tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57346952011-04-21T21:24:47.146-07:00The means ARE the endsmoedeenoreply@blogger.comBlogger6681100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734695.post-1152742873525197022006-07-12T15:19:00.000-07:002006-07-12T15:21:13.536-07:00

I couldn't not blog about this man. Once again I say - he needs to be in an even greater leadership position. I know he's new to the Hill, but time on the Hill isn't the measure of a person's ability to lead or inspire. Check out his "Call to Renewal" keynote address.'I wish he was my senator.

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I'm writing this mainly for myself so I can quit thinking about writing here. I'm going on a blog hiatus until after graduation. I'm planning on graduating this year (2006), in June so until then, goodbye and thanks for all the fish.

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Tookie Williams was killed today. He was murdered by the state of California, after having been denied clemency by the governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Although I am not surprised, I am greatly saddened by his death. If ever a person deserved clemency and recognition of personal transformation and redemption, it was Tookie.Although he was responsible for helping found the Crips, he was also

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I just came home from seeing "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe" and there are so many thoughts and feelings rolling around that I can't sleep yet. It was rather odd to have this story up on a screen in front of me. I first read the book probably 25 years ago and have read it (and the others in the series) innumerable times since then. I love those stories and

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Classes start on Monday and, unlike my other terms, I'm not looking forward to being back in school. I've gotten what I wanted and I'm ready to leave. I just want out. My experience as a grad student has been valuable but I no longer want to be immersed in talking about and defining problems. Even though I'm working on ways to keep some emotional distance, it's all too easy to fall into that

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Here's my response to an article by Robert Tracinski published in The Intellectual Activist. I find articles like this challenging to respond to - lagely because I can remember thinking this way once and feeling the "rightness" of that opinion. However, my thinking and feelings have changed a lot since then and even though Tracinski may have some points, I think he's sorely lacking in compassion

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In the aftermath of Hurrican Katrina, yet another unfortunate and ill-advised event has occurred: Bush and all our fabulous Hill politicians have decided to suspend the prevailing wage laws on federal jobs related to Katrina rebuild efforts.Prevailing wage was established by the Davis-Bacon act which is "...U.S. federal legislation which established the requirement for paying "prevailing wages"

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We all know how those Democrats simply LOVE going out of their way to make sure people suffer. That's the Democratic politician's entire purpose - making sure that people in her/his constiuency are specifically in the line of fire when disaster strikes. Thanks for pointing out (Grover Norquist) that it's the fault of the Democratic city and Democratic politicians (alone, mind you) that all those

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did Rehnquist not step down, he died. Leaving not one, but two vacancies on the court and one of them the chief justice position. Shouldn't the chief justice come from an already sitting court? That's got me a bit confused. Roberts doesn't seem to have all that much experience on the bench anyway and now Bush is proposing that he be the next chief justice of the highest court in the land.My

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The terrible destruction and devastation that are rampant in New Orleans is proof that most of us are only a step or two away from descending into madness and chaos - despite what we like to think about ourselves. Are we a civilized nation? Possibly. Are we immune from the madness and crazy fear-inducing behaviors of a disaster? Nope. Those poor, poor people. What they're facing, what any

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This divide in our country - you know, the big one about our freedoms, what they are, who can exercise them, etc - just keeps getting bigger. I offer a hearty tip o' the hat to the American Legion(biggest veteran's group in the world according to their website) and its 2.7 million members for their enthusiastic support of our country and its government. As they say “The American Legion fully

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You really, really, really need to check out these lovely Vintage Hilda Prints. Believe it or not, I found them while looking at some of the w4m ads on the local craigslist. No, I wasn't cruising for a date but I was curious as to what other women post. I have to admit to some jealousy towards the woman who not only had posted one of these adorable pics on her ad but who also wrote some really

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So my (somewhat nominal) boss is on vacation again this week and once again, here come the office politics and gossip. Apparently, some of the people in the office don't like Boss so they have been avoiding his presence for the last 3-4 weeks since he got back from his other week off. What I find somewhat funny but also annoying is that they try to pump me for information about Boss and what he

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I'm so angry I can barely breathe. I just heard about Robertson's call (however mindless) for Chavez' assassination. Do you realize what this is? Do you realize the importance of those statements? A leader in the mainstream Christian community openly advocated killing another human being. That's aside from the entire assassination of a democratically elected offical/international incident/

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I recently had the opportunity (in a doctor's office) to quickly peruse the June 2005 issue of the Oregon Peaceworker. I was enjoying some of the pieces, especially since the issue contains a number of articles addressing a theme I feel is important - how we in the peace movement think about ourselves. I have long thought that defining ourselves in the positive holds far greater potential for

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that I used to blog A LOT!! Not only did I blog a lot, I blogged about a lot of things and talked a lot about my education, what I was doing, and all kinds of other neat stuff. Now I'm feeling slightly loser-y because I haven't been blogging at all for the last six months or so. I like going back and reading my old blogposts and seeing where I was, remembering what I was thinking and so on. I

moedeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734695.post-1124209294035878122005-08-16T09:16:00.000-07:002005-08-16T09:21:34.043-07:00

are fleeting and short-lived. Well, actually, temping is kind of fun but it's seriously getting a bit old. I like where I'm working, like the people I work with, but the work is so far from challenging it's laughable. Developing the little database was fun but that's pretty much done (except some minor cleanup work before I leave) and now it's all boring, routine data collection and entry.

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Monsoon WeddingNapoleon DynamiteDeath to SmoochyBuffy Seasons 5 & 6Angel Season 5Hero (with Jet Li)Bend It Like BeckhamAny MST3K I can getThe Princess BrideToy Story (1 & 2 maybe)Fight ClubFinding NemoMystery MenUndercover BrotherPlease note that there are no "serious" films listed. I'm not sure I want to part with my hard-earned cash and be constantly depressed...

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Will somebody PLEASE tell me why we're *still* funneling money into somewhat dubious space programs? I mean - don't we have enough domestic (and by domestic I mean "on the globe") issues we need to focus on? Exactly how are these programs benefitting anyone (anyone other than the companies that manufacture the pieces and parts, that is)...WTF?

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from good ole boy construction talk. When people want to shoot the shit about favors they're owed, plans for buying/building/selling property and other such stuff, can they AT LEAST go to another room?!

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The more I hear about Roberts, the worse I feel about his nomination and the more scared I am about his almost-certain approval. I have tried to believe that there isn't a "grand plan" to keep oppressing women but I think the reality is that there is something going on. Why else the constant and unrelenting attack on reproductive rights? Why has Roe v Wade seemingly become so fragile when

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So I have to give a big, humongous shout out to my teacher and friend, Amanda Byron. She took on Lars Larson today and she was awesome awesome awesome! I'm not linking to Lars' site because I think he's extremely unpleasant but you can google it if you must visit. Anyway, I was incredibly impressed by Amanda's composure, especially in the face of some very inflammatory commentary and responses

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So those of you who know me know that I moved out here from North Carolina. Spent several years in both small towns and in a fairly rural area of the state. I worked in construction for a while (office stuff) and have spent a good bit of time around construction workers & (big generalization here) others of that "type." I like working in the construction industry (sort of) largely because I

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Someone punched a hold in the door of my car. The hole doesn't go all the way through, it's just through the outer skin but it's pretty nasty. It looks like someone beat on the door a couple of time (just under the handle), cut into the metal, and then peeled away a chunk. I have no idea why they did it or what they wanted. There was nothing in there except my radio. The radio has a

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I thought I'd want to blog more once the term ended but I'm finding that's not quite true. I don't want to do much of anything that involves thinking and I find that blogging often sparks bouts of deeper thought than I'm currently interested in. I have a little list of things to blog about, in addition to my normal musings on the nature of life, peace, and nonviolence.I find myself listening to

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My friend aharv responded to a previous post of mine and asked several questions. Here they are:"...what is your proposal for the Terrorism we have experienced in the world today. What should we do to counter act it. What would the USA or the world be like today if our miliary did not take the actions that they have?..."There are any number of writers who have offered their answers to her first

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I just realized today that someone else who lives in the apartment complex has tainted my compost barrel with (probably) meat. This is the first composting I've done and it started smelling pretty bad a week or so ago when the weather started warming up. I knew it was going to be a bit smelly but didn't realize there was something wrong. Anyway, I spoke with a few people this week and am now

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It's hot here today - we jumped from the low 60s early in the week to the 90s today. I don't like it. I hate that grimy, sweaty, gritty feeling that comes from sweating and never really cooling down. I'm also moving so my apartment is trashed and I feel I have no place relaxing to go to. I feel especially fleshy - heavy and too much in my skin. I like being present in my body but not when it

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It's late, I'm typing up a bunch of annotated bibs and I've surfed over to E! TV. The Gastineau Girls (a fantastically stupid show) is on and I just heard someone on the show refer to himself as a "fashion blah blah strategist." WTF???? Fashion STRATEGIST??? Sometimes this stuff is so over-the-top out of my frame of living that I can't stop myself from watching.Oh yeah, I forgot to mention

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Since I really have no actual readers, this is probably a bit of a waste of time but I'm doing it anyway. I'm taking a blogbreak for a while - probably until the end of spring term (sometime in June). I discovered that I'm writing SO MUCH in school that blogging just isn't fun right now. The one thing I will mention is that I've got an idea for a thesis project and I'll (hopefully) be working

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I've decided to take a blog hiatus for a couple of weeks. This term in school is unusual in that I'm absolutely uninspired and unmotivated to do any of the work. I just don't want to be here, am tired of all the goddammned readings and am sick sick sick of writing. Hence, a short hiatus from writing altogether. I won't be gone too long and may post sporadically but probably not often. Check

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Even though I'm a complete sportsphobe, I'm watching the superbowl (rooting for the Phillies for various reasons) - in large part b/c I know all my students and peers are probably watching and it's nice to be able to talk about pop culture stuff sometimes. Anyway, I was flabbergasted at the blatant promotion of militaristic glorification that occured during the opening events. I was gritting my

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The story about Robert Blake's trial being eclipsed by Michael Jackson's is a bit surreal but the NY Times' coverage of said story is effing creepy!! The Times story reads as if Blake and Jackson are both figures worthy of such great media attention. Part of the Times story sounds critical of Blake - as if it were disappointed that he wasn't doing more to promote himself in the spotlight and

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I read Slate's review of Hillary C's "Anniversary of Roe v Wade" speech and I'm not entirely certain how I feel about what she said. It seems to have some sticky undercurrents of religiosity was well as trying to ease off the "it's a woman's body, woman's choice" stance. I'm guessing she's trying to appeal more to the middle - to the people who don't like the idea but who are also queasy about

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I *really* like Gore Vidal. He's been a bit of a hero of mine for a couple of years - ever since I read "Dreaming War: Blood for Oil and The Bush-Cheney Junta". Amy Goodman from Democracy Now!, top-notch progressive journalist, interviews him on the Bush coronation speech...

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You have GOT to check this out!!! Ever wonder where that cool, bobbing, glowing light on Finding Nemo came from? It's ALL about the public domain Inaguration and Jon Stewart, need I say more?

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Torture doesn't work. It doesn't work because it happens on all sides during war, not just one. We found out that our government and military condone torture (as in Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib). I would also mention that this is happening prisons around our country but that no one (in the media) cares enough to talk about it. Now, we're hearing that some of our POW's who were tortured are on the

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Will the constant whining of marketing and ad executives never stop? According to an article on Alternet, some television executives are offended when people attempt to avoid or skip advertising. Here's a snip from the article: =================================== "...When we watch ads, we become the media's workforce," says Sut Jhally, author, media critic and founder of the Media Education

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I posted an ad on the personals on craigslist a few weeks ago and received quite a number of responses. A couple of them progressed as far as coffee & conversation but that's pretty much it so far. Anyway, one of the people I met, I'll call him Jim, was pretty nice but vastly different than he portrayed himself in his email. Not that he lied or sent pictures of a different person or anything, he

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As a follow up to my previous post about my NV class, I need to say that things are on a much more positive track. After speaking with three or four different friends, I wound up speaking with crey - who set me on the track by using the word "feedback." As Prof NV has been a friend of mine for a while, I was really struggling with my feelings about the incident in class and what it meant not

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Today was Inaguration Day for the second time for Bush. I'm not going to comment except to say that he wasn't elected the first time and, as far as I'm concerned, he wasn't elected this time. He may be living in the White House with all the perks and privileges given to the president, but he is not MY president. But I digress. Here in Portland, as you may know, people will protest and march

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I'm not entirely sure how I can justify having four days off and having done reading for only one class. I've done any number of school-related tasks but, somehow, I just couldn't get all the reading done. I did manage to plow through an incredibly dry book for my Urban Schools class - a book, I might add, that seems extremely limited and somewhat irrelevant to the course. I did not manage to

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What does it mean when I’m encouraged to ask then told that asking is wrong when I’m told to speak out then told I’m speaking too long What does it mean when someone says “go ahead” then says “not that far” when you ask “what’s the problem?” then you’re told “you are?”

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I mentioned briefly, in a previous post, that my instructor in my Nonviolence class seemed to have some pretty set ideas about nonviolence, at least within the context of the class. Prof NV is a friend of mine, in addition to being my instructor, and that made what happened in class even more surreal. From our friendship, I had made some assumptions about my Prof's beliefs on nonviolence, how to

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American arrogance continues to grow by leaps and bounds. Considering that our initial aid package to help with tsunami relief was [embarrassed cough] $15 million that was only grudgingly increased to [another embarrased cough] $40 or so million after enormous public outcry, I'm not entirely sure why hearing that the US is now planning to spend $37.5 million on our own tsunami warning system

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I'm taking three classes and mentoring two sections. Here's a quick roundup: My classes are Nonviolence, Psychology of Conflict and Peace, and Urban Schools and "At Risk" Status. So far, the psych class is proving to have the highest level of dialogue and intellectual challenge. I have to give props to our prof for that - she is insistent that we keep questioning and not get stuck on one

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School is proving to be quite, quite demanding this term. Not only work-wise but simply time wise. I figured it out last night and I'm a classroom around 25 hrs a week - 6 of them as a teacher, 5 of them as a participant/co-facilitator, and around 14 as a student. I'm on campus a LOT. However, I'm also trying to not let school dominate my life entirely and have one, maybe two, off-campus

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that this stuff is all nonsense. I had it do a reading on my full birth name and I think it was pretty accurate. Here it is for your review: Name Analysis: Marie C'leste Holland Expression: 5 The Expression number shows us who we truly are, what we came into this life already knowing. This is where we feel most comfortable and how we automatically act. We attract people and situations to us

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What's this year's big question? Better yet, what are the answers and who gave them?

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I haven't been posting much lately because life has just seemed not worth talking about. I moved out here for grad school and now I'm questioning whether or not that was the best decision. I missed my loved ones a great deal over the holidays and I wonder whether my quality of life has improved since I got out here. Lately, I feel like I'm working on an MS in Disaster and a certificate in

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no lights no strings no décor or decorated surfaces what meaning with no one to see?

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my heart misses my loves and loving the season brings longing, sorrow, and tears; I am not present to share my heart will they remember my light?

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She presses her tiny, soft cheek against the squishy down of the purple blanket – simply joyful that she’s allowed to help

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thrummm thrummmm metal barrells roll round warm air whooshing through small holes. soft and dry they tumble and drop

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I did laundry today and wrote some poetry. I'll give each of them their own entry...

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Some of you who read my blog may know this but, for those of you who don't, I haven't always had that great of a relationship with my family. I've been fairly close to my mom - at least we've always been on speaking terms - but things with my dad have been pretty difficult sometimes and my brother and I just started rebuilding a relationship after probably 20 yrs or so of "on again, off again"

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I know that Night at the Roxbury is an absolutely terrible movie but, I swear to god, it just cracks me up!! Heinous or not, I think it's hysterical! I think the synchronous head bobbing is just ridiculously funny. Not to mention all the other carefully synchronized yet random movements. Their constant optimism (i.e. oblivious to rejection) with regard to women is not to be underestimated

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And want to become an Angel trivia nerd, check out these sites: http://www3.sympatico.ca/jenoff/angelrev.htm http://www.tvtome.com/Angel/index.html Sadly enough, I have wandered through more than one of the episode reviews...

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Pressthink has listed some thoughtful ideas about the current state of the media.

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I haven't seen anything this fun or laugh-inducing in a long time - enjoy! Also - the rest of the site is really cool & somewhat random. I enjoyed just poking around looking at all the interesting bits of stuff...

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I just saw an entry over at craigblog (Craig, from craig's list) about Citizen Journalism. Although there isn't a great deal of web content around CJ yet, it looks like Backfence.com is working on putting together a CJ site. OhmyNews is currently being touted as a frontrunner site and, according to Poynter, GetLocalNews has been working the field for several years. Also, AFreePress has a

moedeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734695.post-1104081156728961882004-12-26T09:06:00.000-08:002004-12-26T09:12:36.730-08:00

Do people actually listen to Bill O'Reilly? Is he for real or does he fabricate the disgusting mass he vomits up on his show? I commented earlier this month on his "Save Christmas" campaign and he's now back again - claiming that all sorts of journalists are smearing him for sticking up for the baby Jesus. I cannot BELIEVE that people listen to his ignorant, prejudiced, and downright hateful

moedeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734695.post-1104080472061763182004-12-26T08:56:00.000-08:002004-12-26T09:01:37.246-08:00

Eyes on the Prize, one of the best documentaries of the Civil Rights Movement, is no longer available (new) in the US, or anywhere. It's illegal to distribute or produce copies anymore, due to the greedy, capitalistic nature of our copyright laws. You can possibly find old copies in libraries or educational institutions but buying a copy online will probably end up costing you between $700-$1500.

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A couple of thoughts have been rolling around my head recently: Have we proven that violence is truly not "the best way"? (thanks hcul) Is education actually helpful to people? Big questions for which I have no answers. I suppose most people would say the answers are intuitively "yes" and "yes" but I'm not so sure anymore. With regard to the first question - violence has been a mainstay of

moedeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734695.post-1096508455395139662004-12-25T18:10:00.000-08:002004-12-25T18:20:30.890-08:00

I'm not blogrolling these folks but they've got some interesting blogs. Check 'em out: One Million Footnotes: great imagry! Parking Spots: This is a blog but it's a SUPER fun site :) Atheist Extraordinaire

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I'm thinking about using an old test blog I set up as a picture blog. I haven't been using my little Coolpix too much recently but I'm thinking it might be time to start sharing more photos with friends & fam. There isn't anything there yet, but I'll start putting some stuff there soon. I'll also link it from my sidebar... I keep one other blog that addresses just happy stuff so I'll have to

moedeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734695.post-1103953073171681162004-12-24T21:32:00.000-08:002004-12-24T21:37:53.170-08:00

Today is my birthday and it's been a lovely day. I wasn't sure what to expect, being out here & on my own for all these holidays, but it's actually been quite, quite good. I went to the barn this morning, rode and socialized a bit. Got a birthday/Christmas package from my mom & dad and opened all my gifties while on the phone with mom. THANKS for the presents and the love :) Jneal called &

moedeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734695.post-1103951957049617762004-12-24T21:18:00.000-08:002004-12-25T18:10:42.516-08:00

Hey - I love men as much as the next woman that loves men but, I have to admit, sometimes I feel a bit o' the heartless bitch... On a different note, I never realized there were so many new words being created to describe the expanding queer community.

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copyright, copyright, who's got the copyright? NPR - whiter than they oughta be I loved MS Photo Editor also :( Interesting stuff, even though I've got my fingers crossed against ever having to work in the corporate maze again. My life is now complete! Thanks, Emily, for guiding me to my superhero self...

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I've haven't been scrooge-y but I haven't been a little Christmas elf either this year. However, I'm feeling a bit more seasonal cheer at the moment because I'm listening to my new Bing Crosby compilation of Christmas songs. No, it's not something you can buy in a store but it's certainly reminding me of my family Christmases. I love Bing's Christmas songs :)

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and wiped the drive and have been reinstalling everything for the last four hours. I've still got quite a ways to go, am getting ready to reinstall Office and that usually takes a while. Reconfiguring Outlook will probably be the biggest chunk of time - especially since my Rules settings aren't saved & I have to recreate them all. I've installed Thunderbird and was thinking of switching to it

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When will religious fanatics/conservatives/fundamentalists of ANY religion finally give it over and quit trying to force their beliefs on the rest of society? Probably never but I just had to ask. Even when I was involved with southern baptist churches I couldn't force myself to proselytize. With regard to insisting that the entire world celebrate Christmas as the occasion of Christ's birth,

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Thanks to no less than FOUR spyware-smashing utilities, I think my immediate computer danger has subsided. It's true, NAV still can't run its email protection and, more than likely, I still have issues with Windows Installer, but my machine seems to be humming along fairly well. You have NO idea what a relief it is that I don't have to reformat & reinstall everything. That thought was giving

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I follow the fringes of the ongoing copyright & open source information battles and find that it's hard to have a lot of sympathy for the multi-billion dollar entertainment and software companies. I'm sure they're not the only companies affected, they're the ones who leap to mind first. I read a good article ("Who "Owns" Electronic Texts?" by Tharon Howard) a few years ago that explained the

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I've been posting rather infrequently lately and wasn't quite sure why until today. The reason is this: I realized that much of my posting revolves around issues of peace, justice, oppression, politics, and outrage and that I'm tired of all my thinking revolving around such big issues all the time. Maybe that means I won't have much to say but I'm going to try & give it a break for a while. When

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Did well in both my classes this term - glad for that! Next term is shaping up to be quite challenging. Here's my schedule: Monday: LfC from 8-11:50, then Psych of CR from 5:30 - 9:10 Tuesday: Social Sustainability from 10-11:50, then Asian Studies from 12:30 - 3:50 Wednesday: LfC from 8-10:50, then nothing Thursday: Social Sustainability from 10-11:50, then Asian Studies from 12:30 - 2:

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but I'm going to reformat my main drive, reinstall Windows and start the excrutiating process of setting my PC up again. I've tried to get rid of the one lingering, malicious little bastard (I think it's Look2Me) but I've had no luck. I've found the bad .dll's but can't get rid of them, even booting to Safe mode or via a DOS prompt. I wouldn't be that concerned about them but somehow, one of

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I have nothing to post about right now except for how nice it is to be doing absolutely nothing. It's amazing how quickly the day goes by when you have nothing to do.

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Adware, spyware, scumware, whatever the hell you call 'em, they all SUCK! Those little bastards infected my computer just like a virus. I've spent the last five days (give or take) trying to exterminate my machine - trying to pry those little buggers out of here. Holy crap - if you have a constant Internet connection, it's almost impossible to get rid of those little creeps. I'm running Spybot

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Here are some ideas, some truths, perhaps, that have popped up over the last few years: Thoughts create - even subconscious thoughtsThe universe is magnetic. We draw to ourselves the manifestation of our core thoughts & beliefsWe can choose which thoughts, if any, to believeThere are universal laws that govern portions of physical realityLanguage shapes our thoughtsPositive & negative, good &

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solid, a presence physicality of crystal; of clear, twinkling faceted diamonds softness of light touching my face

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drama wails and weeps. sound bringing the feeling closer to the surface; alas the abandoned sock

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Did you ever think about where you like to shop? I suppose most people do. But did you ever realize that not all people have the luxury of choosing to shop at a department store over Wal Mart? There are lots of people who shop at Wal Mart because it's the cheapest thing around and they can't afford to shop elsewhere. I was thinking about this when I was looking over the Choose Blue list of stores

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I heard that the Armed Forces Network has NO liberal voices at all. I realize that probably doesn't surprise many but I hadn't considered it before. I looked at their program listing and saw Dr. Laura (holy shit) and Rush Limbaugh (vomit vomit). I also saw Paul Harvey and Dave Ramsey and others but I don't know who they are. I heard that Paul Harvey is conservative but I don't remember although I

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That most of America has overlooked something of such vast and far-reaching importance. I mean, with such earth shaking things going on here, why would we care about anything else going on in the world?

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I just got a great haircut and some nifty new threads. I'm almost done with my schoolwork and am pretty durn ready for the break. My plans including riding my ass off and working out as much as I can get my tail to the gym! Hopefully, I'll be using the gym facilities on campus as I'll be there so much! I'm just happy to be feeling better :)

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I was never a Seinfelder-watcher but I do watch the occasional rerun and I love the dictionary. Better sit up and pay attention if you want to keep using TiVo to skip those commercials. Definition of hypocrisy: The Bush administration telling the Ukraine it should be conscientious of the free election process. (btw - that's a paraphrase) Watch out for those Indians and their "barbarous crews".

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I've deliberately refrained from spending much time following the details of the voting irregularities & recounts & such. I realize that, as an activist, that's like saying I bought a Land Rover and then used it to tow my 60 ft yacht to the river where I dumped gallons of used car oil into the water and then caught a bunch of dolphins for dinner. I know, I've shirked my responsibility to wind my

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Tired of being a woman in this society. Tired of seeing nothing but perfect bodies, hair, makeup, teeth, and clothing and feeling like I'm never going to be beautiful enough. Tired of feeling dumpy and frazzly. Tired of being alone and feeling lonely. I was sitting here watching some mindless makeover TV show and found myself wishing that I could be that woman. The one who gets herself totally

moedeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734695.post-1102005944482886122004-12-02T08:06:00.000-08:002004-12-02T09:01:40.323-08:00

Before I moved to Portland, I was living in Charlotte, NC. Part of the fabulous moving experience was selling a bunch of my stuff. Since Charlotte's version of Craigslist is so pathetic, I had to try and sell my dining room table & chairs on my own. I wasn't successful so I ended up taking the set to a reseller's. They have been extremely unethical and are some of the worst people I've ever done

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umm...I'm catching about five minutes of one of E!'s newest shows - 50 Most Wicked Women. Why is it that women are rated as the wicked ones? Where are the top 50 Most Wicked Men? I suppose I'm just sick of seeing every woman on TV act like a bitch in order to get a little power. And also I'm tired of seeing these 'bitchy' women constantly presented as either power-mongering man-haters (who

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Over the course of the last few months, I've discovered more about our world and its workings than I ever dreamed existed. The problems that exist seem gargantuan, infinitely complex, and nigh impossible to comprehend. Although imagining a world without the -isms (i.e. racism, classism, colonialism, etc) seems beyond my ability, I deeply appreciate my teachers, mentors, and peers for helping me

moedeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734695.post-1101518652489567542004-11-26T17:17:00.000-08:002004-11-26T17:24:12.490-08:00

One of the most amazing women - ever. Read some of her essays, interviews, and speeches: The End of Imagination The Greater Common Good Instant-Mix Imperial Democracy (Buy One, Get One Free) Confronting Empire The New American Century an interview on Finding Justice an interview with The Progressive her speech to the opening plenary in the World Social Forum in Mumbai her speech at the Syndey

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I LOVE American Chopper!! I'm not entirely sure why except the bikes rock and watching Senior, Mikey, Pauley, and Vinnie build 'em is so much fun. I have to say that I *really* don't like Senior most of the time - especially some of the earlier episodes. Maybe he's learned how to NOT be such an asshat on TV... I'm watching the Black Widow bike episode (a rerun) and I really like the way they

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My family. I realized that my previous post about Thanksgiving didn't mention my family. Not exactly intentional but an oversight nonetheless. I know my mom and dad didn't intend for me to grow up feeling lonely and isolated, they did the best they could, but they didn't have particularly sterling examples to learn from either. My brother, his wife, and my niece have been part of my

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I'm trying to put on the happy face but I can't seem to find it. I'm thinking about tomorrow - Thanksgiving - and the fact that I won't be with my best friends. I've spent the last four Thanksgivings with Christine and Christian - usually some other cool folks - at their place with their fabulous cooking. This year, they're in their beautiful, new home and I won't be there to celebrate the first

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Holy jumpin' lizard Batfriends - there's a whole lotta schoolwork goin' on!!! Since midsummer, I've had almost nothing to do academically. I think I even mentioned a couple of times that my schoolwork this term isn't all that challenging, etc. Well, it still isn't extremely challenging but it's suddenly ALL DUE! That's right, happy readers, it's all due within the next two weeks. Four

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I met with my graduate committee for the first time this past week and it was quite good. We only had 30 minutes so I put together some ideas before the meeting. Needless to say, those were scrapped pretty quickly once we started talking. Thank goddess I'd spoken with rgoul so many times beforehand - he was great in helping me refocus and pulling the whole committee together. As a result, I

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Thanks to the Onion for making pain bearable with their ongoing mockage.

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Why do these kinds of political maneuverings still have the power to shock me? I mean, really, wouldn't you think that I'd realize that politicians are mainly a bunch of power-hungry, narcissistic, shit-eating, self-absorbed, narrow-minded, bigoted asshats? I guess what surprises me most is that they still try to pretend that they're following the rules. Why the fuck even bother passing a law

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