About five months ago I started a new job at Union Cab of Madison. As a graduate student, I sought a job with flexible hours that I could enjoy and take some pride in. So when I found out that Union Cab was hiring, I jumped at the chance to drive one of their big … Continue reading they made a worker’s paradise and filled a parking lot with big yellow taxis
Category: personal
message found underneath the couch, wrapped in cellophane
I received my Bachelor's in Political Science many moons ago, and for most of the period since then, I have struggled with my feelings about politics and political activism. This inner struggle has only intensified since I became a Bahá'í. To document the evolution of my feelings about politics and my political beliefs would take … Continue reading message found underneath the couch, wrapped in cellophane
breathing lessons in spring
Sometimes, when I hit a wall, I realize that it's because I've been moving so fast that I've lost my center. I realize that I had one of those experiences--on April Fool's Day, no less. I won't say what it was--truly, it would be a waste of oxygen and give unneeded attention to people who … Continue reading breathing lessons in spring
the ides of august
I'm sitting on a bench in Tenney Park in Madison as I look out over Lake Mendota and hammer this post out on my Android phone. My phone said 54 degrees Fahrenheit as I walked out the door for my morning walk. Perfect weather for me as I walk outside without a jacket, living up … Continue reading the ides of august
the madness ends
A week ago evening I turned in a 15-page term paper and took my final exam. Then I went home, took a deep breath and vegged for most of the weekend. My first year of grad school is over, and with it the insanity of working full-time while going to grad school part-time. It seemed … Continue reading the madness ends
leap
I posted before about how busyness seems to make it more difficult to live a simple life. This busyness involving trying to combine part-time grad school is leading me to burn-out. I don't see how I could do two or three more years of this. Plus, next semester, I will be taking seven credits (eight … Continue reading leap
a break from blogging–i’ve already slowed down, so I’ve just decided to stop…for now…
There are many things I wish to tell you, but I cannot bear to post them right now.
as the elements rearrange themselves…
There is always a stretch of a few days sometime in September when the wind more than just blows and where the clouds do more than just pass over.
my head rises, temporarily, from the books within which it has been buried (time to be hazy, time to be lazy, sort of)
I've just finished my ten-week statistics course. Well, sort of--I still have one last paper due next week. I took my final exam last Thursday night, and now I'm giving myself permission to slow down and relax.
school daze, part too
Before class started, I remember wondering what I should bring to class with me. A spiral notebook? A three ring binder? A Trapper Keeper? I agonized over whether I should bring my laptop to class and whether I could simultaneously take notes and check Facebook at the same time like any good Gen-Y'er.