lingua licens

handwriting camp

sonomacutey — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:20:11 GMT

this week i began my level i fieldwork in pediatrics for the masters program i'm enrolled in at dominican u. i put in 28 hours at the clinic, which was a mighty squeeze considering my schedule lately with work and summer school and the show (kelly mccubbin's golden hour of radio--opens aug. 1!) but the week was inspiring. i got a wonderful reminder of why i chose this path. i also appreciated being able to go barefooted all day--yay, mats! i love kidz. xx

she's mine, all mine

sonomacutey — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:27:14 GMT

i paid off my macbook! hee hee, the payments were $420 per month... seriously though, it will be super to have that cash back in my flow. xx

goodbye, mr. carlin

sonomacutey — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:20:57 GMT

r.i.p. george. ya made me laugh. xx

quick buck

sonomacutey — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:50:30 GMT

great name for a band, eh? i already gave it to ivan, tho'. la. xx

old school

sonomacutey — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:37:24 GMT

text taken from a poster on a wall in my department at SRJC... Rules for Teachers--1872 1. Teachers each day will fill lamps, trim the wicks and clean chimneys. 2. Each morning teacher will bring a bucket of water and a scuttle of coal for the day's session. 3. Make your pens carefully. You may whittle nibs to the individual taste of the pupils. 4. Men teachers may take one evening each week for courting purposes, or two evenings a week if they attend church regularly. 5. After ten hours in school, the teacher may spend the remaining time reading the Bible or any other good books. 6. Women teachers who marry or engage in unseemly conduct will be dismissed. 7. Every teacher should lay aside from each pay a goodly sum of his earnings for his benefit during his declining years so that he will not become a burden on society. 8. Any teacher who smokes, uses liquor in any form, frequents pool or public halls, or gets shaved in a barber shop will give good reason to suspect his worth, intention, integrity and honesty. 9. The teacher who performs his labor faithfully and without fault for five years will be given an increase of twenty-five cents per week in his pay, providing the Board of Education approves. la. xx

this just in...

sonomacutey — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:01:28 GMT

i passed all my classes! eeeeeeeeee!! i was worried. now i can rest. *thud*

thanks, karen!

sonomacutey — Thu, 22 May 2008 18:19:27 GMT

for the scottish clan link. i did a little armchair geneaology research on my own forebears...guess what our motto is? endure fort--suffer bravely! heh. xx

how i spent my summer vacation

sonomacutey — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:38:01 GMT

my summer vacation was tuesday, may 13--the day after my last exams and the day before the first meeting of one of my summer school courses. it was splendid. i slept in all the way until 7:30 (omg), took a long shower, made strong coffee, and fritzed around on the internet until it was time to leave for the museum. the museum was wonderful, as usual. the exhibit really grabbed me. as an aside, did you know that annie leibovitz had all three of her daughters when she was in her fifties? i did not know that and for some reason it's sticking with me, challenging an assumption, i think. the weather was simply gorgeous today. i was grateful to be out in the world and not locked up in a lecture hall. i saw friends, got a game of scrabble in, listened to music, wiped off some dross from my laptop--and immediately filled the space again. i jettisoned a bunch of old episodes of Weeds and House and grabbed some Tudors and Deadwood. w00t! i have missed so much pop culture, in the last couple of years especially, that i decided to start catching up. you know--some of this stuff really sucks you in. i'm dazzled by Dexter. sheesh, i wasn't expecting that. i didn't even really like the first episode that i saw. that was true of Deadwood, too. hmmm... today i even picked up a book for pleasure reading. i put it right back down again, but the thought was very nice. so yeah, tonight i set my alarm for school in the morning. tomorrow night i will have homework. but today was glorious. xx

one year down, two to go...

sonomacutey — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:31:17 GMT

i'm finished with my final exams! yeeeeeeeee! oh god, i'm so tired... LOVE TO THE PEEPS. xx

original art for monopoly cards--prior to the rich uncle theme

sonomacutey — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:22:52 GMT

these are way cool. http://www.adena.com/adena/mo/mo20.htm

omg omg omg!

sonomacutey — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:37:43 GMT

Annie Leibovitz! i don't know how i missed it, but the current exhibition at the palace of the legion of honor is about her life's work in photography. this is one of my favorite pictures of mikhail baryshnikov, which annie took in 1990. some of ya might recognize it from my ever-inflating desktop montage... anyway--i'm going! the show has been running since march, and wraps up on May 25. i haven't picked out a day yet--the consummate challenge right now, but holla back if you're interested in going with me. and maybe say when you could go...($15 general/$11 student.) http://www.famsf.org/legion/exhibitions/exhibition.asp?exhibitionkey=818 love to the peeps! xx

wanted: poster board, poster-sized, one good side...

sonomacutey — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:42:23 GMT

'tis the season for drowning in schoolwork. but may's a-comin'! anyone got an extra piece of poster board? if ya do just let me know and i will swoop by for it. love to the peeps! xx

wanted: monopoly game, dilapidation OK

sonomacutey — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:24:23 GMT

hey kids, anyone got an old monopoly game gathering dust? missing pieces? your kids spent all the money at the corner store? i'd love to take it off of your hands and make it into an occupational therapy lab exercise, specifically for children with deficits in visual perception. my lab project is due in a couple of weeks. if you have an old monopoly game you'd like to donate to my cause, please drop me a line and i will zoom by next week and pick it up. this was surprising to me: there are not many monopoly sets in second-hand stores. and the new ones are kinda spendy. um...wha' happend? ;o) xx

oh, good grief.

sonomacutey — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:26:38 GMT

dominican university raised tuition (again). we're up to $800 per unit, and the program averages 14 units per term, plus 3 or so in the summers. gulp--hold me. ...um, that'll be five bucks... xx

new low alert

sonomacutey — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:12:43 GMT

last week i just had time to febreze myself before class. yep.

taxes not filed....the hell you say??

sonomacutey — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:03:29 GMT

i filed on february 1. today i finally went online to check the status of my return, because i usually have the damn thing spent by this time of year--and there it was, suspended in a "not filed" category. taxes...not filed...someone pinch me... so yeah--stunned, i dragged out everything i had printed out five weeks ago. i stared at the parts that said "submitted" and "payment accepted," et cetera. jesus. sufferin'. christ. yeah, but what are ya gonna do? i logged in and went back and did it all over again. this time for sure. printy, printy. meanwhile, holy fuck--no money. okay well, i hope that everything i've been stalling on until this relief pitch comes stays off of me for a little while longer--my poor car especially. i think its demise may be imminent without repair work tout de suite. but how lucky can i expect to get, anyways? i got my white knuckles crossed! xx

chocolate

sonomacutey — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:17:04 GMT

the relentless desire to consume fine chocolate--friend or foe? so often pre-menstrualness is used by women as carte blanche for some type of self-gratifying behavior--and i'm no exception. this particular cycle has been my ticket to ride the chocolate supahighway. and i have eaten so much chocolate in the last few days that it's almost embarrassing. almost, i say as i wipe my lips. it all kicked off with the bacon chocolate that my friend don turned me on to a couple of weeks ago. i could NOT stop thinking about how disturbingly delicious it is. but then this week especially i gave myself free fucking rein and have eaten everything from organic triple chocolate brownies to lindt dark intense mint chocolate to crapola milky way dark bars. i even nibbled on a wedge of Ibarra mexican chocolate. but the coup, for i am not to be outdone by my own self, was this morning when i polished off an entire--get this--chocolate and cornflakes bar! i had never seen one before and it was really good--sort of reminiscent of a nestle crunch bar, but different and better. oh god. now as i raise my chocolate-smeared head again and turn my chocolate-bleared eyes back to the world, one thing comes to mind: damn you, ritter sport, damn you straight to hell! mmm. xx

so many calendars!

sonomacutey — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:09:26 GMT

oh man, you gotta catch me on the fly--but doods, it's worth it. i'm in the east bay all this weekend--PM me! love to the peeps! xx

calendars

sonomacutey — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:13:29 GMT

calendars. calendars! CALENDARS! this saturday.... xx

paid holidays

sonomacutey — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:24:58 GMT

most people look at me funny when i say that. i get similar glances with "salary," "medical benefits," and "paid sick leave and vacation time." okay, so let's review: paid holidays (courtesy of the school system and its nationalistic bias) starting with TODAY: (remember, this means that my office chair is empty but my ass is paid like it's sitting there--and this is not part of my vacation time.) 1. Lincoln's Birthday 2. Washington's Birthday 3. Memorial Day 4. Fourth of July 5. Labor Day 6. Veterans Day 7. Thanksgiving Day 8. Day after Thanksgiving 9. Christmas Eve 10. Christmas Day 11. New Year's Eve 12. New Year's Day 13. Martin Luther King Day 14. and my fave....Flag Day (Admissions Day) this is the quintessential "floating holiday," which my college, by consensual agreement, "places" during the week between xmas and the new year, so that we can have five consecutive paid days off during the holidays. so that's two solid weeks of paid time off, in addition to my three paid vacation weeks and my three paid sick leave weeks--that's two months, kids. being salaried with benefits means that, barring things like longevity and COLA raises, my paycheck is for the same amount every month--no matter what went on that month. plus, i'm union. peeps, i recommend it.

new clothes

sonomacutey — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:10:59 GMT

ahhh. i went shopping last night for the first time in months. in the store i figured i knew my size, finally, and so i grabbed a bunch of stuff out of the appropriate section, not examining tags. i tried on two pairs of slacks that made my ass look really good, and then noticed that they were a size SMALLER than the section they had been in. they had been misfiled, dontcha know. w00t! i'm just gobsmacked at how good it feels to have clothing that actually fits me--it is amazing what 3 new pairs of pants, 2 new skirts and 5 or 6 new tops can do. oh doodz, i hit the 100 pound mark. i have officially lost a seventh-grader. now if i could bench-press a seventh-grader, y'all would be in some serious hot-mama trouble. so, um, wait for it... ;o) luv to the peeps! xx

pioneer spirit

sonomacutey — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:57:05 GMT

i have no wipers and yet i must drive. yo peeps, if i get rubbed out this rainy season, i'd like my epitaph to say: she died in pursuit of her goals. yep. thanks!

last meme of winter break

sonomacutey — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:26:52 GMT

musica! it's been several many months since i did this one, and i really like it, so here goes: 1. Put your music player on shuffle. 2. Press forward for each question. 3. Use the song title as the answer to the question. What does next year have in store for me? It Won't Be Soon Before Long -- Maroon 5 What’s my love life like? Maybe Angels -- Sheryl Crow What do I say when life gets hard? Freaks Of The Industry -- Digital Underground What do I think when I get up in the morning? Iron Gland -- Alice In Chains What song will I dance to at my "I got published" party? Park Jam -- Doctor M. What do you want as a career? It's Too Funky In Here -- James Brown Your favorite saying? Gin House Blues -- Nina Simone Favorite place? C'est Vrai? -- Mistinguett What do you think of your parents? The Righteous And The Wicked -- Red Hot Chili Peppers Where would you go on a first date? Pretty Penny -- Stone Temple Pilots Describe yourself? Kung Fu Fighting -- Fat Boy Slim What is the thing I like doing most? Pretty Fucked Up -- Supersuckers (OMG i'm ROTF) What is my state of mind like at the moment? Beans And Cornbread -- Louis Jordan How will I die? Black Betty -- Soil What do you do when you see your friends? Texas Gangsta -- DJ Screw How does your boyfriend/girlfriend make you feel? The Message -- Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five How does your ex make you feel? Pink Cashmere -- Prince If you were to die today, you would feel (like)? Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) -- Harry Belafonte yay! thanks tracy, for bringing this back. xx

quadra

sonomacutey — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:13:10 GMT

four jobs I have had in my life: 1. student 2. soap maker 3. board stuffer (electronics assembly) 4. college department secretary actually, those are all current sources of income. hunh. movies I've watched more than once: 1. coffee and cigarettes 2. perfume 3. sous le sable (under the sand) 4. mystery men four places I have lived: 1. my mom 2. la verne 3. fetters hot springs 4. glen ellen four tv shows that I watched: 1. barney miller 2. hill street blues 3. taxi 4. fawlty towers four places I have been: 1. the globe theater 2. the space needle 3. backstage with buena vista social club 4. between a rock and something hard four people who e-mail me: 1. work people 2. family people 3. friend people 4. people i don't know four people I wish would email me: 1. work people with money 2. family people with money 3. friend people with a nice volvo to sell me 4. people i don't know with a nice volvo to sell me four of my favorite foods: 1. salad with thousand island dressing and crackers 2. anything starchy that's wrapped around something savory and then fried to a crisp. lots of cuisines have one! 3. cocoa you could choke on. 4. almost any fruit. four places I would rather be right now: 1. stealing wireless 2. talking with keith 3. horseback riding 4. someplace earning money...which is where i'm going next, lol. four things I am looking forward to in the next year: 1. a car 2. two more semesters down, plus summer! 3. lotsa love 4. my 20th anniversary at work four people who I think should take this survey: 1. jesse 2. marty 3. bobby 4. jeffrey what? ya can't blame a girl for tryin'. xx

spare corset?

sonomacutey — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:48:39 GMT

eep, it's the last weekend of fair--i want to visit on saturday! but i haven't replaced my costume yet and dickens just isn't as much fun if one isn't dressed. is there anyone willing to let me borrow a corset for a day? (i'm a size 14--er, no, that is not 14 inches! ;o) where did december go, anyway? sheesh... love to the peeps! xx