I finally watched The Speech. Without a TV, I am thankfully isolated from a lot of the psychodrama swirling around the election. I’m DEFINITELY interested- but it’s something like an addictive substance- the more political garbage you ingest, the more you need. So, I’m trying to limit myself. I would have watched the speech live, [...]
Posts from ‘August, 2008’
Books for next semester
Well, it’s that time again. Time to spend over $600 in books for the fall semester- and that’s only for two classes! There’s still one class (Soc of Technology) that hasn’t posted the required book list yet. Hopefully that means there aren’t any books to read! (ha ha). To continue my on-going tradition, here is [...]
Free admission to a favorite place
Unfortunately, I will be leaving Portland this week, so won’t be able to attend the upcoming Free Day at the Portland Japanese Gardens on September 2, but I encourage all you Portlanders to stop on by, if you have a chance. The Japanese Gardens are one of my favorite places in all of Portland- and [...]
Dem bones
Last rites Your fingers compress my breastbone between marked flesh and languish. Stop the wastefulness in my regions. “I long to comply.” To travel. Harmony of forgetfulness. To linger? What was purposed, pushes for meandering, wearing a disguise at the end of the dry season. Camouflage: You didn’t want to remain but disappeared. Another blunt [...]
Collaboration
There is a most interesting conversation about collaboration going on over at My Gorgeous Somewhere. What do you think? About it? Want more? Go check out maria cristina poesia, where Christine points out a few other reading pleasures. (Including “my” – haha, it is so not “mine” – interview with the Funnelcakes.) And Whirling Dervish [...]

