tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18083402011-07-28T07:39:00.263-04:00.links.rants.miscellany.karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.comBlogger6761100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-67385118505726186342008-05-23T01:18:00.002-04:002008-05-23T01:23:14.449-04:00

i am... reticent.but not unhappily so.tuck it in my pocket for safe-keeping.waiting for the right moment.

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-46044009906929465522008-05-18T20:07:00.002-04:002008-05-18T20:13:28.572-04:00

i've been listening to this song repeatedly for the last couple of weeks. (thanks to kristi for alerting me to its existence.) so so beautiful. the video is a little creepy, but also kind of wonderful. this song really gets to me.

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-62274440890506748052008-04-30T18:27:00.001-04:002008-04-30T18:27:56.782-04:00

dear friends,i am writing you this afternoon to ask for your solidarity in an issue that is affecting graduate students who live in campus housing here at the university of cincinnati. graduate and family housing is closing on august 31; the university has claimed that the closure is happening because they must do safety-related renovations. however, these claims have not been substantiated. in

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-56860709313453693142008-04-03T22:07:00.003-04:002008-04-03T22:26:15.229-04:00

we must keep moving with wise restraint and love and with proper discipline anddignity. - dr. martin luther king, jr. from the power of nonviolence

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-26758237485848036542008-04-03T21:06:00.004-04:002008-04-03T22:29:14.150-04:00

i'm taking a women's studies class again this quarter, my last as an undergrad. i, for some reason, mentioned white privilege in a bit of free writing we did on the first day of class. i said that i think white privilege is more complicated than it is usually discussed. i see that class issues affect the ways in which white privilege is wielded, knowingly or subconsciously or unconsciously.i'm

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-64131882824469387152008-04-02T00:12:00.002-04:002008-04-02T00:16:45.306-04:00

i have been really lax about blogging in the last couple of months. i don't have a lot of energy to get into a long entry about it, but here are some things that have happened since i last blogged:- i got into the MA program in history at uni of cincinnati with full funding and a teaching assistantship.- i was summarily rejected by new school for social research.- i started therapy again.- i

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-37756863413924580302008-02-23T20:31:00.002-05:002008-02-23T20:33:47.150-05:00

sorry for the silence for the last month and a half or however long it's been. i've been struggling with some stuff, mostly with school, and trying to keep on track. i haven't had a lot to say, i guess. i'm busy reading and writing and trying to get through the last part of winter. ugh. moving to the west coast sounds really good right now.anyway, just saying hello and that i will hopefully blog

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-72809454456604476212008-01-06T22:57:00.000-05:002008-01-06T23:17:11.469-05:00

most nights, i am somehow soothed by the sound of scraping metal coming from the trainyards down the hill. it's discordant aural bliss; occasionally the sounds of the train cars pulling in and out of the yard seem to harmonize and blend into some kind of wonderful song. radiohead should probably come and record it.but tonight, it seems to echo my heart - a cacophony, a push and pull and heave

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-32929492976090260672007-12-24T23:05:00.000-05:002007-12-24T23:21:05.286-05:00

happy christmas and a belated happy hannukah and yule! (and if you don't celebrate anything, have a nice break from the daily grind!)here's some fun xmas stuff:and this is one of my favorite xmas songs, even if the political message is slightly problematic. the video is fun, though, 'cos it ends up being a game of "spot the 80s british musician and try to remember what band they were in (other

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-9703171137101760152007-12-22T15:45:00.000-05:002007-12-22T15:54:21.984-05:00

it's been awhile! like i posted before, i'm super-busy with school and graduate school applications. now i'm adding the fun of studying for the GRE. my winter break has been less than break-like and instead, i'm hustling for letters of recommendations and doing reading for my senior paper and pouring over the GRE test guide. blegh! hopefully spring break will be more exciting.i got sick right at

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-28428603606499245972007-10-25T16:46:00.000-04:002007-10-25T17:44:26.998-04:00

so my goal to blog several times a week sort of fell by the wayside. in between moving, working, and the start of classes, i have had very little time to blog here. so much going on, so many things to juggle.i'm taking a break from sort of straightening up my room in preparation for yet more stats homework/studying to give a quick update. here's what i've been doing:- well, classes, duh. i ended

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-24525951445940411182007-09-01T14:29:00.001-04:002007-09-01T14:32:58.248-04:00

tori gets it right. [got this from perez hilton, natch.]here are lyrics, again thanks to perez and his dishy website:"Just a little chatI need to haveWhen I was 21 do you think I had a bag of cocainein my car?If I did - if I didYou’d never know it because it would have been hiddenI’m not stupid.But why are so many 21-year old millionaires so stupid?Stupid and cute.But stupid - I don’t know.Let’s

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-59646082118194316012007-08-31T00:39:00.001-04:002007-08-31T00:39:37.645-04:00

this is one of the best things i've ever seen. really and truly.

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-68966445052653956622007-08-29T20:45:00.000-04:002007-08-29T21:26:11.810-04:00

it's difficult to take bush's remarks today in new orleans very seriously when there is a growing homeless population in the city and people are still - two years later - living in FEMA trailers. sure, there's hope. but there's not enough action. and this sentiment can also apply to new orleans officials and the mayor. i have a hard time believing anyone who claims that NOLA is bouncing back.

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-11187340718047849692007-08-27T22:57:00.001-04:002007-08-28T08:31:08.432-04:00

most nights, i watch anderson cooper 360. i was watching the show last night and of course, they've been focused on the attorney general's resignation. (and michael vick, like they have been for a couple of weeks now.)i'm not shocked by gonzales' resignation; this is typical of an administration at the end of its run. i think the focus should be more on the infamous torture memo written before

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-33731958915933748992007-08-20T18:22:00.001-04:002007-08-20T18:28:18.230-04:00

once again, i come back to my blog with my tail between my legs and apologies all around for not updating so frequently. not much has been going on. i'm doing research on grad schools and generally looking forward to my last year as an undergrad, which starts on 19 september. i've slowed down on my summer reading, but i'm hoping that i can read a few more things before i have to do required

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-5597852488643806462007-08-06T21:10:00.001-04:002007-08-07T09:00:08.464-04:00

i've been remiss for a week or two; sorry about that, all five of you reading. :)i have no excuses, except the general lethargy brought on by the oppressive heat and humidity. wednesday is supposed to be 100 degrees (at least) with, like, a trillion percent humidity. ugh!!!!!!cincinnati is "lucky" enough to be graced with both heat AND humidity during the summer and it seems to get worse every

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-43758414034710670582007-07-27T20:34:00.000-04:002007-07-27T20:54:43.042-04:00

in lieu of a "real" post (at least right now), here are some photos of my room, just for fun. i admit that i have no real decorating ability and even though i'm 30, my bedroom looks like a teenager lives here. perhaps when i move again, i will actually try to have coordinating sheets and duvet and furniture, but for now, it's hand-me-down hell.my bookshelves. very messy right now. i packed about

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-26383830980535612982007-07-24T20:27:00.001-04:002007-07-24T20:27:24.364-04:00

wheee.

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-42671806982791104712007-07-24T18:44:00.000-04:002007-07-24T19:08:51.322-04:00

i've been pretty tired since school ended. i don't know what it is. i'm starting to suspect i have some kind of medical condition. i should probably get it checked out, but school insurance kind of sucks.anyway, i've fallen behind on blogging. i was doing so well there for awhile! i was sad to see the last interview with tammy faye messner and even sadder to hear of her death on friday. here's

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-63957688486255917702007-07-23T16:28:00.001-04:002007-07-23T17:12:06.268-04:00

sorry for the delay. here's part two of my pitchfork recap.kristi and i decided that we needed a better game plan for sunday. we didn't want to wait in the crazy line again, so we decided to arrive slightly later. after showering and beautifying and slathering on sunscreen (which would have been a good idea on saturday, at least for me), we grabbed a coffee and took off for union park.we arrived

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-74849285738712242992007-07-20T14:12:00.000-04:002007-07-20T17:14:42.294-04:00

kristi and i took off on megabus from downtown cincinnati around 10am last friday. megabus was pretty much just like the fung wah that travels between boston and new york city, although it might have been slightly cleaner. we sat in the back, which turned out to be a mistake, as the lovely aroma of a non-flushable toilet invaded our senses and made us want to puke for most of the trip. we were

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-84977525807289669632007-07-19T10:17:00.001-04:002007-07-19T10:18:39.156-04:00

i swear there's a post coming all about my experiences at pitchfork. i just haven't had the energy to write it. hopefully in the next 24 hours!! since i've gotten home, i've just been very low-energy and kind of lethargic. but i promise it's coming...

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-24194217736870738832007-07-12T19:53:00.002-04:002007-07-12T20:05:23.730-04:00

we discuss many important topics, including poop.(and yes, the macbook is still here, so there might be one more vlog on monday. hurrah.)

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-1213118539136327442007-07-12T11:01:00.000-04:002007-07-12T11:18:45.153-04:00

i'm doing another friday five. i got the questions here. i'm doing the meme for july 6, since it's the most recent on the website.1. what is your first name? how do you feel about it?my first name is karen. i was named after my mom's best friend from college, someone she also lived with when she moved to cincinnati in her early twenties after graduation. i like my name, i guess. i don't run into

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-87973877785677077912007-07-10T19:57:00.001-04:002007-07-10T19:57:23.289-04:00

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-15710360747425225852007-07-10T09:44:00.000-04:002007-07-10T09:48:32.218-04:00

happy 50th birthday, cindy sheehan! she announced yesterday, i think, that if house majority leader nancy pelosi won't support articles of impeachment, she will run against pelosi in 2008. daily kos seems to think there's a good possibility that sheehan could unseat pelosi, considering the diversity of california politics. this is a ray of hope. i would totally vote for cindy if i lived in

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-38088448739364515162007-07-10T01:24:00.000-04:002007-07-10T01:31:29.231-04:00

maybe it's the heat. maybe it's current events. perhaps it's being somewhat broke and also trying to plan a move and all kinds of other things. but i have recently been in a bit of a funk. i'm not sure that this was the right time to read never let me go and is probably also not a good time to start orwell's 1984. am i the only one who thinks the best days are behind us and that everything is

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-27422270002027884492007-07-06T11:43:00.000-04:002007-07-06T12:46:07.186-04:00

well, i'm sort of at a loss at the moment for what to blog about. i'm a little low on mental energy today, so i'm going to do a past friday five from friday5 dot org - the one for june 15, if you're wondering. maybe something good to blog will magically appear later today.here goes:1. What’s something you were into before it became popular?hmm. i tend to be a couple of months, at least, behind

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-68082090914513338032007-07-05T16:03:00.000-04:002007-07-05T16:45:28.596-04:00

i know this is all over the internets now, but i had to post it. i completely agree with olbermann. it seems like there is a palpable anger, at least in the media and the blogosphere. olbermann's comparison of watergate and what basically amounts to a pardon for libby, even before the appeals process could begin, is spot on. two different situations with basically the same outcome; complete abuse

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-20276271072016482692007-07-04T17:53:00.000-04:002007-07-04T23:08:46.078-04:00

a great article, albeit short, article about why we need to impeach bush and cheney.i just spent more time than it realistically should have taken to add delicious, stumbleupon, and digg links to the bottom of my posts. so take advantage of 'em if you use those thingies and find something here worth sharing. it actually wasn't a task in futility, as i did sortakinda learn a bit about xhtml. so

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-73311865633941237672007-07-04T16:44:00.001-04:002007-07-04T22:47:07.460-04:00

the awesom dave over at radio free newport tagged me to take part in a meme. so...here are the rules:1. all right, here are the rules.2. we have to post these rules before we give you the facts.3. players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves.4. people who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.5. at the end of your blog, you need to

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-26190567324151610802007-07-02T19:01:00.001-04:002007-07-04T22:48:12.771-04:00

what WHAT what will it take to impeach?!!? i'm livid.

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-30052157980407750542007-06-29T12:31:00.000-04:002007-07-04T22:48:47.929-04:00

a few weeks ago, this american life did an episode about summer camp called "notes on camp". i really enjoyed this particular show and i highly recommended paying the $.95 to download it, especially if you have fond memories of going to summer camp and/or working at a summer camp like i do. [btw - you can also subscribe to the this american life podcast via itunes. it's free, but you have to

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-69863062453029713562007-06-27T15:57:00.000-04:002007-07-04T22:49:30.454-04:00

liz claiborne has died.younger americans more likely to "lean left," according to new york times. i'm not sure that i buy that. there's a difference between liberal and leftist and just 'cos you prefer democrats does not mean that you're on the left. but maybe that's just the way i consider the spectrum running left to right: i tend to see liberals as somewhat left of center, but not ALL the way

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-13196941325668366122007-06-26T09:11:00.000-04:002007-07-04T22:50:19.375-04:00

i've been reading like a fiend lately. i'm doing the 50 books in 2007 thing and honestly, reading over the summer helps keep me sharp for school. i somehow became this incredibly slow reader last year and it was painful when i had assignments that were 50-100 pages for one particular class for the next meeting. so i'm trying to keep reading this summer and build my endurance. yes, i am in

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-17369783993115829122007-06-25T23:08:00.000-04:002007-07-04T22:50:38.048-04:00

just curious who is checking out my blog from dublin? i usually know the other hits, but it peaks my curiosity when i see a domain from outside the US that has no referring link. leave a comment. i don't bite. :)

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-65704819451686015582007-06-25T00:04:00.001-04:002007-06-25T00:09:12.530-04:00

watch this powerful video, share it with your friends, and contact your senators to ask that they vote to pass the matthew shepard act. according to the matthew shepard foundation, the act would: 1) Expand the law to authorize the Department of Justice to investigate and prosecute certain bias-motivated crimes based on the victim's actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender, gender identity,

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-90851699589626153832007-06-23T21:33:00.000-04:002007-07-04T22:52:27.532-04:00

"emo exposed."[warning: if you are triggered by images of cutting/self-mutilation, you might not want to watch this.] okay, i have several thoughts about this. number one, emo, as i understand it, originally came out of the hardcore scene. the emo scene has merged with goth, as far as i'm concerned, and if goth was still considered cool, these kids would be all over it. also, i think it's the

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-21429514043819666962007-06-23T20:55:00.000-04:002007-07-04T22:52:57.378-04:00

today got off to a rocky start, but i somehow shook the malaise of yesterday and got out of the house for a bit. hit the pleasant perk for some coffee and good conversation, then headed over to everybody's to pick up a couple of discs i had on hold. decided on antibalas' most recent disc, security and beirut's lon gisland ep. i might be a little obsessed with beirut at the moment and am going to

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-36791732376130482472007-06-22T13:45:00.000-04:002007-07-04T22:54:04.131-04:00

okay, i've been saving some stuff over the last few days to post, since i haven't had time nor energy to blog. apologies all around, but for some reason, i had a difficult time with my return to part-time work after having a little over a week off. so here's a flurry of links and videos. enjoy.further proof that cheney is one scary dude.this is also an interesting article about national security

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-65852707395518079512007-06-16T01:47:00.000-04:002007-07-04T22:54:32.380-04:00

the national played the 20th century theatre tonight. fantastic show. nice guys. fun was had. a better review later, maybe?i feel mechanical and thin.yeah, me too.

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-90687461038183923282007-06-13T12:24:00.000-04:002007-07-04T22:54:56.021-04:00

someone on the antony and the johnsons eljay community posted a video of antony recently doing a cover of beyonce's "crazy in love," which is simply gorgeous, like everything he does. leave it to antony to make a happy pop song kind of meaningful. he's a bit jerky and this is not a pro-shot video, but the music and his singing are amazing. here you go:the letterman performance of "you are my

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-4756025111292469942007-06-13T02:45:00.000-04:002007-07-04T22:55:33.340-04:00

i might never sleep, 'cos i keep finding cool shit on the stupid internet.so.check out pigradio. i guess it's an italian internet radio station, but i'm unsure as the blog is written in italian and there's no english "about us" type of page. but i am really enjoying the rotation of songs. this is sort of like a dance-ier version of woxy with perhaps fewer american acts. good stuff. this station

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-66755376908735514772007-06-13T02:08:00.000-04:002007-07-04T22:55:57.178-04:00

okay, so i rarely get worked up about films coming out. i am more of a music nerd, not a film person. chances are, if you name a film, i haven't seen it. (this is a fun game, although frustrating for film geeks who cannot believe i haven't seen even a fraction of The Canon.) but i am really excited, 'cos i just finally went to check out the trailer for stardust - the film adaptation of neil

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-28993904173073771812007-06-12T23:04:00.000-04:002007-07-04T22:56:25.849-04:00

... but this article just makes me love kelly clarkson even more. to wit:"People think they're just going to meet the perfect guy. Don't be ridiculous.""I've sold more than 15 million records worldwide, and still nobody listens to what I have to say. Because I'm 25 and a woman," she says."I am a good singer, so I can't possibly be a good writer," she continues. "Women can't possibly be good at

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-5218077063628653292007-06-12T13:16:00.000-04:002007-07-04T22:57:23.289-04:00

i am thoroughly enjoying my first week off with no impending papers or deadlines and no work (other than my 6.5-hour shift at the record store). of course, i'm sure that by thursday, i'll be freaking out about having all this free time on my hands, 'cos that's pretty much the way things are now that i've become accustomed to having almost every minute of the day scheduled during the academic year

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-73388881944881542532007-06-09T14:23:00.000-04:002007-07-04T22:58:01.813-04:00

i just finished reading how sassy changed my life: a love letter to the greatest teen magazine of all time. i thoroughly enjoyed the trip down memory lane, as i was also a sassy reader in the heyday before it changed hands and became a piece of crap. (aside: i find it interesting that the kurt/courtney cover was the only one i could find by searching google. hmm.) while reading the book, i

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i feel a little weird typing this after my total shaudenfraude episode yesterday regarding paris hilton, but i actually feel a tiny bit sorry for her today. the photos of her crying as she was taken back to jail made me a little sad. while i think she should serve her time like anyone else, anyone else wouldn't be hounded by paparazzi and be the butt of all kinds of jokes, especially sarah

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i'm done!!!well, not for good, but for the quarter and the academic year. after sleeping a mere 3.5 hours last night, taking a final at 7:30am (whose bright idea was it to start scheduling them at 7:30!?), and then working until a little after 1pm, i came home and ate lunch and promptly fell asleep in front of the telly to the dulcet sounds of... cnn. there was a move to the bed around 5, where i

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-37476847243849877492007-06-06T13:09:00.000-04:002007-07-04T23:00:17.285-04:00

today is chuck cleaver's birthday. happy birthday, chuck!i first met chuck at sudsy's way back in the day. i was a bit nervous to approach him, but i did, being the raging fangirl that i am. he was very shy and just kept saying thank you and looking nervously at his feet. we became friends much later in 2001 and have been since. most of the time, i consider chuck my war buddy. chuck, lisa, and i

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dan le sac vs scroobius pip, "thou shalt always kill."amen, brother.

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i can't believe it's already june.it's really humid and it's raining.ugh. talk about bad hair day...i'm practically living on coffee right now. it might very well be coursing through my veins.i got that civil war paper done, but only because my prof let me turn it in late. he told me he wouldn't penalize for it being late, so that's awesome.i got home late last night and watched a few episodes of

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the procrastination will have to stop after this post. i have less than 24 hours to write this 8-12 page paper. it won't be the first time i've pulled a paper outta my ass. of course, every time i do this, i vow that i will never again wait until the last minute to write a paper of this size. oh well...i'd like to confess that i am drinking a shirley temple right now, complete with cherry. oh,

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this is very sad news. i really feel for cindy sheehan. and i can relate to this statement:I have also tried to work within a peace movement that often puts personal egos above peace and human life. This group won’t work with that group; he won’t attend an event if she is going to be there; and why does Cindy Sheehan get all the attention anyway? It is hard to work for peace when the very

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well, one more week of classes, then finals. i actually have a final tomorrow in my women's health class and a final paper due friday, so i'll get a couple of things out of the way early. but it would probably help if i'd go back to researching my final paper for my civil war class instead of dreading it and avoiding it completely. guess what i'll be doing tomorrow and wednesday evenings??so in

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i went to the taste of cincinnati yesterday, basically just to see wussy play a set. (the photo to the right was taken by woxy boards member euro60, btw. hope it's okay that i'm using it.) the set was really good and i saw some people like shiv from woxy and my friends stacey and kevin that i hadn't seen in awhile. spotted some local bloggers like brian griffin of cincinnati blog, whom i've met

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-60882977532212227772007-05-24T18:04:00.000-04:002007-05-24T18:52:29.354-04:00

so this preacher and his traveling companions (including his wife) have been on campus this week, proselytizing to the "whores," "queers," and "sinners" of UC who are all going to hell. except that, um, that would be just about everyone except brother micah and sister elizabeth (well, unless she decides she's no longer going to submit to the will of her husband). i didn't actually know his name

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-45341256618053069902007-05-24T00:20:00.001-04:002007-05-24T00:27:37.478-04:00

questions: is hate speech truly protected by the first amendment? should we try to stop people from speaking hate in a public space (by shouting them down, making them unwelcome, calling in "authorities," or any other number of tactics) or allow them equal time? do you think it's better to confront these people or to ignore them and refuse them an audience?i'm curious what you think, so please

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-28352275079790209452007-05-21T17:11:00.000-04:002007-05-21T20:19:53.617-04:00

my father left his macbook here and i attempted to make a video blog, but decided against posting it. it just... scares me to post it!anyway, i somehow managed to throw out my back last night while i carrying some bags from target up the stairs. i took the day off (not that i can afford to take a day off at the end of the quarter), since moving this morning was difficult and i couldn't even

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-58091449115971960962007-05-19T23:32:00.001-04:002007-05-20T00:05:10.510-04:00

here's a photo of wussy i took maybe a year ago at southgate house. i love that my ineptitude with my now-broken digital camera led to such an interesting shot. it's like wussy being burned at the stake while they play.they're in chicago tonight. i had talked to chuck and lisa about going with them, but i never got back to them (and vice versa) this past week, so no dice. i am a bit bummed about

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ding dong the witch is dead!! i hate to rejoice in someone's death, but hey, this news puts a spring in my step. sure, i feel bad for his family as i would for anyone else, but i don't feel bad that someone who has made hatred and bigotry his number one priority for decades has finally bit the big one. i wonder what your eternal reward will be, dear jerry.and feminists, queers, people of color,

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i'm at a bit of a loss for things to blog right now. so, um, let's talk about the weather. anyone who denies global warming is a lunatic. spring was about two weeks long this year. it's already summer as far as i'm concerned. ugh. i like summer for about ten seconds, then i want to go back to wearing my hoodie.here's a fun link: africam! check out the pyramids. kind of boring, but a nice shot of

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a UC student made a rather grandiose threat on monday during a phone call with an arts & sciences advisor. he said, "if you think virginia tech was bad, just wait til i come up there." according to UC administration, he's now being held on $500,000 bond. he will appear in court again on may 2. well, i guess that's good news. for now. hopefully this can be resolved peacefully.also, it's no

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my school is an open campus and the building in which i take a lot of my classes sits very close to a main street and just a few blocks away from a pretty rough neighborhood where there are muggings and shootings on a relatively frequent basis. the virginia tech shootings have shook me a bit when i consider how most students, including me, take for granted our safety everyday when we enter the

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cheney plane undamaged in collision with bird. i'm SO glad. that bird is lucky that cheney didn't get out his hunting rifle, though. additionally, i'm glad that once cheney was done lambasting the democrats for being a bunch of micromanagers and cowards that he took some time to buy a birthday gift for his granddaughter. this article was so asinine, i printed it out and put it on my de facto wall

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-67260069101726742292007-04-07T16:56:00.000-04:002007-04-07T17:20:35.867-04:00

i'm sat at a table at one of my favorite coffeeshops (and my former employer), pleasant perk, drinking a latte as is my way of doing things on a saturday. i really should be reading this jane austen novel, but seeing as i've been sans laptop for a couple of days due to an adapter issue, i'm playing catchup today.two things happened in the last twenty-four hours that have made me think about how

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-15034513960372614772007-03-31T19:00:00.000-04:002007-03-31T19:10:48.212-04:00

dear newt,how's about getting yer head outta yer ass for once? i guess if your immigrant ancestors hadn't moved over here, there'd be no newt gingrich to promote such isolationist policies. this country was founded by immmigrants, has grown to what it is on the BACKS of african slaves and immigrant labor. don't foist your ridiculous anti-immigrant crap on the american public. honestly, with this

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i heard a repetitive, yet somewhat inspiring, lecture this week on the philosophy of history and historiography in general. my prof mentioned that history is a means of developing empathy and that the "historical mind" should strive to think as though the historian is actually living, thinking, and working within the time she is studying. i was really inspired by this, since i do believe that

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wow, it's been awhile. as usual, school and work conspire to keep me busier-than-busy. i did some school-related blogging last quarter, but that's about it. i wish i could say i'll do a better job of keeping up with this here blog, but no promises. anyway, it's been a rather interesting last couple of months. i managed to make dean's list again. work is going well. school is going well. i'm sort

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well, it's been awhile. school has been keeping me really busy these past couple of months and i've been blogging elsewhere for class... but i'm going to try, try again with this blog.until i can write something of substance, check this out: i'm posting this for a few reasons:1) remember the halcyon days of clinton, before reality teevee and when some fabulous post-modern multiculti queer world

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-71254946818044833372006-12-27T00:50:00.001-05:002006-12-27T01:03:37.949-05:00

at the risk of sounding far too high fidelity, i must confess that i have been thinking a lot about music recently. towards the tail-end of my time at the record store, i felt pretty burnt out on music of any kind. that is very unlike me, as i find it difficult to do much of anything without it; whether it's work (both the kind at the desk and the school kind), driving/bus-ing, falling asleep,

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happy christmas or holiday of your choosing today. i rolled out of bed at the lovely hour of 2pm after crazy shennigans on the 23rd and a week of solid retail hell. i am glad to have a couple of days off and the good part is that i'm missing the biggest day of returns and purchases via gift certificates! (yes, i went back to the record store to work for a couple of weeks during break. i must be

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i wish i had screencapped the following delicious and perhaps intentionally sarcastic headline i saw on cnn.com's front page last night: lindsay lohan: i haven't had a drink in a week.david shrigley's art is very interesting. [link courtesy of john john]i had no idea this existed. you can read the works of one jane austen at austen dot com. i am shocked, dare i say, confounded by this development

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forgive the mess. i'm working with the new blogger setup and trying to get things rearranged now that i have some time. i don't know how i feel about the change right now. i don't think things are as organized as they could be or were, so i might go back to the old template. we'll see.if anyone wants to gift me with a domain and hosting space for christmas, i will not object. as easy as blogger

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"sectarian violence" is the new civil war.there's been a bomb threat just five minutes from where i live. whoa.the new damien rice record is fantastic. i really wish i could see him on the US tour, but the closest he comes is chicago and both shows at the vic are sold out! boo hiss.this is the last full week of classes. next week - finals. then a glorious three week break. hope i don't go

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i should be tucked into bed, soundly asleep and dreaming of mister darcy rescuing me from a life of boredom in some cottage on the english countryside. instead, i am awake and blogging. tomorrow morning, i leave for a whirlwind 24-hour trip down south to see my mother's family. but before i give in to sleep and join my cat who is happily snoring and not dreaming of mister darcy but rather chasing

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-1163973625162922402006-11-19T16:58:00.000-05:002006-11-19T17:00:25.186-05:00

easily one of my favorite music videos.

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we live in the modern age of cell phones, computers, wifi, promises of efficient and effervescent customer service, fast and easy public transport and all other manner of conveniences. we are hyper-connected and moving at a pace that is at times quite stunning if you actually stop to think about it. however, this ability to be in a gazillion places at once - mostly in the virtual sense - has made

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i did my civic duty on tuesday and voted. every year, though, there seems to be more and more confusion about the actual ballots and the process of punching the holes or darkening the circles or whatever it is that we do now. i said to a woman in line that it's purposefully confusing. why does democracy have to be so hard?? [/barbie]that said, it is pretty satisfying to see a democrat majority

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on tuesday, in my US women's history class, we briefly discussed what is known as the elkins thesis, laid out in stanley elkin's controversial text slavery: a problem in american institutional and intellectual life, first published in 1959. basically, elkins wrote that slaves became dependent on masters and related to them as a child would relate to a parent. he believes, or least he believed

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je vous aimerai toujours.vous êtes le désir de mon coeur.

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i've noticed something rather interesting about my history program. i've gotten to the point where i'm taking 400/500 level history courses that usually involve reading monographs rather than your standard textbook fare. while this is great and usually means for less survey-ish busy-work, i've found that most of my professors assign these texts and a review paper of some sort without an actual

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this story about a man who robbed a bank in order to, i guess, have a place to live and not have to worry about paying his bills made me incredibly sad. he was laid off from his job a few years ago and has been having a hard time getting back on his feet.related, a reporter recently asked tony snow if there was going to BE a domestic agenda any time soon. i don't think so. i think we're going to

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-1160013571461067162006-10-04T21:54:00.000-04:002006-10-04T22:01:07.166-04:00

there is nothing more comforting than elbow's "any day now" blasting through my speakers.to wit:any day now (good for seven days)Any day now hows about getting out of this place. Any ways.Got a lot of spare time. Some of my youth and all of my senses on overdrive.What's got into me? Can't believe myself!Must be someone else. Must be.Don't play Coltrane you will sleep at the wheelEyes on-horizon.

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i cannot believe it's october. wasn't it just june? i am reminded that time moves faster than we think it does. that fact is both comforting and alarming to me this morning. thinking, planning, sorting, thinking, trying.

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not much to report. i am trying to get going on several texts i have to read for a couple of history classes. i need to somehow recharge my batteries this weekend; i haven't been sleeping or eating well for about three weeks. trying to get on track, trying to move forward. trying, trying, trying. that's all i can do for now.i really haven't had time for surfing the internet, so i have no links to

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-1158842019197953952006-09-21T08:30:00.000-04:002006-09-21T08:33:39.213-04:00

ah, the first day of autumn quarter was yesterday. nothing like gaggles of 18 year-olds on campus to make me feel like an old woman. one of the girls in my french class is still in high school. i haven't taken a language in over 10 years. i haven't been in high school in 11 years. gah.it'll be nice when a hundred or two first-years drop out and campus doesn't make me sad anymore.

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there is a great article in today's new york times about an ongoing debate amongst top universities and colleges in the country. schools like princeton and amherst are reevaluating the admissions process, specifically early admissions. many educators and administrators have issues with the way that early admissions often allows exceptional students to receive merit aid based on grades and testing

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For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation. - Rainer Maria Rilkeand then sometimes you're not prepared for love to be inadequate in the face of everything to come. but rilke's right; loving someone else is the most difficult thing we can do. loving someone

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last september 11, i was in london and honestly, it was a relief. i saw the papers with retrospectives, but mostly i did other stuff and reflected a few times and that was that. today, i am watching the real-time coverage on cnn.com, but i'll turn it off soon. i don't think i can revisit this right now. still feels fresh.five years ago, i was at work when the planes hit the towers and the

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i was very sad to learn yesterday that willi ninja, dancer and choreographer, died on 2 september of AIDS-related complications. he was only 45. ninja did not create voguing, popularized for the mainstream by madonna, but he did elevate it to an art form. if you haven't seen paris is burning, i recommend renting it immediately. i'm not sure what else to write at this point... but i do know that

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-1157571109546479662006-09-06T15:10:00.000-04:002006-09-06T15:31:58.610-04:00

okay, so enough with the rain being a gift. heh. it's been awhile. i've been busy with quitting my job, getting ready for school on the 20th, and spending time with the boyfriend. we had a whole week together, which is a lot of time for us long-distancers. at any rate, shit's been hectic. now... not so much.i am no longer a record store clerk. some might wonder why the hell i would quit such a

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-1155875882750407232006-08-18T00:37:00.000-04:002006-08-18T00:39:22.226-04:00

the rain would be a gift from god. autumn is not far away, only a month or two, but it cannot come quickly enough. tonight the humidity makes my clothes stick to my frame and i am uncomfortably shifting, trying to unstick myself from plastic. the glass sitting on the table next to my lawn chair is sweating, too. the ice has melted down to little bits and has watered down the drink considerably.

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-1155239094450548742006-08-10T15:40:00.000-04:002006-08-10T15:44:54.463-04:00

and now the experts are saying that there's a possibility that wristwatches, cell phones, and laptop computers might be banned from flights. air travel is going to get really difficult when you can't take your cell phone or wear your watch on a plane. will there be an increase in cell phone rental services in major cities? will the US government and TSA enforce these types of rules? are we

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-1155230364665139332006-08-10T13:09:00.000-04:002006-08-10T13:19:24.986-04:00

wowza. i'm glad scotland yard and other authorities were able to disrupt a plot to blow up as many as 11 planes bound for the US from the UK. meanwhile, in england, the hunt is on for collaborators. i'll spare you my knee-jerk reactions to the plot and investigation, but i will say that events like this make me long for the halcyon days before 9/11 when we dumb americans thought we were safe in

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-1155146892032080932006-08-09T13:54:00.000-04:002006-08-09T14:10:07.566-04:00

i've been loathe to jump on this bandwagon, but i'm just a little irritated at this post from nick spencer, once again asking cincinnati music fans for money to help cover the cost of the desdemona festival that took place at the end of june. (i would link to the official festival site, but the account has been suspended. hmm.) bands still haven't been paid, which is why nick posted the

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-1154482732478098392006-08-01T20:48:00.000-04:002006-08-01T22:12:29.663-04:00

i mentioned this briefly here at the time, but last september, i went abroad for the first time in my twenty-nine years on the planet. (i've been to canada and st. croix, but they don't really count in terms of many hours over a vast body of water. and st. croix is a US territory anyway.) on the flight into heathrow, i was seated next to a former US soldier who was on his way to bahrain to do

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-1154458254225081332006-08-01T14:38:00.000-04:002006-08-01T14:50:54.300-04:00

while sitting in the pub next door to the record store yesterday while i was on break, i heard some of the best news i've heard in weeks. the FDA is moving closer to approving plan b (or "the morning after pill") for over-the-counter use. one of the main points of contention is an age restriction for purchase. some want the age restriction to be 16 and up; some want it to be 18 and up, like the

karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141493914151981731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808340.post-1154110104526308972006-07-28T13:39:00.000-04:002006-07-28T14:48:14.196-04:00

sorry for the lack of updates. still bored with the internets, still struggling to find something of import to say here. but i might as well update.i am deeply troubled by the conflict between israel and lebanon and vaciliate between following the news and willfully ignoring it, wanting to maintain some shred of hope for the future. yesterday's comment from al qaeda's "second in command," urging

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