Out of Work Slam Poet

My job at the library is reading zines. For 8-9 hours per week, I am forced (forced!) to read and write up descriptions of zines from the 70s all the way through the present. And, unlike other mundane jobs, it actually makes me want to do many things – like roller derby, feminist activism, writing […]

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Memoirian Highlights: Interlake Graduation ’09

The day of graduation (it’s so big it deserves it’s own sections):– Grad rehearsal in the morning and the chaos of a nearly unplanned graduation on the field (geez… you would think that the administration would get a little more prepared)– Went out with Josh and Heathy and got my makeup done at Clinique (really […]

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Missions into the Future..

Today has been a strangely slow day – which has made me anxious and reflective for most of it.The anxiety probably stems mostly from my inability to write this graduation speech (agh!). I have all the material that I want to talk about; I think I just burned out on flow from the mind-numbing repetition […]

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Here It Goes

I haven’t been able to write in a few days or so, and I think it’s really throwing me off. I guess I am going to just write a completely rough draft in less than 20 minutes.So, here it goes: The Crash CourseRING!! Here the parting shots,Of your distant dissonance, barely waking you up from […]

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