Ideas are Bulletproof

Hat-tip to Dr. Jack

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:30:09 GMT

Here's my thought for the day: anyone who hasn't looked into the life of Dr. Kevorkian beyond surface news reports should do so. Very interesting person, extremely talented artist, and--in my opinion--something of a paragon of social justice.

He's going to die soon.

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:33:50 GMT

http://www.readthismagazine.co.uk/ accepted some poems for their next publication, which will be March-April.

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:57:16 GMT

I saw Louise Glück read at the Concord Free Public Library. She's an incredible poet, perhaps my favorite.

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:21:33 GMT

Nothing to be ecstatic about, but it's something:

http://www.everydaypoets.com/quiet-hesitation-before-picking-fruit-by-joel-wool/

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:39:46 GMT

Mint Honey is delicious.

Emerson Review meeting in JP, followed by Party at Jamie's tonight. Yay!

Seeing 9 with Brendan tomorrow, which I just looked up, and looks really neat!

I'm seeing Stasia on Saturday and we're going to a gigantic flea market!

Assisting Christie in dogsitting Sunday and eating brunch and probably reading poems and looking at her beautiful collages and giving her kisses because she is my (shhhfavorite?) lesbian.

(It's a hard call between the Jewess/Pepsi Girl, the poet/ankle-lover, and the itty-bitty asian/video editor).

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:02:50 GMT

SPAIN WAS GREAT.

Exactly how I feel.

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:11:20 GMT

http://jumpoffthebridge.com/2009/08/nonmonogamy-and-feminism-happy-couple.html

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:37:22 GMT

We pretend I'm still the poltergeist haunting all the computers.

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:44:37 GMT

You, yes you, should probably read Kenzaburo Oe's An Echo of Heaven.

Possibly the best book of the 21 this summer. Though Vertigo, The Woman in the Dunes, and The Kangaroo Notebook were also REALLY good.

Perhaps why I love Jeanette so.

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:55:22 GMT

"The novelist Jeanette Winterson had told the Guardian she believed that Padel had been brought down by the misogynistic forces of Oxford, which she called a "sexist little dump"."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/may/26/ruth-padel-oxford-poetry-controversy

Updates:

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:27:30 GMT

+ Internship COMPLETE!
++ I found a really cute mini-stuffed bear by Harvard today...
++ Used books. 7 for $7. Including an anthology!
- Some Asian child (I saw 10000 walk by in a huge group) lost a really cute mini-stuffed bear by Harvard today, and had walked too far for me to figure out who or what or even contemplate trying to return it. I only assume the cute Asian bear belonged to a cute Asian human.

+ Have some more paid (assistant) editing work
+ Am getting through unpaid work slowly but surely
- Kind of in trouble at normal part-time IT job
??? - Am involved or potentially involved with three feature films. In each case the editor's name is Rob.

+ Temp roommate is pretty cool
+? Time to see people again soon?

++++ Going to Spain with my dad.

-- Adrien left :(
---- Adrien is still gone :(

3 NJ mayors, 5 Rabbis arrested in corruption sweep

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:55:47 GMT

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/nyregion/24jersey.html?em

Wow. How low CAN they go?

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:14:31 GMT

I'm pretty insensitive (as far as being PC goes) but "do the Helen Keller and talk with your hips" strikes me as not only a terrible lyric, but also as a bit harsh...

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:02:23 GMT

Vermont for a few days.

I <3 this man.

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:18:05 GMT

http://akaka.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Home&month=6&year=2009&release_id=2702

All good things must come to an end.

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:50:43 GMT

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/13/earlyshow/living/petplanet/main5155002.shtml

Thanks-given. For seeing these friendly faces.

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:35:33 GMT

Today was strange.

I walked to get my paycheck. I didn't want to pay the subway to get paid.

I thought I saw Jarrod on the way there. Then I saw Amanda and Jarrod on the way there. A block later. But this was the real thing.

I saw Heather on my way down Charles Street. I crossed paths with my roommate's subletter on the Common but she didn't see me.

Tom called out to me, stopped me. We talked. When I went to Student Services to pick up my paycheck, Shauna was working.

Darylle was on streaming radio this morning so I was thinking of her. I tried calling this afternoon, but she was in class. She called me later.

I walked home and made lunch. Later, I walked to Porter in hope of visiting Christie--ran into Ellen, whom I haven't seen in so very long. Christie wasn't at her work when I did get there. But the book i wanted to get as a present was there.

On my way back home I saw Amanda again.

And yet I feel the need for more human contact. A full conversation.

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:57:52 GMT

Ani DiFranco is great live. Good company, good music. Torrential rain was delayed until end of concert. Then we got wet.

I think Kate has a set list somewhere.

Post-Graduation

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:18:52 GMT

Going to apply for scholarship for study in China. Tuition fully covered if accepted. Then: I think I'm going to join the Peace Corps? Everything is confusing.

Mass sues Federal Gov't over Defense of Marriage Act

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:03:55 GMT

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/mass_sues_over.html

SO HAPPY.

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:12:29 GMT

Still awake. Strange day...

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:10:11 GMT

Ang Lee's "Lust, Caution" was very good, IMHO.

Fam-eh-ree arrive. Friends depart.

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:02:23 GMT

Dad is home from boat to nowhere. Midori is home from L.A. (road-tripped back). Clara is home from Morocco. My dad's birthday is on Wednesday--I'm going home.

John is going back to New Jersey today. Jacki is leaving today for D.C. and then L.A. Adrien is leaving Friday for Santa Fe and then L.A.

Also--This is just ridiculous.

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:31:16 GMT

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/us/25sanford.html?

I'm not a Republican, and probably disagree with this guy on his economics, but um, seriously? Leave the man alone!

Comparing an affair and a brief absence to Spitzer's prostitution scandal or Blagogogogovich's perhaps-sale of a senate seat is just ridiculous: note how Sanford is not only not breaking any law, but not denying anything he did?

"Why the U.S. should leave Iran alone"

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:25:07 GMT

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/24/martin.obama.iran/index.html

I concur.