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ok so i should probably write something more about myself than just posting the myriad of articles that i have read online. i'm gonna do this randomly until i have it all here and so it does not bore the 3 people out there reading this blog.

i grew up on a farm in northern arkansas. yes insert whatever appropriate no shoes/indoor plumping/literacy joke you want here, although in response... i have too many / always had it and don’t like any situation without it / yes i can and quite well.

arkansas is a beautiful state and it was wonderful having ponies right outside my window as a little girl. my mother was an amazing individual who passed away when i was 13. to this day people that knew her stop me to tell of how she touched their lives. my father is a really neat guy and although we have fought a lot (our personalities are too similar at times) over the years i know he will always be there.

arkansas is an interesting place because you get the red-necks and what-not, but there is also a large community of very educated, very liberal society dropouts living in the mountains. when i was accepted to smith college my school counselor had to look it up. the school is only a female ivy that has been in existence since the mid-1800's... but i see how a guy whose job is to recommend colleges to students could have missed that... oy! so after getting accepted i went to work to share the good news. to set-up the scene i must describe where i worked. i worked in a coffee house in jasper, arkansas. population 250. its the largest town in the county and it on the tourist route down hwy 7. one would think if they guy in the town of 10,000 doesn't know smith college, then no one in this pin-prick of "town" is going to know. so i start telling some of the regulars. to my surprise i'm getting hugs and congratulations all around. now i spent a lot of time with these people schlepping them coffee. i knew they were all highly intelligent, well read, etc etc... but i knew nothing about their backgrounds. suddenly in the town of 250 there are graduates of every major learning institution in america... mit, cornell, nyu, barnard, etc etc. looks can be deceiving and its easy to underestimate people...

there is no doubt i encountered some interesting responses about where i was from once i made it college , but that kids is for another time... now i need to think about not procrastinating and writing a new cover letter

toddles

why do birds suddenly appear?

i finally got a possible interview offer for a job that does not involve working from home or telemarketing. happy happy joy joy. i hate job hunting! ever since trying to find a job last year in nyc the whole process has just been so frustrating and infuriating. it probably not helped by my feeling a bit unfocused in where i'm going professionally. law school was supposed to help me with that... right? ... right? well, sadly, it didn't. i just want to get a good position i can grow and be happy in and finally get to be a grown-up already!

on the news note i am getting so angry over the cindy sheehan debacle in texas. god forbid the president admit he may have been wrong on anything. there was a great article yesterday on salon about the similarities and stark differences between LBJ and bush in regards to compassion and war. i just hope that americans see what is happening and finally awake to the state that our country is in. its a sad comment on the office of the president when he can't make time to meet with the families of dead soldiers, but he can bike, pose for photo shoots while using (poorly i might add) a chainsaw and visiting little league games. oh i forgot, he has to go on with his life.

the crawford peace house has been organizing for ms sheehan and needs all the help and support they can get. they have set up a community board and a pizza fund to help feed those at camp casey.

who keeps playing afternoon delight

so i'm finally jumping on the blog bandwagon. my wife says i have something to say about everything so i should "blog-it-up". actually i think this means, "honey you're talking to much and i need to get some work done." either way here i am.

me: looking for a job. i graduated from law school almost 2 years ago and learned, among other things, that i didn’t want to be a lawyer. tough break, right? actually, i loved law school. i learned so much and i would keep taking the classes if i could. but law is not like it is on tv and much of it is monotonous paperwork done in solitary. anyone that knows me knows i am not a solitary woman, so i am looking for jobs that will use my skills but allow me to work with others. well, we will see...