i took a weird like 3 hour deathnap that left me confused as to space and time when i woke up.

can’t decide whether i feel okay basically crashing this party tonight. it’s not a crash in that the dc kids are going and i have been encouraged to go, but in that i don’t actually really know the hostess and it isher b-day party. it’s slightly awkward and is making me clingy (yuck!) to friends so i don’t have a horrible moment entering said party alone. logistics are a pain in the ass.

the ted koppel thing tonight is a hot debate, eh? somehow that makes me reluctant to offer commentary.

daddy and i went to pizzeria uno for lunch today. as a result, i feel rotund. i used to drag tripp there like every other weekend in college. man.

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tripp gets out tomorrow!!!!

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I should be more excited. I got a few exciting things on my plate, and yet I’m feeling so…blah. I don’t know what causes these moods, but the come quickly and for no real reason in particular.

Anyways, like I said, I should be excited. Coachella is this weekend, and that seems be the thing that’s getting me through the week. I made a tentative itinerary of the acts I want to see, and generally there are no overlaps. A couple of bands I wouldn’t mind seeing will probably be missed, but sacrifices must be made in order to see some of the amazing acts. Briefly, here are the bands I’ll be seeing on day one:

The Black Keys, Death Cab for Cutie, Beck, and you will know us by the Trail of Dead, Sparta, LCD Soundsystem, the Rapture, the Electric Six, Radiohead, and the Pixies.

And day two:

Pretty Girls Make Graves, Broken Social Scene, !!!, Belle & Sebastian, Crystal Method, Thursday, Cursive, Bright Eyes, the Cure and the Flaming Lips.

I’ve been looking forward to this for months. I believe this is my first rock show of the year, having missed a ton of good shows because I sometimes forget that shows sell out quickly in LA (damn you Modest Mouse). I’ve been on the ball more recently, buying tickets to see the Pixies in Bend Oregon during Labor Day weekend.

I’m going back up north to work on the job that I was working on last week. Things are pretty screwed up at this company, and we need to go back and talk to employees to see if anything has improved. Sadly, I’m extremely excited to be going back. Anything that gets me out of the office is a step up. I’m starting to question how much longer I want to continue with my current job. It seems more and more that I feel the need to move on.

So yeah, I’m continuing to watch my Kings work their way through the playoffs, I’m going to the big rock/dance festival, and I’m going back to NorCal. Such is life.

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i inadvertantly placed myself directly in the center of educational politics central by attending this conference. it’s titled “NCTE education policy and language arts day”, so i knew we’d be addressing legislation. however, i did not anticipate so obvious an agenda. we were briefed this morning and then sent out to lobby. i felt like i should go to the hill with a big sign over my head reading ‘educator.’ while for the most part i support the proposals, i do not favor being treated as a blank walking billboard, ready to be written all over and pushed into the capitol for the reps and senators to see.

my pre-printed nametag had nothing on it except my first and last name. no doctor, no title, no NCTE position. i was completely out of my league there. i can’t believe i ever wanted to do my doctorate in EPPL. that would have been a disaster.

the conference further expanded my frustration for and dislike of politics. the last speaker, a member of the majority staff, explained that basically from now until november, very little gets done on the hill because of the “significant rise in bi-partisanship.” that just seems like bullshit to me.

i would be so much more interested in government if it wasn’t for politics. HA.

i’m getting really excited about michelle doing the dc breast cancer walk this weekend. my dad and i are going to be there at the finish line, and i am hoping to get to some of the cheering sections en route. of course it is my nature to overdo things, so i am planning on making signs, a ‘go michelle’ t-shirt to wear, etc. those things do make a huge difference to the walkers though, or at least they did to me. i still remember this girl who was at like every cheering station during the walk i did with carter 2 years ago (was that all it was?). the chick wore a boa and had a boombox and must have danced, shouted, and clapped her support for hours. it rocked.

my sister is flying in this weekend from denver and our agenda is cleaning my mom’s things out of the bedroom closet. tanja is down for her characteristic 30-hour stay , which yet again makes me bitter. she never uses any vacation time when she comes home, and as a result her time here is rushed and harried. i know my dad resents it too. i’d like to talk to her about it but i know she would get uber-defensive; i think she knows she is being kind of shitty.

seduction is when you know there will only be one answer.
-aurelie sheenan, the anxiety of everyday objects

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i think i might be sleeping too much. and also i cannot wait to leave my house. all i think about is how to decorate a new place. and how it will be to live by myself. yippee.

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after four days with a tube up my nose to my stomach being pumped nonstop, i am free. i’m starting to eat and drink like a semi-normal person and thats that.

all the presents were wonderful. the cards, the flowers, stuff were really exciting and could not have come at a better time.

there’s a lot more to tell and i plan to sum it all up when i get in front of a computer, which hopefully will be monday or tuesday once i’ve gotten out for a day or two. but for now, this will have to do, ’cause i’ve had my drugs to take a nap.

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last night it was trefoils for dinner and some baked lays. o, and some dried apricots and almonds to make myself feel better about my nutrition. i swear i need daily vitamins.

diet coke with lime is good. ive always enjoyed coke with lemon, and my high school bf loved coke with lime. i must say, the pre-fab lime version beats the pre-fab lemon version 10-1.

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