Archive for June, 2009

Falling Behind

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June is a few minutes away from being over and perhaps that is a good thing for me because I have felt like Sisyphus all month.  I try to push that boulder up the hill but it slips from me and rolls back down.  The apartment that I thought I would be settling into by [...]

The Veal For The Man

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Since yesterday afternoon, I have officially started summer vacation and decided to celebrate a bit by having dinner in Little Italy.  Back in September,I had received a card for dinner for two and a bottle of wine courtesy of my school president.  Obviously I’m a procrastinator since I finally used it in late June.  I [...]

You Like Me, You Really Like Me

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If I’m really honest with myself, I admit that I am a lazy blogger.  My posts are sporadic and I always feel like I’m boring you guys to tears.  So I was completely shocked when the very funny Jules at Mean Girl Garage sent me following award:

 
Either Jules does not have a very discriminating taste [...]

Is It Summer Vacation Yet?

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Sometimes I worry about where humanity is heading.  At least ten times a day I have students asking me if they can borrow a pen or a pencil.  There seems to be a shortage of loose-leaf paper.  Too many stare at me blank-eyed when I tell them to save their work to a memory stick.  [...]

There’s A Reason It’s Not Called Geriatric

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On of the older clerks approached me when I was working at the public library on Sunday.  She was holding the latest issue of Cosmo magazine.  When she got to my desk, she put the magazine almost in my face and said, “If the young women of today are getting their advice from this, then [...]

Nine Inch Nails, Jane’s Addiction, and A Tow Truck

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The chaos that is my life refuses to abate.  Everyday is work and apartment and Home Depot and tile store and everything else.  Throw in the seniors’ graduation on Saturday, working extra hours at the public library, and trying to squeeze in time with friends, and I barely have a moment to myself.  Which is [...]

In-Between Days

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Damn, it’s been almost a week since my last post.  I’ve been meaning to write sooner but haven’t had the time.  This weekend was insane and exhausting and stressful to the point where I don’t know if I want to laugh like a maniac from the absurdity or cry from frustration.  The apartment is slow-going [...]

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