tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40228212947601791962024-03-13T17:42:42.159-07:00tout ce que je pensegirl with freckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065195905624078232noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022821294760179196.post-38223960404522833652011-07-20T23:30:00.000-07:002011-07-20T23:30:19.153-07:00EtsyWhat did I do tonight after getting home from a long day at work? I worked for another three hours on an <a href="http://foundrygoods.etsy.com/">etsy site</a>. Looking at the finished product, I think it was worth it.<br />
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Teaser:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Message in a bottle Earrings</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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If you felt kind enough to humor me, I'd really love it if you dropped by and told me what you thought. Disclaimer: I didn't make everything on it, but I did take all the pictures and make over half of it. So that counts for something, right?<br />
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Please?girl with freckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065195905624078232noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022821294760179196.post-91601079615638238222011-07-20T07:34:00.000-07:002011-07-19T19:37:23.786-07:00The Lion-fighterOne of my friends showed me this <a href="http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/465580">article</a> and I thought it was worth sharing - nay, a crime not to share!<br />
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Here's the premise, as in the article:<br />
<blockquote>Given the current state of the economy, it comes as no surprise that many Egyptians are doing all that they can to revive international interest in their country. What is surprising, though, is that one man has somehow managed to convince himself - and a few others - that he can single-handedly “boost tourism in Egypt” by fighting a full-grown African lion in direct hand-to-paw combat, in front of the Pyramids at Giza.</blockquote>Did you...? Yes. You read correctly. The article goes on to provide a thorough explanation of the lion-fighter's technique and philosophy. Here are some highlights:<br />
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Premise:<br />
<blockquote>I discovered my incredible strength at the age of 13, and, almost immediately afterwards, promised myself that, one of these days, I would fight a lion.</blockquote> Animal right concerns:<br />
<blockquote>God made me, and he made the lion, and he put us both on the same planet, which means the lion is fair game. Ethically, there should be no problem.</blockquote>Technique:<br />
<blockquote>It consists of a series of combination moves. I will start off with the slaps, but, you should know, my slaps are unlike any other.</blockquote>I'd love to hear your thoughts. Will it revive the tourism industry? Is it different from bullfighting in Spain? Or cockfighting?<br />
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Read it <a href="http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/465580">here</a>.girl with freckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065195905624078232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022821294760179196.post-16354251460775615262011-07-19T07:00:00.000-07:002011-07-19T09:01:48.218-07:00PhotogeneticsIs this, or is this not, <a href="http://ellekeepsmoving.com/">the most photogenic family</a> you have ever encountered? Just sayin'.<br />
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These celebs were kind enough to let me take these myself.girl with freckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065195905624078232noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022821294760179196.post-89022673510246071942011-07-16T22:01:00.000-07:002011-07-16T22:01:37.304-07:00Pathologies of Power: Book Review Part I<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/bestsellers-2007/3067-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/bestsellers-2007/3067-1.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br />
First things first: kudos to my Americorps supervisors who accepted Pathologies of Power as an approved "civic engagement" book. It gave me a fantastic reason to <a href="http://toutcequejepense.blogspot.com/2010/05/of-glee-and-jobsearching.html">once again start over</a> and finally finish this intellectually dense but rewarding book.<br />
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<a href="http://www.pih.org/publications/entry/pathologies-of-power"><u>Pathologies of Power</u></a> by Paul Farmer (subject of the much-loved <a href="http://toutcequejepense.blogspot.com/2010/01/mountains-beyond-mountains.html">Mountains Beyond Mountains</a>) describes in great, scholarly and personal detail, structural violence, liberation theology, and affecting positive change against all odds. He, besides making plain the current state of our world due to many things (but very noticeably politics and pharmaceuticals), also makes the take-home message cuttingly personal in saying that the same world that makes the poor poor is the world in which likely you, and also I, are living quite comfortably. It is unlikely, I would say, that the plight of all poor is solely our fault, but we are enabling behaviors such as corporate exploitation of poorer populations by supporting organizations and businesses with little or no social responsibility.<br />
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Another point that Farmer hit on was slightly harder for me in which to envision my role: that if health care was a basic human right (as in the UN's Declaration on Human Rights), there ought to be a preferential treatment option for the poor. My gut reaction to this statement is agreement, but many questions quickly follow. What of the cost of medical care (to which Farmer would point, at least in part, to arbitrary pharmaceutical pricing)? Who will bear it? How do we convince physicians, and, harder, hospital and office administrators, that this is the case? Should this be a private- or public-sector endeavor?<br />
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One thing is obvious: Farmer asserts that it should be an endeavor. From Mountains Beyond Mountains and implied in Pathologies of Power, we learn that Farmer consistently skips dwelling on the impossibility of treatment for such supposedly "cost-ineffective" treatment for the poor and instead moves directly into making the ideal a reality. This is certainly and encouragement, inspiration, and model to be followed in Public Health work. Too often we get caught up in the barriers, lose energy, and give up before even giving an honest attempt at solving difficult problems such as providing an adequate supply of appropriate MDR-TB drugs or providing anti-retroviral drugs to those who so desperately need them. <br />
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While I been deeply touched by the kindness and generosity of the providers in CHC's network, I have <br />
also been saddened by where we couldn't help people. I am left wondering how to produce the kind of premium healthcare mandated by Human Rights and Farmer if such a fantastic organization and so many generous volunteer doctors and dentists falls short of what Farmer would call a "preferential treatment option" for the poor. How, aside from (as Farmer has had) wealthy investors in the cause, can we produce such a system? Farmer argues that this would be a governmental responsibility.<br />
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I have been surprised in the past several years that there has not been an increase but a decrease in funding for both public health efforts and social services. Medicaid dental coverage was cut years ago for non-pregnant adults and in at least the case of one of my patients (who asked me to reference his case should I ever get a chance to plead the cause), has resulted in astronomically rising costs from medical conditions worsened or directly caused by dental problems. The human body cannot be sectioned off into areas unrelated to each other in health, just as society cannot be sectioned off into areas unrelated to each other in community.<br />
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I have had occasion over the past few months to discuss many different government and economic systems in the world, and one concern that I have with the extremest forms of small government now currently proposed in the political landscape is the people who even now hang by a thread to urgently needed and increasingly underfunded and insufficient social services. Maybe you agree that government shouldn't perform social services, and that things like medical services for the low-income, uninsured population should be taken over by the private- or third-sector. My question is what happens to the people while society "adjusts" to this new order? The answer I receive usually involves a concession that a period of adjustment would likely produce a number of casualties. Numbers are people. At times before, and definitely since my ten months with Community Health Connect, these people have names and faces. Stories that would make even the most fiscally conservative scramble to make official provisions for them. What of these people?<br />
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Farmer also speaks of the fact that scientific research continues to make significant contributions to solving many health problems, and yet these gains so often fail to reach the population that so desperately needs them. While Farmer presents many case studies and success stories, I still have quite a bit of reflecting and working to do in order to determine my role in attempting "pragmatic solidarity" with the poor. Nearing the end of my term, I do feel grateful for the opportunity that Americorps has offered me to better empathize with people in need in my own community. Having experienced a 100% federal and 50% state reduction in funding for my Americorps program (Americorps and the Medically Underserved of Utah), I feel a growing concern for the people that we work with through our different placements.<br />
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I don't know that I have an answer yet, but I agree with Farmer that it is my responsibility to keep looking.girl with freckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065195905624078232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022821294760179196.post-90234607724715206132011-07-13T18:49:00.000-07:002011-07-14T05:21:50.787-07:00Saturday Mornings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3AHoDp-ZGzZW4rRm5Ntd_iVZ_Y-OfLCFsZun6vHEjM0H7AnFVEdezVTWVTtE27E7ee-BAPyKIXwt-2fqdY-2TdfQFtpmiZwIEokzzr_jcYS30b0W0NTqg_4yUh3NCh5lWoCwISGep1A_c/s1600/5935747384_30d77bbf3e_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3AHoDp-ZGzZW4rRm5Ntd_iVZ_Y-OfLCFsZun6vHEjM0H7AnFVEdezVTWVTtE27E7ee-BAPyKIXwt-2fqdY-2TdfQFtpmiZwIEokzzr_jcYS30b0W0NTqg_4yUh3NCh5lWoCwISGep1A_c/s400/5935747384_30d77bbf3e_b.jpg" width="298" /></a></div>Saturday mornings have recently become less restful and more productive. As I mentioned in my last post, the owner of Rowley Press and I have been selling together under the name The Foundry. He is selling paper wares of the letterpress and giclee persuasion (to this point exclusive to the Farmer's Market) and I have been selling earrings made of antique buttons, wood,and feathers (among other things). I have also been dabbling in the arts of solid perfume and reusable dryer bags... with mixed success. <br />
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We were making the dryer bags on my beautiful antique anker sewing machine out of vintage cotton fabric, but after some R&D conducted while actually usig such bags, we found that the reusability was, in fact, debatable. Namely, on the bag tested, there was approximately 5% of the filling left after one use. Sorry, people we sold to! Twas an honest mistake. It looks as though the problem is that the weave of the fabrics wasn't quite tight enough, but any insight on the matter would be welcome. For the time being, we have lots of deliciously scented deodorizer bags. <br />
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The solid perfumes are another interesting side project. I'll just say that so far I have a near perfect ability to predict who will and will not like my scents. You could probably do it with little training. Ask yourself if the person sniffing them appears to be a hippie. If yes, odds are in our favor. If no, they might like the floral scent but will likely be perplexed as to why anyone would ever want to smell like any of them. Ah, well. It's a work in progress. Come find us sometime! We are there most weeks.girl with freckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065195905624078232noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022821294760179196.post-83607193711952803512011-07-06T20:38:00.000-07:002011-07-12T11:42:17.500-07:00Hello again.Lots of time has passed. Quite a bit of it in fact. And many things have changed. For one, I started a new <a href="http://lifenouveau.blogspot.com/">blog</a>. Which I also subsequently neglected. I think part of that was not being able to reconcile myself with certain cheesiness involved, and also doing less of sitting inside on a computer in my free time.<br />
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This was correlated with me having less free time. I went back to Provo for a job interview that seemed promising, and I was told was promising, and ended up not being very promising. Having moved from Provo to Seattle to DC and then back to Provo, I gave up the moving for a little while. Got a job back at the pediatrics office I used to work at. Got a job at Sunflower. Got an Americorps position with a local nonprofit, which I love. You can read more about Community Health Connect <a href="http://www.communityhealthconnect.org/">here</a>. It is a lot of work, but well worth it. I am the care coordinator in charge of the entire dental program. I spend about 80% of my day speaking in Spanish. Well, probably about 50-80%, depending on the day.<br />
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My term ends at the end of September. I am currently gathering my thoughts about my next step. It will probably involve entering doulahood and/or doing prerequisites for a graduate degree in midwifery.<br />
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I started selling at the Farmer's Market with the owner of Rowley Press. We started making money two weeks ago. We'd probably do it even if we didn't make money. <a href="http://foundrygoods.etsy.com/">Foundrygoods</a> is our Etsy shop, but we are really, really bad at adding new items. It just takes a long time.<br />
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My goals for this month:<br />
<ul><li>start posting on my <a href="http://achaquejourmaphoto.blogspot.com/">photo blog</a> again</li>
<li>be gutsy enough to send this blog public again</li>
<li>send two packages to people I love</li>
</ul>Keep me honest.<br />
<ul></ul>girl with freckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065195905624078232noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022821294760179196.post-75385651775469730262010-05-31T10:23:00.000-07:002010-05-31T10:27:15.617-07:00Why humans should not have cell phones... nearby when they are in an impaired state of consciousness.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiazH7cW6XdjNJduQI_uNl12okS6uXTOYvXOWfAYJHmNoccZ95LRYgiU0E7JToeSj9G3bXVsr1D8DHvjmkklhftbFLLPPgjr8AaUbUxQY1K04jwRk7YnoUM4WaRe2KlDBNlxNxMTDQ1wBAL/s400/haberdashery.jpg" width="266" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/prettywarstl/408690084">photo</a></span></div>Apparently as I was drifting off to sleep last night I thought it would be a genius idea to text my friend one word:<br />
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haberdashery.<br />
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I believe it was meant in <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=haberdashery">this</a> (def #2) context, but it also means <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/haberdashery">this</a>. Hard to tell with my subconscious.<br />
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Sorry, friend. You know who you are.girl with freckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065195905624078232noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022821294760179196.post-51968314377427159362010-05-27T18:11:00.000-07:002010-05-27T18:12:40.863-07:00In which I come out even.Today was one of those days when you hit the pillow and think, at least it's over. I spent all day long applying to jobs which for some reason felt especially fruitless. The lawyer's assistant called about my lawsuit. From the car accident. Yes, the lawsuit that is still going on and will end up having lasted longer than G & I's entire relationship. Don't worry, she was just asking me to do something I did a month ago. For goodness sake, this is ridiculous. The whole lawsuit has been a joke, with the lawyer's office sitting around losing stuff for the most part. In addition to all of that, I applied to PATH again today. I would really, really like to work for them. I have been applying to jobs there for years. Literally. Not straight, but still. I got a rejection letter within the first 10 minutes of applying! Perhaps half hour. And yet.<br />
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I do not know what they want from me.<br />
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I was perfectly qualified for the position and I wrote a beautiful cover letter. Better yet, the position is still posted on idealist. I have half a mind to apply again. Ridiculous.<br />
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As I was sitting here in this very chair feeling quite miserable, I looked out the window and saw something that made it all ok:<br />
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Then I went for a run. It was the type of humid I tell people to dread in the summers here - where you feel like you're walking through soup. I ran by visible wisps of vapor roughly my height. It hovered in the meadows. Things are all right. I know that when I'm settled and have a job, this period of time will seem so short and unimportant. But I don't have that distance yet. All I have is simple pleasures and wonderful friends.girl with freckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065195905624078232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022821294760179196.post-73628321456460492612010-05-27T11:18:00.000-07:002010-05-27T11:18:29.152-07:00In which I talk about my lunch.My family is notorious for discussing food to an extent that most others find ridiculous. Our family newsletter is as much a food log as a diary. This includes detailed descriptions of any important meals, along with pictures. Let me see if I can locate one (I'm on my parents' computer)...<br />
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There we go. Not sure what this is or what the occasion was, but judging by the pointsetta I'd say Christmas or new year's. I had no idea this was abnormal until I went to college - about the same time that I realized the retort "what, do you have a piano tied to your arm?" and the exclamation "it's colder than a well digger's boot in here" were also unique.<br />
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Anywho, I was making myself a delicious arugula salad for lunch today and I found myself wondering exactly what sort of nutrient value the ingredients have. So, afterwards, I looked it up - we love the <a href="http://www.nutritiondata.com/">internet</a>. I was surprised by some of the results (from <a href="http://www.nutritiondata.com/">Nutrition Data</a>, a handy li'l website). There may or may not be commentary inserted.<br />
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Arugula: a good source of Protein, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Vitamin B6, Pantothenic Acid, Zinc and Copper (mm, can't get enough copper these days...), and a very good source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Folate, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Manganese.<br />
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Avocado: a good source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin C, Vitamin K and Folate. (Also a good source of deliciousness.)<br />
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Raw Broccoli: a good source of Protein (! protein? really? broccoli is a good source of protein. ok), Vitamin E, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Pantothenic Acid, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus and Selenium, and a very good source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Vitamin B6, Folate, Potassium and Manganese.<br />
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Pumpkin Seeds: a good source of Protein, Vitamin K, Iron and Copper, and a very good source of Magnesium, Phosphorus and Manganese. (also the number one aphrodisiac for males, apparently. I hear it's chocolate for women).<br />
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Roasted Almonds: a good source of Magnesium, and a very good source of Vitamin E (Alpha Tocopherol) and Manganese.<br />
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Goat Cheese: a good source of Protein and Copper. (Copper! Really? If so, I am all set for my copper intake, thank you.)<br />
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Olive Oil: well, well, well... what've we got here? some omega-3's, some Vitamin E and K? Alright.<br />
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Balsamic Vinegar: Trace amounts of lots of stuff, sugar (YES), and ... I'm sorry... ash? What?<br />
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A few things concluded:<br />
<ul><li>Yes. I am a nerd. </li>
<li>I'm a bit iffy on our source here. But that's ok. My curiosity is satisfied.</li>
</ul>p.s. - try the salad, it's delicious.girl with freckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065195905624078232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022821294760179196.post-75766854608618058022010-05-27T10:53:00.000-07:002010-05-27T10:53:21.792-07:00It's all about the scrolling text.<object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DNXwicxlsvI&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DNXwicxlsvI&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>girl with freckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065195905624078232noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022821294760179196.post-13477546682922162932010-05-24T10:31:00.000-07:002010-05-24T10:31:01.592-07:00Choose your own no-nonsense cover letter!Dear Potential Employer:<br />
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I am writing to express my interest in the (blanky blank) position advertised (somewhere). In my research, I have been extremely/sort of/not really impressed with your organization because of (reasons). Due to my education and work experience, I am very/moderately/not at all qualified for this position.<br />
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I have years/months/not a day of related work experience wherein I learned (things) and developed (skills).<br />
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I feel I would be an excellent addition to your organization. My salary requirements are more than you would pay/about what you would pay/anything that will allow me to eat and life under a roof. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions regarding my application.<br />
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Seriously,<br />
Awesome McHireme<br />
BS in Employability<br />
Loc.al P.honegirl with freckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065195905624078232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022821294760179196.post-44059346516044196212010-05-23T18:48:00.000-07:002010-05-23T18:48:00.708-07:00In which my hair rediscovers humidity.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRqbcsu7NIVMsLQ4Kui2bBgxztVYz9n_RwkzzctOx_PxTgEISkTF2O4oQz73QSx5zfneMqAZwvDm-HwhYaYYx4s6-KyzEP6uJ26H_WaMqdwlLx19lNUOxRFFg8KgXVaEwKl8F7hO14tu4n/s1600/IMG_2255%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRqbcsu7NIVMsLQ4Kui2bBgxztVYz9n_RwkzzctOx_PxTgEISkTF2O4oQz73QSx5zfneMqAZwvDm-HwhYaYYx4s6-KyzEP6uJ26H_WaMqdwlLx19lNUOxRFFg8KgXVaEwKl8F7hO14tu4n/s400/IMG_2255%5B1%5D.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>girl with freckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065195905624078232noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022821294760179196.post-21484876217384933162010-05-22T14:17:00.000-07:002010-05-22T14:17:15.893-07:00Thank you.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Ym-zBbSpqg_YnJg2GeINPKQoYJ0gf5XKAhZyzDulSh-BJar-5lY-mgEaGCvEOYvRkVssEh6RIeDDOPz2Vu3RDvi7MwfUBQaAZmHqNn154vtk41sEnmAfuqQothdPE2hBgKriPrcdXYWr/s1600/thank+you.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Ym-zBbSpqg_YnJg2GeINPKQoYJ0gf5XKAhZyzDulSh-BJar-5lY-mgEaGCvEOYvRkVssEh6RIeDDOPz2Vu3RDvi7MwfUBQaAZmHqNn154vtk41sEnmAfuqQothdPE2hBgKriPrcdXYWr/s200/thank+you.jpg" width="142" /></a><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I have thought about doing this post for a long, long while. It is overdue. While, quite obviously, there have been people very close to me who have hurt me deeply, this is the exception, and not the rule. </div><br />
Thank you for the concern. For the time spent on the telephone, at restaurants, in your homes, cars, and online. Forgive any slowness to respond on my part, or any fumbling for words. I appreciate and am deeply touched by your efforts to assuage my pain. <br />
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Thank you for your efforts in helping me find a job. I hope, as do you, that our efforts together will allow me to start establishing myself again. Thank you for tirelessly reviewing my resumes, cover letters, and applications. Thank you for exhausting your contacts for my benefit. It is a slow process, but better with people like you. <br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">You are awesome. In the literal sense. When I ponder about how forgiving you are of my many mistakes, how encouraging you are of someone with no home, no job, and no real prospects, how kind you are to someone so broken (exhaustingly so at times, I'd imagine), I am in awe. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I do not understand what I have done to deserve you. I'm not sure how I feel about the concept of deserving, at this point. But I am grateful for you. And, lest there have ever been any confusion, I love you all (in appropriate ways) very, very deeply. You have touched my life and my guarded self very deeply. I cannot do justice to the feelings I have on the topic, so I will leave it here:</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>Thank you.<br />
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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiORMZhPdMU60hJJufSCodsY-H_GScT7EMGawc-YSMeEqHNL4Mv5ciwJMryj0aW3m6y9a8GsWK_2kDHygN_HvtOrIkh3Y2GSlhtd-nr7RIRxj0GjaCS7l8E4-CvCbVwV9g2YEqzcXBPPwgL/s200/thankyoufinnigans.bmp" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUiMRJ83B95nwAIHtcD86hti9gT-NYFObSjNAwSLrop5Hhmrs7BSIM7r6gvGyeYNafJPszwOnnWSHA_sBzJG5vOqdq7GiQTaDEbO6CadOfLwvQPLLEj1mHI2fdupMlO5gpvJERfppnmmy/s1600/thankyoucolette.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUiMRJ83B95nwAIHtcD86hti9gT-NYFObSjNAwSLrop5Hhmrs7BSIM7r6gvGyeYNafJPszwOnnWSHA_sBzJG5vOqdq7GiQTaDEbO6CadOfLwvQPLLEj1mHI2fdupMlO5gpvJERfppnmmy/s200/thankyoucolette.bmp" width="150" /></a><img border="0" gu="true" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-Rst470GCbcO8bv1vE5LH9Czh2txY90kMuPdWBFLGCPUw7kK43viouzc6CWjqEQh_abqVzuL_UhvkmhvmEYVshBBuDeYRFYS2ioLbBNnnubzw4sUAPm9KAC0I8axBY-gQdEdHt7XNb7r/s200/thankyoubecky.jpg" width="150" /></div>girl with freckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065195905624078232noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022821294760179196.post-30668053772369893032010-05-19T11:03:00.001-07:002010-05-19T11:09:42.425-07:00New LoveMany thanks to my friend over at <a href="http://chewinggumfortheears.blogspot.com/">CGFTE</a> for this link.<br />
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Twas just what I needed today - a lot of fun. Aaaaand edited, if that concerns any of you. I love it enough to let it destroy the line on my site.<br />
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<object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pwnefUaKCbc&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pwnefUaKCbc&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>girl with freckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065195905624078232noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022821294760179196.post-53887059653747150642010-05-19T07:11:00.000-07:002010-05-19T07:11:22.509-07:00You have GOT to be kidding me.Working at the peds office, I felt like everyone was naming their children after Twilight characters. No, I thought... no. It can't be as bad as I think.<br />
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Yes, it can.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://airamara.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/twilight-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="178" src="http://airamara.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/twilight-10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Thanks, <a href="http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/">SSA</a>!<br />
<table align="center" border="1" bordercolor="#dddddd" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" class="ninetypercent" tabindex="0"><caption><b><big>Top 10 Names for 2009</big></b></caption> <tbody>
<tr align="center" bgcolor="" valign="bottom"> <th bgcolor="#eeeeee" scope="col">Rank</th> <th bgcolor="#99ccff" scope="col" width="42%">Male name</th> <th bgcolor="pink" scope="col" width="42%">Female name</th> </tr>
<tr align="right"><td>1</td> <td>Jacob</td> <td>Isabella</td></tr>
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If you'll pardon me, I'm going to go be ill for a while.girl with freckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065195905624078232noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022821294760179196.post-90093723493141630502010-05-17T13:41:00.000-07:002010-05-17T13:41:20.514-07:00of Glee and jobsearching.Most likely any of you who are invited to read my blog at this point would know that G&C are no longer G&C. For this reason, I've picked up and moved to the Seattle area to stay with family and look for jobs. And look for jobs. Did I mention I'm looking for jobs?<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyway. What a beautiful place to learn patience. For instance, check out this little guy:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1439/4596102009_da7ef55d92_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1439/4596102009_da7ef55d92_b.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>I feel like I have a lot in common with him at the moment. A lot of the time I carry my home on my back, and I've got my feelers out. Looking for things like... I don't know... jobs.<br />
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I hear that jobsearching 100% of the time is bad for your soul, so I also try to do things like take pictures:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/4587989602_1ef935fb7e_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/4587989602_1ef935fb7e_b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>read books:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/bestsellers-2007/3067-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/bestsellers-2007/3067-1.jpg" width="266" /></a></div>and, yes. Watch Glee.girl with freckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065195905624078232noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022821294760179196.post-82862949812562745612010-05-09T20:46:00.001-07:002010-05-09T20:46:14.508-07:00Going off the radarHey readers,<br />
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I'm going off the radar this week. If you'd like to continue to be able to read my blog, send me your email address, and we'll make it happen.<br />
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Sincerely,<br />
Megirl with freckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065195905624078232noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022821294760179196.post-43926231468434181332010-04-18T13:03:00.000-07:002010-04-18T13:09:25.869-07:00Better WayI'd just like to say how much I am loving this old music video at the moment. Aside from having some great instruments you don't see much (especially in the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOZj1Xyx354">"official" music video</a>, which doesn't allow for embedding... speaking of which, if anyone can furnish me with a list of the instruments used for <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOZj1Xyx354">that video</a>, I would greatly appreciate it), there are some pointed lyrics throughout the song. See if you can guess which ones caught my attention:<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre;"><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/C0HsHXPjz-0&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/C0HsHXPjz-0&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></span>girl with freckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065195905624078232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022821294760179196.post-43966582466054930052010-04-17T15:12:00.000-07:002010-04-18T06:28:10.254-07:00Infidel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Ayaan-Hirsi-Ali-VVD.NL-1200x1600.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Ayaan-Hirsi-Ali-VVD.NL-1200x1600.JPG" width="116" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ayaan Hirsi Ali</span></div>While there may be certain drawbacks to no longer being a full-time student, one of the things I've been enjoying recently is the guilt-free pleasure reading. While it may seem odd to some of you that <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Infidel-Ayaan-Hirsi-Ali/dp/0743289692/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271542565&sr=8-1">Infidel</a></i> would be pleasure reading for me, those of you who know me well are not at all surprised.<br />
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I'm not sure exactly what I expected in retrospect, but this book shook me to the core. At times I agreed, and others dissented, but was glad for the insight into Ayaan Hirsi Ali's remarkable life story. While I understand that her experience may not necessarily be representative of the whole, many things struck me throughout the course of the book, and I think that may have something to do with some of the life changes I am currently experiencing and the society and religion wherein I operate.<br />
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Overall, two passages have stayed with me in the week since I finished reading it. The first was her account of she and her sister's circumcisions, which happened against the will of her parents and in quasi-secret. I am a rather stoic person while reading books, but at this point I wept. Too personal to recount, I leave you to experience it.<br />
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The second passage is condensable into a single quote, which is perhaps a good summary of how I feel about the plea to protect people from hearing about the atrocities that occur to women, domestically and abroad. The context is Ayaan speaking about the consequences she faced and faces as a result of discussing openly and frankly her life and concerns for her fellow women. It reads as follows:<br />
<blockquote>People ask me if I have some kind of death wish, to keep saying the things I do. The answer is no: I would like to keep living. However, some things must be said, and <b>there are times when silence becomes an accomplice to injustice.</b>[emphasis added]</blockquote>While I would caution readers to expect a difficult read in terms of some subject matter and values and beliefs that may challenge their own, I take encouragement from this statement in what I hope will be my life's work - making sure that women's voices are heard, that their difficult testimonies are not borne in vain, and that I will not allow myself to become an accomplice to injustice.girl with freckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065195905624078232noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022821294760179196.post-37835078969902546942010-02-04T21:53:00.000-08:002010-02-04T21:53:12.533-08:00Everybody loves a free thing!Hello, hello...<br />
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My cousin over at <a href="http://blog.ollibird.com/">Ollibird</a> is getting <strike>fancy</strike> downright generous! with illustrator. There's a <a href="http://blog.ollibird.com/2010/02/free-valentines-download-and-twitter.html">free PDF</a> of her bird valentine's cards for download. You should check them out, because who <i>wouldn't </i>want sweet/slighty naughty FREE v-day cards. And take a peek at her store while you're at it, which features such awesomes as a simple yet cool <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=39464792">meal planner</a> and <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=31158599">a sweet visual rendition</a> of a Beatles song (which both happen to feature my other love: the oh-so-hip/awesome color mustard). As a wonderful bonus, her husband is also incredibly talented - you can access his work at Ollibird, too!girl with freckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065195905624078232noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022821294760179196.post-55357306761567188902010-01-16T19:19:00.000-08:002010-01-16T22:21:23.367-08:00Mountains Beyond Mountains<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT4u5akrZfGksGLxV9NqLB8iNbqQWgg8LGBrAMQTnHsyUiMmVXQGK5a8JKs9agYO2i4_J-rDOI4Qlu_B_bfdQtsr86WhhA9LDDVW2tePSK9KOR1k4Ap27MuOhtlMcCNWeyyWeTnUQINpI1/s1600-h/P9079332.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT4u5akrZfGksGLxV9NqLB8iNbqQWgg8LGBrAMQTnHsyUiMmVXQGK5a8JKs9agYO2i4_J-rDOI4Qlu_B_bfdQtsr86WhhA9LDDVW2tePSK9KOR1k4Ap27MuOhtlMcCNWeyyWeTnUQINpI1/s320/P9079332.JPG" /></a><br />
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In a recent letter to a friend, I told them that I'd been having trouble "settling down" since getting married. I understand that some people have always dreamed of having a husband to properly "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Proper-Care-Feeding-Husbands/dp/0060520612">care [for] and feed</a>", but to be honest I hadn't seen this in <a href="http://www.serenapowers.com/tealeaves.html">the arrangement of my tea leaves</a>. Not that I'm against being married or having a family, just that it had come rather unexpectedly. I followed my statement to that friend by saying that I supposed I'm not the sort of person who ever really settles down - more of one that gears up.<br />
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In light of my recent embrace of this part of my existence, I have been gearing up (told you) to start volunteering again with WomanStats and help out with PR stuff for an up-and-coming new philanthropic website for social entrepreneurship ventures abroad called the Tipping Bucket.<br />
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Part of my re-entry into my old crazy life is due to my recent completion of Tracy Kidder's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mountains-Beyond-Farmer-Random-Readers/dp/0812980557/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263696801&sr=1-1">Mountains Beyond Mountains</a>, a spirited landmark biography of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Farmer">Paul Farmer</a>, a favorite icon for IntDels (as I call them) and WLs (as Paul calls them). As most of the people who read this blog have most likely already read the book, I'll let those of you who haven't look it up and leave you with a few quotes I particularly liked. <br />
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The first, on menial tasks that people, especially people of my age and position, end up doing in the fight for good:<br />
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<blockquote>"Long ago in North Carolina, Farmer watched the nuns doing menial chores on behalf of migrant laborers, and in the years since he's come to think that a willingness to do what he calls "unglamorous scut work" is the secret to successful projects in places like Cange & Carabayllo. 'And,' he says, 'another secret: a reluctance to do scut work is why a lot of my peers don't stick with this kind of work.' In public health projects in difficult locales, theory often outruns practice. Individual patients get forgotten, and what seems like a small problem gets ignored, until it grows large, like MDR. 'If you focus of individual patients,' Jim Kim says, 'you can't get sloppy.'"<br />
</blockquote>Here's to unglamorous scut work... to a worthwhile end. I still hold that it's possible to get lost in doing unglamorous scut work to a useless end.<br />
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And the second, I thought was beautiful. Especially since there are people, close to me and not, who think that what I'm trying to do with my life - what I think is most valuable, urgent, and important - is useless or just plain crazy.<br />
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<blockquote>"I think, sometimes, that I'm going nuts, and that perhaps there <i>is</i> something good about blocking clean water for those who have none, making sure that illiterate children remain so, and preventing the resuscitation of the public health sector in the country most in need of it... Lunacy is what it is." - Paul Farmer, on the Bush Administration's effort to block multiple sources of aid to Haiti (speaking of which - sort of an odd choice to lead the current disaster relief efforts? Just saying).<br />
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Thanks, Paul Farmer, for being a lunatic, and inspiring similar lunacy in others. And thank you, Tracy Kidder, for helping us get to know the man behind my current "light" reading - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pathologies-Power-Health-California-Anthropology/dp/0520243269/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263697890&sr=1-1">Pathologies of Power</a>.girl with freckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065195905624078232noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022821294760179196.post-60755966042905863042010-01-16T13:27:00.000-08:002010-01-16T17:19:15.043-08:00Bountiful Baskets - Change the way you eat in Provo!Dear Friends,<br /><br />My sister-in-law introduced me to this amazing new program running in our area. It's more or less a no-overhead food co-op, in the true sense of the word. This isn't a "co-op" where they charge you up the yin-yang for mealy apples from somewhere you've never heard of. This co-op doesn't even really have a physical location. This co-op is pure awesome.<br /><br />Their website is from the stone ages, but it gets the job done. The story, near as I can piece it together, is that the Bountiful Baskets idea spread from AZ to UT. No more detail is offered on the site.<br /><br />The money collected from the site is pooled and used to purchase food at wholesale prices from distributors that food services and restaurants usually buy from. They then equally distribute the purchased goods into the baskets which are then assembled by volunteers and picked up by you. My understand is that the money collected from your area ends up in food that comes to you.<br /><br />These are my spoils from the first week. It rung in at 33.8 lbs - coming out to about 44 cents/lb. I ordered the "basic" basket which is half fruit half vegetable - the exact contents vary.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHf2K-Zr5CMpVil-PnuLbMIH1Ckpk7H883V2HtrTAk_LqYSTXyWSSMORXScAErdvmpyrXaiNDV1d2rd-N6mKOH0o-hZPGBTfoq_F_R7PTfft3nxOfZr9dsF6zyHoI08oSelCX_y7ohyhlY/s1600-h/P1090185.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHf2K-Zr5CMpVil-PnuLbMIH1Ckpk7H883V2HtrTAk_LqYSTXyWSSMORXScAErdvmpyrXaiNDV1d2rd-N6mKOH0o-hZPGBTfoq_F_R7PTfft3nxOfZr9dsF6zyHoI08oSelCX_y7ohyhlY/s400/P1090185.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427456049390273506" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9qsHDiZt3xZDNMj6bHF1o6XoBg25wb6mcDyLfduiUJkdyeqQdQegSwkT0URS7hk76XnjRLIuP2mL3AotvI8jXzP67zJ78MY2jLEhK6E29mC-HotAVcR8ifM3gIMItptpYR855Whs_M-Ta/s1600-h/P1090187.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9qsHDiZt3xZDNMj6bHF1o6XoBg25wb6mcDyLfduiUJkdyeqQdQegSwkT0URS7hk76XnjRLIuP2mL3AotvI8jXzP67zJ78MY2jLEhK6E29mC-HotAVcR8ifM3gIMItptpYR855Whs_M-Ta/s400/P1090187.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427456046531719394" /></a><br /><br />This, in my opinion, is a revolutionary way to get healthy food to people who wouldn't otherwise be able to afford it! <br /><br />SUPPORT BOUNTIFUL BASKETS! (and hopefully they'll start a dropoff in Provo :) )<br /><br />http://www.bountifulbaskets.org/girl with freckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065195905624078232noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022821294760179196.post-23575322330045158372009-11-11T19:53:00.001-08:002009-11-11T19:55:18.680-08:00G&C<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju3-hVHhBEYRtDWUPxrOjECLbW8YQNFh9weKmCESTcapT1qWCpFt78wtZ7gWfq5D-EDRD5AuIi6Bi1F1QBDtIL8F4TazcFU0w6x2OHtN4ssoycQH9pmCM9hxRsXfa4Nl6Uf0VPjY04s9Hn/s1600-h/galen.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju3-hVHhBEYRtDWUPxrOjECLbW8YQNFh9weKmCESTcapT1qWCpFt78wtZ7gWfq5D-EDRD5AuIi6Bi1F1QBDtIL8F4TazcFU0w6x2OHtN4ssoycQH9pmCM9hxRsXfa4Nl6Uf0VPjY04s9Hn/s400/galen.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403060745599695458" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXWd3-xwg_MxbNjNxjVk45KL6awk135pheIG516IbDaJIrFOTP1-Rn1Ak-Yi7hgFaM0jjUKR2QO50cJrNQvF8JHcQq-zORQdOs31sFiv1c06wXEk-4Nhek4h1wVB5bvWjKQ1VPG4jcm5dJ/s1600-h/charlabodyshot.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXWd3-xwg_MxbNjNxjVk45KL6awk135pheIG516IbDaJIrFOTP1-Rn1Ak-Yi7hgFaM0jjUKR2QO50cJrNQvF8JHcQq-zORQdOs31sFiv1c06wXEk-4Nhek4h1wVB5bvWjKQ1VPG4jcm5dJ/s400/charlabodyshot.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403060528743447666" /></a>girl with freckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065195905624078232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022821294760179196.post-14828529766905491132009-11-11T19:19:00.000-08:002009-11-11T19:32:38.568-08:00Go big or go home.Howdy Blog-o-friends.<br /><br />Perhaps you, like me, find yourself constantly dreaming up new ideas and slightly more exciting directions for your life. This can range anywhere from craft ideas like a new kind of nouveau-retro headband to a full-on performance art piece or, in my case, a new career.<br /><br />The problem of dreaming of a new career would be that in order to make it happen, there would be a lot of steps involved. It might be intimidating, because your spouse might have more talent in his pinky finger than you have in your entire body in said given career. And you might decide you don't care and to just go big or go home.<br /><br />A few seemingly short months ago, I had resolved I was going to do it - I was going to apply to the photo program. I had agonized, I had sought professional opinions - it was finished. Case closed.<br /><br />Then, my head got rattled around a bit on some asphalt and I decided to graduate instead.<br /><br />Stupid, stupid, stupid.<br /><br />The lucky thing is that for this career, you don't HAVE to have a degree. You just have to work your patootie off.<br /><br />Here's what I see in my future at the moment:<br /><br />1. More promo shoots.<br />2. Learning about photoshop.<br />3. Paid shoots.<br />4. More learning about photoshop.<br />5. Continual patootie-workage.<br />6. Home studio.<br />7. Career bliss.<br /><br />Wish me luck. <br /><br />And check me out at <a href="http://achaquejourmaphoto.blogspot.com">http://achaquejourmaphoto.blogspot.com</a>. <br /><br />Teaser:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6KSBtMxeWBB9Ql-di9ogutiWqY4k1CjhuJYUH8CEVBQdzhwbcrvlRrK1DS8sKhOgb_l-FTw6RRgVkUKs0jeSSzpmYr-RPopz98p2SGO-bsw5BqdwgZIYjpn91Oc6IfwDLLPKDf8moMe5/s1600-h/5.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6KSBtMxeWBB9Ql-di9ogutiWqY4k1CjhuJYUH8CEVBQdzhwbcrvlRrK1DS8sKhOgb_l-FTw6RRgVkUKs0jeSSzpmYr-RPopz98p2SGO-bsw5BqdwgZIYjpn91Oc6IfwDLLPKDf8moMe5/s320/5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403053971917765154" /></a>girl with freckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065195905624078232noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022821294760179196.post-70637204370124341592009-10-14T14:38:00.000-07:002009-10-14T14:45:42.635-07:00Common courtesy & an MPAI was walking to work today listening to <a href="http://www.arrahandtheferns.com/main.html">Arrah and the Ferns</a> when my iPod-budded ears were invaded by the sirens of several emergency vehicles in succession. For each vehicle, most other vehicles on the road stopped, but almost none moved out of the way. I stood thinking about how this seemingly obvious road rule is now all but ignored and it reminded me of how our patients have all but no regard for scheduling. One walked in just yesterday having been scheduled for a weight check (a quick and easy in and out sort of visit that can be done by a nurse) and said that she had two other unscheduled children who also needed to be seen for various illnesses (not so quick or easy, and not something that can be done by a nurse). And then she was upset she had to wait a half an hour to be seen.<br /><br />Anyway. In all of my workly bliss I have been leaning more towards applying for BYU's MPA program. I feel that that would be the best way for me to continue learning about the subjects I feel most passionately about and end up in a career that's interesting to me. *grits teeth*. It also means the GRE. <br /><br />Thoughts?girl with freckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065195905624078232noreply@blogger.com10