Hello, Sir

2007-01-28T13:01:00.000-08:00

Anyone check on this anymore?

2006-08-23T10:18:00.001-07:00

week partially from a not so bad level of hell.

someone tell me a good joke.

2006-08-23T10:18:00.000-07:00

week partially from a not so bad level of hell.

someone tell me a good joke.

2006-08-05T12:41:00.000-07:00

i am an idiot. i was trying to turn this blue and didn't realize that i was in the damn html edit page. gaah!

yo, abbs, sorry it's hot up there and you feel bad. i hope things are getting better. let us know if/when you hear about the job sitch.

open, yet another reason why i will not be becoming a lawyer or living in williamsburg, va. hahahaha!!

earth to beth....

i don't have much to report, i just figure i have to keep posting on the blog to keep it alive and put my money where my mouth is. even if i have a boring life. or just steady. i'll go with that.

ooh! but i did find a funny looking ceramic bunny at a yard sale for $2 that i'm going to stick on my dad's porch int he middle of the night just to mess with his head when he finds it tomorrow. wha- hahahahaha!!

2006-08-04T12:43:00.000-07:00

By the way, now that the heat has subsided a few degrees and I can think a little clearer, here's the deal on the job (Which still hasn't called me back for another interview, damn it): It's a research position at the U of Chicago Psychiatry Dept., coordinating and helping to run studies in their Clinical Addictions lab. The studies they are working on now have mainly to do with smoking and alcohol consumption. The job sounds great, because I would get to be involved in all stages of the research, and could even have the opportunity to get involved in publications. And I could learn about running fMRI studies (those are the really cool machines that provide pictures of blood flow to the different regions of the brain). It pays enough and has good benefits. The only kicker is that I would have to agree to stay at the job for 2 years, so I would have to put off PhD programs for another year. But I think I've decided that if they offer it to me, I'll take it anyway. Now they just have to call!

2006-08-02T14:03:00.000-07:00

It "feels like" 106 degrees in Chicago. Just for kicks, I compared it to nashville, where it "feels like" 97, according to weather.com. Aside from the fact that I don't get all this "feels like" business (what the hell is a temperature if not a measure of what the outside "feels like?") - I officially hate life. And Chicago, which I previously adored, is losing major points for forgetting about summer and not having air conditioning. My apartment does not have a/c. Neither, apparently, do many other people, as they are being evacuated from their homes to prevent death. Turns out that not only do I get ANGRY when i'm overheated, but I also turn into an emotional wreck, prone to crying outbursts at the drop of a hat. All this compounded by the fact that I have had killer cramps for the last two days, which I generally can only relieve with a heating pad cranked as high as it will go. And I cannot leave the city, despite my father's frequent-flier offer, because I'm supposed to have a second job interview sometime this week. This may be up there with the most miserable week of my life. I'll take negative 20 degree winters anyday.

On the upside, the only thing I've managed to keep down in this state is frozen grapes. Now there's a diet.

2006-07-31T15:06:00.000-07:00

Huh. So, I guess I am the slacker. Whoops.
Well, here are some funny things from my day:
1. I taught a Sexual Harassment class to a group of incoming college freshman. Ironic...
2. I have to go buy drip pans (those things that lay under the ranges on top of a stove) b/c my lease requires things that no man should have to do before moving out.

So, not nearly as funny as biscuit's story, but what could be? Abbe Rose, I heard you have "some kind of job interview" in Shy-town. So, good luck, not that you need it. I presume that this is a job that has more to do with ethnographic study than, say, making Memory Books. Anything further you would care to share would be much appreciated;)

Beth and Ciciley- I shall see you soon, and I shall completely embarrass myself upon my return to the Big City. For one thing, I will be wearing pantaloons.

2006-07-31T09:17:00.000-07:00

so. your curiosity has lead you here. excellent!

firstly, i am on a mac, so i apologize that this post will be void of my normal signature blue text. you'll live.

the other night, after a lovely dinner with the ladies at rumours, i was convinced to then join abbe for a drink at mirror. also lovely. when i came home, around 11, the house was dark and josh was already in the bed. i was tired, but didn't want to wake him, so i used my phone as a semi-flashlight and navigated to the loo and then to the bed to go to sleep. sometime in the early morning, i awoke and went to get some water. i slipped out of the bed, and went the long way around the bed, instead of over josh. i did not, however, realize that earlier josh and his friend john had been playing nintendo, he left the chair pulled out. i tripped over, tangled with, (insert that cartoon thing where someone trips on a chair and ends up dancing with it here), fell with, and landed all kinds of on and up in the chair. in the Dark, y'all. so i didn't see what i'd hit, or the ground coming up to meet me. and screamed on the way down, of course, which woke josh. he bolted awake, and since i'd screamed at 2am or so, was naturally convinced there was someone in the house, or that i was badly hurt. (i was hurt, but not too badly.) he yelled, "babe! babe!" and then i started laughing because he didn't say my name. at which point i said, "i'm ok!" and simultaneously, the cat started Howling and circling me. i thought at first that i had landed on her, as well, or one of her paws, so i scooped her up (after untangling myself from the chair and floor) and gently sqeezed each of her paws to try and determine which one was hurt, if she winced. she did not respond, but was almost huffing. i realized she was just afraid and worried about me, so i pet her until she purred. i now have a mondo bruise.

another day in the life of me.

2006-07-05T20:28:00.000-07:00

How funny that I also checked the blog today, just for old times' sake. There's that psychic connection going on!
Hope all is well on the 5th of July for you ladies!

2006-07-05T19:11:00.000-07:00

i hearby call a blog revival!!

i think it is an excellent way for us to air out the frustrations of our days, share the good news, and have something both to do and to look forward to. furthermore, it allows us to be sure that we each know what the others are doing, as we are a quartet of notorious gossipers, and a safe forum to discuss are aforementioned abnormalities.

so get back on the fucking train, ladies!!

2006-05-06T09:35:00.000-07:00

HAA! bet you didnt see that comin!!!!!!

love ya

b

2006-05-05T06:32:00.000-07:00

did we all forget about the blog? well, i didn't....

congrats to open for finishing her exams! i imagine abbe is done by now, too, so congrats for that! beth, way to be beth! woohoo!

beth, are we hanging out again, you know, ever?

abbs and sarah i'm going to try to call you both and talk this weekend, things have been hectic, as my employer had the baby this week. you want details...?

someone else post, too!!

2006-03-26T22:24:00.000-08:00

Spring Break 2006 (whoo-hoo!) update

St. Paddy's Day festivities: Excellent
Strip Clubs visited: one
Times I cried to my mommy: 2
Karaoke bars visited: 1
Karaoke bars left without singing due to empty creepy setting and too-early arrival: 1
Girly shots taken: 3 (Buttery Nipple, Blow Job, Oatmeal Cookie....huh)
Tequila shots taken: multiple
Creepy David Lynch movies watched (Blue Velvet- fucking weird)- 1
Nights I've taken cabs home due to excessive drunkenness or car dying: 3
Smut'n'Eggs (watching bad 70s porn while eating breakfast at midnight at a local biker bar): rather entertaining
Games of pool won: 0
Cool new clubs I've discovered: 2
Money I've spent: Obscene
Hangovers: 0, which makes me really uncomfortable given the ridiculous amount of drinking I've done this week
Hours I've been unable to sleep tonight cause I am all antsy realizing I really like a guy: continually increasing

Argh!

2006-03-19T15:42:00.000-08:00

ignore this. it's a computer thing i'm trying to figure out

2006-03-15T16:36:00.000-08:00

Quote of the week:

Quote of the Week 0 Comments Published by Jackson March 14th, 2006 in politics
Senator Barak Obama at the Gridiron Roast last weekend:
The truth is, I’m terrified to be here. Not because you’re such a tough audience, but because they’re serving drinks. I’m standing about 30 yards from the vice president, and I’m a lawyer. The only thing that could make this more dangerous is if he considered me a friend.
Mr. vice president, I know you came here expecting to be a target, which, it turns out, may prove easier for you than shooting at one, […] You’ve taught us a valuable lesson. Aim higher.
It sounds like it was a really funny event. Both sides got in on the action. I wish I could find a transcript of the entire event (or even better, a video).

(This one is from my bro's blog. The other from my dad's. Credit where credit is due...)

2006-03-15T16:16:00.000-08:00

Quote of the day

"Having a non-smoking section in a restaraunt is like having a no-peeing section in a swimming pool."

-A high school student who was addressing the TN legislature in favor of a ban on smoking in all restaurants (This morning on wpln).

2006-02-27T10:25:00.001-08:00

Vegas Vacation 2006
31 days and counting...

2006-02-27T10:25:00.000-08:00

VEGAS!!!!

that is all.

2006-02-25T14:30:00.000-08:00

At approximately 10 pm this evening, I will be walking across the stage to that song "Tennessee" by Arrested Development. Following this, I will be drinking a shot of Jack Daniels every time an additional $50 is bid on me.
I will be wearing a push-up bra, a wife beater, cowboy boots, cowboy hat, pigtails, jeans and a grimace. Be with me in spirit...

2006-02-20T14:39:00.000-08:00

Fun Sex fact of the Day:

It would only take 5mL of semen to impregnate all the women in North America.

Enjoy the rest of your day!

2006-02-17T22:15:00.000-08:00

um... what?!

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/02/17/italy.abuse.reut/index.html

2006-02-14T14:58:00.000-08:00

Lonely and Bitter-
One more Valentine's Day. Begun with One more rape class. Followed by One more Con Law. Concluded by One more Jack and diet Coke cried into.
This is the first time in years that no boy has called me on Valentine's Day.
I am going to die alone.

2006-02-03T09:44:00.000-08:00

Criminal Law Rape Class
I was so angry in class today, that I was visibly shaking. I have never actually shook with rage before. I actually had to DEFEND my position that "no" does not mean "yes".
My enlightened law school peers said things like "We should look at it through the reasonable person standard- the reasonable woman would rather die than be raped." and "Why would you believe a woman over a man when there is no corroborating evidence?" and "Women often say no, like, because they have to get up early in the morning. Sometimes they really want it."

I would say that this is why I hate men, but these idiotic views were espoused by both men and women. Therefore, this is why I hate people, sex, law school and open debate.:(

2006-02-02T20:29:00.000-08:00

for david.

winter always takes only a few, brief as he may be

a heart dried may beat all the same
wrapped in distance, blackened by skid marks and the gasp of time transient
shortlived

here
we stand as (t)his passing

p a s s e s

temporary, momentary as a shriek, internal
straighter than a slicesliver

fleet

it takes only once
to land-- not on your feet
and truly to fall

behold-
as time.slows.down.
and the road built up behind us all, just one short and harsh

right you are
and those eyes sweat
no longer full, full of sadness and immediately beautiful

i will love you more after this
i will love you enough for

i will love you enough

i have unearthed you and shall hold, though you find yourself lost
you held me as you lay his body down

2006-01-30T18:41:00.000-08:00

OK, existential post #24:

Do I really want a career in academia? I do like research, but I don't live and breathe for it, and there's a certain feeling of disconnect from the real world. It seems like everyone is obsessed with who's the smartest and most innovative, which can be a good thing, but does anyone ever feel satisfied that way? And it blows me away to think that I could spend the next 10 years getting my PhD, even from a school like the U of C or Harvard (assuming I got in) and still not be guaranteed a job when I got out. (There are currently 200-300 applicants for every faculty opening in anthropology.)

Plus, of course, I've been trying to figure out the meaning of life lately, and I don't know that killing ourselves over who has more publications or more grant money is it. I am leaning again toward the clinical psychology route which might allow me to see patients and try to alleviate some real-life distress, in addition to research. But that raises the question of whether I could get in, since my project currently is more anthropological. I can't win :)

So, guys, what should I do with my life? Open, my dear, I really envy you with the law school choice. I wish I was that sure (and already accepted into a program with a 3-year term!)