Dad and I leave for South Dakota tomorrow! I'm excited but still very nervous. It's so hard to believe I'll be seeing good portions of this country relatively soon. I'm always mystified by people who live in Wisconsin (or want to like marian) and now I will get to GO THERE! Truly amazing.
Mike and Mia are at Brown doing this leadership conference crap. It's decidedly difficult to live without your bestfriend and a boy for two weeks. Mia said she made friends with a girl down the hall from her who wore skinny jeans because that's what I always wear. I have to send Mike a postcard with the little article about the bike trunk taped onto it. I must. "I hope you got a big trunk cuz im putting my bike in it." ahh. Nick is crazy.
There's a truck stop in South Dakota that is supposed to be the best food ever and so unhip its hip according to mim. can't wait to get there ... not. I think I have packed more than I need to. Thing is I really didn't need to bring that much... just like work clothes. oh well, I'm prepared for EVERYTHING this way.
Two WEEKS! ...
Monday, June 26, 2006
Thursday, June 22, 2006
alrighty ... here's the thing http://www.tomsshoes.com/ reasons to buy them :
they're way cute
they're ethical
you're actually buying 2 pairs - 1 for a kid who needs shoes in Argentina and 1 for yourself
they're comfortable
sienna miller has a pair
the guy who makes them is WICKED hot
no really.
here's the thing - there's a link to his myspace page and he's a total god freak
ANYONE whose favorite books are the bible and sam walton's (is that his name - the walmart guy?) biography loses all their spicyness rawr...okay his stubble and the curly hair pulled back in the bandana makes it a little better.... until I see that sunsets make him "feel closer to god". maybe my stepsister could date him... blech.
still you should buy his shoes... unless I read somewhere that he's making the poor kids convert to christianity before he hands over the shoes.
change of topic.
Kathy Griffin is a-mazing. wait...did I already talk about this? Kathy Griffin life on the D-List is my favorite show now. She says the funniest fucking things. I just want to ... i dunno. be funny.
they're way cute
they're ethical
you're actually buying 2 pairs - 1 for a kid who needs shoes in Argentina and 1 for yourself
they're comfortable
sienna miller has a pair
the guy who makes them is WICKED hot
no really.
here's the thing - there's a link to his myspace page and he's a total god freak
ANYONE whose favorite books are the bible and sam walton's (is that his name - the walmart guy?) biography loses all their spicyness rawr...okay his stubble and the curly hair pulled back in the bandana makes it a little better.... until I see that sunsets make him "feel closer to god". maybe my stepsister could date him... blech.
still you should buy his shoes... unless I read somewhere that he's making the poor kids convert to christianity before he hands over the shoes.
change of topic.
Kathy Griffin is a-mazing. wait...did I already talk about this? Kathy Griffin life on the D-List is my favorite show now. She says the funniest fucking things. I just want to ... i dunno. be funny.
this is an exerpt from the smitten blog i talked about on iVillage (copyrights? I THINK NOT!):
i'm a dancin' man and i just can't lose.
Last night, my newly-reunited husband and I went to Jocelyn’s awesome stained glass exhibit opening in Brooklyn, leaving early because we’re old and married, and also, because we’d already had dinner.
All liquored-up In the cab ride home, I informed Alex that I’d seen a recipe on a food blog this week for homemade Oreos, and I’m telling you, his eyebrows shot up so far they nearly landed on top of his head. “Oreos? You know how to make Oreos?” Oh woman after his already-spoken-for heart! Cue the cab dropping us off in front of Gristedes at 10PM so we could pick up ecstatic ingredients. At the register, Staying Alive came on the loudspeakers and I saw him, I saw Alex tap his foot. Then, the right finger pointed out and crept horizontally across the room; that’s right, I’m talking to you Streits Matzo, I’m talking to you, overripe bananas. He assumed the overbite.
And I swooned, people, I swooned. That’s my man, turning the beat around at Gristedes on 8th Avenue at 10:15 PM. That’s my man, unable to keep the rhythm inside him. There’s never going to be anyone as perfect for me as he is. So, I went home and baked him Oreos.
see why i love her?
i'm a dancin' man and i just can't lose.
Last night, my newly-reunited husband and I went to Jocelyn’s awesome stained glass exhibit opening in Brooklyn, leaving early because we’re old and married, and also, because we’d already had dinner.
All liquored-up In the cab ride home, I informed Alex that I’d seen a recipe on a food blog this week for homemade Oreos, and I’m telling you, his eyebrows shot up so far they nearly landed on top of his head. “Oreos? You know how to make Oreos?” Oh woman after his already-spoken-for heart! Cue the cab dropping us off in front of Gristedes at 10PM so we could pick up ecstatic ingredients. At the register, Staying Alive came on the loudspeakers and I saw him, I saw Alex tap his foot. Then, the right finger pointed out and crept horizontally across the room; that’s right, I’m talking to you Streits Matzo, I’m talking to you, overripe bananas. He assumed the overbite.
And I swooned, people, I swooned. That’s my man, turning the beat around at Gristedes on 8th Avenue at 10:15 PM. That’s my man, unable to keep the rhythm inside him. There’s never going to be anyone as perfect for me as he is. So, I went home and baked him Oreos.
see why i love her?
There are a million reasons why I'm having a darn good day. Okay, not a million but I still am having a good day. My sister's friend who is a photographer for national geographic emailed me back about a position after I get back from South Dakota. IF everything goes right, I could be her and her boyfriend's (also a photographer) assistant! I know, im pretty lucky. whoops. I almost did a smiley face there. I decided smiley faces are for Live Journal and myspace. Not an adult blog. although blog isn't an adult word.
One of my really good friends, Mia and I went out for lunch in town today. We went to Woodstar Cafe. I had this delicious sandwich with ham, brie and dijon mustard. "Le Bon Jambon." (the name of my lovely sandwich.) I read iVillage's blogger "smitten" like it is my job and i was looking at her fantastic pictures of her trip to Paris this morning and it made me want to be french, then I read an article on how much Johnny Depp LOVES france.
http://news.aol.com/entertainment/movies/articles/_a/depp-says-he-just-likes-living-in-france/20060619075409990001
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smitten/sets/72057594086959098/
After lunch mia and I went to Claytopia to make something for eachother. We ended up with these asian tea cups. She made me one with a little squirrel inside and i made her one with an elephant inside. On the outside I put stripes with different colors and then in between the stripes I put I love you in 3 different languages and then "lets f*ck" I thought the * would be difficult to make with paint, not like words were any easier, so i just made a dot and it looked like lets fock. hmm. she got it anyways. still, thats the most random asian teacup you're ever gonna see.
She put "May 12th 2006 and beyond" on the outside on hers. May 12th was this crazy day when she fell in love with this boy who shall not be named, got in a car accident with me and made some crazy life decisions. Ever since then we have been joined at the hip... sortof I-ronic.
One of my really good friends, Mia and I went out for lunch in town today. We went to Woodstar Cafe. I had this delicious sandwich with ham, brie and dijon mustard. "Le Bon Jambon." (the name of my lovely sandwich.) I read iVillage's blogger "smitten" like it is my job and i was looking at her fantastic pictures of her trip to Paris this morning and it made me want to be french, then I read an article on how much Johnny Depp LOVES france.
http://news.aol.com/entertainment/movies/articles/_a/depp-says-he-just-likes-living-in-france/20060619075409990001
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smitten/sets/72057594086959098/
After lunch mia and I went to Claytopia to make something for eachother. We ended up with these asian tea cups. She made me one with a little squirrel inside and i made her one with an elephant inside. On the outside I put stripes with different colors and then in between the stripes I put I love you in 3 different languages and then "lets f*ck" I thought the * would be difficult to make with paint, not like words were any easier, so i just made a dot and it looked like lets fock. hmm. she got it anyways. still, thats the most random asian teacup you're ever gonna see.
She put "May 12th 2006 and beyond" on the outside on hers. May 12th was this crazy day when she fell in love with this boy who shall not be named, got in a car accident with me and made some crazy life decisions. Ever since then we have been joined at the hip... sortof I-ronic.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Jon Stewart is my boyfriend. Everynight at 11:00 he comes on the television to say goodnight just to me. I am obsessed. He's funny, good looking, smart and let's face it: overall he's amazing. Anyone who has all those things and hates our president as much as I do, my family and friends do and everyone in my town (the lesbian capital of the united states) does deserves props. Right now he's shitting on congress - some of the biggest idiots in the country.
I have to go stare at the tv screen while he speaks, please excuse me.
Anderson Cooper's on tonight....
I have to go stare at the tv screen while he speaks, please excuse me.
Anderson Cooper's on tonight....
I just saw a breakdancing pepto bismol commercial. I'm still not sure what to make of it.
I've recently become a crime show connosieur (thats how mom thinks it's spelled) CSI, Law and Order ... SVU or CI or the regular one, Without a Trace, etc. Mom and I watch it together. It's amazing how they manage to solve every crime in an hour. My favorite is SVU I think. Mariska Hargitay is so cool. She was so sickened after working on pretend horrific sexual crimes that she started an organization to help rape victims deal with what happened to them by flying them down to Florida and letting them swim with dolphins which has healing properties.
I saw The Lake House today with my mom, it actually was quite good. Sandra Bullock was brilliant and Keanu Reeves has some issues. He can't really act but he is sorta cute in the way that he was trying to act. It's almost endearing, plus he's pretty hot and they had relatively good chemistry. The story was nice, and the end was good - I thought he'd end up dead but didn't!
I'm going to have an ice cream soda.
I've recently become a crime show connosieur (thats how mom thinks it's spelled) CSI, Law and Order ... SVU or CI or the regular one, Without a Trace, etc. Mom and I watch it together. It's amazing how they manage to solve every crime in an hour. My favorite is SVU I think. Mariska Hargitay is so cool. She was so sickened after working on pretend horrific sexual crimes that she started an organization to help rape victims deal with what happened to them by flying them down to Florida and letting them swim with dolphins which has healing properties.
I saw The Lake House today with my mom, it actually was quite good. Sandra Bullock was brilliant and Keanu Reeves has some issues. He can't really act but he is sorta cute in the way that he was trying to act. It's almost endearing, plus he's pretty hot and they had relatively good chemistry. The story was nice, and the end was good - I thought he'd end up dead but didn't!
I'm going to have an ice cream soda.
I'm leaving for South Dakota in a week. After learning about the 1973 massacre at Wounded Knee in English class and then U.S. History I decided to take a trip to South Dakota to visit the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Pine Ridge is one of the poorest and worst places to live in the United States. It has been described as a mini third world country.
Here are some stats from the website of the group I will be staying with and working with while at Pine Ridge:
Over 80% Unemployment
Per capita income of $4,000
52 % of the households single parented
Temperatures from 40 below to 120 above
8 times the United States rate of diabetes
5 times the rate of cervical cancer
Twice the rate of heart disease
8 times the rate of TB
Suicide rate more than twice the national rate
Teen suicide 4 times the national rate
Three times the infant mortality rate
The lowest life expectancy in the U.S. and the 2nd lowest in the western hemisphere.
68 % school dropout rate
The poorest of USA's 3,143 counties*
60% live below the poverty level
Often 20 or more people crammed into houses as small as 400 sq. feet
1/3 of the houses without electricity
1/3 of the houses without running water or sewer
Separate and unequal funding of education
Murder rate 2.5 times the national rate
1/2 the number of police officers per capita as the rest of the country
No public transportation, no banks, no movie theaters, no bowling alleys, no recreation centers, no furniture stores, no clothing stores, no nursing homes
*This was true in the 1980 and 1990 census. The recent census places Pine Ridge third from the bottom; Not because things have improved there, but rather, because things got worse on two other South Dakota reservations.
I'm nervous to head off westward. With all these things affecting these people, I can only imagine the state of their hospitality towards naive teenagers.
I'm going mostly to take pictures, I want to be a photographer when I'm grown and I thought this would be an awesome senior project, (since it's the summer before my senior year I have been trying to figure out my senior project for ages). I've been meeting with my photography teacher on how to approach people on taking their picture. I'm not normally a shy person but for some reason I am totally uncomfortable asking people tot ake their picture. I would hate it if someone thought I was using them or just taking their picture to laugh at them or humiliate them.
I've been photographing the homeless people in my city who happen to generally be very friendly, if a little crazy, and always oblige me on the photo taking. The indians have been through so much in this country - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Ridge_Reservation - you can even check out their hardships for yourself on wikipedia. I'm afraid I'll be typecast as someone who doesn't care or understand the plight of the native americans because I'm white.
Here are some stats from the website of the group I will be staying with and working with while at Pine Ridge:
Over 80% Unemployment
Per capita income of $4,000
52 % of the households single parented
Temperatures from 40 below to 120 above
8 times the United States rate of diabetes
5 times the rate of cervical cancer
Twice the rate of heart disease
8 times the rate of TB
Suicide rate more than twice the national rate
Teen suicide 4 times the national rate
Three times the infant mortality rate
The lowest life expectancy in the U.S. and the 2nd lowest in the western hemisphere.
68 % school dropout rate
The poorest of USA's 3,143 counties*
60% live below the poverty level
Often 20 or more people crammed into houses as small as 400 sq. feet
1/3 of the houses without electricity
1/3 of the houses without running water or sewer
Separate and unequal funding of education
Murder rate 2.5 times the national rate
1/2 the number of police officers per capita as the rest of the country
No public transportation, no banks, no movie theaters, no bowling alleys, no recreation centers, no furniture stores, no clothing stores, no nursing homes
*This was true in the 1980 and 1990 census. The recent census places Pine Ridge third from the bottom; Not because things have improved there, but rather, because things got worse on two other South Dakota reservations.
I'm nervous to head off westward. With all these things affecting these people, I can only imagine the state of their hospitality towards naive teenagers.
I'm going mostly to take pictures, I want to be a photographer when I'm grown and I thought this would be an awesome senior project, (since it's the summer before my senior year I have been trying to figure out my senior project for ages). I've been meeting with my photography teacher on how to approach people on taking their picture. I'm not normally a shy person but for some reason I am totally uncomfortable asking people tot ake their picture. I would hate it if someone thought I was using them or just taking their picture to laugh at them or humiliate them.
I've been photographing the homeless people in my city who happen to generally be very friendly, if a little crazy, and always oblige me on the photo taking. The indians have been through so much in this country - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Ridge_Reservation - you can even check out their hardships for yourself on wikipedia. I'm afraid I'll be typecast as someone who doesn't care or understand the plight of the native americans because I'm white.
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