newswriting, slanty eyed mama and more

So, I finally got a 9 on a news story for class, and I do think it was deserved. I think I'll post it here, as soon as I can figure out which jump drive I put it on. I have so many these days.

I'm going to buy an iPod from this girl in my building. She's selling everything attached for pretty cheap, but it's 2 gigs. If I was going to have all my music on an iPod, I'd have to buy one that was 80 gigs or more. I have so much now. Too much to listen to, but if I want to hear something, I can damn well find it.

So, I hear that the Senate voted to have a timetable for troops to leave Iraq, but Bush vetoed it. I don't really know why he's pressing the issue. He's almost done. Get over yourself and let the next person elected clean up your fucking mess. It's obvious now that we can't just "pull out" of Iraq after coming in and attempting change over there, but come on. I have some friends there, some friends of mine have fathers there...etc. It would be nice to say we had never gone, but now that we have, now that Bush wants to make everyone else like us, because we're so fucking great, we've got a much larger problem on our hands than we can efficiently manage. At least with him still in office.

I didn't attend Drinking Liberally last night. Instead, I went to see Slanty Eyed Mama in the Humanities Lecture Hall. It was really good, despite technical difficulties at first, and I think I'll be able to use their performance in my 'zine. Luckily, Grace was there, and asked whether or not they were feminists. Kate's answer was sufficient, but she managed to say they are all inclusive and probably everything-ists. Later she said, "Whatever your ism is..." I thought that was cute. I have to say that these women were gorgeous. It doesn't matter, but it's true. I'm so happy that I went. The music was controversial and politically correct. And Kate was super-intelligent and pretty articulate. She said "dope" and "hot" and some other things that I found funny. They are going to be playing at the Smithsonian as keynote speakers! I love when smart women wail all over the mic. How refreshing!

That's all for now. Tune in later.

schopenhauer and school daze

I'm working today in the lab, and I've managed to finish "Schopenhauer in 90 minutes" in about 160 minutes. Happily, I have underlined much of this book and decided to order several of the series, which may or may not be a bad idea.

Drinking Liberally is tonight in the good 'ole Asheville sector. From 7-10, I'll be talking politics and drinking beers. Can't wait for a slice of that good pizza from the Brewing Co.

I'm beginning to really think about the zine I'm going to do for Women's Studies. I want to do it with a thesis something like, "Stand up comedy can provide a voice for feminism and educate the public." I think since comedians that aren't owned by any major corporations really can say what they want and have a free space for social and political commentary. They can be political activists, figures, artists in and of themselves. Margaret Cho is like this, for sure. It's pretty exciting. I'm going to do Cho and Kate Clinton, the fumerist, at least. I'll have to do a lot of research and include my own commentary within the zine. I'll interview people around campus, too.

I guess in Women's Health, we're going to be doing sterilization as our project. We will talk about it for 25-30 minutes, and I suspect a PowerPoint presentation is in order. I believe that's next week, but it's crazy because we get out of exams on the 10th of May. It seems there's still much to be done.

I'm doing an article for my news writing class about the reactions to the shooting at VT. I'm collecting interviews today and I'm hoping it will be a good piece.

I saw Ira Glass last Friday and it was amazing. He talked a lot about radio, which is what I'll want to do eventually, radio or film, respectively. He went way over time, which I didn't mind, except that I had to piss and it was beginning to snow.

The weather around here has been insane. I don't know who's in charge.

Last night, the sorority girls played touch football outside of my dorm, on the field, and there were a bunch of guys sitting up near the main door watching them and drinking beer. I don't know if the sororities really welcome spectating, but it seemed like they were having a blast out there. I usually speak to everyone but I remained unfriendly to the guys because they were only stargazing and it pissed me off.

I don't see women lined up to watch them play anything. Good.

Oooh! An eighties dance will ensue this Friday night, I believe, and I don't know what kind of clothing I have to work with, but I want to be there. A friend of mine is going to DJ, and he's a really cool guy. I definitely want to be supportive of him. It's going to be at the Grey Eagle, and I assume there will be a cover charge of sorts.

I guess that's all the news for now. Thanks for reading.

here's the thing

THIS WAS WRITTEN TWO WEEKS AGO, BUT I THINK MY BLOG WAS HIJACKED.

I have a home online to post my most personal thoughts, but I figure it is time to update and give my friends something to read. We'll see how that works.

I'm at work and I've gotten a lot done today, considering. I have a meeting at 3:15 with disability services about a certain Flatton professor. I probably need to get off campus to go to CVS after that with my lover, (I almost typed liver, but surely my liver will go anywhere I do) and get some things picked up. Good times. I like the drive, even if the wind is working on Asheville right now.

Then, I get to go to "We Are Family" tonight where I will record GLBTQ families talking about their lives and hopefully get to interview a few of them for my article due tomorrow in class. The rest of the night will be preparing for that and figuring out what to drop from my 17 hour schedule for next semester. The truth is, I really don't want to drop anything, but I'm afraid my grades will suffer if I don't.

On my list of things to do today are both showering and dinner with question marks. Who knows. Showering takes a backseat to schoolwork and always has for me, here, but dinner is probably going to be necessary. We'll see what happens.

There's my first post. I'll add more soon.