Artemis

"Sarah Palin does not believe in evolution. I take this as a metaphor. In her world and the world of Fundamentalists nothing changes or gets better or evolves. She does not believe in global warming. The melting of the arctic, the storms that are destroying our cities, the pollution and rise of cancers, are all part of God’s plan. She is fighting to take the polar bears off the endangered species list. The earth, in Palin’s view, is here to be taken and plundered. The wolves and the bears are here to be shot and plundered. The oil is here to be taken and plundered. Iraq is here to be taken and plundered. As she said herself of the Iraqi war, ‘It was a task from God." Eve Ensler discussing Sarah Palin’s politics and their potential threat to the country

There have a been a lot of changes lately. I moved 17ish hours away from my previous home. I started a new job with a philosophy that I wasn't so sure about. I left my family and friends that I had made at work and around town. It's hard. Having my sister here with me (and her doggies) certainly helps, but it doesn't make it any easier to leave loved ones. Adding to the doubts and unease of leaving what and who I know behind, I hate my job. It isn't like hating a job because its boring or lacks challenge or I dislike someone (how I felt about my last job). This time the dislike comes from not believing in the philosophy and method of teaching at all. I don't like it. I read a lot about it before I came here. I had some concerns, but really wanted to see it in action before I formulated an opinion on it. I really hoped that it would be a school that loosely applied the methods I read about, because I did, and still do, see some benefits to it. Unfortunately, the pres...

Wednesday night I got a text message from my sister from her doctor boyfriend's cell phone. It said to check my email. The second I read it, I knew it was going to be a picture of her hand... with a ring. And I was right! I was impatiently waiting for my turtle speed computer to open my email. There it was. Her hand with the ring: I didn't even really look at the picture, I instantly called her. And found out that I had the honor of being the first to know, makes me cry even now! Now I am even more sad to be leaving this place. I am so excited to live in MT, but so sad to leave my sister and future brother. Congrats to one of my favorite of two sisters and to my favorite doctor. Another doc to add to the Doc Family. Welcome. I love you both.

My sister roommate and I went on a walk last night. I put on my tennis shoes in the living room and walked through the kitchen to the door. She looked down and said my name in a clearly annoyed tone. There was a trail of dirt across the floor, clearly blaming me. All I said was, "um, new shoes" and pointed at my feet. I took the shoes out of their box for their first wear moments before. She looked at the bottom of her feet, realized she made the mess, and said "oh".

It has been one week today since he dumped me. One week of sadness, one week of heart break, one week of loneliness, and one week of missing him like crazy. I know that him breaking up with me wasn't planned for a long time. When my parents were here two weeks ago, him and I discussed doing something together on the 4th, today. Maybe how I would go with him and his friends to a lake, even though I would have to leave early to dog sit tomorrow. He is now probably watching fireworks by a bonfire, having s'mores. I was supposed to be there next to him, oohing and aahing. With his arm around me, or maybe my hand on his leg and his hand on my hand. Instead, while he is enjoying the 4th with his friends at a beautiful place, I am watching movies. I'm about to watch my 7th in a week. I thought I was doing okay this week. Everyone is impressed with my "strength". Good for them. I only appear strong. I only pretend that I'm not sad, lonely and still in pain. Because I ...

"Some love stories aren't epic novels; some are short stories. But that doesn't make them any less filled with love." ~Carrie Bradshaw Sex and the City

My boyfriend of almost 6 months broke up with me on Friday. And my heart hurts. I know what a lot of you may be thinking, it wasn't even 6 months yet, how bad can it be! But for those of you that really know me, you know that that short amount of time is more than enough time for me to know that I was in love with him. In college, my two BFFs talked about how I would meet someone some day and fall in love and be married after 6 months. I thought they were crazy. But they were right, I could have married my boyfriend. I don't think I was quite ready for that, but I know that if he would have asked, I would have been ready right then and there. But more so, I could have had babies with him. And again, for those of you that really know me, that is a bigger deal to me than marriage. According to the laws of SATC , I have three months to get over him. That amount of time seems absurd when you loved someone, when you could have married them, when you could have had babies with them. ...