Real estate is for the dogs

Anybody watching 20/20 right now, or am I the only one wasting my evening? If I didn't feel bad enough that I couldn't afford to buy a home, their doing a story on dog houses that are worth lots (LOTS) of money. One dog house with a flat screen tv and dvd player, an airconditioner, and a little pool that was worth over $80,000.

My dad and I started making a doghouse for our dog once... I'm not sure if we ever really finished it. I don't think so. If we did, the dog never used it.

Now there's another 20/20 with Jena Bush!!! YaY! An hour about a Bush.

what am I doing?

*EDIT*
Actually, the hour with Jena Bush wasn't so bad... I mean, they really really should have contextualized more regarding what Unicef is doing in Jamaica, but it wasn't so bad.

aluminum and oil drums

Last week was eventful! Saw an old friend from high school, got my first full week of teaching finished, went on a lovely date wityh the pbf on Saturday, bought some artwork-materials listed above and got groceries. Exciting times for the Doubloons indeed!

Yes, Please.

For those that would like to buy me presents...

I need a watch. That would be nice.

Also, I need these AWESOME theory trading cards:
http://www.theory.org.uk/david/theorycards.htm

At the site you can buy them, they use the line - Theory Trading Cards provide concise answers to questions such as, "What is the essence of Michel Foucault's oeuvre?" "What are bell hooks' most important works?" and "What is Theodor Adorno's astrological sign?" (http://www.altamirapress.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=%5EDB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0759103836)

This is especially funny if you know that Adorno said, “bent little fortune tellers, terrorizing their clients with crystal balls, are toy models of the great ones who hold the fate of mankind in their hands. . . . The hypnotic power exerted by things occult resembles totalitarian terror. . . . The horoscope corresponds to the official directives to the nations, and number-mysticism is preparation for administrative statistics and cartel prices.”

And it's funny that bell hooks would have a card at all because she goes by (her lowercased psuedo name) bell hooks in an effort to say that the work is what's important, not herself.

Passing

A woman whose writing I loved passed away last Thursday. Madeleine L'Engle wrote, among many things, "Walking On Water: Reflections on Faith and Art" one of the most inspiring and thought provoking musings on the subject. In her NY Times obituary she is quoted as having said,

"Why does anybody tell a story? It does indeed have something to do with faith, faith that the universe has meaning, that our little human lives are not irrelovant, that what we choose or say or do matters, matters cosmically."

Crazy days...

Every Friday in September I will be teaching for 12 1/2 hours with two 30 minute breaks. I am scared poopless for this. It's not sitting at a desk or reading, but literally on my feet working with students for an obscene amount of time. I'm very nervous but it's only for September so send me prayers and money to make me feel better!