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October 29th, 2009
10:02 am
Ok, I love you, Jon Stewart, but really? Scientists aren't getting upset with the book because it insulted some sort of "secular religion", but because it is factually wrong. It isn't even that difficult to research any of this; I do not understand why you spent 10 minutes heaping praise on the guy
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October 23rd, 2009
04:31 pm
One of the girls who worked on the farm in NH comes from a super religious family (Christian, I'm not sure what denomination). Her dad was hired to redo the siding on the barn, and I talked to him a few times when I did the painting. A day or two after I left she sent me a text saying her dad had a book he thought I'd be interested in but didn't get a chance to give it to me and what's my address? I thought maybe it was something to do with anthropology since I had mentioned I studied it. Well, I got it yesterday and it is a fairly thick book called The Evolution Handbook; it "scientifically" disproves evolution. It also had a bookmark inside listing a bunch of ways you can get sent to hell.
I'm not quite sure whether to tell her I got it or not. Really, what am I supposed to say to that? Thanks for trying to save me? It did provide us with entertainment, though probably not in the way he intended.
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October 6th, 2009
02:13 pm - Goodbye summer
Well my farming summer has finally ended; Friday was my last day at Meadow stone and Saturday I took the bus down to DC. Even though it got cold at the end I'm glad I stayed as long as I did; seeing the beginning of a New England fall was amazing. I wish I had stayed till the end of the markets, but I don't think I could have lasted much longer with no hot water and not very warm clothes. I'll definitely miss it though; they were awesome people, I love farm work and being around crops and animals, abundant fresh food. I won't miss the outdoor showers though, or washing lettuce two mornings a week for hours. It's been cool being in DC for a little bit, too, I got to go drinking, which I haven't done much this summer, and seen a couple people. Sunday I went to the Dupont Circle Farmer's market. It was interesting to see it after working on farms for a summer, and knowing a little more about different crops, especially seeing stuff we grew.
Friday I'm heading down to NC for a couple weeks to hang out with my relatives, and after that heading back to Tucson for a few months, until Feb or March. I'm honestly looking forward to it a little, just because it will be nice to stop travelling for a little bit, and I haven't been there since last winter and then only for 10 days. Though I'm sure I'll get tired of it long before I leave, and it will be weird living with my parents again. During November and December I'll be working in my mom's store some to help out with the holiday season, so that'll be cool.
After that, I am almost definitely going back to Ireland! I heard back from a farm in west Connemara, who said I can go and stay for 4-6 weeks, if all goes well. Hopefully I'll find places to go after that. I don't know how long I'll stay yet, it depends on if I can get a visa or not; if not I can only stay 90 days, which would definitely still be fun but I am hoping for something more permanent. My fantasy is to find myself a farming job over there and make money for a year or two, and then go back to school. If that doesn't work out...well who knows.
Current Location: DC
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September 30th, 2009
09:48 am
This is making me incredibly depressed.
http://jezebel.com/5370356/letters-from-hollywood-roman-polanskis-rape-of-child-no-big-thing?skyline=true&s=x
How can so many people say that raping a 13 year old girl and then fleeing the country so you don't get caught is no big deal? I understand that it an be hard to reconcile someone's amazing work with the fact that they're a shitty person, but for fucks sake. I don't even know what to say but I hate people.
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September 5th, 2009
07:22 pm - Oops
Some advice: if you are working the farmer's market selling mostly bulk items, make sure you remember to bring the scale to weigh them, especially if you are working a busy labor day weekend. And if you do forget it, try to find that out early so your co worker has time to run back and get it before the market starts so you don't spend the first half hour with no scale and trying to guess the weight of all the veggies.
Oh my god that sucked.
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July 28th, 2009
10:52 pm
Starbucks tests new names for stores
By Melissa Allison
Seattle Times business reporter
"When is a Starbucks not a Starbucks? When it's a 15th Avenue Coffee and Tea.
The ubiquitous coffee-shop giant is dropping the household name from its 15th Avenue East store on Capitol Hill, a shop that was slated to close at one point last year but is being remodeled in Starbucks' new rustic, eco-friendly style.
( Read more... )
Jesus christ that is so fucking sleazy. Starbucks has gotten rich putting countless independent coffee shops out of business, but now that they aren't doing as well as they want to they're going to try to pretend to be those very shops? Ugh I really hope this backfires on them, badly.
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July 23rd, 2009
July 21st, 2009
02:20 pm - What am I doing with my life??
:O
I got back from my DC trip earlier in the week. It was really cool to see Denise again (although I only saw her once and never was able to get in touch with her which sucks and was a little weird because we had more plans). I spent the rest of the time freaking out about my life with Ian and going drinking, which are pretty much two of my favorite things to do, haha. I didn't get to see anyone else though which is too bad, but what can you do, I guess.
I also discovered that I do not miss DC and do not want to move back there. I'm wondering if maybe I should have waited until the end of the summer to go visit, it would have been good to just completely put it out of my mind for 3 months. I still have at least 1 1/2 months until I go back, so I guess it's not so bad. However I have absolutely no idea where else I'll go to live. I'll be here for the end of the month and then am going to be on another farm in New Hampshire through August, and thats as far as I know. My current plan is to get a job somehwere and save up money for a few months, ,and then go WWOOF in Ireland in February or March for as long as I can, and maybe magically find a job while I'm there. However I'm missing a few detail such as 1. where I'm going to live in the fall and 2. what job I'm going to find, but those are just tiny details, right? I'm really worried I'm going to just use up all the money I do have and by the time February rolls around will be broke. But I also feel like I should just stop worrying about it for now and just see how things go.
Current Location: Home Hill Inn
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June 24th, 2009
07:30 pm
I just bought a train ticket to DC from July 9 to 14. $120 and 10 or 11 hours each way. I can't believe I'm doing this, it's not like I have an excess of money or anything to warrant a random 4 day trip. I'm a tiny bit worried that Denise, my friend from Ireland, isn't coming after all or I got the dates wrong, or she meant Washington state instead of Washington DC. But I haven't seen her in over a year and I've really been missing Ireland lately so I think this will be good.
I also leave for another farm type place next Wednesday; a restaurant/inn in New Hampshire that grows their own food. It'll be cool to see a differnt type of farm, and to be honest if I stay too long at this one they will drive me crazy, especially since Willis the other volunteer left yesterday so I'm on my own :( I almost feel bad writing that because they are really nice people but it's true.
Ok well this was going to be longer but the library is closing so time to go
Current Location: Wendell library
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June 17th, 2009
02:16 pm
I borrowed a bike and rode into town to go online. It's about 5 miles or something but felt much longer, haha. I'm so out of shape, I haven't been on a bike in weeks.
The last week or so has been pretty good. The other volunteer is pretty awesome (and cute) so it's been fun. He's only here for a few more days though, boo. Then I'm on my own again, and hopefully will not be driven crazy by Nina. I think I'm going to try to find another place to work on in July, which is a restaurant/inn in NH that grows their own food. It'll be interesting I think. Although my friend Denise from Ireland just sent me a message saying she'll be in DC in July and we should meet up. Except I'm not there anymore! wtf. bad timing. I might try to get back to see her, even though that would mean 8 hours to DC and then at least 8 hours back up here, and however much money it costs. It's been over a year since I've seen her though so I think it would be worth it. I'll see.
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June 9th, 2009
01:22 pm - Farm Update!
I'm at a cafe right now for a couple hours so I can finally update. I feel a little bad because the husband is picking me up and I think I made him rearrange his day a little bit to do so; also it means I'm not helping around the farm at all this afternoon. They said it was fine though, so maybe I'll just work extra hard tomorrow to make up for it.
Anyway, it's different. I don't love it as much as I thoguht I would, but I did have really high expectations. The farm is close to a (verrry) small town, but there isn't really anything to it, except houses and a town hall, and a library that is open 3 whole days a week. They are very proud of it though, which is really endearing. This cafe is kind of close, but not really close enough to be able to bike there very easily, which is too bad because its right over a stream and rally pretty. It's hard being so isolated,especially with no internet and I get tired of being around the farm people sometimes.
The farm was started in the 70s as a commune, though it isn't anymore. two ofthe original people live there, along with their daughter and her family, their son, and two other families. They are all really nice but get to be too much sometimes; our personalities don't mix too well. I'm kind of worried they don't like me and think I'm weird. I was hoping that there would be other volunteers, but there was only one when I got here, who only lasted 4 days, haha. Another one came last night and he seems pretty cool, but is only staying a week and a half which sucks cause I don't like being the only one.
The farm has a few gardens, a field for hay, a couple cows and lots of baby chicks which are adorable! They have a rooster and two older hens but they aren't laying eggs anymore :( Mostly they just grow food for themselves, but I think they sell beef sometimes. The first day I came I helped move bales of hay, and since then have been helping to plant things and weed, and look after chicks. I like the work for the most part, I feel very accomplished afterwards, though I wish they sold the food at farmer's markets or something, I think that would be fun.
I had wanted to stay all summer but I'm not sure I want to stay that long. I had thought about trying to find another farm to work on but I ended up packing the directory to be shipped cause I'm dumb, but maybe I'll figure something out.
I have a cold, my feet are soaked cause it was raining earlier and the music in here is really distracting so it is really hard to concentrate and I have no idea if this post makes sense. Ireally tried not to make it rambly but I don't know if that worked out.
Current Location: Somewhere in Western Mass.
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June 5th, 2009
02:06 pm
I am in Massachusetts! I'm in a cafe in a town nearby that has wireless but wasted my time reading LJ so don't have time to update but I will one of these days
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May 31st, 2009
09:58 pm
Goddammit I hate moving, hate hate hate. I mean I'm sure everyone feels the same way pretty much, I'm so stressed out right now, I can't believe I'm leaving in less than 10 hours! I'm in too shitty of a mood and way too tired to feel excited about it, I'm just really looking forward to getting on Amtrak, ha. I am so looking forward to being able to relax and sleep and not have to worry about what else has to be done because by that point it will be too late. Once I'm on the train I'll be excited about the farm I think. It is definitely time to leave DC.
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May 29th, 2009
01:18 am - panic time!
Ok I'm leaving in 3 1/2 days and still need to get rid of my bed, desk, bike, rug, drawers, and pack/ship everything else up. It's finally hitting me and I'm just now starting to freak out about it, shiiiit!
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May 27th, 2009
03:30 pm - Writer's Block: Places to Lay Your Head
I've lived in Tucson, DC and Galway. My favorite was obviously Galway because it is as close to perfect as you can get, especially in the summer when it's light out until 11 and not cold. The last week there I was staying with three of my Irish friends in this cute little house near campus, and it was sunny almost everyday and just like, the most perfect situation in the world (except that Shane had already left for Canada so that sucked). I know it isn't always like that but still- the times when it is make up for all the rainy dark dreariness of the winter. Even in the winter there are pubs and Irish music and Irish people. I miss it so much, I kind of wish I had tried to go over there for the summer. WWOOF has a branch in Ireland so I could have worked on an organic farm there, but I figured it would be more complicated to try to get a visa and if it turns out I absolutely hate farming it would probably be better to find that out in the US rather than overseas. I really, really want to go back to grad school at NUIG because I will be in Ireland and also be able to kayak for free, since I'd be enrolled in school and so covered by insurance. I just need to figure out specifically what I would do since they don't have an anthropology program there. Hmm.
Least favorite...um Tucson because it sucks, although I do not miss living in a dorm room either and Tucson does at least have my moms bookstore.
I know this was the Writers Block thing for yesterday but I can't pass up a chance to talk about Ireland.
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Current Music: Mary Black
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03:12 pm
I meant to update after graduation, but kept forgetting. so here it is lots of days late.
Anyway it was pretty cool being out on the National Mall, and I liked seeing Rahm Emanuel speak. It was a little anti-climactic in a way though...I only talked to two people, and most of the pople I know I'm probably not going to see again, which is a little sad. I also didn't see my old roommate Lisa before she left which honestly pissed me off since I've hung out with her approxamately twice this entire year. I really tried to keep in contact and hang out, all she had to do was meet me half way, especially after finals how hard could that have been? Especially because we were roommates for two years, and good friends, I thought.
Oh! I also found out I got an A in economics. Whaaat?? I was so shocked when I saw that-I thought I had done pretty well on the final, but I had no idea what grade my paper got...I still don't know exactly but it evidently wasn't bad enough to bring down my final and midterm grades. This is also the first time I've gotten an A in econ (except for in Galway actually, but that doesn't effect my GPA and I'm pretty sure they grade study abroad kids easier,I didn't feel like I understood it that well), which I'm really proud of. My overall GPA was 3.76 for this semester too, I think that's the highest I've ever gotten. Im sure the fact that I only took 4 real classes this time helped a lot, but still, yay! It turned out to be a good semester gradewise apparently...maybe when I apply to grad school in Ireland they will see that and decide they want to give me admission and money
These last couple weeks have not been nearly as good as I had hoped they would be. But I will be on a farm this time next week so I suppose it does not matter.
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May 11th, 2009
10:23 pm - DONE
I just sent my final draft of my research paper to my professor....I'm not totally satisfied with it, but that was the last thing I had left this semester! holy crap.
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May 5th, 2009
05:33 pm
I went by City Bikes this morning to use their bike pump and the sales guy asked if I'd be interested in working there, even though I don't have sales experience. I definitely would if I wasn't leaving in less than a month. I always thought it would be cool to work at a bike shop but figured they'd never hire me since I have no sales experience and don't know that much about bikes. So that was cool. He said they'd still be hiring in the fall, so maybe if I return to DC then I'll apply
I also finished my development econ paper today. It is not good and probably offtopic and honestly I'm just hoping I do well enough on the final Thursday to pass the class. I should probably start to study for it if I want that to happen though. Right now I am deleriously tired.
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April 28th, 2009
06:38 pm - Things That Make Me Happy Day 3-4
I think this is supposed to be like day 5, whoops. So I'll put two:
Primates
Cuddling
These don't have anything to do with each other except they're both represented in this picture from Gibraltar
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April 24th, 2009
07:20 pm - Stupid, stupid stupid
this day started off so well! And then I left the house without my keys, couldn't meet people for drinks because I didn't want to leave my bike unattended and unlocked...2 hours and a 7 mile ride later I am finally back home. X_X
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