I started temping yesterday at one of those schools you see advertised on TV–get your certificate in Adminitrative Assistance, Carpentry, Nursing Assistance, etc. in a short amount of time. Will find you a job shortly thereafter. Change your life, etc. etc.
At least this place doesn’t have the annoying National American University song.
The interesting part about [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Writeober’
October 26, 2007
What it means to be white
October 17, 2007
A Grieving Day
My mom just called a few minutes ago to tell my that my Grandparent’s house, which has been on the market for well over a year, has finally sold. She sounded a mix of relieved and sad about this. They appointed her with power of attorney before my Grandfather’s death, so the business side of [...]
October 13, 2007
Figuring Out The Puzzle
For the past couple years, I’ve been addicted to Sudoku. I think it started during Fringe 2005, when I wanted something to keep me occupied during my downtime. I bought a book of ‘em, and I was hooked. I liked the grids, the boxes, how the puzzle could only go together in one way. Numbers [...]
October 10, 2007
The Girl on the Plane
We flew from Minneapolis to Seattle last night. I had thought it would be an empty flight; midweek, leaving at 9.45 pm. I was wrong. The 757 was full–49 rows, three seats on either side. We were seated in row 39, and I forwent sitting with the rest of the band [...]
October 5, 2007
How did Kafka do it?
I’ve been temping at a university in Minneapolis in their Disability Services department for the past couple of weeks. My inner conservative (who somehow peacefully exists with my inner gay man. They’re good friends but sometimes they find themselves at odds) is having fiscal moral issues with this job. Since the school is publicly funded, [...]
October 3, 2007
Imagination
Someone asked me the other night if I have a good imagination. Sadly, the answer is no. It’s a conversation I’ve had with others, to which their answer always is, “but you’re so creative!”
As I have come to learn, creativity has nothing to do with imagination. I put words on the page, experience on the [...]
October 1, 2007
The do-over
There are days in life where we plead for a do-over. This does not indicate a bad day, an embarassing day, or any other supposed connotation. Just a chance to do everything one more time, or change little things here or there.
I want yesterday back.
I want to sleep in late and wake up in our [...]
