November 26th, 2006
if i were a roasted animal, i think i’d be a whole roasted pig, preferably cooked over an open fire on a spit or in a bed of coals underground. i remember helping out with a pig roast my first semester at cloyne. there were plenty of obnoxious people moaning about the pig in the walk-in fridge. it wasn’t like the pig was just hanging out, completely exposed for the world to see while they went to hoard cheese. no, it was wrapped in plastic and paper. you could tell it was the whole pig because it was a giant lump that was pig shaped, but you couldn’t actually see it. so many quasi-vegetarians were offended, but they ate it in the end. i wasn’t vegetarian at the time, but i’ve been ok with where meat comes from for twenty years. (after the shock of lamby pie.) the pig cooked in the ground for the day and was great later that night. i already am a pig (remember my moral failure?), so it’s only fitting.
master chef mario batali was recently asked what roast beast he’d be. his response:
I’d be a guinea pig, the national dish of South America. I would want to be slowly poached in Chateau d’Yquem, starting at cellar temperature. By the time you were truly done you’d be wasted, so you wouldn’t really care.
have you seen roast guinea pig? not the most appetizing animal. looks allright. brined guinea pig looks allright, but i wouldn’t eat it. don’t worry, i’m still vegan. i wouldn’t eat a guinea pig anyhow, because i think that would give maude license to come and eat my face off in my sleep. i don’t want to give her any excuses.
November 25th, 2006
my dad says being fat is a moral failure. robojoe says being short is a moral failure. by those accounts i’m a double moral failure.
i guess i would consider not working to be a moral failure. this is very vague though. not like everybody who doesn’t have a job is a moral failure in my eyes, just people who aren’t working on something i guess. it’s pretty stupid i admit.
so, what do you think is a moral failure?
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November 21st, 2006
this weekend at kalx live, we found i want my foreskin for giftmas in the free box. the book discusses circumciscion, whether it’s a good idea or not, and where all the foreskins go. of course, those in the conversation who had at one time had a foreskin were a little lost as to where their skin went, but didn’t seem too bent out of shape about it. we decided it must have been destroyed as biohazardous waste, though i’m still not sure. this was after entertaining notions of foreskin wallets or baby booties.
i then brought up the practice of foreskin restoration. i don’t know why i knew about this, but a lot of the guys were suprised people would go through the trouble. it’s clear that a lot of men want their foreskin back. i feel badly that it’s not so easy for them, but i also don’t need to know about it.
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November 17th, 2006
i dj’ed this morning from 0400-0600. i can’t remember how many songs i played, but it was less than 10. stupid new dj not showing up! this means it’s going to be a long day. i just know it.
last night i practiced with lbz a bit. that was fun. i also received my vagina sore jr. cd from little type! i really like the album. everybody should buy it or hang around me- i’ll play it for you till you cry or something. what’s even cooler, is that richie from vagina sore jr. is a newcastle fan. that’s respectable. if all goes according to plan, i’ll watch newcastle at everton on 30 december of this year.
my belly hurts from too much coffee.
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November 16th, 2006
file this one under: kendra’s a klutzy moron.
i was coming back to the library from the office accross the hall as i often do when i’m in a good mood- skipping and whistling. it’s a good way to stay awake. just as i was about get to the door, right in front of the water fountain, my right ankle locked up and i fell on the floor. this was when the library director turned the corner to go into the library and ask me something. instead she saw me smack the floor. it hurt. my ankle, my arm, my knee, and my ego.
i got back to my desk and explained to a student what the noise was and why i was grabbing my ankle. the director made sure i was ok, and warned me about extreme skipping. my ankle’s still a bit stiff, but it’s not sprained or broken. i will not give up skipping.
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November 15th, 2006
i think i was just bitten by a large, scary spider. if i die, please promise me that robojoe makes a video (whilst mourning my dead body) where he admits he was wrong. please, internet people!
if i don’t die tonight, i should be getting to listen to vagina sore jr.’s full length cd sometime this weekend. thanks little type!
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November 15th, 2006
today was another england match. this time an international friendly against holland. how’d they do? i don’t know exactly how boring it was, as i am at work, but the result was a draw. from the play-by-play it looked like a thoroughly untrhilling match. good on rooney for finally scoring, though he’s still a scouse goon. the best part of the match is probably that andrew johnson didn’t hurt himself, so he should be fine for everton. they need him.
see this picture? it’s when van der vaart scored the equalizer. don’t you love how stephen gerrard looks so apathetic? ugly john terry looks a little confused. only paul robinson (who i can’t say bad things about) and ashley cole seem upset at all. funny that.
with all the other sport drama around my life, at least england remains as dull and disappointing as ever. at least i know they won’t move to wales or something.
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November 15th, 2006
this morning i got to work and listened to alton and hortense ellis while reading my email and getting things ready to open. it really lifted my mood. there might be more to this ska thing than i first thought. (just kidding!)
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November 14th, 2006
it’s been a while since i’ve had a really good “poor me”, self-loathing fest. i try to avoid these because they’re dumb and pointless, also because i know in the past people have been bothered by it. well, it aint about you. it’s about me, hence it’s my blog. it’s part of the reason i’ve been so apathetic about this place. i’ve been feeling ranty, and don’t feel like ranting at the world- just to robojoe and maude. it’s not fair to them.
as for being so full of myself and ranty- i think i’m just growing up, which generally sucks. the latest episode involves my family and my not spending the holidays. (of course i didn’t blog about this because both my parents read my blog, and i love them though i’m crappy at showing it.) as the “season” gets closer and closer, i’m feeling more scared. i knew buying that plane ticket to chicago and manchester was going to spark bad things, but i went ahead with it anyway. now i have a pit of anxeity in my chest that hasn’t gone away for a couple of months, choosing to get worse with each day and each flare-up or familial obligation. of course this doesn’t do anything to mend hurt feelings, but there you go. i’m beginning to feel like i can’t ever win- at work, at school, at home, or with my family. i know it’s not really a “me vs. the world” situation, but it’s getting harder to not think that forces are conspiring against me or that i’m just so self absorbed and dense that i would think that. (i’m leaning to both.)
so what is there to do about it? the plan so far is to continue to clench my teeth (which pisses off my dentist), have a permanent stress-induced stiff neck, and pretend that all my efforts will be rewarded, not through accolades or songs of praise, but through a simple understanding that i’m ok and can take care of myself. it’s really all i ever wanted. now, that doesn’t sound like much, but it seems to have created an insular and selfish beast. how american is that? so i’ll keep working, resenting everything for the time being, and try to have a good time when appropriate, all the while feeling that i really can’t do anything about it. destined to be a disappointment in someway to somebody all the time.
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November 9th, 2006
yesterday was a nice breather after tuesday. being a poll worker is interesting- some people are very excited to vote, so excited that they don’t seem to care about lines or anything, others seem to see it as a burden and take it out on the workers. i initially signed up to be a poll worker to combat the slowness of the polls. i’d never be hostile about it, but i’d think “if only they had younger (faster) people helping out…” so i did it, not to be a hypocrite. i also like that we are a democracy and recognize how important voting is, so helping out is just another way to show i care. i felt a little frustrated the precinct’s most elderly worker would take 5 minutes to look up somebody’s name, but i also know she cares as much as i do, so i just tried to compensate best i could. (i was master of telling people which polling place they should go to if they weren’t on our rolls and explaining provisional ballots.)
there were also the “independent inspectors”. it was hard not to think of some of them as gadflies- coming in, looking sour, saying “harrumph” and then leaving- but there were others who were also full of election cheer. it was good to remind us that we were official agents of the electoral process and the oath in the morning was real.
for the most part, voter turnout seemed light. given the neighbourhood most people were allright, though in the morning and just after 5:15 pm there were quite a few obnoxious people. you know the “my time is too valuable to be wasting here, give me special priveledges!” people. one particularly rude lady yelled at the person doing the sign-in, and was very condescending. i was a bit condescending in my instructions on how to mark the ballot and she still messed that up, she knew better i guess. ot was also infuriating how many people moaned about the lack of touch-screen voting and lack of a paper trail in the same breath. yeah it’s 2006, but we still have work to do.
the day was long- 6:00am to about 9:30pm- but i’ll do it again next time. it also looks like it was all for good, since allen is going to concede, giving the democrats the senate and the house. i’m a little pleased, but mostly because i hope there aren’t any polling scandals on the magnatude of 2000 and 2004.
freedom to choose, and america’s chosen to let the president know they’re tired of his shennanigans. good on them. if only people will listen.
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November 7th, 2006
and vote! don’t feign ignorance! go to smartvoter.org. you don’t even have to be a woman!
i’m going to be at the polls all day, what being a pollworker and all. happy election day!
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November 6th, 2006
but apparently the a’s are moving there.
The Oakland A’s and Cisco Systems are poised to announce a deal that is likely to result in the team’s eventual move to Fremont, sources told The Chronicle today. The team will acquire a 143-acre site near the former Baylands racetrack off of Interstate 880 in Fremont, land on which Cisco now has a long-term lease, and declare its intention build a ballpark there, the sources said.
i can’t say i’m suprised but it sucks. not quite as much as the rangers hiring washington as manager, which really could deflate the team. what a wonderfull offseason.
looking at fan reaction, this one comment pretty much sums it up for me:
I grew up with both the A’s and Giants. When I was young I loved the Giants because they were the small-market team in the crappy multi-purpose stadium (Candlestick) with the real hardcore fans and the A’s were the big market team (remember they had one of the highest payrolls in baseball in the late 80’s/early 90’s). When the roles reversed with the Raiders coming back to Oakland and the Giants opening PacBell/SBC/AT&T Park, I became more of an A’s fan because it was easier to get tickets and that’s where real fans were, not those chardonnay sipping, cell phone talking, Giants fans. Now the Giants are starting to stuggle to fill their stadium and are in “rebuilding” mode. By the time the A’s move to Fremont, they will probably be the ones with the established veterans, expensive tickets, and chardonnay sipping, cell phone talking, Silicon Valley exec fans. I’ll still love both teams, but guessing my leanings may be more towards the Giants by then.
at least i got to see a couple playoff games. does this mean my days as a hooligan are over? boo to that! the only plus is that it’s damn near to fry’s. lord, how i love that place.
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November 6th, 2006
q: hey kendra. how was your weekend?
a: what, you mean larry didn’t tell you?
actually, that was just for a little bit.
friday night reminded me why i don’t make a habit of going to san francisco- too many people and the traffic sucks. bella bigsby’s art show was fun. the 45 minutes it took to find parking wasn’t, but i did like the art and i liked getting out of the house. i wish i could say something more educated about the art displayed, but my art critic vocabulary is sorely lacking. i was quite taken with a certain painting of a crow that was an odd combination of menacing and welcoming. i think its expression reminded me of maude a bit. the highlight for me though, was a series of old car crash photos from san fancisco and oakland. they were in a pile on a chair and i really wanted some to put near my desk at work. then robojoe and i departed from the group to try to find parking in the mission to get some seitan sandwiches. i forgot how great they are, i should go back more often. then we went to maggie mudd for some sickeningly great sundae.
larry already covered saturday morning. the rest of the day was spent sleeping and reading for school. i did get a sheet of glass for printmaking and some bamboo knitting needles which a really nice to use. (mom, you were right.)
sunday was rough. i woke up late for kalx and one of my trainees flaked out, which meant i had to dj for two hours by the seat of my pants. it was allright, but not too much fun. then i went home for a short nap and homework. by the evening i had finished my midterm, turned in my journal, made coconut curry, and started a camoflauge scarf for robojoe.
now i’m at work with a migraine trying to hold down the fort. that’s my life, that’s how it’s cut…
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November 3rd, 2006
for weeks i have been asking robojoe for some pumpkin pie. for weeks he’s said after he makes a cran-apple pie. today’s cookie hour included two vegan pumpkin pies!!!! i almost hugged the girl who baked them. they were a great thing on an otherwise dreary friday. i think the grad students know how to win me over- bake vegan stuff for cookie hour.
so now i’m all pumpkin’ed up for the evening, which is good since i’m going to an art show this evening with robojoe. i’m sure i’ll see some of you there.
see olsen, i like some stuff.
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