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Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
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6:57 pm - Rare post....
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| Thursday, August 17th, 2006
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2:09 pm - This is too fun....
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| Thursday, December 22nd, 2005
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8:40 pm - Something amusing......
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For those ready for us to get back to real news, a happy little holiday poem.....
( Cut for length )
It was probably inevitable that someone would do this.....
current mood:  amused
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| Tuesday, August 30th, 2005
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5:22 pm - Blargh!!
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So I'm no longer employed.
The short story is that the supervisor I got switched to back in May-ish decided that the way I'd done my job since I started working there wasn't up to her standards. I didn't change what I was doing, so she took the steps necessary to get me canned.
Partly because I didn't care terribly and partly because I'd hoped to be gone from there by now anyway, I didn't do anything to stop this. I probably should have quit voluntarily a week or so ago when the writing on the wall was getting a lot clearer. Oh, well.
On the plus side, I got a call/phone interview not long after I got home for a promising job possiblity. Hopefully this pans out!! As fallbacks, I've got a promising lead on starting to teach at Kaplan again, and I signed up with an agency, so hopefully the financial fallout will be minimized.
current mood:  hopeful
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| Friday, July 1st, 2005
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4:41 pm - Interesting news item
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For those who don't know, Spain has officially legalized same-sex marriage as of (I think) yesterday. Yay, Spain-especially considering it's really not that long ago that it was among the most Fascistic countries in Europe! =] This makes Spain just the third country with full marriage for same-sex couples (though Canada will almost certainly be following VERY soon).
Anyway, I had occasion to read both the Lawrence and the Kansas City newspapers today, and I noticed something interesting (if not altogether surprising). Both articles had accompanying photos. Lawrence printed a nice, bright, full-color, rainbow-bedecked photo featuring two very happy (and very handsome, IMO) men embracing.
KC had a blurry, black-and-white photo of some anti-marriage protestors in blank white masks with Xes over their mouths. (Unfortunately, the photo on the Star's website isn't working properly, so I can't link it in. Hopefully I can get a working photo in here at some point.)
I'm not saying that there's some sort of systemic bias in one direction or the other reflected in the choice of photographs here. Both articles were apparently pulled from the same wire story. In addition, both articles were in the World news section of each paper, so the placement was very similar. It just struck me as interesting that they chose such different photos.
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| Tuesday, May 17th, 2005
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7:42 am - I don't usually do these things, but this makes me giggle.
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| Tuesday, April 5th, 2005
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7:24 am - Not-so-subtle reminder to everyone in Kansas....
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Get off your asses and vote today if you live in Kansas. Oh, unless you're a dumbass and you're going to vote in favor of that stupid amendment. Then just stay on your ass.
We now return you to our regularly scheduled LJ silence. Apologies to those of you from out of state for any confusion or inconvenience.
current mood:  pessimistic
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| Tuesday, March 8th, 2005
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6:14 pm - The trip itself
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This here's a little story about our trip a couple weeks ago. Like this entry, the journey was a little long, but at least mildly entertaining. =]
( The journey to Texas )
In the next day or so, I'm going to post about the Moot we went to.
current mood:  lethargic
current music: Ani DiFranco -- Callous
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| Thursday, August 5th, 2004
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8:58 pm - Random thoughts
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Yesterday while driving in to work, we saw a fox running off into a field of beans. I don't think I'd ever seen a fox out running around before....It was kinda cool.
( Work rant )
current mood: apathetic
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| Tuesday, June 8th, 2004
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3:46 pm - What a way to die....
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Snagged from a variety of friends......
Obituary meme
We regret to announce the unpleasant expiration of jasonlg, who on the 19th of April of this year was helplessly buried alive by bears. This unfortunate incident occurred in an adult bookstore somewhere on Interstate 52. The deceased was reported to have shouted "Not my new shirt!" just before expiring. jasonlg is survived by several houseplants. Funeral services will be held the 4th of next month.
current mood: amused
current music: Patty Griffin - Florida
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| Thursday, January 29th, 2004
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10:36 am - Moving news
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So we're hip-deep in the move. Including, as of last night, the cats. That was a joy, let me tell you. The cowardly princess hissed and spat at me when I tried to put her in the box, and our normally laid-back boy cat yowled during the entire car ride. Then, once we got here, both cats were, as we expected, totally weirded out by the new place. Oddly, the cowardly princess was initially the braver of the two, exploring and wandering much more freely, but now she's in hide mode again. Ozzy, who started off in hide mode, has now pretty much sniffed everything, rubbed against everything, and wormed his way into every cranny possible.
Stairs were, and remain, a bit of an adventure for both, though Ozzy's pretty much on top of that now, too. I'm hoping both have figured out where food is and where the litterbox is. They'll have to master that whole "stairs" concept, since the litter's in the basement and the food's upstairs in the kitchen. I haven't seen either use the litterbox, but I also haven't found any unpleasant surprises. Hopefully that means they've figured it out....
We should finish the move tomorrow. While we have lots of little stuff here now, we're getting the truck tomorrow to move the big furniture. Which will be nice--I'm just kind of flopped down on the floor right now. Getting my desk here will be a big improvement!
Oh, and get-well wishes to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) kalinobeche. Hey, I've heard that lugging lots of heavy furniture is good for what ails ya, so come on over! (Just kidding, obviously. Hope you get to feeling better soon!)
current mood:  busy
current music: Unfamiliar house noises....
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| Tuesday, January 20th, 2004
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11:21 pm - Update on the impending move...
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We're going to be signing the lease papers on our place tomorrow, and after that it will be officially official. We're moving to Eudora.
The current plan is to move our big stuff on Friday the 30th, which will, quite likely, make it tough to find folks available to help, but as I said before, any help will be greatly appreciated and rewarded with food and beverage. We may have keys as early as tomorrow (but definitely by this weekend), and we're planning to start hauling boxes over all next week. The one advantage to being unemployed right now is that I can make this move a fairly leisurely process, and make Friday just a day to move our big shit, leaving Friday night and Saturday to clean our present place up as much as possible.
Whee!!
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| Thursday, January 15th, 2004
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11:02 pm - Home
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So, as if life weren't busy and stressful enough, I've headed back to my parents' place for a few days. We'll be going out to the house my grandma and grandpa lived in since 1990 (when they finally moved off the farm) to do some painting and stuff. Just to make sure we're all on the same page, my grandmother's been living in an Assisted Living facility since my grandfather passed away in March. The house is sitting empty, but my family won't give it up as long as grandma's alive.
Still, the house needs to be cared for, and since it's empty, we can do stuff like painting (and they're going to replace some carpets) without disturbing anyone or anything. Besides, my parents are paying me to do this stuff, and the money will come in handy.
Oh, and as off Wednesday, it sounds like we've got our place. The landlady seems to like us. And--more good news--she's offered to let us start moving in a week early without paying rent, so we'll be able to move kind of at our leisure. She had to go out of town for a few days, and we'll get final confirmation and sign the paperwork early next week. My guess at this point, without any more confirmation, is that we'll start moving stuff next weekend already, and use Friday the 30th as the day to move our big stuff and finalize everything, and then have Friday night and Saturday to finish cleaning the old place.
Anyway, we're getting an early start for the farm tomorrow. Whee! Fun with paint!
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| Tuesday, January 13th, 2004
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12:01 am - Surprise! Another entry....
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| Saturday, November 1st, 2003
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1:02 pm - Music lyrics? Bah! To easy.....
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| Wednesday, October 22nd, 2003
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12:56 pm - Wow.....two entries in like three days
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Two quickie things:
First, I was coming into my office today, which is also the office space of various student organizations including frats and sororities.
Anyway, there was this girl from a sorority (I'll tell you how I know in a second) there checking her sorority's campus mailbox. And she's wearing these low-rider pants with huge greek letters on her ass. Big, bright red and yellow letters on dark grey pants. And as she's walking around, her ass (and the letters upon them) are jiggling grotesquely. That was so NOT the image I wanted to start my work day!
Second, a funny quote. It's from an article poking some fun at the conservative battle against gay marriage.
"If you're reading this and you're still married, consider it amazing good fortune that you have, so far, survived the pink piranha attack on your holy nuptials."
Umm.....ouch?
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| Monday, October 20th, 2003
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4:35 pm - Not working
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Sitting at work, trying to look busy today. I should be working on some resource brochures that I want to get made this week, but I’m tired and unfocused right now, and the day’s almost over. So it’ll wait until tomorrow.
( My cousin's wedding )
It’s about time to go home, which is good, but I’ve got a ton of reading to do, and I really need to get started with my exam precis (the preliminary paper upon which my exam questions will be based). I want it finalized in the next couple weeks so I can get my exams done nice and early. It’s basically going to mean no fun for me for the next little while—between this job at the LBGT resource center, my Kaplan teaching a couple nights a week, and my regular homework, it’s going to be rough. *sigh*
current mood:  stressed
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| Tuesday, September 2nd, 2003
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4:53 pm - Long time no post....
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No excuses. Just lazy. LJ is a nice diversion, but hardly a priority. I mostly just try to keep up with my friends (real life friends--as nice as lots of folks are on here, I mainly just care about the real, living, breathing, touchable people in my life).
OK, I do have one excuse. It's been getting busy. This is going to be my last semester before I graduate with my Master's (barring any catastrophic/unforseen pratfalls, of course), and if that weren't enough alone, I've taken a new job. As you may have read in scrwtape's journal, I'm the new LBGT Resource Coordinator on campus. The guy who's now my boss/was my interviewer was apparently impressed enough that he hired me even though I'm only going to be here for one semester. I think he's already selected my replacement, and her existence may have been a help to me, but hurray for me however it worked!
I was duly warned coming in to this position that I'm basically starting from scratch. While the position has existed in one form or another for quite some time, the past couple LBGTRC's were apparently less than stellar. Plus, the position has changed offices, from the Student Development Center to Campus Life. It makes a lot of sense to have moved it--the SDC was much more focused on students' futures, while CCL is very much focused on students' presents. The combination, though, of the change in bureaucratic structuring and the lack of motion in the position for the past year or two means that everything needs work. On the plus side, however, the materials generated a couple years back are quite good, if a bit dated, and will require much less restructuring to make them useful.
My goals with the position are to first organize the hell out of this place so that my successor has some ground on which to stand when she gets here. I hope to revamp some/all of the materials, organize the resource library, and redo the webpage. I also want to open the lines of communication with other organizations on campus--LBGT and otherwise--to see where we can help each other.
Last, I want this position to become much more visible on campus. I want to get the word out that I'm available for presentations. I want to organize activities, especially with the help of our student organization (KU Queers & Allies). This visibility thing is the part I've done the least planning for, but it's going to have to start fairly soon. I'm hoping to get a week or two, at least, to start getting things together.
current mood:  accomplished
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| Saturday, July 5th, 2003
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4:40 pm - Moving crap
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We returned to South Sioux by early afternoon, and spent the rest of the afternoon and early evening loading the truck with the stuff that would go out the next day. We had to deliver to three offices on Friday, which were relatively close together and within an hour's drive of home. We also had some other tasks planned for the day--my mom and I were going to visit my Grandma Grothe AND my Grandma Pinkelman, who lived in towns a little bit farther west of where we delivered equipment. On top of that, while we were in the area, we planned to stop by my dad's cousin's place. He and his family are really close with our family--Dad and his cousin had grown up together and been basically best friends. The full schedule meant we wouldn't have much time to spend with folks, but it was better than nothing. I don't get to see my grandmothers nearly often enough.
( Moving stuff.... )
The last town we stopped at--a tiny little place called Wausa, NE--is really close to Bloomfield, where my grandma lives. Brief backstory--my grandfather recently died, and my grandma's 95. She's mostly wheelchair-bound now, as she really doesn't have the strength anymore to reliably walk around. Without grandpa around, she really couldn't stay at home anymore all by herself, so she's moved to an assisted living place in town. We wanted to drop some stuff for the house that's being moved to the ranch (a long story, perhaps for another journal entry), so Dad, Bro, and I met my Mom at the house. Mom and I would go in one vehicle to do our visiting, and Dad and Bro would do their thing.
( Details of visits )
We got home fairly late--about 10:30. It rained hard much of the way home, which wasn't much fun. Mom and I had an extended discussion about heathenry and religion in general, queer stuff, and the general feeling of pessimism about humanity that I've been dealing with lately, with the regular political discussions all mixed in. Basically, Mom doesn't understand me. Big shock there. And she won't, I don't think, so long as she's working under the set of assumptions that inform her worldview. For her--and much of my family in general--the world is supposed to be just like it "used to be" when everyone was Christian and straight. Women did woman things and men did man things. Religious "difference" meant you were either Catholic or some mainstream Protestant denomination. Homos were strange man-woman hybrids one saw only in big, decadent cities like NY and SF, and they certainly weren't anyone they knew (or, heaven forbid, their own children). Gay people, agnostics, and pagans shouldn't be people they know and love.
When I try to remind them that life was NEVER like that, they kind of ambivalently acknowledge it, but I don't think they really believe me. This mythical past is a powerful discourse in our society--that "once upon a time things were simple and wonderful, then the sixties happened" thing. My family seems to have bought into this discourse with their whole being. Evidence to the contrary doesn't call the discourse into question; rather, it confirms just how screwed up life is now.
Anyway, I'll wrap up the weekend another time.
current mood:  mellow
current music: Some dancey crap that Rod's listening to
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| Thursday, July 3rd, 2003
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8:50 pm - The trip home
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So I was home last weekend. Home, for those unfamiliar, is in South Sioux City, Nebraska, which is basically just the Nebraska side of Sioux City, Iowa. Not so much a suburb as a just the part of the city that happens to be across the river in another state.
(Semi-interesting side note: there are actually three Sioux Cities in three states, the main city in Iowa, South Sioux in Nebraska, and North Sioux in South Dakota. This caused scrwtape no end of confusion during his first visit--he couldn't keep track of which city/state he was in.)
( Kvetching about my family )
The main purpose for this visit, though, wasn't just to visit. My dad sells dental equipment. Never satisfied with just moving the regular stuff, though, he's taken recently to buying the salvageable equipment from offices that have burned down, flooded, etc, and selling it to his clients as well. It's a pretty nice deal for everyone, admittedly--it's a lot of equipment that would have been discarded, my dad makes some money, and dentists with smaller budgets are able to get better/more equipment for their patients. The stuff in question is the big stuff, mind you--the chairs, cabinetry, and such--as opposed to instruments and such, so no one's putting nasty used equipment in their mouths or anything.
The only downside is that this equipment needs to get from place to place, and it's fucking heavy! Those fancy dental chairs look keen until you have to drag one around for a while. The equipment in question had already been salvaged and dragged to Sioux City at some point in the recent past; our task this weekend was to deliver it to the buyers. We started moving stuff around on Thursday.
( Thursday's efforts )
Oops....the center's cleared out, so I think I'm heading out. I'll pick this up again sometime soon.
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