2010-07-28awesome quote. note from my mom.
got this from my washington post afternoon update
Rep. James Hines (D-Conn.) on on the rhetoric regarding government spending:
"...it's awfully easy to say what the American people want to hear right now, which is that we need to get out fiscal house in order. Nobody disputes that. We've got way too much debt, our entitlement programs are in a scary situation. What's hard is what you say next."
sent my mom an email sharing with her the amazing news about my essay. she sent back the most awesome reply:
Subject: Re: you are never going to believe this...
What is not to believe!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love
MOM
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2010-07-28
hello, i am great
i got my last essay back from my english teacher. it was an argument essay. i argued that the US must change our policies on immigration, who decides on science funding and the funding of pure research to remain the science and technology leaders. i got 99/100. the teacher wants to submit the paper to the textbook company as an example. can you believe it? of course, i always argue well, but i am surprised she thought it was a structurally great paper. i struggled a lot. anyhow, yeah for me!
and, by the way, for the first time in my life, i have beautiful and luscious hair. i have breck girl hair. when i brush it is moves in a beautiful wave. i wonder if this will last. it sure is awesome.
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2010-07-27
unhappy tummy
my body is so out of whack i am back on the c. cocktails. had one last night and 2 today. i hope everything goes back to normal soon. i really want to work on eating better with this month i have left. i know the yoga i plan to do will help. big changes coming, but i am ready for them. i just need my tummy to get with the program.
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2010-07-26
in case anyone is interested...
i wear an american size 7. european size 37
the raquel, in black, by minna parikka
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2010-07-25
i turned it in!
last essay done! now all i have is the timed writing final. not stressed about that as i have no idea the topic. i have no control so why stress. if i get a C or better on this last essay, i will REALLY not stress. in the end, it wasn't bad. i still rail against the standard and unbelievably boring format. but my writing is better. i have slowed down and started to stress less about reviewing my work.
i think one of my struggles in life is this sense that i need to do better by society. that i can't just sit here and suck up oxygen. i have to give back. by that i don't mean just volunteering or something. i mean that i want to make society better in everything i do. having learned recently how much energy americans use, more than anyone else in the world, i now feel guilty for having my air conditioner set at 74. if i want to throw out an aluminum can instead of bringing it home to recycle, i feel HORRIBLY guilty! even the papers from my dry cleaning (which i limit as much as possible) i am fanatical about recycling.
i am thinking seriously about changing my name. what do you think of Heather A Black vs Heather A Smith? Nurse Smith? Nurse Black? i bet they will call me nurse heather.
i have written about the texas schools on a number of occasions. i fear they are going the way of the CA schools. the CA schools were going in the right direction there, for a while. when they mandated 20-1 (20 kids to one teacher) it was a huge improvement. but they have abandoned that. christine will have like 35 kids in her class this fall. anyhow, texas struggles with our prisons too. i read grits for breakfast, a texas legal blog which tracks the prison situation and generally all things legal. the author references CA a decent amount there too. he recently posted an entry called education-vs-prisons which included the following graph:
pretty scary, eh?
now that summer school is done i will be:
-using my one-month unlimited yoga coupon at eastside yoga
-baking my little heart out
-studying german using the rosetta stone software (i figure my best chance at finding a job in europe is in germany, so i had better conquer the language, oh, and i am dating a german guy, whose mother doesn't speak any english and i really like her a lot)
-offering myself to anyone that needs something super organized
-dotting my Is and crossing my Ts before school starts
-varnishing the cats!
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2010-07-19
palin = shakespeare?
at least she thinks so...
Palin invents word 'refudiate,' compares herself to Shakespeare
By Matt DeLong at The Washington Post
The Twittersphere erupted Sunday when former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin tweeted that "peaceful Muslims" should "refudiate" the mosque being built in New York City near where the Twin Towers once stood. Palin found herself the butt of many tweets, as refudiate, of course, is not a word in the English language.
After deleting the offending tweet, Palin replaced it with another calling on "peaceful New Yorkers" to "refute the Ground Zero mosque plan," which only added to the confusion because it would appear the word she was looking for was "repudiate." Then came the kicker: To quell the vicious Twitter-ribbing she was receiving, Palin unleashed yet another tweet comparing herself to no less than the Bard of Avon.
Her tweet: ""Refudiate," "misunderestimate," "wee wee'd up." English is a living language. Shakespeare likes to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it!"
Naturally, this led to a very entertaining Twitter meme, #ShakesPalin, in which participants revamped classic Shakespeare quotes, Palin-style (and of which
A good time had by all.
As a postscript, Mediaite points out that this is not the first time Palin has used the word "refudiate." (Watch at the 1:05 mark).
To suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous liberals, or to quit halfterm, and by opposing, rake in speaking fees
#shakespalin
about 22 hours ago via Twittelator
normative
Julian Sanchez
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2010-07-14
this just in
it suddenly dawned on me that i don't feel like i really did anything in my job after returning from europe. i think part of that was my fault and part of it was HPs. they just never put me in the right place after i came back to the US. the jobs i found weren't right for me either. not really. a couple things come to mind as useful, real work. finishing that project for the SAP team just before i went to work for tax. finding a way to cut that check to apple. those were real work. nothing else really. i want to do something that is worthy. fixing the shipment report was worthy. it made a bunch of lives much better. that is why i think i will like nursing. of course, a lot of things i can make better for people. perhaps that is why the e-room would be best. a hospital for sure. being a doc's assistant won't work because people don't follow directions. that is what is missing from my life though. worthiness. i want to do something worthwhile.
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2010-07-13
OMG! i am HONORED!
i made it into the HelmetHairMagazine.com Amerivespa video! i even have a speaking part. i am SO honored!
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2010-07-12
sin
a friend posted this on FB. i will have to research it more. it may encapsulate my exact feelings about the world's ills.
"There are seven sins in the world:
1. Wealth without work,
2. Pleasure without conscience,
3. Knowledge without character,
4. Commerce without morality,
5. Science without humanity,
6. Worship without sacrifice and
7. Politics without principle."
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2010-07-12
i have a lot of libertarian friends
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