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About Me

I am finally finished the undergraduate degree that would not just end! But now I am a graduate student in women's studies - cross disciplinary with Native American Studies and Sociology. Did I mention I love it??? I cannot believe they pay me to do this :)

My Interests

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I'd like to meet:

everyone

Music:

this one could go on forever so I'll keep is short... Bob Dylan, Billie Holiday, Tom Waits, Sublime, Tom Petty, NOFX, Fleetwood Mac, Kings of Leon, Against Me, Moneen, John Lee Hooker, Lily Allen, Gorilla, Nina Simone, Benny Goodman, Portishead, Aquam, Moloko, The New Kings, Pennywise, Britney Kwasney, Amy Winehouse, and all the undergound music people give to me but I have no clue who the artists are... good times...

Movies:

Stealing Beauty, Garden State, Anchorman, City of God, Hard Candy (a must see)... and Cry Baby, oh Johnny Depp, what were you thinking???

Television:

BTVS, American Dad, Jeopardy, Futurama

Books:

Dark Age Ahead - Jane Jacobs, I am Woman: A Native Perspective on Sociology and Feminism - Lee Maracle, A Stolen Life - Yvonne Johnson, Green Grass, Running Water - Thomas King, Talkin Up to the White Woman - Morton-Robinson...one book that I could not put down: Field of Honor - Don Birchfield, by far the best book I have ever read.

Heroes:

My Parents and Sibilings (especially Charity the ultimate non-conformist) - sounds lame, but those are the people who will always be there when you faceplant in life.

My Blog

Sexuality, Pregnancy & Receiprocity

Every where I turn there are celebrity scandles with nude photos? Like did I miss something? Without clothing all of us are nude and frankly the amount of amateur porn that exists out there tells me t...
Posted by Hope on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:52:00 PST

Heros for Ghosts

Finals are here. My committee doesn' think I will finish in time for the end of the semester - I think they don't know what I am made of. The test: positive. Now what? Nest like a mother fucker. Work ...
Posted by Hope on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:29:00 PST

Act Your Age

Normally, the questions between career and family for women ends up with a debate around feminism and "having it all" - there is usually a 'before' and 'after' script and it eventually leads to a pro/...
Posted by Hope on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 09:55:00 PST

Time to Write

I think I have moved into the realm of addiction... or trying to at least. I cannot tell you how a glass of wine changes my day... same with coffee... but then I think about cigarettes and they only c...
Posted by Hope on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:37:00 PST

The Time Has Arrived

I feel myself getting lighter - I think the dark age is finally coming to a tail end. I was listening to CBC the other day and it had Oliver Sacks and he was talking about depression & that music ...
Posted by Hope on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:34:00 PST

My Camel Back

after 2 days in bed with my laptop, pipe, and season 2 & 3 to Rosewell... well I am understanding that I am in a depression... yup a big one. I don't think I have ever come against something I rea...
Posted by Hope on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:20:00 PST

Truth & Dreams

My dreams have been changing as of late, or more importantly, I have been changing in my dreams. A couple of nights ago, I was running from a man and after a long pursuit I was chased into a room with...
Posted by Hope on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:54:00 PST

White is Right

So my Aunt sends me this forward and I want to vomit, I won't even touch on the religious or gender aspects as it is too maddening. Good for him!!! Surprised CBS let him get away with this e...
Posted by Hope on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:03:00 PST

Inter-Racial Angst

So my Dad is White - very European. His mother is from Poland and his father is from Austria. He prides himself on the fact that every year those 2 countries make the top 3 list of most intellige...
Posted by Hope on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:47:00 PST

brief post

wow - talk about trasition. I feel so wiped and drained on every possible level from graduate studies. I feel like I have spread myself way to thin and I need to learn to say no to things. Too much ac...
Posted by Hope on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:24:00 PST