Yes, folks, my roommate found the King Cake baby jesus. Now he’s been walking around the office saying, “You can’t touch him, he’s MY personal savior.” He found him because Jesus’s wee little ass was sticking out of his slice of cake. How’s that for irony? The boy got Jesus AND a piece of ass [...]
Entries from February 2006
February 27, 2006
Please don’t choke on the baby Jesus
“For people that are displaced, it’s a taste of home…For the people that saw all the devastation on TV, it’s a way to support the city.” – David Haydel, Haydel’s Bakery I miss home today. Where I’m from, school’s out, people are ditching work, and revelry is generally abounding. Oh, and people are eating [...]
February 26, 2006
Why I love/hate academics
I just got an e-mail about joining a panel presentation at the AAA’s to discuss: “the threat of bio-psychiatric paradigm to culturally derived strategies to assist with psychological/social-psychological difficulties” What the frig, people? Yeah, this is “applied anthropology” alright. Let’s see how obliquely we can talk about the people we’re studying and how they’re harmed by [...]
February 15, 2006
Hurry up and wait (the PhD sichy)
Listen up, people. I probably won’t start hearing back from schools until mid-March at the earliest. Yes, I know. The suspense is killing me too. I love you to death. I do. But for the love of all that is holy, please please stop asking me about it. You’re stressing me out. As soon I know [...]
February 6, 2006
My belly-dancing, my life
My belly dancing dance isn’t really all that much fun yet. There are too many people in the class, you can’t really see the instructor, and we can barely hear her over the loud music. My friend Katie is honestly the best part of it. I kinda feel naughty, sitting in the back of class, rolling [...]
February 6, 2006
Flavored juice drink from concentrate
I’m overall in not a great mood today. First off, I’m drinking cranberry juice. In general, I despise cranberry juice. In fact, under normal circumstances, I would only consume it mixed with a great deal of vodka. But today is different. I will be drinking the stuff all week, along with taking extra extra Vitamin [...]
February 4, 2006
The Sweet Potato Queens rock my world
In honor of the impending doom that is Valentine’s Day, I give you amusing links to the humor of one Ms. Jill Conner Browne, also known as THE Sweet Potato Queen. For those not already acquainted, check out this heavy reading: http://www.sweetpotatoqueens.com. I once heard her books described as Southern-fried feminism. I’m down with [...]
February 4, 2006
Games are stupid.
I hate dating games. I really do. They make me want to throw things. Probably because I don’t play them very well. Well, at least until after I’ve broken one and some helpful friend of mine points it out for me.
As I’m leaving Sunday, Austin boy says, “call me later.” “Okay,” I say quietly, immediately [...]
February 3, 2006
Vindication! News from home
To all you non-believers, CNN confirms the obvious: Our Mardi Gras came first. My hometown, the original site of semi-naked, revelrous, drunken debauchery. Now THIS news might get me home. Dauphin street, here I come. As if that weren’t good enough, the prospect of free beer beckons (oh thank you, Fark.com). God love Mobilians. We are [...]
February 3, 2006
Why my life is never boring
Ever since we’ve lived together, my roommate has locked his bedroom door at night. I used to find this a little offensive…like, what does he think I’m going to do to him in his sleep that he’s so untrusting? He says it’s because he sleeps naked. But that again makes me wonder, what EXACTLY does [...]
