Snowy Solstice |
We have arrived. The shortest day of the year. It is officially winter. Olympia is covered in snow.I haven't driven in days. Instead I've wandered and shopped and cooked. Yesterday I made mulled wi...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:50:00 GMT |
I can’t think of one good reason... |
I purchased a new laptop for the school year. It has been useful so far because I have Office 2007 on it, a program that many of my students use which is incompatible with Office 1997-2003. Despite th...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:34:00 GMT |
Now is the Winter of my Wander Lust |
Maybe it's the Baz Luhrmann film buzz, or maybe it was the eucalyptus tree Dan and I saw when walking to the library.Last night I dreamt of koalas and kookaburras,red earth and the bush. Funny how cl...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:43:00 GMT |
Yes I Did! |
I got the internship. I now have a brand new role to fulfill. I will spend the Washington legislative session tracking and analyzing bills for CTED.Thirty hours a week. There goes that spa...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:11:00 GMT |
The Life and Times |
What a busy girl I am!And what have I been doing besides not posting, you might well ask?Well, I've been under going a transformation. I've ceased in my existence as a young woman and I've becom...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:31:00 GMT |
Pride, Beautiful Pride |
I think I'm finally to the point where I am not going to cry if I post. Not tears of sorrow or anger, but tears of love and hope and gratitude.I spent Monday and Tuesday morning out canvassing, I've m...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:52:00 GMT |
Quick and Dirty |
I don't have much time. I'm off to go canvassing for the last day, then I'm off to work, and then I'm going to hit up an election party.That being said, if you haven't already:GO VOTE NOWand enj...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:41:00 GMT |
Dozer Backhoe... it’s your birthday! |
Gonna party like it's your birthday? Er... no. Not hardly.I get to work today. This evening, in fact. And I have to be back at work at eight am tomorrow.I shouldn't complain.&n...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:31:00 GMT |
My Kingdom for a Newsstand |
I took a walk today so that I might find a place to buy the latest copy of The Economist.To my dismay, I have realized that the city of Olympia no longer has ANY store within which one can purchase a ...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:09:00 GMT |
Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da... Life Goes On. |
And on and on.In about 24 hours time I'll be flying across the world, and like Rancid before me, "Back to Olympia."What an amazing summer I've had. So many places and people and sights and feeli...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:18:00 GMT |
