doctoral candidate in rhetoric and scientific and technical communication
Archive for November, 2004
vancouver
0Besides needing the sleep, there’s probably a reason I’ve been sleeping so much while on vacation. I woke up yesterday with a scratchy throat and today I am having trouble even talking. The friend I mentioned yesterday has been giving me cough medicine because the coughing starting last night. Again, it’s very nice to be cared for in this manner.
I want to get out and take some pictures. The trees are absolutely lovely right now and when the northern sun hits them, it seems like the world is aglow. Back home, all of this beautiful color is long gone and it’s so wonderful to be in the center of it again. What is really stunning to me is the range of colors. I walk down the front steps of my friend’s house and there is a moss of green along the sidewalk. I want to see it in the sunlight and see it glow. There are plants with beautiful purple stems and big green leaves. There are ivies and grasses.
Yesterday we went to a park and watched some older Italian men and some younger Hispanic men playing bocci. Oh, how I love bocci! I want to go back and take pictures of them playing. Their faces are so expressive and beautiful.
I saw a young woman reading a book yesterday. She was under a ray of sunlight and she was glowing. It was the perfect picture.
It’s funny what being in the middle of a pedestrian city can do to your photographic eye. I’m not used to seeing so many people out and about like this. It’s like eye candy and my senses are almost overwhelmed. I want to go out and shoot but I think I can’t do it all as much justice as it may deserve.
Hopefully today will be just as nice as yesterday and I may get a chance to practice, though. I know I’ll never get better if I’m not practicing.
spoiled
0I have to admit, I haven’t seen a whole lot of Vancouver while I’ve been here. I’ve been sleeping a lot and we seem to only go out at night so the only thing I see is city lights. That’s beautiful and I’m not complaining. I will try to get out a bit more before I leave.
I’m having a great time with my friend, though. I’m much more comfortable with him than I would have thought given some of our past.
We haven’t always gotten along well. We both have very strong personalities and are very particular about what we like and what we don’t. I think, too, that we’re both very sensitive in some interesting ways and we react interestingly to what we say to one another.
That being said, I totally adore him. There are things he does that touch me in such a deep way.
This may sound silly but…
The other night, we came in from being out grocery shopping. We had walked through the rain and even in my raincoat, I had gotten pretty wet.
I was sitting at the desk shivering. Instead of telling me to get up and put on some clothes or tossing a sweater to me or something, he got up, got one of his sweaters, and put in to me, sliding it over my head and down. Then he held me close and hugged me until I got warm.
I don’t think I’ve ever had anyone pay me that kind of attention. It was sweet and gentle and kind. I almost cried because of it.
It’s nice to be treated like that.
Wednesday November 10, 2004
0I have to admit, I haven’t seen a whole lot of Vancouver while I’ve been here. I’ve been sleeping a lot and we seem to only go out at night so the only thing I see is city lights.
That’s beautiful and I’m not complaining. I will try to get out a bit more before I leave.
I’m having a great time with my friend, though. I’m much more comfortable with him than I would have thought given some of our past.
We haven’t always gotten along well. We both have very strong personalities and are very particular about what we like and what we don’t. I think, too, that we’re both very sensitive in some interesting ways and we react interestingly to what we say to one another.
That being said, I totally adore him. There are things he does that touch me in such a deep way.
This may sound silly but…
The other night, we came in from being out grocery shopping. We had walked through the rain and even in my raincoat, I had gotten pretty wet.
I was sitting at the desk shivering. Instead of telling me to get up and put on some clothes or tossing a sweater to me or something, he got up, got one of his sweaters, and put in to me, sliding it over my head and down. Then he held me close and hugged me until I got warm.
I don’t think I’ve ever had anyone pay me that kind of attention. It was sweet and gentle and kind. I almost cried because of it.
It’s nice to be treated like that.
leaving…on a jet plane…
0I’m leaving for Vancouver tomorrow. I’m taking a vacation away from my job and my school and I’m going to go enjoy Canada for 9 days.
I’m pretty excited about it. I’ve heard it’s beautiful.
I’ve been to the Seattle area (and the whole Port Washington side of the Sound) and if it’s anything like that, I know I’ll enjoy the natural beauty.
One of my co-workers said I may not be able to come home: I’m too liberal. They may not let me back across the border.
*laugh*
I kind of like that idea.
Thursday November 4, 2004
0I’m leaving for Vancouver tomorrow. I’m taking a vacation away from my job and my school and I’m going to go enjoy Canada for 9 days.
I’m pretty excited about it. I’ve heard it’s beautiful.
I’ve been to the Seattle area (and the whole Port Washington side of the Sound) and if it’s anything like that, I know I’ll enjoy the natural beauty.
One of my co-workers said I may not be able to come home: I’m too liberal. They may not let me back across the border.
*laugh*
I kind of like that idea. 
feeling good
0I’m being optimistic. It’s the only way I can deal with today. Otherwise, I would say it’s a dark day for the entire world.
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I’ve lost quite a bit of weight. Not only that, but I’ve really kept up with my exercising so I look much more tone than I have in a long time.
I still have quite a ways to go but I’m feeling much better.
A long with that, I have started wearing clothes that are a bit more sassy. I wear short skirts. I wear things that are a little curve hugging.
People have never seen me dress like this. I tend to be a “granola girl.” I tend to wear very loose fitting clothing.
I’m wearing heels more. I wear fun shoes like mary janes and platforms. I’m taking advantage of my height. I’m playing with having long legs.
I’m enjoying myself.
I haven’t done that in a very long time.
It’s fun.
Wednesday November 3, 2004
0I’m being optimistic. It’s the only way I can deal with today. Otherwise, I would say it’s a dark day for the entire world.
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I’ve lost quite a bit of weight. Not only that, but I’ve really kept up with my exercising so I look much more tone than I have in a long time.
I still have quite a ways to go but I’m feeling much better.
A long with that, I have started wearing clothes that are a bit more sassy. I wear short skirts. I wear things that are a little curve hugging.
People have never seen me dress like this. I tend to be a “granola girl.” I tend to wear very loose fitting clothing.
I’m wearing heels more. I wear fun shoes like mary janes and platforms. I’m taking advantage of my height. I’m playing with having long legs.
I’m enjoying myself.
I haven’t done that in a very long time.
It’s fun.
get out the vote
0I won’t normally talk about this here anymore…but I just want to remind everyone to get out and vote.
I won’t lie and say I don’t care how you vote. I do care. However, I also think that what matters is that you DO vote.
This is an opportunity that not many people in the world have and we don’t take it nearly seriously enough.
Please vote today.
Tuesday November 2, 2004
0I won’t normally talk about this here anymore…but I just want to remind everyone to get out and vote.
I won’t lie and say I don’t care how you vote. I do care. However, I also think that what matters is that you DO vote.
This is an opportunity that not many people in the world have and we don’t take it nearly seriously enough.
Please vote today.