Category: news
06/13/08 12:25 - 69ºF - ID#44633
impeachment
While he obviously will not be impeached now, it does surprise me that there wasn't a greater movement to impeach him during his presidency. Maybe no one felt that they could substantiate the claims against him enough to make a concrete move for impeachment? It just seems that potentially lying about mass weapons seems like a worse offense than what Bill Clinton lied about. That's not to say that it was right what Clinton did. I just meant from a comparative perspective.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: books
06/09/08 11:28 - 83ºF - ID#44593
mind-shifting realities
i just finished up a research project last week, so I'm looking for a job. I also want to get my license (it's kind of a long story why I don't have one). I'll let you guys know when I'm taking the test, so you won't be out on the road that day.
I just finished reading several good books. One book was A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, and the other was Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick. Dick's book was good, but it's hard to wrap your mind around it. A lot of it deals with transitive realities, mind-shifting drugs, and the corruptibility of organized religion and power. In the end, you have no idea what is real or what truly existed. I like some of his other books better, but I would recommend it. I definitely would recommend A Thousand Splendid Suns. It's amazing. I don't even have the words to describe how great of a book that truly is.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: life
06/08/08 12:12 - 72ºF - ID#44582
summer and babies
I really enjoy spending time with that particular friend and her daughter. I can talk to her about things that I normally wouldn't feel comfortable speaking about with other friends. I like being around her little girl a lot. It's fun watching her constantly learn new words and new ways of doing things. We take her daughter out shopping or to the park a lot.
I've been realizing more and more over the past year of how much I want to be a parent. Not now, but someday, I would love that. I don't know if I can have children. Women with lupus can definitely have children, but I have a relatively severe form of it.
It is kind of cool to be Aunt Jessi to all my friends kids, though! You get to have all the fun without doing very much of the work.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: movies
05/25/08 11:25 - 59ºF - ID#44452
i'm not exactly jeff simon
One movie that did exceed my expectations was August Rush. It surprised me how much I enjoyed watching it recently. I thought it might be kind of lame, but it really wasn't. I really found myself rooting for the characters and enjoying the way that their stories came together. I definitely enjoyed the music in the movie. Even if its not exactly treading new ground, it was worth renting.
I'd like to see "There Will be Blood," "Eastern Promises," and "No Country for Old Men" (Saw part of it recently, it's great so far).
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: life
05/21/08 12:37 - 48ºF - ID#44405
(just go ahead now)...
So here's what's been going on:
1. The semester ended last week. I was able to get a 3.9 this time, which helped.
2.A few weeks ago, I went with some friends to the albany tulip festival. We listened to the Spin Doctors play. The music wasn't the greatest (except for two princes, lol) but the festival was really fun!
Here are some photos that I took:
3.
Last Saturday, I packed up my stuff and headed out for Rochester. After I got there, A. and I went to the same amazing brewery that we did on New Years Eve. They have wonderful Irish beer. The next day, we stopped at Letchworth State Park on the way home. I'll have to post some of the waterfall photos soon. I love it there. It's definitely one of the gems of western new york. Then A. took me back to Jimmytown, and we ended up going to dinner with my dad and sister.
4. It's good being back with the family for awhile.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: photos
04/26/08 11:04 - 52ºF - ID#44161
a few April photos
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: news
04/24/08 04:26 - 67ºF - ID#44127
pregnant men
This was a story I found about a guy who carried his twin in his stomach for almost forty years:
(I never knew something like that could happen as well).
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: family
04/23/08 09:20 - 57ºF - ID#44120
wishing
I'd like to help them with their bills. I also wish I could buy them a stove that actually worked, and a good dryer. I'd buy them the materials to fix the porch. I'd treat my mom to a vacation because is under a lot of stress much of the time.
I don't make a very big salary. After paying rent and bills- it's hard to find much extra. I wish there was more I could do for the people I cared about.
Everything is going well here. It's a little stressful the next couple of weeks with papers/projects/grading/teaching etc. I've really been liking the school and my job lately. I've felt a lot better about both this semester. I may have a couple of part-time jobs this summer that might be decent. I'm not 100% sure if they are hiring me, though.
Thank you all for the advice about the internet stuff. I have been using safari as my default browser, and I really like it. I may try firefox too.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: tech
04/12/08 08:32 - 39ºF - ID#43993
a (silly) question
It was another gorgeous, warm day here. I love it! I went to a coffee shop and just sat outdoors and did my work. I felt so much better to be able to do that in the fresh air.
The sky today:
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: life
04/07/08 02:40 - 62ºF - ID#43935
the first sounds
One of the podcasts I was listening to (NPR Science Friday) is about some of the first recorded sounds, some created by french scientists before Edison developed phonographic technology. Some of those first sounds are actually on this website ( ).
There are actually photoautograms sounds from 1857 on it. It's not very discernible, but I still find it interesting. The first guy who really developed this kind of technology was a french scientist. He wasn't interested really in the idea of records. Mostly, he just wanted to translate sound into a record on paper. I guess that was where he and Edison differed.
Oh, and I went with a friend lately to a good Indian restaurant downtown (Gandhi's). I wasn't sure if that was the one (e:James) had suggested to me, but I liked it. They made excellent Naan(?) bread and a chicken dish that I can't remember the name of.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
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