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August 31, 2007
Color Me Amused
I received the following message from a fellow Hampshire Alum on my My Space page. I find it amusing that he suggests that we might have been friends, but he just can't remember me--some friend:
I don't know if we know each other, but I was browsing Hampshire students this morning and I see that we both graduated at the same time. And I live in Atlanta, which it looks like you do too. Anyway, on the chance we were friends, I thought I'd say Hi. David
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August 26, 2007
The Highlight of My Weekend
Henry at 5 months
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August 8, 2007
Barry Bonds Still Sux
Susan, your point is valid, and I think correct for the most part, but I still hate Barry Bonds. What an asshole. Hopefully A-Rod will be able to take him down soon.
In other news, here's my fortune from lunch yesterday:
Traveling to the south will bring you unexpected happiness.
I'm going to assume that this is retroactive and in fact refers to my move back to the south 2 years ago.
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August 4, 2007
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Barry Bonds sux.
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August 2, 2007
Forgotten Victims
Today I listened to the story of Jeffrey Lucey and it made me SO angry. There are many victims of the so-called war on terror and our occupation of Iraq. I find the ill-treatment of the young men and women who are placed on the front lines to be one of the most shameful; unfortunately, this is nothing new. Although it is certainly worse than ever, there has always been a certain amount of mistreating and forgetting of veterans, especially around PTSD. Thankfully, some news sources (at least on NPR and Democracy Now!) have been covering this, but it still doesn’t seem to get the full attention that it deserves.
It’s hard to say who exactly is to blame for the sad state of veteran care in this country; it is somewhat overdetermined. Of course, this is true of most social problems, which makes social change (with the exception of all out revolution) excruciatingly slow. In this case, the VA and Veteran Services are certainly at fault, but I think military culture in general is the biggest culprit. My family also owes a huge debt of gratitude to the VA. My uncle was diagnosed with brain cancer almost a year ago. We found out, too late, that like many working Americans, he was without health insurance. We were able to get him into the VA system (he served in Vietnam) and they paid for everything—retroactively. For that I will always be grateful. On the other hand, my brother, who serves as an officer in the Air Force, expressed surprise when he heard about that. We were clearly an exception. I am thankful that my uncle was able to get the care that he needed, but I can't help but think of all the forgotten victims, like Jeffrey Lucey, who we never talk about.
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August 1, 2007
Too Many Pocketbooks
I like pocketbooks, especially vintage ones. As a result, I have too many of them and they only make it into rotation every once in a while. I also don't always completely clean out a pocketbook before moving on to a new one, so I often find things that I've been looking for when I start using it again.Today I pulled down a new bag and found the following:
$8.83 in change--this will go directly into my Vegas Tin
A Star Wars lottery ticket--I won $2
A set of spare keys to my apartment
MAC Lipstick--"Twig"
One of many lost tubes of Burt's Bees lip balm
A Jump Drive--I've definitely been wondering where that was
A ticket stub from the 2005 GA/Auburn--we lost, but it was one of the first things I did after moving back to Georgia
A packet of Mini Thins--I only mention this because I find it rather odd. I used to take this stuff in college when I needed to pull all-nighters, but I haven't used it since then and I know this purse doesn't go back that far. Why and when did I buy this? Of course, it's an Ephedra free formula, so it's probably crap.
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Fieldtrip Summary
So, the field trip actually wasn't that bad. We started off with a tour of the TRR Cobb House, which was originally in Athens but was moved to Stone Mountain, where they let it rot. In 2004 with the help of some foundation money the house was moved BACK to Athens--200 yards from its original spot--the parking lot across from the Grit--and restored. Afterwards everyone wanted to go to a meat and three place, so I suggested Wilson's Soul Food. I hadn't been there in MANY years, but it lived up to the memory. We had some time to kill after lunch, so everyone wanted to go shopping. I pointed them towards downtown and then I went the opposite way and checked out Agora. This was a dangerous decision on my part because I rarely go there without buying something (thank God it wasn't there when I lived in Athens!). This trip was not an exception, but I did find some cool stuff, which is pictured, poorly, below. I bought an owl pin/locket made by Avon (cica 1970s):
The owl is a nod to my friend Jay and our game of counting the number of owls found in a thrift store or flea market--I got up to 12 at Agora. I also got an excellent Atlanta souvenir tray (circa 1960s):
I collect souvenir plates, cups, trays, etc. AND my dissertation is on, partially, tourism in Atlanta, so I couldn't resist. I love to see how cities, states, sites, etc present themselves for tourist consumption. This tray, in case you can't make it out, has the Capital, A southern belle, a jet plane, the Atlanta Airport, the state flower--Cherokee Rose, The Regency-Hyatt House and Fulton County Stadium.I bought one other item, but it is a gift for someone who does read our Blogs from time to time, so I'll refrain from sharing, but it is AWESOME! We ended the day at the University Art Museum. It was very interesting. We also had an excellent guide--a seventy something man in sear-sucker pants. It was probably intentionally folksy and southern, but it was endearing all the same. He was also really into the art and interested in having conversations about it. Then it was back to Roswell, which took 2 1/2 hours! This meant that I didn't leave Roswell until 6:00, which added extra time to my commute home.
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