appropriating my personal culture

By hamblog | May 21, 2006

This quiz gave me brief yearny feelings for the weirdo decade in which I grew up. I am a hard-wired ephemera-lover, and the 70s was chock full of stuff that delights my eyes even now. Not to mention living in a brown and orange universe of progressive teaching techniques [hello, Free to Be You and…

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true sad

By hamblog | May 19, 2006

I saw Santa Paula Union High‘s production of “Diary of Anne Frank” last night. If you saw the production and liked the color pallette of the set, that was me! I had trouble settling down during the show. Annoyance at the tardiness of the first curtain; worry that the wall colors weren’t working; disbelief at…

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a better place

By hamblog | May 18, 2006

It’s funny how a small bit of thing will shift the winds ever so slightly, which in turn makes everything seem different. Better. Just a bit. Just enough to want to see what’s around the next corner.Some examples: Being the new owner of the Ashley Satchel [a gift, no less]. Seeing my old coworkers, who…

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i have a problem.

By hamblog | May 17, 2006

I have resisted for many, many years. Chat rooms, with their “LOLs” and their “Do U like to chat?” have been easy to resist.Well, till now. I now have cyberfriends and have actually used emoticons once or twice. monique and I meet and compare weather on the coasts; Bess tells me of her medical school…

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the english people, they are funny

By hamblog | May 1, 2006

It’s my birthday on Saturday, and I love white cake with white frosting. So, thanks, to the Surrealist, here’s some content! Ten Top Trivia Tips about White Cake with White Frosting! Pacman was originally called White Cake with White Frostingman. The liquid inside White Cake with White Frosting can be used as a substitute for…

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