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Making fun of peoples' sexuality

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:42:22 -0800

Someone at work sent me an e-mail with a music video. The video was of a middle-aged white male hanging out on a farm singing a country song about how being gay is wrong. So I watch it for maybe 20 seconds or so, and I’m kind of puzzled.

Existing Alongside Others' Opinions

Fri, 23 May 2008 23:51:39 -0800

Despite recent (difficult) events in my life, things are working themselves out really well. I think most of us here at IB know, intellectually, that anything is possible, but turning lemons into lemonade doesn’t come as second nature to all of us.

Current Feelings

Fri, 09 May 2008 02:03:31 -0800

Anybody else feel like giving up? I’m going through some major unpleasantness in my life, and I’m just tired of it. I’m so uncomfortable; it really sucks to be me. I’m missing all of my deadlines, can’t keep up with my blogs, etc. I’m completely distracted.

Irritation

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:49:03 -0800

My yoga class is such great fodder for these blogs! Today we did a set of postures, breath and sound that was supposed to have several results: (a) loosen our toes, ankles and knees, (b) stimulate our thyroid & parathyroid glands, and (c) irritate us.

Drinking at Lunch

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:24:07 -0800

My office is about two blocks from the edge of campus (University of Texas), and recently I’ve taken to walking through campus on my lunch hour. I do this for two reasons:

Witnessing the Improbable

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:30:38 -0800

Yesterday my boyfriend and I were driving downtown. We were coming up to a red light when a group of four college boys on bikes came up behind our car sort of weaving in and out of the slowing traffic at this busy intersection. Right in front of us one of the boys turned around to look behind him just as the car in front of us stopped. He totally face planted it into the back of the SUV.

Secrets

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:19:43 -0800

My friends gave me this book about a year ago; I can’t remember the name. The author asked for people around the country to send him anonymous postcards containing whatever secret they wanted to tell. The book is full of those postcards.

Can't wait to go to bed tonight!

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:59:11 -0800

This is a difficult day for me, communication-wise. I was trying to have a conversation with someone at work and even though my inner voice was screaming at me to just shut up and let it go, I didn’t (of course).

A Guy in a Speedo

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:51:46 -0800

I was at a hotel in a small town and there was a middle-aged man wearing a Speedo sitting out by the pool with his wife and children. I thought to myself, “Oh, he must be European.” And as I sat in the lounge off the lobby I heard another person say exactly the same thing.

Electromagnetic Fields

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:53:50 -0800

I’m close to someone who is sensitive to electromagnetic fields (EMFs). She has noticeable, physical discomfort when exposed to any number of things: cell phones, wireless routers, cordless telephones, digital clock radios …

Lack of Touch

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:35:03 -0800

Not having as much physical contact with people these days is starting to get to me. Used to be I would come home from a busy day at work completely exhausted, having massaged four or more people, and having been very intimate with them as they worked through their panchakarma (detoxification) process. At those times, all I wanted was to

You Can't Say That Out Loud

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:03:11 -0800

Recently my friend Tracy & I were talking about our boyfriends. We’re in similar circumstances, being older, not married, no children. We’ve both been divorced, so marriage is not a top priority for either of us.

Resistance

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:41:11 -0800

I’ve been doing a lot of yoga lately, after a long period of only occasional practice. Now that I’m remembering how good yoga makes me feel, I can’t believe how easy it was for me to let it slip away.

Wanted: Kickball Players

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:03:58 -0800

I sent an e-mail to all of my work mates to see if anyone wanted to get together one night a week and join an adult kickball league for the ten-week summer season. Fun, right? No, apparently not. No one even mentioned it until I ran into “Bobby” hours later in the break room – someone I’ve rarely even interacted with on the job, so I was surprised.

Contemplating My Navel

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:21:32 -0800

I think my favorite yoga pose is a lazy-person’s version of plow (halasana). Instead of having my legs and spine straight I like to slump into it, round my back and let my knees hang down by my ears. (This could be a proper yoga pose on its own, I’m not sure.) I just really like it and could easily hang out in that position for five minutes or more.