Thursday, March 31, 2005
i hate blogger!
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
okay i am seriously behind, considering march is already over. i think you allll already know i'm a procrastinator, though, so i'll just put names and photos and if you click on the photo it will take you to an informative wikipedia link that will tell you all sorts of cool stuff about the interesting woman.
march 20
dolly parton
if dolly parton was a man, people would focus on his positive attitude, prolific amazing songwriting talent, amazing voice, incredible personality/wit, business savvy, intense ambition, and/or instrumental expertise. but since she's a woman, check out those titties!
march 20
dolly parton
if dolly parton was a man, people would focus on his positive attitude, prolific amazing songwriting talent, amazing voice, incredible personality/wit, business savvy, intense ambition, and/or instrumental expertise. but since she's a woman, check out those titties!
Monday, March 21, 2005
these are all gonna be short so i can catch up because mike and i are supposed to be cleaning.
march 17
mama cass
cass elliot had a really awesome voice and i like her. she didn't choke to death on a ham sandwich. that's a mean mean rumor.
march 18
pearl s buck
this was one of those authors i had to read in high school and then ended up liking and then read more of, even though i wasn't required to. i'm pretty sure she was a feminist. awesome.
march 19
winona ryder
reasons i like winona ryder even though you probably dont:
10. she was raised by hippies
9. beetlejuice
8. "Frequently plays a character who writes. In most of her films, she's played a journalist, reporter, a writer, or just a teenager who writes in a journal or diary." (stolen from: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000213/bio)
7. night on earth
6. girl, interrupted
5. mike and i both have crushes on her. i think he likes her more though.
4. you have no taste
3. shoplifter
2. dated johnny depp
1. heathers heathers HEATHERS
march 17
mama cass
cass elliot had a really awesome voice and i like her. she didn't choke to death on a ham sandwich. that's a mean mean rumor.
march 18
pearl s buck
this was one of those authors i had to read in high school and then ended up liking and then read more of, even though i wasn't required to. i'm pretty sure she was a feminist. awesome.
march 19
winona ryder
reasons i like winona ryder even though you probably dont:
10. she was raised by hippies
9. beetlejuice
8. "Frequently plays a character who writes. In most of her films, she's played a journalist, reporter, a writer, or just a teenager who writes in a journal or diary." (stolen from: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000213/bio)
7. night on earth
6. girl, interrupted
5. mike and i both have crushes on her. i think he likes her more though.
4. you have no taste
3. shoplifter
2. dated johnny depp
1. heathers heathers HEATHERS
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
march 16
anne bonney
female pirate. whoa!
"In 1720, Rackham's ship was captured by one of Bahamian Governor Woodes Rogers' pirate-hunters. During the fight, Rackham apparently cowered in the hold along with most of the crew, while the two women stayed on deck and attempted to fight off the attackers. After their capture, Rackham and the other men were hanged. Bonny and Read were both pregnant, and they escaped execution by "pleading their bellies." Read was sentenced to hang after giving birth, but before she could do so she died of a fever in jail. Somehow, Bonny was granted a reprieve, and what happened to her afterwards is entirely unknown. Some say she went back to her father or her husband, some say she resumed the pirate's life. Whatever she did, her most memorable words are those she said to Calico Jack on the eve of his execution: "I'm sorry to see you here, Jack, but if you'd have fought like a man you needn't hang like a dog." "
copied and pasted from: http://www.geographia.com/bahamas/annebonny.htm
anne bonney
female pirate. whoa!
"In 1720, Rackham's ship was captured by one of Bahamian Governor Woodes Rogers' pirate-hunters. During the fight, Rackham apparently cowered in the hold along with most of the crew, while the two women stayed on deck and attempted to fight off the attackers. After their capture, Rackham and the other men were hanged. Bonny and Read were both pregnant, and they escaped execution by "pleading their bellies." Read was sentenced to hang after giving birth, but before she could do so she died of a fever in jail. Somehow, Bonny was granted a reprieve, and what happened to her afterwards is entirely unknown. Some say she went back to her father or her husband, some say she resumed the pirate's life. Whatever she did, her most memorable words are those she said to Calico Jack on the eve of his execution: "I'm sorry to see you here, Jack, but if you'd have fought like a man you needn't hang like a dog." "
copied and pasted from: http://www.geographia.com/bahamas/annebonny.htm
Move your crap, I'm comin' in!
yes i'm running a triathlon. yes it's funny. you have to run 3 miles. ride a bike 12 miles. swim 1/2 mile. that's a lot of swimming. yesterday i actually went to the gym and swam for like 45 minutes. and so i'm training. i actually started. wooo!
yesterday was my only final. now i just have to write a 20 page term paper. but the teacher made the ill-fated choice of telling us we could turn it in whenever. so he's gonna get that paper from me like 10 years from now when he's already forgotten i even existed. nah, just kidding. i'm gonna start working on it. uh right after judge mathis. no, after people's court. hey is that fresh prince!?
gotta go.
yes i'm running a triathlon. yes it's funny. you have to run 3 miles. ride a bike 12 miles. swim 1/2 mile. that's a lot of swimming. yesterday i actually went to the gym and swam for like 45 minutes. and so i'm training. i actually started. wooo!
yesterday was my only final. now i just have to write a 20 page term paper. but the teacher made the ill-fated choice of telling us we could turn it in whenever. so he's gonna get that paper from me like 10 years from now when he's already forgotten i even existed. nah, just kidding. i'm gonna start working on it. uh right after judge mathis. no, after people's court. hey is that fresh prince!?
gotta go.
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
yeah i know it's time to update. but i have been busy. today i had a final exam. and i am training for a triathlon. but more about that coming later.
i have a lot of women's history ladies to catch up on so i'll do that first. these are gonna be kinda short.
march 9
joan jett
my sister was wondering when I was going to have joan jett on here. well here she is. she is pretty much my favorite rock star ever. i even have a shirt that says wwjjd, what would joan jett do? and that is my life philosophy. i wish she could get the credit she deserves. she inspires me because she rocks out so much and she is really a great person and a political activist. plus she's hott. and badd. and she can outrock you. and your brother. and i cried when i met her. and i audiotaped it.
i have my own photos of her which are all really awesome but i'm too lazy to put them up online. so here's one from the internet:
march 10
lizzie borden
i think she was framed. i don't wanna get into it but basically it looks like she was a closeted lesbian (i guess they were all closeted back then, huh?) and there is a lot of proof that her nanny actually killed her parents. it seems like maybe there was something going on between them and there is a lot of evidence that lizzie didn't do it. anyway it's real interesting and if you're into conspiracy theories you should check into it. and you can stay at her house. that website is pretty cheesy huh.
now she doesn't look like a vicious murderer, right?
march 11
maria tallchief
Acknowledged as the most technically accomplished ballerina ever produced in America, Maria Tallchief began her studies with such notable dance teachers as Bronislava Nijinska and joined the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Over the next five years, she attracted much attention with memorable performances, particularly of the works of choreographer George Balanchine.
Tallchief, through her artistic style and excellence, continued to inspire national and international recognition for American ballet until her retirement in 1965. Through the years, she also promoted Native American culture and contributions to the arts.In the 1970's, as a Chicago resident, Tallchief served as artistic director of the Lyric Opera Ballet, and in 1980 founded the Chicago City Ballet, where she also served as artistic director.When the State of Oklahoma honored Tallchief in 1953, she was given the honor name of Wa-Xthe-Thomba, meaning "Woman of Two Worlds." This name celebrates her international achievements as a prima ballerina and Native American.
march 12
coretta scott king
now, coretta was just as important in the civil rights movement as her husband. of course she didn't get as much credit as he did but that's our country...even civil rights movements are sexist! interesting, huh? but someone had to watch the kids, and be a partner, be just as committed to the movement, march along with him, and take over when he died. yeah.
march 13
audrey tautou
i love audrey tautou. if you haven't seen amelie then you are lame and should see it before i stop being friends with you. and she's french. she "cutes me out". it's like a freakout you have because someone/something is too cute. like snickers. mike and i check out all of her movies even though sometimes they're hard to find. she's really great.
march 14
kathleen hanna
okay kathleen hanna changed my life when i was a teenager. she's a musician, activist, and awesome woman. i actually met her once and i almost cried. i was so nervous and she is so sweet. i wanna be just like her. so cool and tough and outspoken and not scared of anything. and she has the best voice ever. my favorite voice ever. i wish i had her voice. once mike got drunk and said my kathleen hanna was "dead on". then he got sober and he never said it again. but i keep him around waiting for him to get drunk and say that again. haha if you don't know kathleen hanna you should check out le tigre, her current band, or bikini kill, the band she was in when i first started idolizing her.
march 15
kaia wilson
kaia is another of my favorite rockstars. i love her. she is really funny and sweet and really really good. you guys might not like her. i just love going to a show and watching kaia rock out and everyone freaking out about how awesome she is. yeah whoa i love her. support your local woman rocker.
i have a lot of women's history ladies to catch up on so i'll do that first. these are gonna be kinda short.
march 9
joan jett
my sister was wondering when I was going to have joan jett on here. well here she is. she is pretty much my favorite rock star ever. i even have a shirt that says wwjjd, what would joan jett do? and that is my life philosophy. i wish she could get the credit she deserves. she inspires me because she rocks out so much and she is really a great person and a political activist. plus she's hott. and badd. and she can outrock you. and your brother. and i cried when i met her. and i audiotaped it.
i have my own photos of her which are all really awesome but i'm too lazy to put them up online. so here's one from the internet:
march 10
lizzie borden
i think she was framed. i don't wanna get into it but basically it looks like she was a closeted lesbian (i guess they were all closeted back then, huh?) and there is a lot of proof that her nanny actually killed her parents. it seems like maybe there was something going on between them and there is a lot of evidence that lizzie didn't do it. anyway it's real interesting and if you're into conspiracy theories you should check into it. and you can stay at her house. that website is pretty cheesy huh.
now she doesn't look like a vicious murderer, right?
march 11
maria tallchief
Acknowledged as the most technically accomplished ballerina ever produced in America, Maria Tallchief began her studies with such notable dance teachers as Bronislava Nijinska and joined the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Over the next five years, she attracted much attention with memorable performances, particularly of the works of choreographer George Balanchine.
Tallchief, through her artistic style and excellence, continued to inspire national and international recognition for American ballet until her retirement in 1965. Through the years, she also promoted Native American culture and contributions to the arts.In the 1970's, as a Chicago resident, Tallchief served as artistic director of the Lyric Opera Ballet, and in 1980 founded the Chicago City Ballet, where she also served as artistic director.When the State of Oklahoma honored Tallchief in 1953, she was given the honor name of Wa-Xthe-Thomba, meaning "Woman of Two Worlds." This name celebrates her international achievements as a prima ballerina and Native American.
march 12
coretta scott king
now, coretta was just as important in the civil rights movement as her husband. of course she didn't get as much credit as he did but that's our country...even civil rights movements are sexist! interesting, huh? but someone had to watch the kids, and be a partner, be just as committed to the movement, march along with him, and take over when he died. yeah.
march 13
audrey tautou
i love audrey tautou. if you haven't seen amelie then you are lame and should see it before i stop being friends with you. and she's french. she "cutes me out". it's like a freakout you have because someone/something is too cute. like snickers. mike and i check out all of her movies even though sometimes they're hard to find. she's really great.
march 14
kathleen hanna
okay kathleen hanna changed my life when i was a teenager. she's a musician, activist, and awesome woman. i actually met her once and i almost cried. i was so nervous and she is so sweet. i wanna be just like her. so cool and tough and outspoken and not scared of anything. and she has the best voice ever. my favorite voice ever. i wish i had her voice. once mike got drunk and said my kathleen hanna was "dead on". then he got sober and he never said it again. but i keep him around waiting for him to get drunk and say that again. haha if you don't know kathleen hanna you should check out le tigre, her current band, or bikini kill, the band she was in when i first started idolizing her.
march 15
kaia wilson
kaia is another of my favorite rockstars. i love her. she is really funny and sweet and really really good. you guys might not like her. i just love going to a show and watching kaia rock out and everyone freaking out about how awesome she is. yeah whoa i love her. support your local woman rocker.
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
march 8
ode to you
one thing i keep thinking about when i'm thinking of women to put up here is that i know soooo many incredible women who inspire, intrigue, and amaze me every time i think about them. so i'd like to talk about some of those people. in no particular order.
liz
i gotta say, liz is really similar to me. there are the surface similarities like following similar career trajectories, or (well we used to) work and live in the same places, freakout personality, (what other people think are) bizarre spiritual ideas, etc. since parts of our personality are so similar, one of my favorite things about liz is the fact that i think what might take me several minutes to explain to someone else (and even then they might not get it), with liz, it would take about 20 seconds. i first realized this when once i came home and she was sitting on the porch. and we had only known each other for a couple months. and i think i just had an argument with the person i was dating at the time. and my reason for starting the argument, well, i won't reveal it, but it was basically i started the argument because of a personality flaw of my own. and i told liz about it. she understood in less than 10 seconds. because she has the same "flaw". maybe this is too vague, but maybe liz will understand what i'm talking about. i really love having liz around to understand me. some people you can have a conversation with without any effort.
melissa s
okay i think we all know how incredibly radical this girl is. i almost feel like saying " nuff said" because i think everyone would understand. but i guess i have family members who read this and might not know her. the thing i most admire about melissa is the fact that she is the most empathetic person i have ever met. i always wish i could be more like that. of course, she works tirelessly to help make other people's lives better. when i get jaded by things and want to stop thinking i can change anything or even caring about changing anything, i think of melissa learning to sew a giant quilt, or melissa running in the house, cooking something in the microwave, forgetting about it, and running back out to do some awesome service project. without feeding herself. because i really think melissa is changing things. and it makes me feel like i can too.
cristie and her girls
this is my aunt and cousins, four women i feel really lucky to be related to. these are people who were all major parts of my childhood and continue to be really important to me. my aunt is such an awesome woman, when i was really young i spent so much time with her and have such great memories. she always made me feel really special. and she still does. i always feel really supported by her and it makes me feel so comfortable, because i know whatever i do she will respect and praise. she always makes me smile. and she has three daughters. the oldest is kelsey, and i love this girl. i remember when we were younger i would be "babysitting" them and she and i would just hang out and have all this fun. we would sing boyz II men songs together so loud, really setting up vocal arrangements. and i think we sounded great. maybe we should go on american idol? and she always used to sing "i hate myself for lovin you" and i thought that was so cool and later i found out it was a joan jett song. and i thought that was cool. i hope i have been someone and continue to be someone who kelsey really feels she can confide in and talk to honestly. because it's hard to be the oldest sister but it makes you strong.
so the second is megan, who is probably the sweetest person i know. she has really made a lot of herself and i know she is going to keep doing so. i have complete faith in her to know that she is an amazing person and she can do anything she wants because she is capable of anything. she has the cutest baby ever, haylee, and i just knew immediately she would be a great mom. i'm really proud of her.
the youngest daughter is brittney and she is a really strong woman. she is much younger than me but i wish i could be as strong as she is. i think she has a lot to learn but i have total faith that she is going to figure everything out and be such a happy and fulfilled adult. because she will do what she wants. and she just has to figure out what it is that she wants. but she has plenty of time to do that and i know she's gonna choose something great.
my gramma
or as i call her, bugga. wow i am getting all emotional at this point and i'm about to start crying. i'm gonna take a break.
okay i'm back from my break. my gramma is the most active person i know. it's interesting all the young people i know and the most active person i know is my grandmother. she used to be in bloomington and she would meet me at the gas station at midnight because she wanted to give me 20 dollars. and my friends were like, your gramma is out at midnight? they were all amazed. i know when i'm a gramma i'll be out at midnight too. she never forgets a basketball game, band performance, dance rehearsal, spell bowl competition, race, graduation, birthday, or anything else you might have going on. i could always count on her to be there and when she wasn't there i knew she was thinking of me and praying for me. i called her the other day and she said she was just thinking about me. i love that connection. she took me to hawaii before i had my back surgery because it was a place she loved and a place she always thought about when she felt pain. she told me, when you feel pain, think of the ocean. and i have used that advice so often. it's a big reason i wanted to move here, to be close to the lake. it's not an ocean, but when i feel really bad, i go there and look at it and think about it. and it reminds me of when we were in hawaii and how beautiful and amazing and wonderful everything was. even if it's 30 degrees here. and she somehow senses when i'm totally broke and sends me money. once i was totally broke and living in bloomington and i got the mail and my gramma had mailed me a hundred dollar bill. it was like a miracle. best. gramma. ever.
my sister
my sister is awesome. this girl can do anything. ever since she was a very small girl, i always knew she would be awesome. she has always been the most artistic, creative, and interesting person i have ever known. i hope that i am a good big sister for her to look up to. we have gotten so close in the last few years and now she is really one of my dearest friends. and seriously, she can play any instrument she sees. and she is in so many bands, doing so much stuff i wish i had had the bravery to do when i was her age. or now. whenever i think i can't do something or people are going to make fun of me, i just think of my sister and what she would do. wwkd? my sister made me a poster that says "sisters are scrumptrulescent" and it's hanging on my wall and i look at it every single day. i love collaborating with her, she understands me so well and is so freaking talented. my sister is the most critical thinking person i know. she listens to every viewpoint, thinks really intensely, and makes her own unique opinion. about everything. which is totally different from anyone else's opinion. and probably right. i wish i was that thoughtful when i was her age. or now. the thing with her is that she is what i had wanted to be when i was her age and i'm still aspiring toward it. she already has it. wow.
my mom
my mom is, has always been, and will always be the single most important woman in my life. it's hard when you're a kid to really understand your mom and how important she is and all the things she is doing for you. because you take it for granted. i am so glad i have finally realized all of that. because i appreciate my mother and look up to her more than any other person. i hadn't realized how important my mother was to me until i moved out. i feel sad that it took me that long to realize it. i feel like i was probably an ungrateful child which makes her all the more amazing.
i can't imagine what my mother's life was like when she was my age. she already had one child, me. and i was a preschooler. there are so many things i know my mom did in my early childhood that have really helped me now. like reading a lot of books with me and everything. i always loved books and now i'm basically making them my profession. that's because my mom read to me all the time. i memorized books. and tricked people into thinking i could read when i was 2. because i had the book memorized. i know i could already read when i got to school. or else i picked it up really fast. i was the best reader in my class. because my mom was an awesome mom.
when i was a teenager i wanted to go to japan. my family didn't have a lot of money because, well, there were four kids. i wanted to go but i didn't want to ask. when i finally got up the courage, my parents were both just like yeah you can do that. there was no question about it. they just found the money and i had an awesome experience which has shaped me in so many ways. and when i majorly screwed up there, my mom didn't get angry. she just got upset because she thought my experience was going to be ruined. it wasn't.
when i get upset, the first person i want to talk to my mother. i used to call her, homesick and miserable, from college in the middle of the night. and she would calm me down and make me remember why i was there.
my mom always makes me laugh. and she is always laughing. i do that too. because i saw her laughing and i knew laughing would make everything okay. and she told me once when i called her and everything was messed up, just keep laughing.
recently i told my mom i'm going to run a triathlon. she laughed a minute, because, yeah, it's funny. i'm laughing too. but then she said, "well you could always do anything. i don't know about this athletic stuff though." god i love my mom.
my mom is the strongest woman i know. and i'm so happy i have my parents' relationship to aspire to. they have four children together. they have been through so much and come out strong and proud. they support their children no matter what. they support me in so many ways and my mom will always be the first person i call when something, anything, good or bad, happens to me. they still flirt. they are awesome.
i couldn't not be a feminist with a mother like this. she taught me women can do anything, women are strong, women are smart, women are funny, women can be as cool as guys, women can hold their own, and women make their own decisions. i couldn't be the woman i am if i hadn't known all of that. i wouldn't be me. i can only be amazed by that. my mom is amazing.
ode to you
one thing i keep thinking about when i'm thinking of women to put up here is that i know soooo many incredible women who inspire, intrigue, and amaze me every time i think about them. so i'd like to talk about some of those people. in no particular order.
liz
i gotta say, liz is really similar to me. there are the surface similarities like following similar career trajectories, or (well we used to) work and live in the same places, freakout personality, (what other people think are) bizarre spiritual ideas, etc. since parts of our personality are so similar, one of my favorite things about liz is the fact that i think what might take me several minutes to explain to someone else (and even then they might not get it), with liz, it would take about 20 seconds. i first realized this when once i came home and she was sitting on the porch. and we had only known each other for a couple months. and i think i just had an argument with the person i was dating at the time. and my reason for starting the argument, well, i won't reveal it, but it was basically i started the argument because of a personality flaw of my own. and i told liz about it. she understood in less than 10 seconds. because she has the same "flaw". maybe this is too vague, but maybe liz will understand what i'm talking about. i really love having liz around to understand me. some people you can have a conversation with without any effort.
melissa s
okay i think we all know how incredibly radical this girl is. i almost feel like saying " nuff said" because i think everyone would understand. but i guess i have family members who read this and might not know her. the thing i most admire about melissa is the fact that she is the most empathetic person i have ever met. i always wish i could be more like that. of course, she works tirelessly to help make other people's lives better. when i get jaded by things and want to stop thinking i can change anything or even caring about changing anything, i think of melissa learning to sew a giant quilt, or melissa running in the house, cooking something in the microwave, forgetting about it, and running back out to do some awesome service project. without feeding herself. because i really think melissa is changing things. and it makes me feel like i can too.
cristie and her girls
this is my aunt and cousins, four women i feel really lucky to be related to. these are people who were all major parts of my childhood and continue to be really important to me. my aunt is such an awesome woman, when i was really young i spent so much time with her and have such great memories. she always made me feel really special. and she still does. i always feel really supported by her and it makes me feel so comfortable, because i know whatever i do she will respect and praise. she always makes me smile. and she has three daughters. the oldest is kelsey, and i love this girl. i remember when we were younger i would be "babysitting" them and she and i would just hang out and have all this fun. we would sing boyz II men songs together so loud, really setting up vocal arrangements. and i think we sounded great. maybe we should go on american idol? and she always used to sing "i hate myself for lovin you" and i thought that was so cool and later i found out it was a joan jett song. and i thought that was cool. i hope i have been someone and continue to be someone who kelsey really feels she can confide in and talk to honestly. because it's hard to be the oldest sister but it makes you strong.
so the second is megan, who is probably the sweetest person i know. she has really made a lot of herself and i know she is going to keep doing so. i have complete faith in her to know that she is an amazing person and she can do anything she wants because she is capable of anything. she has the cutest baby ever, haylee, and i just knew immediately she would be a great mom. i'm really proud of her.
the youngest daughter is brittney and she is a really strong woman. she is much younger than me but i wish i could be as strong as she is. i think she has a lot to learn but i have total faith that she is going to figure everything out and be such a happy and fulfilled adult. because she will do what she wants. and she just has to figure out what it is that she wants. but she has plenty of time to do that and i know she's gonna choose something great.
my gramma
or as i call her, bugga. wow i am getting all emotional at this point and i'm about to start crying. i'm gonna take a break.
okay i'm back from my break. my gramma is the most active person i know. it's interesting all the young people i know and the most active person i know is my grandmother. she used to be in bloomington and she would meet me at the gas station at midnight because she wanted to give me 20 dollars. and my friends were like, your gramma is out at midnight? they were all amazed. i know when i'm a gramma i'll be out at midnight too. she never forgets a basketball game, band performance, dance rehearsal, spell bowl competition, race, graduation, birthday, or anything else you might have going on. i could always count on her to be there and when she wasn't there i knew she was thinking of me and praying for me. i called her the other day and she said she was just thinking about me. i love that connection. she took me to hawaii before i had my back surgery because it was a place she loved and a place she always thought about when she felt pain. she told me, when you feel pain, think of the ocean. and i have used that advice so often. it's a big reason i wanted to move here, to be close to the lake. it's not an ocean, but when i feel really bad, i go there and look at it and think about it. and it reminds me of when we were in hawaii and how beautiful and amazing and wonderful everything was. even if it's 30 degrees here. and she somehow senses when i'm totally broke and sends me money. once i was totally broke and living in bloomington and i got the mail and my gramma had mailed me a hundred dollar bill. it was like a miracle. best. gramma. ever.
my sister
my sister is awesome. this girl can do anything. ever since she was a very small girl, i always knew she would be awesome. she has always been the most artistic, creative, and interesting person i have ever known. i hope that i am a good big sister for her to look up to. we have gotten so close in the last few years and now she is really one of my dearest friends. and seriously, she can play any instrument she sees. and she is in so many bands, doing so much stuff i wish i had had the bravery to do when i was her age. or now. whenever i think i can't do something or people are going to make fun of me, i just think of my sister and what she would do. wwkd? my sister made me a poster that says "sisters are scrumptrulescent" and it's hanging on my wall and i look at it every single day. i love collaborating with her, she understands me so well and is so freaking talented. my sister is the most critical thinking person i know. she listens to every viewpoint, thinks really intensely, and makes her own unique opinion. about everything. which is totally different from anyone else's opinion. and probably right. i wish i was that thoughtful when i was her age. or now. the thing with her is that she is what i had wanted to be when i was her age and i'm still aspiring toward it. she already has it. wow.
my mom
my mom is, has always been, and will always be the single most important woman in my life. it's hard when you're a kid to really understand your mom and how important she is and all the things she is doing for you. because you take it for granted. i am so glad i have finally realized all of that. because i appreciate my mother and look up to her more than any other person. i hadn't realized how important my mother was to me until i moved out. i feel sad that it took me that long to realize it. i feel like i was probably an ungrateful child which makes her all the more amazing.
i can't imagine what my mother's life was like when she was my age. she already had one child, me. and i was a preschooler. there are so many things i know my mom did in my early childhood that have really helped me now. like reading a lot of books with me and everything. i always loved books and now i'm basically making them my profession. that's because my mom read to me all the time. i memorized books. and tricked people into thinking i could read when i was 2. because i had the book memorized. i know i could already read when i got to school. or else i picked it up really fast. i was the best reader in my class. because my mom was an awesome mom.
when i was a teenager i wanted to go to japan. my family didn't have a lot of money because, well, there were four kids. i wanted to go but i didn't want to ask. when i finally got up the courage, my parents were both just like yeah you can do that. there was no question about it. they just found the money and i had an awesome experience which has shaped me in so many ways. and when i majorly screwed up there, my mom didn't get angry. she just got upset because she thought my experience was going to be ruined. it wasn't.
when i get upset, the first person i want to talk to my mother. i used to call her, homesick and miserable, from college in the middle of the night. and she would calm me down and make me remember why i was there.
my mom always makes me laugh. and she is always laughing. i do that too. because i saw her laughing and i knew laughing would make everything okay. and she told me once when i called her and everything was messed up, just keep laughing.
recently i told my mom i'm going to run a triathlon. she laughed a minute, because, yeah, it's funny. i'm laughing too. but then she said, "well you could always do anything. i don't know about this athletic stuff though." god i love my mom.
my mom is the strongest woman i know. and i'm so happy i have my parents' relationship to aspire to. they have four children together. they have been through so much and come out strong and proud. they support their children no matter what. they support me in so many ways and my mom will always be the first person i call when something, anything, good or bad, happens to me. they still flirt. they are awesome.
i couldn't not be a feminist with a mother like this. she taught me women can do anything, women are strong, women are smart, women are funny, women can be as cool as guys, women can hold their own, and women make their own decisions. i couldn't be the woman i am if i hadn't known all of that. i wouldn't be me. i can only be amazed by that. my mom is amazing.
march 7
alice paul
i will catch up today even if i have to totally abandon all of my school work. which i totally will.
okay so if you have seen iron jawed angels, you know who alice paul is (this is the woman played by hilary swank). if you haven't, you need to. seriously. it's not a "nice" movie. there is a lot of messed-up stuff in it. but you can see how hard it was for women to get the vote and why you should continue the fight for equality.
alice paul was the leader of the women's suffrage movement from 1917-success. she and her colleagues stood outside of the white house with banners looking like this:
at first, they were just ignored. then they started getting beaten up by passersby because of the beginning of US involvement in WWI. You know, when your country is at war is the time that the hypocrisy of the government under which you are living is most obvious. it's also the least popular time to criticize the government:
but you have to speak the truth.
anyway eventually the protestors were jailed and alice paul was put in solitary confinement. because what is the best way to control a woman who incites people?
she went on a hunger strike, which is one of the most amazing parts of the movie iron jawed angels. you can't believe what a hunger strike is like. doesn't sound that bad onn the outside but what happens when people force feed you against your will? oh god it's horrible.
at any rate, i guess she "won"
"Finally, on January 9, 1918, WIlson announced his support for suffrage. The next day, the House of Representatives narrowly passed the Susan. B. Anthony Amendment, which would give suffrage to all women citizens. On June 4, 1919, the Senate passed the Amendment by one vote. And a little more than a year later, on August 26, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the amendment. That made it officially the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution."
copied and pasted from http://pbskids.org/wayback/civilrights/features_suffrage.html
i call it only "winning" because we can vote, sure, but we don't have candidates who really care about women and our needs. which are not the same as men's. well i'm gonna get angry if i keep thinking about this. so anyways here's a cute picture of alice paul:
alice paul
i will catch up today even if i have to totally abandon all of my school work. which i totally will.
okay so if you have seen iron jawed angels, you know who alice paul is (this is the woman played by hilary swank). if you haven't, you need to. seriously. it's not a "nice" movie. there is a lot of messed-up stuff in it. but you can see how hard it was for women to get the vote and why you should continue the fight for equality.
alice paul was the leader of the women's suffrage movement from 1917-success. she and her colleagues stood outside of the white house with banners looking like this:
at first, they were just ignored. then they started getting beaten up by passersby because of the beginning of US involvement in WWI. You know, when your country is at war is the time that the hypocrisy of the government under which you are living is most obvious. it's also the least popular time to criticize the government:
but you have to speak the truth.
anyway eventually the protestors were jailed and alice paul was put in solitary confinement. because what is the best way to control a woman who incites people?
she went on a hunger strike, which is one of the most amazing parts of the movie iron jawed angels. you can't believe what a hunger strike is like. doesn't sound that bad onn the outside but what happens when people force feed you against your will? oh god it's horrible.
at any rate, i guess she "won"
"Finally, on January 9, 1918, WIlson announced his support for suffrage. The next day, the House of Representatives narrowly passed the Susan. B. Anthony Amendment, which would give suffrage to all women citizens. On June 4, 1919, the Senate passed the Amendment by one vote. And a little more than a year later, on August 26, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the amendment. That made it officially the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution."
copied and pasted from http://pbskids.org/wayback/civilrights/features_suffrage.html
i call it only "winning" because we can vote, sure, but we don't have candidates who really care about women and our needs. which are not the same as men's. well i'm gonna get angry if i keep thinking about this. so anyways here's a cute picture of alice paul:
you think you're too cool for bright eyes, don't you?
well i'm sorry to say you're not. i thought i was too cool for bright eyes but as melissa can testify i secretly love them. it's interesting for me because i don't really like conor oberst. i assume he's kind of a jerk. but he did shack up with wynona ryder and i really have to respect that.
anyways if you think you are too cool for bright eyes, i suggest you download a song from one of their new albums, the best song is called "the first day of my life". if you don't like it, i'll give you a 100% refund. and call satan to let him know he can have your soul because you are an evil callous person.
j/k, don't really have satan's phone number!
whoa dude!
well i'm sorry to say you're not. i thought i was too cool for bright eyes but as melissa can testify i secretly love them. it's interesting for me because i don't really like conor oberst. i assume he's kind of a jerk. but he did shack up with wynona ryder and i really have to respect that.
anyways if you think you are too cool for bright eyes, i suggest you download a song from one of their new albums, the best song is called "the first day of my life". if you don't like it, i'll give you a 100% refund. and call satan to let him know he can have your soul because you are an evil callous person.
j/k, don't really have satan's phone number!
whoa dude!
march 6
murasaki shikibu
Murasaki Shikibu is the best known writer to emerge from Japan's glorious Heian period. Her novel, The Tale of Genji (Genji-monogatari) is considered to be one of the world's finest and earliest novels. Some argue that Murasaki is the world's first modern novelist.
Shikibu was born into the Fujiwara family, daughter of the governor of a province, who also was a well known scholar. Always very intelligent, as a child she learned more quickly than her brother, causing her father to lament, "If only you were a boy, how happy I should be!" He did, however, allow Shikibu to study with her brother, even letting her learn some Chinese classics, which was considered improper for females at the time.
When she was in her early twenties, Lady Murasaki was married to a distant relative. Her only daughter was born in 999. After the death of her husband in 1001 A.D, knowing of her writing talent and her brilliant mind, the imperial family brought Lady Murasaki to court.
At court, Lady Murasaki began a diary she kept up for two years. While giving a vivid account of court life, it also gives us insights into what Lady Murasaki thought. For example, she didn't like the frivolous nature of court life. Once she described a picture competition there as a "moment in the history of our country when the whole energy of the nation seemed to be concentrated upon the search for the prettiest method of mounting paper scrolls!" She also went to great pains to hide her knowledge of Chinese, fearing the criticism of those who felt it to be unladylike to be happy reading this obscure language.
Shikibu may have begun The Tale of the Genji before she came to court. Yet much of it was written there, loosely based on her years as lady-in-waiting to the Empress Akiko. It is a very long novel about complications in the life of a fictitious prince called Genji. Like many of the court ladies, Shikibu was a master at observing the daily activities and attitudes of upper class society.
The tales of Prince Genji, known as "the Shining Prince," became popular from the moment of its release. It was meant to be read aloud, and the earliest Genji manuscript was lost. Luckily early 12th century Genji manuscript scrolls survived, and through the ages, the novel has been translated into many languages and been studied and discussed by many scholars.
Little is know about Lady Murasaki's later life. She may have retired from court to seek seclusion in a convent at about the age of fifty. Her writings suggest that at the end she sensed the violent changes that were coming to her rather decadent upper class life. In the distance, the sounds of provincial warriors rumbled - the samurai who in 1192 overthrew the power of the emperor and created a feudal military government headed by a shogun.
copied and pasted from: http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine9.html
this was the longest and most difficult book i have ever read. the cultural intricacies, wow. i tried to read it in ancient japanese once. i made it about 4 sentences. it took me about an hour. it's about 2000 pages long.
i tried to loan this book to mike's dad, but it was too sexy for him. it's really not sexy at all. except it's all about sex (otherwise known as "court life". so anytime you see the following words: "court life" "court lady" etc., it's all about sex. fyi.)
murasaki shikibu
Murasaki Shikibu is the best known writer to emerge from Japan's glorious Heian period. Her novel, The Tale of Genji (Genji-monogatari) is considered to be one of the world's finest and earliest novels. Some argue that Murasaki is the world's first modern novelist.
Shikibu was born into the Fujiwara family, daughter of the governor of a province, who also was a well known scholar. Always very intelligent, as a child she learned more quickly than her brother, causing her father to lament, "If only you were a boy, how happy I should be!" He did, however, allow Shikibu to study with her brother, even letting her learn some Chinese classics, which was considered improper for females at the time.
When she was in her early twenties, Lady Murasaki was married to a distant relative. Her only daughter was born in 999. After the death of her husband in 1001 A.D, knowing of her writing talent and her brilliant mind, the imperial family brought Lady Murasaki to court.
At court, Lady Murasaki began a diary she kept up for two years. While giving a vivid account of court life, it also gives us insights into what Lady Murasaki thought. For example, she didn't like the frivolous nature of court life. Once she described a picture competition there as a "moment in the history of our country when the whole energy of the nation seemed to be concentrated upon the search for the prettiest method of mounting paper scrolls!" She also went to great pains to hide her knowledge of Chinese, fearing the criticism of those who felt it to be unladylike to be happy reading this obscure language.
Shikibu may have begun The Tale of the Genji before she came to court. Yet much of it was written there, loosely based on her years as lady-in-waiting to the Empress Akiko. It is a very long novel about complications in the life of a fictitious prince called Genji. Like many of the court ladies, Shikibu was a master at observing the daily activities and attitudes of upper class society.
The tales of Prince Genji, known as "the Shining Prince," became popular from the moment of its release. It was meant to be read aloud, and the earliest Genji manuscript was lost. Luckily early 12th century Genji manuscript scrolls survived, and through the ages, the novel has been translated into many languages and been studied and discussed by many scholars.
Little is know about Lady Murasaki's later life. She may have retired from court to seek seclusion in a convent at about the age of fifty. Her writings suggest that at the end she sensed the violent changes that were coming to her rather decadent upper class life. In the distance, the sounds of provincial warriors rumbled - the samurai who in 1192 overthrew the power of the emperor and created a feudal military government headed by a shogun.
copied and pasted from: http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine9.html
this was the longest and most difficult book i have ever read. the cultural intricacies, wow. i tried to read it in ancient japanese once. i made it about 4 sentences. it took me about an hour. it's about 2000 pages long.
i tried to loan this book to mike's dad, but it was too sexy for him. it's really not sexy at all. except it's all about sex (otherwise known as "court life". so anytime you see the following words: "court life" "court lady" etc., it's all about sex. fyi.)
march 5
patsy cline
i'm going to catch up today. so these are gonna be short.
something really interesting is attached to patsy cline. i don't know what it is.
maybe not everyone likes country music but you can't deny her appeal and her talent no matter what. awesome.
she only lived to age 30. yet all she did. she was lucky to live that long.
i think you all probably know about patsy cline and know her songs, so i will tell you about the death-weirdness that followed her...and apparently finally caught her.
"On June 14, 1961, Patsy Cline and her brother were involved in a head-on car collision. The impact of the accident threw Patsy through the windshield, nearly killing her. Suffering from a jagged cut across her forehead that required stitches, a broken wrist, and a dislocated hip, she spent a month in the hospital. When she left the hospital, her forehead was still visibly scarred."
wow.
then
she and three other people died in a plane crash in 1963, when she was 30 years old. do you think somehow she knew this was going to happen? when people die when they are so young, i wonder if they start out somehow different from people who live to a ripe old age. does anyone know what i mean?
Country singer Jack Anglin died in an automobile accident while driving to her funeral.
Now baby if you're needin' me
The way that I've been needin' you
Well drop me a line sayin' honey you'll be mine
Write me in care of the blues
I hope that you've been missin' me
The way that I've been missin' you
I shouldn't have let you go because I love you so
Write me in care of the blues
Give that postman your letter
And he'll know what to do
He'll bring your letter to me
And a plane will bring me to you
patsy cline
i'm going to catch up today. so these are gonna be short.
something really interesting is attached to patsy cline. i don't know what it is.
maybe not everyone likes country music but you can't deny her appeal and her talent no matter what. awesome.
she only lived to age 30. yet all she did. she was lucky to live that long.
i think you all probably know about patsy cline and know her songs, so i will tell you about the death-weirdness that followed her...and apparently finally caught her.
"On June 14, 1961, Patsy Cline and her brother were involved in a head-on car collision. The impact of the accident threw Patsy through the windshield, nearly killing her. Suffering from a jagged cut across her forehead that required stitches, a broken wrist, and a dislocated hip, she spent a month in the hospital. When she left the hospital, her forehead was still visibly scarred."
wow.
then
she and three other people died in a plane crash in 1963, when she was 30 years old. do you think somehow she knew this was going to happen? when people die when they are so young, i wonder if they start out somehow different from people who live to a ripe old age. does anyone know what i mean?
Country singer Jack Anglin died in an automobile accident while driving to her funeral.
Now baby if you're needin' me
The way that I've been needin' you
Well drop me a line sayin' honey you'll be mine
Write me in care of the blues
I hope that you've been missin' me
The way that I've been missin' you
I shouldn't have let you go because I love you so
Write me in care of the blues
Give that postman your letter
And he'll know what to do
He'll bring your letter to me
And a plane will bring me to you
Sunday, March 06, 2005
march 4
punky brewster
okay, okay, so punky brewster isn't a "woman", she's a "girl", and she isn't really a real person either but i always loved punky brewster when i was a little kid. and i started this in order to write about women who inspire me, interest me, etc. (they don't necessarily have to be "good" or "heroes" or whatever). i just think it's really sad that all of the history classes i've taken in my life and my knowledge of women's history is really really poor. because i know all of the great and not-so-great things women have done have really changed things. because we continue to change things every day. i just wish we didn't have to have things like "women's history month" or "black history month" because it should be "people's history year" all year round. end rant.
okay so more about punky and why i thought she was cool:
1. her name is punky. that's awesome. i remember on one episode she finally broke down and admitted her real name was penelope. i thought that was just as cool as punky.
2. she dressed so cool, can you believe it?! i had a punky outfit i wore on the first day of school. that was the same day that my mom came home from the hospital with my baby brother, who is now STARTING COLLEGE in the fall. out of control.
3. she was always so nice to everyone and so optimistic. i always wanted to be like that.
4. she always said/had "punky power!". i have "raedy power". most definitely.
5. i loved her friends (except for margeaux, ewwww). there was one episode where they were playing hide n seek and cherrie got in the refrigerator, and well she got stuck in there. then there was a public service announcement at the end about how you shouldn't try to hide in refrigerators. the other day snickers hopped up in the fridge while i was opening the door and i closed her in there. i was only gonna leave her a second just to maybe scare her a little to try to convince her not to go back in there anymore, but i immediately thought of that episode of punky brewster and opened the door back up. she seemed to like it in there but i told her how cherrie had said you shouldn't get in the refrigerator. i might be insane.
6. punky never discriminated against anyone. for any reason.
punky is awesome!
punky brewster
okay, okay, so punky brewster isn't a "woman", she's a "girl", and she isn't really a real person either but i always loved punky brewster when i was a little kid. and i started this in order to write about women who inspire me, interest me, etc. (they don't necessarily have to be "good" or "heroes" or whatever). i just think it's really sad that all of the history classes i've taken in my life and my knowledge of women's history is really really poor. because i know all of the great and not-so-great things women have done have really changed things. because we continue to change things every day. i just wish we didn't have to have things like "women's history month" or "black history month" because it should be "people's history year" all year round. end rant.
okay so more about punky and why i thought she was cool:
1. her name is punky. that's awesome. i remember on one episode she finally broke down and admitted her real name was penelope. i thought that was just as cool as punky.
2. she dressed so cool, can you believe it?! i had a punky outfit i wore on the first day of school. that was the same day that my mom came home from the hospital with my baby brother, who is now STARTING COLLEGE in the fall. out of control.
3. she was always so nice to everyone and so optimistic. i always wanted to be like that.
4. she always said/had "punky power!". i have "raedy power". most definitely.
5. i loved her friends (except for margeaux, ewwww). there was one episode where they were playing hide n seek and cherrie got in the refrigerator, and well she got stuck in there. then there was a public service announcement at the end about how you shouldn't try to hide in refrigerators. the other day snickers hopped up in the fridge while i was opening the door and i closed her in there. i was only gonna leave her a second just to maybe scare her a little to try to convince her not to go back in there anymore, but i immediately thought of that episode of punky brewster and opened the door back up. she seemed to like it in there but i told her how cherrie had said you shouldn't get in the refrigerator. i might be insane.
6. punky never discriminated against anyone. for any reason.
punky is awesome!
Saturday, March 05, 2005
march 3
Laura Ingalls Wilder
1867-1957
author of 8 "little house" books
i'm not going to really go into her biography because i think we all know it, if we read the books! which i certainly did. more than once i'm sure.
but i think it's pretty interesting and amazing that she didn't publish her first book until she was 65. i guess the impetus was the fact that she and her husband lost pretty much their life savings in the stock market crash.
also the books were written as a collaboration between laura and her daughter rose, who was a writer herself. she really gave laura the courage to write.
when i read these books, i loved them because of the stories and because of how brave and independent laura was. i imagined i was her in my mind. i loved discovering the TV show because i fancied I looked like melissa gilbert.
i know now, I would have been a pretty horrible pioneer girl.
oh well i still love the books and i'm going to make my children read them.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
1867-1957
author of 8 "little house" books
i'm not going to really go into her biography because i think we all know it, if we read the books! which i certainly did. more than once i'm sure.
but i think it's pretty interesting and amazing that she didn't publish her first book until she was 65. i guess the impetus was the fact that she and her husband lost pretty much their life savings in the stock market crash.
also the books were written as a collaboration between laura and her daughter rose, who was a writer herself. she really gave laura the courage to write.
when i read these books, i loved them because of the stories and because of how brave and independent laura was. i imagined i was her in my mind. i loved discovering the TV show because i fancied I looked like melissa gilbert.
i know now, I would have been a pretty horrible pioneer girl.
oh well i still love the books and i'm going to make my children read them.
Friday, March 04, 2005
march 2
Amelia Earhart
how about some quotes instead:
"One of my favorite phobias is that girls, especially those whose tastes aren't routine, often don't get a fair break... It has come down through the generations, an inheritance of age-old customs which produced the corollary that women are bred to timidity."
"Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others."
"...now and then women should do for themselves what men have already done - occasionally what men have not done--thereby establishing themselves as persons, and perhaps encouraging other women toward greater independence of thought and action. Some such consideration was a contributing reason for my wanting to do what I so much wanted to do."
April l9 - 20, 1935 - First person to fly solo from Los Angeles to Mexico City; 13hrs 23min
May 8, 1935 - First person to fly solo nonstop from Mexico City to Newark; 14hrs 19min
June 1, 1937 - Began flight around the world June 1937; first person to fly from the Red Sea to India
January 11, 1935 - First person to solo the 2,408-mile distance across the Pacific between Honolulu and Oakland, California; also first flight where a civilian aircraft carried a two-way radio
her body has never been found, no one knows what happened to her.
Amelia Earhart
how about some quotes instead:
"One of my favorite phobias is that girls, especially those whose tastes aren't routine, often don't get a fair break... It has come down through the generations, an inheritance of age-old customs which produced the corollary that women are bred to timidity."
"Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others."
"...now and then women should do for themselves what men have already done - occasionally what men have not done--thereby establishing themselves as persons, and perhaps encouraging other women toward greater independence of thought and action. Some such consideration was a contributing reason for my wanting to do what I so much wanted to do."
April l9 - 20, 1935 - First person to fly solo from Los Angeles to Mexico City; 13hrs 23min
May 8, 1935 - First person to fly solo nonstop from Mexico City to Newark; 14hrs 19min
June 1, 1937 - Began flight around the world June 1937; first person to fly from the Red Sea to India
January 11, 1935 - First person to solo the 2,408-mile distance across the Pacific between Honolulu and Oakland, California; also first flight where a civilian aircraft carried a two-way radio
her body has never been found, no one knows what happened to her.
march is women's history month
i thought maybe i'll post something about a famous woman in history every day. it's gonna be real short though, so we can all learn something really interesting about famous women in history quickly. except i already missed three days. so let's make up for those now:
march 1
Nefertiti
-Her name, meaning "the beautiful (or perfect) woman has come," prompts some scholars to think that Nefertiti traveled to Egypt from a foreign land. Others theorize she was an Egyptian royal by birth. Still others think it unlikely that she was of royal blood, but that her father was a high government official, a man named Ay, who went on to become pharaoh after Tutankhamen (and, incidentally, may have had a hand in the boy king's death!).
-Queen of Egypt ("co-regent") with Pharoah Akhenaten, 1352-1136BC
-unusually high status, and started a practice of monotheism, only worshipping the sun god and apparently outlawed polytheism.
-something went wrong during that time and she had tons of enemies.
-her mummy has never been found.
i thought maybe i'll post something about a famous woman in history every day. it's gonna be real short though, so we can all learn something really interesting about famous women in history quickly. except i already missed three days. so let's make up for those now:
march 1
Nefertiti
-Her name, meaning "the beautiful (or perfect) woman has come," prompts some scholars to think that Nefertiti traveled to Egypt from a foreign land. Others theorize she was an Egyptian royal by birth. Still others think it unlikely that she was of royal blood, but that her father was a high government official, a man named Ay, who went on to become pharaoh after Tutankhamen (and, incidentally, may have had a hand in the boy king's death!).
-Queen of Egypt ("co-regent") with Pharoah Akhenaten, 1352-1136BC
-unusually high status, and started a practice of monotheism, only worshipping the sun god and apparently outlawed polytheism.
-something went wrong during that time and she had tons of enemies.
-her mummy has never been found.
el presidente esta aqui (again)
you all may remember a little while ago when the president of mexico was at my school? well i have another story.
yesterday i was at the bookstore, which is in the basement of this old church, returning a book. i was standing at the cashier, which is right at the bottom of the stairs. i was a little nervous because i was returning a book i had already read and for some reason i thought that was wrong. but the girl was letting me return it. anyways...
all of a sudden i heard this thundering footsteps behind me and i turned around and there were about 20 extremely large men in suits with earpieces coming down the stairs. they started looking all around the bookstore, which is basically this huge labyrinthine room and is extremely easy to get lost in. and they were picking up books and looking at them and throwing them back down, it looked kind of like a ransack.
i looked at the girl at the register (this is the point in the story in which, when i was telling it to mike, he said in a tough guy voice "we have an illegal book return here"). so yeah anyway i looked at the girl and she whispered "the president of the dominican republic is here." and pointed at some guy. i don't know if it really was because i'm not totally sure of what the president of the dominican republic looks like but cool. so yeah apparently i saw the president of the dominican republic.
then i got back to my office and got an email that apparently my friend's brother is on american idol. has anyone been watching that?
life is so interesting here.
you all may remember a little while ago when the president of mexico was at my school? well i have another story.
yesterday i was at the bookstore, which is in the basement of this old church, returning a book. i was standing at the cashier, which is right at the bottom of the stairs. i was a little nervous because i was returning a book i had already read and for some reason i thought that was wrong. but the girl was letting me return it. anyways...
all of a sudden i heard this thundering footsteps behind me and i turned around and there were about 20 extremely large men in suits with earpieces coming down the stairs. they started looking all around the bookstore, which is basically this huge labyrinthine room and is extremely easy to get lost in. and they were picking up books and looking at them and throwing them back down, it looked kind of like a ransack.
i looked at the girl at the register (this is the point in the story in which, when i was telling it to mike, he said in a tough guy voice "we have an illegal book return here"). so yeah anyway i looked at the girl and she whispered "the president of the dominican republic is here." and pointed at some guy. i don't know if it really was because i'm not totally sure of what the president of the dominican republic looks like but cool. so yeah apparently i saw the president of the dominican republic.
then i got back to my office and got an email that apparently my friend's brother is on american idol. has anyone been watching that?
life is so interesting here.
