September 2009
3 posts
the quest of the unemployed.
I am in a seemingly large portion of the population who is currently lacking a direct deposit to her checking account. I am currently in the throws of folks who find themselves applying, applying, applying to 5, 12, 34, 52 etc jobs and come back with nothing. The days of an sort of acknowledgment are over; welcome to the herd, join the pack, take a number.
Note to self: when I am hiring later in...
a stranger in her own country.
Some days, you are just the odd man out. Period. There really isn’t any other way to put it but bingo, you are out. I think the challenge of that comes as situations continually change, and places where I was at one time in I am now in the out. How do you explain that to someone? I think it is a situation of (when asked, I certainly do not need anymore drama) just calling what is, is.
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10,000 times...
I was recently reminded that 10,000 can be somewhat of a magic number…ie it takes about 10,000 time to become an expert/proficient/A game at most things. As I would like to become a better writer, I need to regroup with my blogging.
Yesterday, I was struck by the fact that I think I am losing brain cells due to a mix of stress and not being in school. For the past two weeks, my thoughts...
August 2009
3 posts
garden & gun on chapel hill. →
ohh chapel hill.
July 2009
17 posts
to repeat myself...
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.”
— T. Roosevelt
dr. and the cultural gap
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/health/16chen.html?hpw
thought this was an interesting am coffee read.
love seattle, love craigslist, love the bike shop
perhaps posted by the good old Green Lake bike shop?
A few things from the bike shop: http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/sea/1192150038.html
ethics + politics + morality
Brooks writes about the current state of ethics in the political sphere. He references George Washington’s high code of conduct which he established for himself in contrast to the modern status quo of famous individuals having an utter lack of personal dignity (Sanford, Jackson and Palin).
“In Search of Dignity”, not the best written piece, but the content is quality.
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“A person should hear a little music, read a little poetry and see a fine picture...”
– goethe
Lack of doctors in North Carolina...
As I was leaving my spin class at the YMCA, this article on the front page of the News and Observer caught my eye. It is about how current medical school students shun primary care practices in order to become sub-specialists, because of the money and prestige associated with those types of medicine. North Carolina has less that 10 primary care doctors for every 10,000 people. While new MD’s...
m. jackson "behind the facade"
I tried to think of a better title, but I think Herbert says it best. Good article about M. Jackson and the reality behind his superstar lifestyle.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/04/opinion/04herbert.html?em
once a history geek, always.
I really like history. Alot. But, in light of the fact I did not want to become a professional historian, as I didn’t like being alone in the archives for hours on end, I now just read history for my personal benefit. And so I can bring it up in conversations only to be met by a few snide remarks from friends who didn’t find it enjoyable to know more about the history of the world in...
“welcome to raleigh anna dean. THIS is north carolina.”
– paige.
appalachian tunes
Glad to see the Old North State recieved a good article about her music, even if Merlefest wasn’t mentioned. I also really enjoy listening to Yo-Yo Ma’s Appalachian Journey with Edgar Meyer. James Taylor makes an apparence on the record as well.
http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/travel/escapes/03Fiddle.html
“still-in a way-nobody sees a flower-really-it is so small- we haven’t...”
– georgia o’keeffee
June 2009
29 posts
marriage, divorce and the changing american...
According to this article, divorce rates are on the decline throughout America. Perhaps the recent media hayday about marriage problems ranging from presidential hopefuls to Jon&Kate are manipulating the reality that an increading number of marriages are staying together?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/fashion/28marriage.html?pagewanted=1
frank rich
concerning obama and gay rights in america.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/opinion/28rich.html?em
southeast usa and high concentration of HIV/AIDS →
here we go again...all the roadrunning
Almost two years ago, I packed one bag and 28 hours later walked into an apartment in Florence, Italy. At that point I figured I was headed to law school. I like books, reading, writing and a good argument. Had I been back in Chapel Hill, I would have been getting ready for the LSAT and writing a history honors thesis. But instead I was in Florence, basking in the Tuscan sunlight, figuring out how...
“welcome back to america steph!”
“Literature adds to reality; it does not simply describe it. It enriches the...”
– c.s. lewis
modern love, this doesn't disappoint. →
kristof: frogs, environment and public health →
worth your read. →
dr for the psy. →
glacier national park
There are few things I like about Asheville. I like the people here. I really like living in a pretty place. I like the rolling southern Appalachians and since coming back from Montana…the fact that there are no grizzly bears. Black bears yes. Black bears in my neighborhood= yes. I find the rolling hills to be comforting, more in the realm of drinking sweet tea while rocking on the porch....
