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A little update. [Aug. 18th, 2009|09:13 pm]
[Current Location |Madison, WI]
[music |"I'll keep it with mine" -- Nico]

I live in Madison, Wisconsin now.  It's a good place for me.  Big enough for lots to happen, small enough for me to make something happen within it.
I'm considering opening up a bakery as my long-term goal.
I have a kitten named Willamena, or Willi for short.  She's trouble, and my constant companion.
My boyfriend, Jason, loves me more than I can really describe.  I've never felt that before.


I still long for the mountains.
link1There's apples in the trees Let's take all that we need

Rural Pennsylvania & Theft vs. Starving Children. [Mar. 25th, 2009|03:33 pm]
[music |"If You Loved Anyone (Mary 2004)"--Jacob Borshard]

I go to school in a very rural area of Pennsylvania, which is extremely impoverished. It's not rare for me to see children in shoes that are falling apart with dirty faces and hair that looks like it hasn't been washed in a week or maybe longer.
It breaks my heart.
I often find myself wanting to get down on one knee and do the lick the thumb mom thing to clean the dirt smudges from the cheeks and foreheads.
Yesterday I was in the supermarket and as I was waiting in line there was a couple with three small children under the age of four. The family had huge boxes of soda under their cart, and paid for their frozen pizza and boxed macaroni and cheese and rushed away without paying for the soda. I watched as they walked away, and looked at the cashier to see if he had noticed. He didn't.
 
My heart went out to these children. I wanted to hug them, take them home, give them baths, and feed them a warm meal to nourish their bodies instead of the soda and frozen pizza they were going to be given.





I watched these people steal and I didn't say anything.
I'm the kind of person who will confront someone when they are doing something wrong if it is hurtful, harmful, or offensive in any way, but I didn't say a thing about this.
 
Was it wrong?
I saw them as clearly being victims of their situation.
Was it wrong of me not to have said anything?
I think I would have felt worse if I had said anything.



When is the earliest time a person can be a foster parent?
link1There's apples in the trees Let's take all that we need

(no subject) [Mar. 10th, 2009|10:47 pm]
New Demo
"We Rise from Sleep Simultaneously"

( lyrics )
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(no subject) [Sep. 7th, 2008|06:51 pm]
The End.
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(no subject) [Sep. 2nd, 2008|03:19 pm]
[music |"So Alive"--Ryan Adams]

So, lately I've been thinking a lot about my future and what I might like to do when I'm done with school.
I definitely want something that will be flexible for when I have a family in the future.

  • Owning a business, of course.
  • There are lots of private schools that I could teach at without an education degree.
  • I'm thinking of applying to various Teaching Fellows around the US (you teach at their schools while they put your through graduate school)         Places that have them
    • Denver
    • Saint Paul
    • NYC
    • Philadelphia
    • DC
    • Indianapolis
    • Oakland
    • Chicago, etc..
  • I'm also thinking of maybe getting a masters in library studies, to be a children's librarian.

Happy Birthday, Michelle my belle!
linkLet's take all that we need

(no subject) [Aug. 29th, 2008|05:17 pm]
[music |"When I Think of You"--Twiggy]

Happy Birthday, Anthony Paul Zotynia.




I'm busy, but happy.

I am a seatbelt!
Find your own pose!

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The Graham Nash to my Joni Mitchell [Aug. 27th, 2008|01:07 am]

I am so at peace and content with where my life is heading.
Nothing has ever made so much sense to me before.

linkLet's take all that we need

(no subject) [Aug. 23rd, 2008|09:50 pm]
August 2008 has been one of the best months of my life.
link1There's apples in the trees Let's take all that we need

(no subject) [Aug. 4th, 2008|02:12 pm]
And so the Vagene Ragime tour begins!
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one! two! three! WEE! [Jul. 28th, 2008|10:06 pm]



So, I wrote my first song on the autoharp today in between writing my paper and sitting on babies.
I was in a hurry when I saved the song originally, so I didn't realize that I forgot to delete a track that I had muted, so I apologize to anyone who received a big ol' mess originally when I was running out the door.



Here's the real demo that you can listen to if you choose:
Cuddlebug
link2 There's apples in the trees Let's take all that we need

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