Oh, I could do SO MUCH with this!

Before Summer Rain Suddenly, from all the green around you, something-you don’t know what-has disappeared; you feel it creeping closer to the window, in total silence. From the nearby wood you hear the urgent whistling of a plover, reminding you of someone’s Saint Jerome: so much solitude and passion come from that one voice, whose Read more >>

I slip outside into the heat to watch the sun slide away. The water in the air is warm and heavy but a breeze rolls it around my skin, as though I were moving in a breath. I sit lazily on the green plastic deck chair and reach over to pluck a strawberry. I inspect Read more >>

From Kottke! How many languages in your music collection? French – Paris Combo, Coralie Clement, Carla Bruni, and more Italian – Andrea Bocelli, Pavarotti, etc. Galician(which I thought was Portuguese) (and French) – Manu Chao Hindi? Sanskrit? No idea – Deep Forest, some unnamed music from Irish – Enya, Clannad Norwegian – Kari Bremnes, Lillebjorn Read more >>

For obvious reasons, I think this is the sweetest thing: http://www.livejournal.com/users/anna_baby/2706.html In other news, after a fifteen minute rant today about why I have to be a feminist to survive in IT, a male coworker and I go in to take care of a service call from the auditors. They can’t remember their password. After Read more >>

Me and my girls.

1) Working on HTML production for ad agency. Very far behind. Need to kick my own ass. Jenn, might need you to kick it for me. 2)Cleaning up manuscript after production work is done today. Very, very far behind. Not sure why I’ve been avoiding this one. 3) Surfing Flickr for tags of names of Read more >>

I have far too many pictures of myself. But I’m legally allowed to post them without permission. I printed this in the darkroom all by myself!

I got the news this morning that I am the recipient of the John Van Buren scholarship. That plus my savings means that my tuition will be paid in full on Friday. I can’t believe it just yet, but I think I’m getting there.

I had such a wonderful weekend. It started with seeing my goddaughter squirming around excitedly in her carseat like a wee puppy, trying to see me come out of the airport. I got in the car and sat next to her and she immediately told me she saw my plane come down, and asked me Read more >>