Beanstyle Evolution

umm…I’m catching about five minutes of one of E!’s newest shows – 50 Most Wicked Women. Why is it that women are rated as the wicked ones? Where are the top 50 Most Wicked Men? I suppose I’m just sick of seeing every woman on TV act like a bitch in order [...]

Over the course of the last few months, I’ve discovered more about our world and its workings than I ever dreamed existed. The problems that exist seem gargantuan, infinitely complex, and nigh impossible to comprehend. Although imagining a world without the -isms (i.e. racism, classism, colonialism, etc) seems beyond my ability, I deeply appreciate my [...]

I’m happy because I’ve had a couple of days off from school and all that ‘downward spiral into the pit of hell (a.k.a. finals week)’ energy. I took Wednesday nite & Thanksgiving day off – completely – from schoolwork. When I picked up books yesterday (Friday), I found that I was rejuvenated and [...]

One of the most amazing women – ever. Read some of her essays, interviews, and speeches:
The End of Imagination
The Greater Common Good
Instant-Mix Imperial Democracy (Buy One, Get One Free)
Confronting Empire
The New American Century
an interview on Finding Justice
an interview with The Progressive
her speech to the opening plenary in the World Social Forum in Mumbai
her speech at [...]

I LOVE American Chopper!! I’m not entirely sure why except the bikes rock and watching Senior, Mikey, Pauley, and Vinnie build ‘em is so much fun. I have to say that I *really* don’t like Senior most of the time – especially some of the earlier episodes. Maybe he’s learned how to [...]

My family. I realized that my previous post about Thanksgiving didn’t mention my family. Not exactly intentional but an oversight nonetheless. I know my mom and dad didn’t intend for me to grow up feeling lonely and isolated, they did the best they could, but they didn’t have particularly sterling examples to [...]

I’m trying to put on the happy face but I can’t seem to find it. I’m thinking about tomorrow – Thanksgiving – and the fact that I won’t be with my best friends. I’ve spent the last four Thanksgivings with Christine and Christian – usually some other cool folks – at their place with their [...]

Holy jumpin’ lizard Batfriends – there’s a whole lotta schoolwork goin’ on!!! Since midsummer, I’ve had almost nothing to do academically. I think I even mentioned a couple of times that my schoolwork this term isn’t all that challenging, etc. Well, it still isn’t extremely challenging but it’s suddenly ALL DUE!
That’s right, [...]

I met with my graduate committee for the first time this past week and it was quite good. We only had 30 minutes so I put together some ideas before the meeting. Needless to say, those were scrapped pretty quickly once we started talking. Thank goddess I’d spoken with rgoul so many [...]

Thanks to the Onion for making pain bearable with their ongoing mockage.