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October 20th, 2009
03:11 pm - body and soul serve the regime
Dude. Last night Lysistrata only woke up once and only went through 2 diapers! She's also gone through less diapers during the last 3 days. We're thinking it might be finally time to try cloth diapers during the whole day at home (we plan to keep using disposables at night and when not at home.) I hope we can manage it 'cause disposables were getting so expensive.
Haiku for Lysistrata
With an empty bladder
And a belly full of milk
She goes to sleep.
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October 18th, 2009
02:35 pm - bad breath, watery eyes, and clear sinuses
Determined to give baby a broad flavor palette
Today I cook onion soup and hearty rye bread, cabbage and noodles, dhal, and eat lots of kimchee. Savory overdose! I don't even want to know what that'll make my milk taste like. But somebody in this house is gonna find out! :-)
People talk about pregnant women having weird cravings, but my eating habits are way more adventurous normally.
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September 17th, 2009
12:14 pm - the cost of having a baby
As much as I tried to have a natural birth, it just wasn't in the cards. Because of a series of complications, I ended up needing an epidural, a petocin drip, and ultimately a c-section followed by a 3 day stay in the hospital. I just received the list of expenses from the hospital (keep in mind that my insurance covers it all.) Ready for it? Almost thirty six thousand dollars!
Oh, yeah, we don't need health care reform in this country. People should just all be responsible for their own health care expenses, and if there is disparity, that's just part of the good ol' free market.
Note that my insurance would have paid for up to a 4 day stay in the hospital. I chose to leave after 3 days (with absolutely no pressure from anyone at the hospital) because I felt good enough and wanted to be at home with Will. So the bill could have been $4K more. In short, Lysistrata costs as much as a college education before she was even a week old.
Damn.
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September 1st, 2009
09:23 am - you cannot make yourself as you wish to be
Um... today I woke up and rolled out of bed without grunting in pain from aches in my sides and lower abdomen. Then I stood up and my feet didn't hurt and I felt balanced. I was able to walk down the steps at a normal pace. My back didn't hurt at all either.
By the time I got to the kitchen for my breakfast (which I didn't have any desperate feeling about getting into my stomach) I suddenly occurred to me to look down and feel for belly to make sure I didn't just dream being pregnant. Nope, Notacat still obviously there. *Whew* But, um, okay, why do I feel physically normal and good for the first time in, er, weeks or months, I dunno anymore?
Guess I should feel thankful for it and move on.
Current Music: Tommy James and Shondells - "I Think We're Alone Now"
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August 26th, 2009
11:49 am - The sorrow which has no vent in tears may make other organs weep. - Henry Maudsley
This was a really great interview on "Fresh Air" that sheds a lot of light on the health care issues in America, and unfortunately also points out how complicated things really are: T.R. Reid: Looking Overseas For 'Healing Of America'
I liked when Reid pointed out that part of the reason health care cost mores in this country than in any other is because of the complexity of the system which is what leads to high administrative costs. He goes on to say how various parts of the US health care system resemble all the other major systems used in different countries. The difference is that here we use them, so one's quality of health care, choices, and how one pays and what one pays all depends on many factors which can easily change throughout life.
This is how people fall through the cracks - they happen to make too much money, be too young, and not a pregnant woman or single mother, so they can't get Medicaid, but at the same time they either have pre-existing conditions which make it impossible to get private health insurance or they simply can't afford private health insurance 'cause they are unemployed, or employed in a manner which doesn't provide affordable insurance. Not to mention the people who have health insurance but can't afford the co-pays.
The more I listened to this interview the more strongly I feel that the current bill - which might not even pass because it's so "controversial" (seriously, WTF?) - will hardly solve our problems. Not that it doesn't matter. The current bill definitely would be an improvement if it regulated health insurance companies so that they can't lock people out for having "pre-existing conditions" and the expansion of Medicaid and Medicare would help catch a lot of those people who are currently falling through the cracks.
But after listening to Reid it seems that our real problem isn't that we don't have THE one and only correct system, but rather, that we can't make up our minds on a single, streamlined system which would cover everyone. There are so many systems to choose from when we look at how other countries deal with health care, and plenty of them are less socialistic and more friendly toward private industry. We don't have to choose between a simpler, cheaper, universal health care system and remaining a champion in free enterprise as a nation.
From the transcript:
Mr. REID: Turns out we have them all right here in the United States. If you're a Native American or a veteran you live in Britain. They get government health care and government hospitals from government doctors and they never get a bill. If you're an employed person sharing your health insurance premium with your employer, you live in Germany. That's the Bismarck model that was invented in Germany and used in many countries. If you're a senior and you buy Medicare insurance from the government and go to private doctors, you live in Canada. That's the Canadian model. As a matter of fact, the Canadian health care system is called Medicare, and when Lyndon Johnson provided it for our seniors in 1965 he borrowed both the model and the name from Canada. And if you're one of the tens of millions of Americans who can't get health insurance, well, you live in Malawi or Madagascar or Mali or something, because if you can pay for health insurance you get it, or maybe you can line up at the free hospital sometime. We've got them all and that's really the most important difference. All the other countries have decided that it's cheaper and fairer to provide one model so that everybody has the same access to the same care at the same price.
W need to do something, because this is just ridiculous. On a personal level, I'm incredibly grateful that I dumb-lucked into a great plan (for the time being) for myself, but I'm sick of watching people I care about suffer (go without treatment, go into health care debt, or take off work to wait in long, humiliating lines at free clinics - I have friends who do all these things) because of our complex, inefficient, and expensive system.
Reid's book has been fast-tracked to near the top of my reading list.
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August 23rd, 2009
06:31 pm - Oh, and some people have a half a one for breakfast.
Oh my gosh I stumbled into creating a truly delicious vegan dinner tonight! Those of you foodies into health should totally try this recipe!
Balsalmic-glazed Chickpeas over Collards:
1 bottle of flavorful favorite beer
1 can of chickpeas (garbanzo beans)
1 nice, big bunch of collard greens, coursely chopped
1 small red onion, finely chopped
4-6 cloves of garlic, minced
Balsamic vinegar
Soy sauce
1/4 cup veggie stock
1 small pot and 1 big pot
IN THE SMALL POT: Saute the onions and half of the garlic in the veggie broth for a few minutes and then add the chickpeas, 1 tbsp of soy sauce, and 2 tbsp of balsalmic vinegar. Keep on medium heat, stirring as needed, until the liquids cook down (about 15-20 minutes)
IN THE BIG POT: Heat to medium-high and pour in the bottle of beer, the collards, the other half of the garlic, 1 tbsp soy sauce and 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar. Stir as needed until the liquids cook down (about 20-30 minutes.)
Serve in bowls with the chick peas over the greens. Friggin' delicious!!!
Current Music: "American Routes" on NPR
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August 21st, 2009
09:57 am - Everything's comin' up roses
I subscribed to babycenter.com's weekly updates on my baby's progress. I'm especially excited about today's email notice, which reads:
Your baby is gaining about an ounce a day. She now weighs almost 6 pounds (like a crenshaw melon) and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. She's shedding most of the downy hair that covered her body, as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that protected her skin during her nine-month amniotic bath. Next week, your baby will be considered full-term.
This bun is almost done baking. Also happy news: the last few weeks the baby has been in the right position for birth (see below diagram) so hopefully I won't have to worry about the baby being breach (which can lead to c-section) or "sunny side up" (which leads to "back labor" - a much more painful labor experience caused by the baby's head pushing on the mom's lower back.)
Deep breath... soon I'll have a cute little baby and I'll have my body back - woo hoo!
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August 19th, 2009
02:03 pm - Rawrrr
Very eye-opening article in the NY Times which focusses on the plight of women and girls particularly in the third world and the importance of helping them as a way of alleviating the effects of third world poverty in general.
The global statistics on the abuse of girls are numbing. It appears that more girls and women are now missing from the planet, precisely because they are female, than men were killed on the battlefield in all the wars of the 20th century.
If you are afraid that reading this will be too depressing, take cheer in that it opens with an uplifting story of a woman in Pakistan who greatly improves her condition and symbolizes the sort of hope we can have for all women in such cultures that oppress women. Her story is covered on the first page of the article. There are two other inspiring personal stories. The whole article is worth reading in order to get to Tererai's story at the end.
In many poor countries, the greatest unexploited resource isn’t oil fields or veins of gold; it is the women and girls who aren’t educated and never become a major presence in the formal economy. With education and with help starting businesses, impoverished women can earn money and support their countries as well as their families. They represent perhaps the best hope for fighting global poverty.
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11:23 am - The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook
Been eating super healthy vegetarian meals lately and tons and tons of fruit. As I type this I'm eating a wrap with portobella mushroom, hummos, spinach, onion, and tomato, with a side of grapes and herbal iced tea.
So tonight I'm shakin' it up with a beef roast. I haven't really been craving meat at all during this pregnancy (I do crave a lot of fruit, iced tea, and cheese) but I think Will would appreciate a meaty treat.
The other day I threw together an enchilada pie which was super yummy. It's going on my list of easy, cheap dinners to make on a regular basis in a few years when I have young kids.
Easy, Affordable, and Delicious Enchilada Pie
9 corn tortillas
can of black beans
can of green chilis
1 chopped medium onion
about a cup of shredded cheese of your choice (I used jalepeno cheddar, and this could easily be made vegan with soy cheese)
small can of sliced black olives
about a 16 oz jar of your favorite salsa
2 ripe avacados (optional, for garnish)
1.) Fold 6 of the tortillas in half so they break in half. Use 2 which are broken to line the edges of a 9"x9" pan and put a whole on in the center. This is how the next two layer will also be placed.
2.) On top of the first tortilla layer add half of the beans, chilis, onions, and a third of the cheese, olives, and salsa.
3.) Add second layer of tortillas and repeat step 2.
4.) Add the final layer of tortillas and top with the rest of the salsa, olives, and cheese
5.) Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.
6.) Serve with fresh avacado.
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Current Music: some Celtic music they are playing at Infusion
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July 17th, 2009
10:45 am - unraveling, unraveling...
UPDATE:
My summer job at Congreso is awesome and I'm taking lots of pic and will eventually put up a big post about our progress on Humanist Mom and link to it here. The only downside is that there is all this extra paperwork to deal with which came up after the program started and all us instructors are going a little crazy, but hey, what else is new in the world of independent teaching?
I'm also working 10 hours a week for HAGP for pay and volunteering extra hours too.
If we don't get an offer on the house by the end of July we're staying here for maybe another year or two. We have one couple who is maybe interested - will find out more later.
Pregnancy stuff: Well into my third trimester now so I feel worse every week. The kids catch me saying "ow" from baby kicks during class. Everyone seems to think that's cute except me, especially when I'm trying to sleep. Standing, sitting, or lying in any one position for much time starts to feel uncomfortable so I have to constantly move, but not move too much or too fast. Don't like to do any exercise since I can't seem to do anything for very long anyway. Trying to keep up some yoga and walking a lot. Happily - no more food issues which is awesome since I can rekindle my love affair with health food.
Despite being so insanely busy and physical limitations, I'm cooking regularly again. It seems like it would be just more work, but actually it destresses me lately. I get spurts like that. I read "The China Study" while on vacation and that combined with other things I've read convince me that a plant-based, whole foods diet high in variety and low in fat is the most superior for health. I've been having fun looking up and making up great vegan recipes. Here's my latest success story:
Sloppy Lentils (my version, modified from a recipe I found in the Vegetarian Slow Cooker):
-Cook a cup of dry lentils
-Stir fry one medium onion (chopped) in some low-sodieum soy sauce
-Add a can of diced tomatos (I used Trader Joe's fire-roasted ones which add some yummy hot spice) to the onions, 3 tablespoons of brown sugar and 2 tablespoons of chili powder. Stir in and simmer for 5 minutes.
-Blend the onion/tomato mixture in a blender
-Mix the sauce with the cooked lentils and serve with your favorite buns
Current Music: "I Felt Your Shape" - The Microphones
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June 8th, 2009
07:15 pm - specialized in chemical terminology to denote the first of a series of compounds
Fauxhawk is getting too long and falling flat. As soon as I can fit 5 little beads on a lock of hair I'm buzzing and bleaching the shit out of the whole damn thing. Gotta anyway - that is my typical summer hairdo.
Speaking of summer, I may have missed the AHA con, but I recently found out that the writing retreat just happened to be scheduled for the one week left before I start my summer job - so I can go. Went to a Humanist Creative Arts Circle mtg recently and got some great input on a crucial chapter in my novel "Worhipping Chaos." Also, I'm back on my online writing workshop, doing reviews and have posted the re-write of that chapter for criticism.
Meethinks Notacat thinks he/she is at a dance club. Tonight we listen to Afro-pop music on KEXP's livestream. Boogie down proto-baby.
Current Music: Neko Case - "South Tacoma Way"
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May 27th, 2009
07:49 pm - Don't grumble, give a whistle
First, I wrote in my "real" blog yesterday. Read it here.
Second, I will be exhibiting at the Highwire Gallery in a group exhibition with the Northwest Artists Collective June 5-28. The piece selected for this show is "Girl In Red Dress", a never exhibited before 18" x 36" color woodcut completed last year while fullfilling a residency at Artcroft in Carlisle, Kentucky.
Opening Reception is Friday, June 5, 5-9pm. Highwire's address is 2040 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, PA. (But I won't be there 'cause I'll be in Phoenix, AZ at the AHA conference.)
Link to the flyer and more info.
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April 3rd, 2009
10:59 am - And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else
Just watched Mos Def and Christopher Hitchens arguing about al-Quaeda.
It was slightly entertaining and certainly interesting to see that conversation. But I found myself wanting to hear what the conversation would turn out to be if they hadn't been permitting to talk all over each other like that and had a proper moderator to force each of them to clarify what they were trying to stay and refrain from ad hom attacks.
At the end, I found myself wondering the answer to Mos Def's question - what are the political objectives of al-Quaeda. Wikipedia's entry describes their objectives neatly in one sentence: "Al-Qaeda's objectives include the end of foreign influence in Muslim countries and the creation of a new Islamic caliphate." But that by itself is too abstract, especially for someone like me who is from the West and unfamiliar with the specifics of Islamic culture and history. Like most Westerners, I suspect because of what I hear in the news that al-Quaeda is dangerous and should be fought against. But like Mos Def, I'm also skeptical of Western media bias. I've heard interviews from journalists who are convinced that Osama bin Ladin is long dead, and others who think that's preposterous. Bin Laden is a bit of a ghostly figure at this point. I have no doubt that he was and maybe still is a leader of al-Quaeda, but any specifics get fuzzy and whenever I do hear thoughtful reports on various news sources, they contradict in their details other news reports which sounds thoughtful and reliable.
I actually do have some of an opinion about al-Quaeda which is quite harsh (harsh enough that I can say with confidence that I'll like to see the whole movement destroyed and disbanded) but I realize that my reasons for taking this stance is not because I view al-Quaeda as a danger to the West or because it is a religious extremist group or Islamic. It is mostly because of two personal experiences I had: the first watching a film called "Osama" about a little girl in Afghanistan whose mother dressed her as a boy so she could work and make income for the family (all women) to subsist on. This was because women were not permitted to work or even walk the streets alone, so they would have starved otherwise. The little girl is eventually caught and horrific things happen to her. I read an interview with the filmmaker - an Afghani. He had escaped Afghanistan before it was completely taken over by the Taliban, and then relied on not only news, but messages from people he knew who were still there. He based the story in his film on those stories. The other experienced which has most profoundly shaped by view of al-Quaeda was a speaker from Pakistan at the World Humanist Conference last year, who also shared his personal experiences. To sum up - my opinion about al-Quaeda is most shaped by what I've heard from non-Westerners who have lived in those parts of the world most impacted by al-Quaeda, and I suppose this is because I don't really trust news about foreign "enemies" either.
It isn't even that I think the media is deliberately lying, but rather, I suspect that like me, they are biased and blinded by their own cultural difference and so fail to understand what is really going on. Even if I have some vague notions which include concluding that al-Quaeda should go down, I also think that al-Quaeda will be most effectively beaten by an adversary which understands it from the inside out, rather than an enemey which merely demonizes it and ignores the history which lead up to its formation. I mean, I'm sorry, but just a glance at the encyclopedia recent history of Afghanistan alone shows that the basis for Islamic suspicion and hatred of the West is legit. Just because it has culturally morphed into extremist religious justifications for terrorism doesn't mean the roots weren't rational. Mos Def didn't have the time to get to the heart of his skepticism (and wasn't able to in the context of such a short segment and with such hostility coming from Christopher Hitchens who was clearly on one mind and quite condescending toward opposing views) but I found Mos Def's skepticism (he wasn't defending al-Quaeda, he was merely rejecting the mainstream Western view on them) refreshing and would have liked to see a more in-depth conversation about the issue.
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Current Music: "Where Do Ideas Come From" - Ze Frank
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April 2nd, 2009
10:40 pm - Do these pants look okay?
And now, in addition to feeling better, I wrote in my Humanist Mom blog
Current Music: running bath water
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March 27th, 2009
07:38 pm - mad as hell
I lost lots of income from September-December of 2008 because of city-wide cuts to anti-truancy programs that the Mural Arts program that I work for was serving. I currently am teaching through Mural Arts again, but not truants because we couldn't find any anti-truancy after school programs to offer our arts education classes to. Instead I'm teaching kids at a charter school who volunteer to take my class. Basically I went from helping reduce truancy and mentoring kids who were starting to slip through the cracks in the system to being a basic after school art teacher. And then today, I heard on the radio...
Dear Editor,
This letter is in response to the March 26 article "Council votes to fine truants' parents"
Councilman Greenlee says of the new fine for truancy, "The idea of this is not to be punitive but to get the parents' attention, that their kids are sometimes not going to school," Get the parents attention? Isn't it the job of any school to contact the parents immediately when the kids don't show up? If not, then first the schools need to be held responsible for not notifying parents.
And not punitive? On television reports, people on the street clearly are expressing an attitude that this problem of truancy is the fault of parents, even if often it is not. These parents are getting labeled as "bad parents" and that doesn't help anything. Also, how "mild" the fine is is dependent on how much a family is struggling financially. A $25. fine hurts families who are on a tight budget - that could be a month's worth of gas for the car or a week of groceries. And $300 is over a third of a month's income for someone who works full time on minimum wage! How are single-income families already struggling financially supposed to cope with teenagers who skip school?
This measure is ridiculous. Just another way for the city to bring in desperately needed funds without regard to the people who are hurting the most these days. And how dare they claim to be doing everything they can to reduce truancy when they cut city-wide anti-truancy programs in the fall of last year!
Martha Knox
Teaching Artist and Resident of Germantown
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March 19th, 2009
06:32 pm - A dog owns nothing, yet is seldom dissatisfied.
Hurrah! I have developed a recipe for whole wheat, vegan Irish Soda bread that tastes awesome!!! One of the many recipes I plan to be able to hand down to my kids. Those of you with bread makers try this out:
Marf's Irish Soda Bread:
1 1/3 tb Vegetable oil
1 1/3 c Soy milk
1 tsp white wine vinegar
1 1/2 c Bread flour
1 1/2 c Whole wheat flour
1 1/3 ts Salt
1/2 c Raisins
1 1/3 ts Baking soda
1 tb Caraway seeds
1.5 ts sugar
2 ts Yeast
Cook in bread maker set for whole wheat, 1.5 lb. (or large) loaf
Had to make it vegan to counteract the corned beef and cabbage. Heh heh. Happy St. Patty's Day!
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03:59 pm - Bigoted clerks in PA blocking non-religous couples and clergy from having personalized ceremonies
The latest on marriage for nonreligious folks in PA
And my email to the ACLU:
I am a Humanist celebrant in Pennsylvania and I just read this article in the Inquirer about the marriage controversy:
I've read a couple stories before about this issue and I've tried to get information from various sources about how this might impact me as a celebrant and the couples whose weddings I legally officiate. I am certified by the Humanist Society www.humanist-society.org which is not an online church like the Universal Life Church, but we are non-theistic and often advertise our services as "secular" ceremonies. Technically I could be said to have a "congregation" since I'm a member of the Humanist Association of Greater Philadelphia www.hagp.org, but our organization is explicitly not religious (we are secular humanists) and we do not have a building.
Should I be warning couples who come to me to officiate their wedding that the legality might be questioned in the future? Should I warn the couples whose wedding I have officiated in the past few years? Also, I often advise couples looking for a secular but meaningful ceremony to apply for a self-uniting license and I have officiated one wedding by a couple who chose to apply for such a license and did so successfully even though they are non-religious. I don't see how the state can question people about their religious affiliation and deny that type of license to people who are not Quaker or Ba'hai. That is simply outrageous to me and clearly religious discrimination. But at the same time, I also understand that most couples are not going to want to deal with possible legal obstacles and if they feel discriminated against they will just accept that bigotry and make alternative arrangements for their weddings. I am disgusted by this controversy and want to help in any way I can keep legal marriage religiously-neutral in PA.
Please let me know if ACLU lawyers feel if Humanist celebrants such as myself in PA should be concerned about being discriminated against as not proper clergy. I want to make sure that I'm being completely ethical and honest with the couples I serve. Also, let me know if there is anything I can do as a celebrant to oppose the bigotry being exhibited by some clerks in PA against nonreligious couples, clergy, and the Universal Life Church.
Be well,
Martha Knox
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March 16th, 2009
07:18 pm - 7 layer burritos at Taco Bell rock
Overcame my fear of needles enough to get my blood drawn today and then got to hear notacat's heartbeat for the first time. Pretty cool.
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February 28th, 2009
12:11 pm - just like fruit falls from a tree after ripening
Will sent me this yesterday:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/27/jonathan-krohn-13-year-ol_n_170642.html
It is about a 13 year old conservative pundit who wrote a book and spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
I listened. What the kid said could be summarized as this: Conservativism is based on four categories of values: -respecting the constitution -respecting life -less government -personal responsibility That's it. Four vague and general platitudes being emphasized. Some liberal pundit could give the same speech replacing "conservative" with "liberal" and "Republican" with "Democrat" and throw out four equally random stated liberal "values", such as: -respecting the constitution -protecting civil liberties -government which balances power -social responsibility Equally nice-sounding and also meaningless on their own without the typical associations and further explanation. They are merely rhetoric.
Certain phrases only mean something because there are policies associated with them. Everybody knows that when a self-declared conservative says "respect life" they mean that they are anti-abortion, but that doesn't get to the value of why they are against legal abortion because those reasons vary. And when a liberal says "respect the constitution" they mean different things than when a conservative makes the same statement because there are differences in interpretation and emphasis. Nobody says things like Ignore the constitution! Piss on life! Civil liberties are stupid! I'm sure this kid has a great future career as a politician or pundit, because he has the qualities which are necessary both: the ability to assertively and charismaticly present himself in a way that makes it seem like he knows what he's talking about. But I doubt this is going to be any great political thinker. Oh, and Will also sent me this: Here is some monkey poop because it is funny. 
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January 7th, 2009
12:03 am - so this how the West was won? This is how things get done.
Inventory of 2008 New Year's Resolutions:
SUCCESS: Go out to eat (including fast food and ordering in) no more than once a week
SUCCESS: Apply for at least 6 grants (NOTE: all rejected)
SUCCESS: Apply to at least 6 residencies (NOTE: got one - Artcroft in Kentucky in September)
FAIL: Spend at least 6 hours a week in the studio (NOTE: I am so lame)
FAIL: Exercise an average of 5 days a week at least (NOTE: Kept it up January through mid-March, totally slacked off April-June, and then picked it up again in late July.)
FAIL: Finish the 7th and final draft of The Cousins of Sede and begin marketing it to agents
TOTAL FAIL: Finish the first draft of Worshipping Chaos (NOTE: I wrote about 25% more. Still about 50% to go)
2009 New Year's Resolutions:
Create a brochure for my art, create a list of at least 100 potential commercial galleries, and begin soliciting
Eat vegetarian at least 6 days a week
Exercise regularly every week
Finish the 7th and final draft of The Cousins of Sede and begin marketing it to agents
Finish the first draft of Worshipping Chaos
*waiting*
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