September 2009
31 posts
Can’t drink like I use to! Maybe this is good - signing off from Oktoberfest.
I told myself I’d do comps, but I already feel I’m prob going to opt for thesis
Thai in my future. →
I’m going up to the archives at Port Huaneme next Thurs for archives class, whooooo. If I am feeling better next week I might drive up to Santa Barbara after class for the best Thai food ever (Your…
I’m tired of hacking up my lungs : (
Tired & just want tea and cuddles - instead getting work done-with tea at least
I need a NyQuil chaser!
I know I’ve read EP Thompson before - I wish my brain remembered enough detail so I wouldn’t have to reread his article on time and laborers
Workin'. →
Man, looking for jobs is one of my least favorite activities ever. A few hours later and a couple cover letters/applications filled out. I feel like I just wasted some hours. Despite all my…
argh, tired. Can’t overcome money guilt to buy a laptop. : (
Whoosh. →
A portion of the Station Fire as viewed from Pasadena a few weeks ago. (Taken while in a moving car.)
Last week was a whirlwind of meetings, appointments, reading, assignments. This week…
so glad reading only an article of Max Weber - very dense stuff
Crazy week. →
History: “An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.” -Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary So I’m writing…
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Seriously Dad? Now I can’t concentrate on my paper. Thanks.
Yawn. →
A western bar in Temecula, CA
I am tired. I shouldn’t be online. I should be working on a paper now and then in a few minutes be driving to San Diego for Kate’s Bon Voyage to Germany for 2…
Wine. →
Whinewhinewhinewhinewhinewhinewhine whine. <——as opposed to actually writing out my WHINES. +stolen internet connection working for the moment (yayayayay) Ridiculously tired. Happy Kate came…
Places. →
I think I am sick, maybe? Can I be sick and not be sure about it? I’ve been mostly takin’ care of business lately - figuring out financial details of the DC trip, reading, reading, reading, writing,…
I love the squirrels on CSUN’s campus!
I think I might have a cold? I’m really not sure.
Bar in temecula = dead = pachenga here we come! YAY PAULIE BDAY!
Braudel:”how great events are recognized: they have a sequel”
Burlyq not as exciting as hoped, but Braudel’s Civilisation&Capitalism a winner!
Also:Internet still broken, soul withering away w/o light of net knowledge
Stuffstuff. →
My internet is broken at home. : ( Sigh. Wish it a swift recovery! I’ve nixed the b-day picnic. I am really, really poor right now and I haven’t really been living accordingly. I need to fix this…
Burlesque dance class WHOO! : )
No more unemployment insurance-I am officially heading into school loan poverty
oh man, I’m having one of those “world is against me” days
80% of the population at CSUN doesn’t look at cars when crossing the street
I’m meeeelting whinewhinewhine - can’t wait for scarf weather
Trying a tea soda at Gayle’s Perks - pretty good I gotta say - not too sweet
Am going to have heat stroke from dance class - yaaaaay! : D
Maybe will post more. tla_wla twitter tells me there is a north 405 collision between where I live and CSUN - useful info.
August 2009
10 posts
Check and check. →
Ardmore, OK History Museum
Two days down of my first week in grad school - one class to go! The first class seems pretty basic: write research paper, do research in Washington D.C. There…
Twitch-twitch. →
I am restless. Evidence: -This afternoon I made: —cucumbers with lemon sour cream dip —Chinese marinaded celery —sour cream pecan muffins —a gratin/casserole with potato, cauliflower, and cheese
Hope. →
when you come up for air you hope that the things you expect to be above the surface remain where you’d left them when you dove deep down to see the depths
La Momia Azteca contra el Robot Humano. →
The Hammer museum in conjunction with the UCLA film archive is running a series of Mexican sci-fi films from the 1940s-60s. I dragged Hector to La Momia Azteca contra el Robot Humano…
Fotos. →
Hoover Dam & the importance of going on random semi-spontaneous trips
My week of no alcohol challenge ended on Sunday with a trip to Wurstkurche and two glasses of my favorite beer -…
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I’m doing a bad job on my volunteer project. I think the writing will be good, but the concrete information will be lacking, as I’ve been slacking on the researching. There are just so many little…
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+ -1000 Dessous: A History of Lingerie arrived in the mail yesterday -Paco’s Tacos and delicious flour tortillas with Hector and Winifred -Bookaika dance class at a dance studio two blocks from my…
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Ugggggh. So lethargic. I need to stop these surfing the internet marathon days.
Peachy Keen. →
Oh man oh man, I’m a lobster. Well, my back at least. Sigh. I’m so tired I feel like I was run over by a steamroller. And no, I’m not hungover. Just two long nights in a row and a bright red…
Lovely. →
Went to LACMA’s Friday free jazz night and had a picnic out in the grass. Drank wine and ate a truckload of cheese and bread. Delicious! This is a picture of an exhibit out in front of the…
July 2009
7 posts
Soda & Stuff. →
Hector and I tried to make homemade soda, following a recipe on YouTube from Make Magazine. Raspberry iced tea + strawberries + lemon zest + candied ginger = a good blend, but the container we used…
Los Angeles. →
and then I wantwantwant all those things that make up the tiny city lights in the sky the stories behind bright bulbs shadowed by distance and understanding left behind when miles of rope streets …
Life on a lazy river. →
My shampoo spilled in my bathroom bag on the way up to the mountains, so I brushed my teeth everyday with a shampoo flavored toothbrush. Then last night I had garlic fries at a late night happy hour…
Gray days. →
Gray days Gray days Something about horizons and such And feeling like photography Can Make You Real Existing in the nonreality And eschewing the skin That you see In day It is the minds image…
Good stuff. →
Being laid off has given me time to rediscover both myself and the joy of being alive. Work and winter weather had me feeling a bit suicidal, but a lot of good things and sunshine have been happening…
That's it. ENOUGH! →
OMG CSUN WTF!!!! Oh man, I have to apologize for that internet outburst there. I have just about had it (and caps feel necessary). I just called the history department to check on my application…
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Heavenly lime phosphate from Fair Oaks Pharmacy in South Pasadena.
I went to San Diego last weekend, and I didn’t realize until I got back to LA that I’d only taken pictures of the…
June 2009
19 posts
Stuff. →
This photo on the vintagephoto livejournal community makes me feel all shades of happy. : ) I want to twirl around in a dress and listen to records. I now weigh what I did when I applied for my…
Old Rocks. →
It only looks good through the eyes of the well worn. Recycled and previewed Polished in repetition and the beating of time. Crags roughed out and highlights shining in reflective light. That is…