So I've started a new blog. It's supposed to be a way to journey along with me as I explore my spirituality. I've been planning to start this for a while, and so finally, I've bitten the bullet and begun.
So... first post is up. Check it out. Share your stories. Be something beyond yourself. Even cynics are welcome to read along.
http://suscitatioincendia.blogspot.com/
T
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Posting online about how much I hate my job is so last season. So I won't. But I do.
One of the major purposes of South Village was to address how we in this area are actually not ridiculous, backwards, barefoot sister-screwing hicks. However, I think it undercuts some of society to make such blanket assumption assumptions. I don't know that everyone outside the American south thinks that we're all illiterate bastards. Furthermore, this is the land of Faulkner! Recently Patton Oswald tweeted that the south is America's Ireland: it's literary and alcoholic and dysfunctional and mythical all at once. I think this is one of the most astute observations that I've heard about the south as an entire region in a long time. One thing that's true of the south, though, is that we like to find new and creative ways of bitchin'-and-moanin', especially about the heat. And the humidity. We love to hate humidity. And I've never grown tired of saying things like, "It may be 100 degrees out, but it's the humidity that's killer!" I'm sure Faulkner would have said such things, only sideways, and if I had more time, I'd research that and give you a pithy Faulkner quote about how the fish swim backwards through the water above the ponds or somesuch.
Nevertheless, I'm southern AND literate. So I'm bandwagoning and reading Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It's ok so far, but I must admit that it's a bit too John Grisham-y (I know, another southerner) at this point. I am hopeful that it will pick up, though. I'd still recommend it, but with some reservations.
Anyway, it's humid. Go read something. Your Kindle is getting lonely!
T
One of the major purposes of South Village was to address how we in this area are actually not ridiculous, backwards, barefoot sister-screwing hicks. However, I think it undercuts some of society to make such blanket assumption assumptions. I don't know that everyone outside the American south thinks that we're all illiterate bastards. Furthermore, this is the land of Faulkner! Recently Patton Oswald tweeted that the south is America's Ireland: it's literary and alcoholic and dysfunctional and mythical all at once. I think this is one of the most astute observations that I've heard about the south as an entire region in a long time. One thing that's true of the south, though, is that we like to find new and creative ways of bitchin'-and-moanin', especially about the heat. And the humidity. We love to hate humidity. And I've never grown tired of saying things like, "It may be 100 degrees out, but it's the humidity that's killer!" I'm sure Faulkner would have said such things, only sideways, and if I had more time, I'd research that and give you a pithy Faulkner quote about how the fish swim backwards through the water above the ponds or somesuch.
Nevertheless, I'm southern AND literate. So I'm bandwagoning and reading Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It's ok so far, but I must admit that it's a bit too John Grisham-y (I know, another southerner) at this point. I am hopeful that it will pick up, though. I'd still recommend it, but with some reservations.
Anyway, it's humid. Go read something. Your Kindle is getting lonely!
T
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Growing Up, Moving Up, Throwing Up?
So, great big world of readers, I have an announcement to make. I have sent out a resume for a big boy job at a really awesome organization. I realize this is ridiculously long-shot-ed, just given the actual position, the specifics, and my particular credentials, but I think it is a step. And thus, I think, I should probably send out about 500 more such resumes and then throw a party with Jell-o shots just to subvert the possibility of becoming too much of a grown-up.
It isn't so much that I feel any real likelihood of getting this job, though it would be amazing. It's just that I'm proud of myself for finally sending out a resume to someplace that is legit, and not just waiting for the people who cruise Monster.com to call me and try to make me into a telemarketer. No offense to my multiple telemarketing friends, but I'm looking for a job that actually notices that I have a degree and international experience and skillz.
All that said, today I'm going to shop at the Goodwill for a vest to complete my ensemble for a wedding this weekend. I guess growing up and shopping at Banana Republic and having a car with air conditioning and having health insurance are all steps that are in the future. Maybe the future is coming on.
T
It isn't so much that I feel any real likelihood of getting this job, though it would be amazing. It's just that I'm proud of myself for finally sending out a resume to someplace that is legit, and not just waiting for the people who cruise Monster.com to call me and try to make me into a telemarketer. No offense to my multiple telemarketing friends, but I'm looking for a job that actually notices that I have a degree and international experience and skillz.
All that said, today I'm going to shop at the Goodwill for a vest to complete my ensemble for a wedding this weekend. I guess growing up and shopping at Banana Republic and having a car with air conditioning and having health insurance are all steps that are in the future. Maybe the future is coming on.
T
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