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i am: 40...a capricorn / moon in pisces / libra rising...an old soul with a young spirit...older than i look...contemplating my 3rd tattoo...NOT a web designer...a lesbian...working things out with the g.f....a native iowan...a graduate of cornell college and ohio state...a critical reader and thinker...really rather shy...agnostic...an ardent feminist...a bleeding-heart liberal...a pacifist...and so not your average white grrl...
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August 06, 2002
loose endsokay, so i know i've been a bit all over the place lately...probably an indication of how unfocused and disjointed i've been feeling, in general...but i'll return briefly to a couple of topics that seemed to generate some interest awhile back:
first, there was the july 21st ursula rucker show at little brother's. for those of you unfamiliar, ursula is a spoken-word artist from philly who has worked with such artists as bahamadia and the roots. live—on stage with just "tim (motzer) and his toys"—she was intensely personal one moment, and delivering searing societal critiques the next. there were probably only about 50 people there, which really surprised me...the last poets drew a nearly-packed house at the same venue in january...but those who missed it because it was a sunday nite, or because they're just not hip to ursula yet, really missed a great show. honestly, tho...other than GO SEE HER LIVE if you can, i don't have too much else to say, mostly because i haven't yet bought her cd (tho it's been on my list since december). fast-approaching tour dates include new york, toronto, vancouver, seattle, portland (we'll miss her by 5 days when we're there for my sister's wedding), san francisco, and los angeles. ?uestlove will join her in toronto, vancouver, and seattle, and michael franti (of spearhead) in san francisco (and i'm SO wishing i could be there for that one).
having mentioned the last poets, i suppose i should say that the evening began with umar bin hassan. i don't know whether it was because i was predisposed to dislike him (due to the gratuitious homophobia sherri and i and the rest of the crowd endured at the january concert), because he was less powerful without the rest of the poets (i missed the drums, in particular), or because he and his guitarist were each howling into the mic and creating all sorts of dreadful feedback...but i wasn't feeling him at all. i took away more from the local poet named ed ("just ed") than i did from the guy who's oft considered a forefather of rap and hip hop.
second, a few of you have also wondered what happened with my recent job interview. i was excited about it, as jobs that i actually want here at the university (which is where i want to stay as long as i live here) have been few and far between. but while it went well (at least i thought it did), i haven't heard anything about a second interview, which they had hoped to do last or this week. i don't know if that means that i'm out of the running, or that there's just too much else (e.g., this) going on for them to focus on their hiring goals. whatever the case, i'm having lunch next week with the person who vacated the position in question, to get the scoop on why she left. maybe i don't want the job after all....
finally, in recent news....you may recall my mention of a fender-bender during a recent day off...where i rear-ended someone else while distracted by kala, my recently-immunized-feline-in-distress, who was doing some pretty major howling of her own. well, karma came reeling around the planet back at me yesterday, when someone rear-ended us at a stoplight while we were on our way back to eastern bay to pick up the kung pao shrimp they'd neglected to include in our order the first time around. fortunately no one was hurt (or at least not that we can tell at this point)...and even the car suffered just a minor scratch...but i was irked that i couldn't even be mad at the woman who hit us, because i'd done the same thing just 2 weeks ago! i swear...it has something to do with the fact that i bought out my lease on the 'rolla in april. as soon as the car is mine, we can't seem to stop colliding with other cars. i guess i'd better start wearing my seat belt....
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