Serenity… refocus – seek joy – thrive

So, I am at the end of this block of classes and I have to come to terms with a horrifying realization. I really, really dislike the studying of literature. Mind you, I realize that I spent a good portion of the class sick as a dog and that has colored my perception, but I [...]

This letter is via TransGriot (and a number of Tumblr folks), who also posts this explanatory note: The ‘womyn born womyn’ policy has been a contentious issue for decades between some elements the trans community and the feminists who created and sponsor the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival. The 35th anniversary edition of Michfest will be taking [...]

So, finally – FINALLY! -  my genius has put in an appearance and has allowed me a glimmer of what to do with Human Beams. I had despaired of this happening because, while I have had plan after plan, nothing really seemed to fit. Or, at least, didn’t excite me enough to make it fit. [...]

I woke up early this morning to write. Or, rather, I woke up early this morning – 3 am – and decided not to go back to sleep, but to write instead. I’m not sure that worked out too well, because I have little to show for it but a pile of disconnected thoughts and [...]

I started classes again this week, after a two week holiday break. So far (for the semester) so good. I have, right now, a 4.0 average and I don’t see that changing much as time goes on. Well, until I hit algebra, that is, maybe. The work is pretty easy as this is the first [...]

For some reason it feels incomplete – and almost rude – to make major (to me) decisions armed only with a Blackberry. Or, rather, to attempt to express the substance of them with an itty bitty keyboard and a 1 1/2 inch screen. Even so, I believe I have come to a point where one [...]

I really need a laptop. That’s one thing I’ve realized since my classes started. Of course, I knew that before, but now in order to do all the things I want to do – work on these classes, blog, renew HB and so on, I really need to be able to just pick up and [...]

Every spare moment, these days, I seem to have my nose in a book. No hardship, that, I love to read, but these days it too is almost like work. My itty bitty library across the street is coming in so handy. They have a very limited selection there, but with being able to order [...]

There’s something to be said for both approaches. And has been. For instance: “Leap, and the net will appear.” I love that idea. And – “Slow and steady wins the race.” This one too, although I am less temperamentally suited to it. I tend to worry about nets only after I’ve leapt into action. This [...]