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Love letter to an ex-girlfriend

July 19th, 2008 · No Comments

I went back through my posts of the last two months and there isn’t much explicit mention of the best distraction a boy could ask for. I think the first (and one of 2, maybe 3) explicit reference is in the post “Living room talk.” There are certainly several other references that were mostly for […]

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Tags: Communication · Conversation · Friends · Music · My Life

O, most frabjous day

July 8th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Things have sort of “settled down” around here; here being the blog. Related things in my daily life got “interesting” and have only progressed. Today was a most enlightening day. [Yes, Christina, that “interesting” was purposefully vague, and for you.  ]
Wow. What to say, or not say? Been working on this for a while […]

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Tags: Communication · Education · Friends · Language and word issues · Librariana · My Life · Professionalism · UIUC

Stargazing

June 26th, 2008 · 3 Comments

the man sat gazing
awed by the vast firmament
night after endless night
terrified, alone
years rolled by
friends came
friends went
his children grew
and the world changed around him
the stars, they were too many
one May evening in the endless procession of months
in an Alley
the man and a friend sat and talked
unknown to the man
something stirred in the heavens
the night sky had […]

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Tags: Friends · My Life · Story

I am a patriot

June 16th, 2008 · No Comments

I. Am. A. Patriot—not to be confused with a nationalist—but today, once again, I loathe my country and the vast majority of its citizens.
This great and grand country and its citizens have once again sent my child to war. I will not forgive you.     Us.
Please do not in any way misunderstand this post. […]

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Tags: Family · Friends · Military and War · Morality · My Life · Society

Living room talk

June 15th, 2008 · 5 Comments

* with a hat tip to Dorothea (see below)
In which I proudly proclaim and rant as if we were simply sitting here in my living room chatting as the friends we might be, if given the chance.
Jeremy and trip to central Texas
Again, thank you from the entirety of my heart to all who offered a […]

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Tags: Conversation · Family · Film · Friends · Military and War · My Life · Travel

Shh!

May 13th, 2008 · 6 Comments

I got a quick IM from a friend the other night wondering how I was doing as I have been quiet lately.
Yes. Yes I have.
There are a lot of reasons for this. Some of it is lack of time to do all the things I’d like to. There are probably other reasons, too, in certain […]

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Tags: Friends · Job search · Military and War · Music · My Life · Weather · WordPress

What have I been up to?

April 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments

What a question. I feel like I need a recap of some of it myself sometimes.
I hope to have some semi-substantial blog posts and/or Flickr sets for some of these but I’d like to get them mentioned before they all become old news.
[some kind of division]
Been watching a fair few movies, started running (4x 5x […]

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Tags: ASIS&T Annual Meeting · ASIST · Articles · Books · Cataloging · Conversation · Education · Family · Film · Flickr · Food and Drink · Friends · GSLIS · Job search · Librariana · Military and War · My Life · UIUC

… and number one is fleshing out these dreams of mine.

March 23rd, 2008 · 13 Comments

Atlanta’s a distant memory
Montgomery a recent blur
and Tulsa burns on the desert floor
like a signal fire
I got Willie on the radio
a dozen things on my mind
and number one is fleshing out
these dreams of mine
Cowboy Junkies — 200 More Miles
A little over a week ago I wrote to a handful of those I consider myself […]

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Tags: Books · CAS Project · Conversation · Education · Family · Friends · GSLIS · Language and word issues · Librariana · Morality · Music · My Life · UIUC · Web/Tech · Work

Almost the day : Birthday Month update

February 19th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Today has been a fairly laid-back day. Considering.
I got up at 10-ish and have been on slow ever since. Pauline & Kathryn’s class was having a reading day and I decided to forego more Protégé work this evening in Allen’s class. We will be doing more next week.
So I have been giving myself a […]

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Tags: Books · Family · Food and Drink · Friends · Language and word issues · Music · My Life · Web/Tech · Weblogs

It’s on! Birthday Bash 2008

February 11th, 2008 · 7 Comments

I don’t normally do such things for myself (or so much for others either) but I decided to have myself a little birthday party at one of my favorite local establishments. I do not plan on celebrating next year.
I was initially going for something small but I have so many amazing friends whom I do […]

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Tags: Food and Drink · Friends · My Life