It's just me yo.
No, really. THIS is how I do it.
I think about a lot of random stuff and I like to write it down. I believe in a lot of things and I think an equal amount of stuff is total crap. I am a cynical optimist. I am real. I like synchronicity and idiosyncrasy. My brain works quickly, which does not guarantee accuracy but is not A.D.D. Usually my mouth works even more quickly. I thought being really tall and living in Asia was pretty cool; but I am super glad to be back in California now. I want to be happy, bendy and satisfied... Because really, who wouldn't?-
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Tag Archives: California
Be Proud.
I hear that San Francisco is home to the world’s biggest Pride celebration. I am not sure if that is true, but the City puts on quite a show, and it certainly makes me proud. Here are a few of … Continue reading
Posted in California, Friends, Holidays, Home, Photography, San Francisco
Tagged California, equality, gay pride, LGBT, Photography, Pride, San Francisco, SF Pride, urban lifestyles, urban photography
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Good taste doesn’t need to be so tasteless.
The reason I’m not a foodie is I’m already enough kinds of an asshole that I don’t need to be another one. ~ God On July 1, 2012 California will ban foie gras, created by the funnel-forced ingestion of large amounts of … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged animal cruelty, California, foie gras, foie gras ban, food, Food Inc, goose liver, gourmet food, legislation, nouveaux riche, organ meat, The Freshman
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Three day weekend – pfffffffftttttttttt!
Malcolm X Day is a public holiday in Berkeley, and there is much that could be said of that, but what it translates to most immediately is a three-day weekend for me. Or, rather, it should. Instead of enjoying the pure … Continue reading
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Tagged California, CCTC, CTEL exam, EL standards, Holidays, licensing, Malcolm X, memes, teaching, teaching credentials, teaching EL students, tests, three day weekends
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State of Emergency: Have you heard it all before?
This week was the “week of action” organized by the California Teachers’ Association, which included a series of demonstrations, protests and rallies. While in some ways I find this kind of grass-roots action inspiring and invigorating, I found myself … Continue reading
Posted in California, Education, Philosophical Underpinnings, Politics, San Francisco, Work
Tagged California, California State of Emergency, California Teachers Association, David Foster Wallace, economics, Education, educational rankings, educational spending, educational values, grass roots action, higher education, History, Idiocracy, Mother Jones, secondary education, teachers, teaching, The Economist, Thomas Jefferson
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Amanda
