gobble gobble macys.

well folksters, this itsy bitsy spider is getting ready for a rad-acious new year. (or in the words of my lovely friend rach(a)el, a loverly jew year).

anyhow. whatever you call it, it's rosh hashanah tonight. i'm going to focus on making this one pretty fucking spectacular. namely, moving to south korea. (well.. let's face it, that'll be at the END of this upcoming year, but i digress)

what else will this blog focus on today?

you. or, how much i love you. and how much i dislike edith wharton. i am now reading the custom of the country, which is turning out to be spectacularly boring.  wtf man?  she just goes on and on and on.  it really brings tears to my eyes.  

hmm.. what's next?

i really don't know what to think about the economy right now.  i just don't know.  

and, um, can i tell you how much i love deven green?  i don't think i can, there are no words.  nor any words to explain how much i love peanut butter.  

boo for tear jerker shows.  and boo for unhealed tattoos.

welcome. to my home.

for those of you who want to see my house, without having to travel to kansas.

welcome. to my home.

enjoy.

i'm a bit sore. duh.

hey folksters.

i got quite a bit accomplished yesterday/today. that's pretty super! and we judith got so much done on my arm today too! it looks pretty amazingly fantastic! now it looks like one whole piece, not two separate pieces.

anyhow, very quickly now,
can you believe it's been 10 years (on oct 12) since matthew shepherd was murdered? insane. (and so little has been done about the murderers)
*sigh*

then the time will come

well folksters, i managed to get both of my papers done!  (which is why you may have noticed my absence for a little bit)  but, i'm back, for the time being.  

did i mention i finished reading ethan frome as well?  it turns out, i actually liked it!  i'm hoping the custom of the country is alright, too.  it remains to be seen, though.

today, i will spend cleaning the house.  it has been neglected as of late, and the dog hair is taking over!

james' homosexual agenda for this weekend:

1) sweep and mop the floors (and vacuum the area rug)

2) make tomato sauce (home made, from scratch)

3) synagogue this evening

4) maybe mow, even though i'm not supposed to (wtfe)

5) read read read. (this is a constant)

6) ink work, saturday

7) work, sunday

8) water change in the aquarium

9) finish the prep for minneapolis

10) clean out my car

woo hoo!  i've got my work cut out for me folks.  

לשלום חברים

a break, at breakneck speed.

alright.  i'm in the middle of writing (1 of 2) papers right now.  i actually haven't written the paper, i'm just making highlights, and questions- you know, the skeleton of my paper.  my arguments thus far are pretty weak, and pretty convoluted...  but i hope to have something more substantive by tonight.  (i also need to focus on my second paper, too!)

i had a pretty shitty day otherwise.  i got an 85% on my stupid religious studies exam (i totally deserved an A on that exam, so i'm pretty steamed)  the GTA didn't even give any reasons for such a low score.  (i think it's 'cos i know TOO much about the subject matter, 'cos frankly, i've taken classes on talmudic law, and was able to answer the questions in extreme depth)  --- i realize that sounds incredibly egotistic, but.. grr...

ruby is also sick.  she's had runny poo (tmi, sorry) today, and she hasn't been feeling very good.  :(  she was sick on the kitchen floor - thank goodness it was on the floor mat, i just tossed it, but it was gross/frustrating anyway.  i had to take a second shower 'cos i was worried i got something on me.  

okay, so it hasn't been THAT bad of a day, but i felt pretty yucky.  and i myself am starting to feel yucky in my stomach too.  maybe it's hypochondria?  LOL.  

meh.  be good, folksters.

a quicky, hohoho! *chortle*

alright folksters-

call me crazy, but isn't the big wall street bailout just a form of corporate welfare?  

i only suggest this because the vast majority of supporters of this are; 

a) anti-socialist

b) anti social welfare for the poor and indigent

c) rich rich rich.

seriously, you mention social welfare programs to many of these people, and they go foaming at the mouth.  

and, this isn't to say i disagree (or agree) with the bailout proposals, it's just that wallstreet should be accountable for their missteps and mistakes too.  (don't get me started on all this "oil futures" messhugas.  you know, driving up the price of oil just "because")

on a side note, and even more capitalist driven-  i got my two new pearly snap shirts in the mail today!  i'm stoked, 'cos including(!) shipping, i got the two of them for less than the price of one.  go me! :)

my version of heaven?

if there is a heaven (this is a concept i still struggle with) it is catered with giant trays of muncher's cream cheese doughnuts.  i realize this is a slap in the face to those of you who hold to plato socrates' ideologies, but i love me some pastries :)

anyhow, that weird reference to plato's Republic was my way of coming up with a tie-in to today's activities.  i made a stop by the douglas county democratic office to grab a couple of Obama bumper stickers.  it's in the same shopping center as the community merc where i get all of my bulk herbs and spices.  so i picked up a crap ton of them.  fun right?  (at least it is for me).  i also walked to muncher's and got a cream cheese doughnut.  i haven't had one in nearly a year, and i'd forgotten the amazingly delicious taste of it.  

um, okay, sorry, rambling.  i just wanted to say that even though i had my classes, i had a pretty fantastic day.  now, i need to finish doing a lot of reading, and then write some papers.  bleh!

what did i do?

nothing.  at least that's how it feels.  i accomplished virtually nothing from my list of things to do.  i think i just needed some down time.  unfortunately, i really can't afford that down time, so i'm going to end up paying for it, big time, by the end of this week.

anyhow, my allergies are running rampant, and i can barely see because my eyes are so damn blurry.  -_-  itchy eyes are crappy.  not to mention the sniffling and sneezing!  *whine whine*

i did do a little planning for my great escape though!  so that's nice.  and i actually DID get started on ethan frome which is good.  and i got some new work/play shirts, for next to nothing!  thank goodness for sales hahahaha!  (they're more pearly snap shirts!  i FINALLY figured out where to get them other than goodwill!)

i also watched no country for old men with my parents last night.  it [the film] really disturbed me.  it's not something i'd ever want to watch again.  (and frankly, not a movie i'd have watched on my own accord to begin with)  

okay.. time for more ethan frome.... boo.

ps, read this comic.  (it's non sequitur, and it's one of the most intense strips i've ever seen.)

do you ever feel like...

i don't know where i was going with that subject title, i kinda gave up.

what fun stuff am i going to do today/tomorrow?

1) i'm going to bring some of my aquarium water to get tested 

2) i'm going to read ethan frome.  *CRY CRY*

3) i'm going to finish laundry

4) start the outline for two of my papers due this week

5) some cleaning around the house (mop floors, vacuum dust, etc)

6) work sunday

7) get my compost heap fixed (i need to set the pallets up)

8) finish planning my escape to minneapolis

the dog is sleeping under the coffee table, and she looks so freakin' adorable i could just puke.  i wish it weren't so dark under the table so i could get a good picture with the computer.  (i know if i move to get the camera, she'll wake up and chase after me)

well, off to the tracks...

they don't sleep anymore, on the beach.

well, damn.

this week went by relatively quickly.  which was nice, except that means i have less time to get papers written.  i also have to read ethan frome over the week-end.  and more aristotle.  blah! oh well.  

it also means the high holidays are rushing towards me at the speed of light.  horray!  i still want a shofar, but part of me feels REALLY weird about them, considering they're made out of an animal's antler..  awkward.

tomorrow, i have a religious studies exam.  i'm hoping i do well, 'cos i'd like to have maybe one A this semester, and i think it's my only hope for such a grade.  *sad* 

זה אצוב מאוד גם זה לא טוב שאין במחשב נקודות נכון

i miss my hebrew classes.  a lot.  :(  and i think mavis needs to come over tomorrow.  and i am of the opinion that random music is necessary for my existence.  

before i slip into a deep sleep of edith wharton.

bleh.  i can't stand edith wharton.  at all.  this class would be infinitely better if it were kate chopin, willa cather and louisa may alcott, or charlotte perkins gillman, or zora neale hurston... edith wharton just makes me crazy.  all of her obsessive description... and going off randomly throughout the page... 

okay.. that's a bit like me, but i don't go on and on about a topic, (for sometimes literally pages at a time) and then shift into another thought.

random thought for the day

i smell like dandelions.  for some reason, the sunblock i use, when combined with tattoo goo smells just like dandelions.  

another random thought

my upper arm feels like someone stuck their cigarette against it.  ouch.  it really friggin hurts.

i've been up since shortly after 5, and i'm having trouble focusing (shocker, eh?) but i just drank far too much caffeine, and it's making me all jitters!  and the dog is sitting on the couch next to me making grunting whiney sounds.  (she's trying to tell me to take her on a walk)

i guess i should go do something productive now.

later folksters.

welcome to my brain. it's pretty scary.

i'd been a big user of livejournal.  but lately it has been leaving something to be desired.  

anyhow, i decided to try blogspot out for a little bit, and we'll see where it takes us.

lately, i've been healing from my latest bout of tattooius-armacillus.  and trying to keep myself from staph infection.  ;)   the sleeve is REALLY starting to look fantastic.  i can't wait until it's done though! 

what else have i been doing?  reading.  reading reading and more reading.  this week, plato's trial and death of socrates, edith wharton's the house of mirth and more poetry for my british lit class.  (i think we're doing more coleridge this week).  

hmm..  i'm patiently awaiting a package from veganerotica.com, but it's all hand crafted, so it takes forever...  for now, i'm off to read.  

l'shalom haverim.