier's Pay," was published in 1926, and his 20th and last, "The Reivers," in 1962. He also had well over 100 short stories published, along with several books of poetry. These accomplishments are even more amazing in light of the fact that Faulkner never graduated from high school or college.

Currently reading:
The Sound and the Fury (Norton Critical Editions)
By William Faulkner

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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Happy Birthday Francis!
Current mood:

awake
Category: School, College, Greek

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (a distant relative of the author of ""The Star-Spangled Banner") was born on this day in 1896. He is better known as F. Scott Fitzgerald, novelist and short story writer whose work reflected the "jazz baby" (a term he invented) attitudes of the post-World War I era. His most famous novel, The Great Gatsby, an ironic tale of life in Long Island, was published in 1925 but was not a success until it was republished in 1945. It is today considered an example of a great American novel and is required reading in many high school and college English classes.

Currently reading:
Their Eyes Were Watching God
By Zora Neale Hurston
Release date: 2006-05-30

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

I loves the Whitworth English Dept...
Current mood:

full
Category: School, College, Greek

..They used the online Sarah Palin Baby Name Generator to look up the names the "would" have been given had they been born to Alaskan Crazy Sarah Palin...and then posted them on index cards outside their cubicles and doors in Camp English aka Camp FAB. Hilarious! (and varies by how much of your name you put in)

btw...I am "Revolver Trooper" Palin.

Get yours here.... http://politsk.blogspot.com/2008/09/sarah_13.html

Currently reading:
The Great Gatsby
By F. Scott Fitzgerald

12:51 AM

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Thursday, September 11, 2008

Sarah Palin and Feminism
Current mood:

cranky
Category: News and Politics

In regards to Lucas' Sarah Palin Photo comment on 9.10.08-

1) I am very f'in scared.

2) but at the same time, she is trying to do what feminists have dreamed about, getting into the white house. Yes, she is a dirty politician but from the feminist stand point, sadly, this is progress.

3) I am a proud feminist. So Feminist, in fact, it is sometimes shocking that I chose to enter that patriarchal bond known as marriage. I don't care what a nut job this lady is, if I hear one more time that she can't be VP and raise her kids, I am going to scream...and then you will all be visiting me at Eastern State Hospital cause I have snapped. (I am not kidding aboutthe rage thing right now)

4)oh my god! Focus on the issues, listen for the lies that pour forth from their mouths and please, please, PLEASE...do not complain if you don't vote.Period.

Currently reading:
Cane
By Jean Toomer

5:35 AM

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Friday, September 05, 2008

A brief Lucas quote...
Current mood:

amused
Category: Romance and Relationships

...in reference to me.

"You are are mellow. Mellow is anti-fun... but anti-fun is still fun "

Ha. Apparently his logic defies logic...this is what FedEx Office induced and enforced sleep deprevation does to a person. ugh.

Currently reading:
Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy
By Carlos Eire

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Friday, September 05, 2008

Risk (not just a board game)
Current mood:

sleepy
Category: Life

I don't think you can grow unless you take risks.

And you can't take risks unless you have a belief that things are going to be okay, in sort of a philosophical way.

Not that you can pinpoint. But nature of taking a risk, you don't know what's going to happen.

But you have to believe that something good is going to come out of that.

-Emily Saliers

Currently listening:
So Much More
By Brett Dennen
Release date: 2006-11-21

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