We should do it. Every one of us. No excuses. But I don't like it. Ugh! Yet, on Saturday morning I woke up and went for a jog voluntarily. Scary. Occasionally I will be motivated out of nowhere to care about what I eat or how much I exercise, but…
"Oh, Pops!"
'Ohhhhh, my leetle geeeeeel!" No, you may not understand that comment. I do, though. It makes me laugh. You see, my father, the big, ominous "tough guy", always has been the best baby talker around. Let me translate. "Oh, my little girl!" By dropping certain consonants, elongating the vowel sounds,…
Batman Began
Okay, this will be quick because I'm trying this new thing called "GOING TO BED AT A REASONABLE HOUR". Anyway, tonight Jon and I went out with some pals to see a new movie. Two words: Batman Begins. That's enough. Go see it. I'm not kidding; it's the best movie…
Another reason to hate orange soda...
In fourth grade my mom took me to her hometown, Moline, Illinois, for a summertime visit. While visiting Mom's big sis, Aunt Kris, we did so many fun things! The Fourth of July parade was fantastic; my cousin Sam and I husked corn for dinner; we took a riverboat ride.…
A Favorite Poem
If -Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being…
Lonely picket line
I have been informed that the clerical workers' union at UC Davis has authorized a two-day strike beginning tomorrow. My sociology teacher is a grad student and the grad student union honors all other unions' strikes. Long story short... I don't have a final tomorrow. The good news is that…
What is an artist?
Free time. It's something I have longed for, begged for, prayed for, wished for... something I'd forgotten. And yet, once school was out for the term, I found myself falling head over heels into a lot of it. Naturally I had studying to do. Naturally there was some catching up…
It does my body no good.
I am sitting next to four and a half empty diet Coke bottles. An addict? Yes. That's me. I really ought to stop. STOP THE MADNESS! Oops, the caffeine got through. My parents kept the soda to a minimum when we were children. Occasionally we were given "soda milk" (my…