Sarah's Bloglet - Friday 14 November 2003

One of the wonderful things about the song "Jazz Dance" (by Dazz Band) is the way the phrase "Shake ya booty" is sung like it's one word. _
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07:50:29 PM, Friday 14 November 2003

Damian really makes me feel happy. _
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06:58:54 PM, Friday 14 November 2003

The door to our office is at the top of a flight of stairs. My desk is to the right of the door as you enter, and the rest of the office is to the left. One of my coworkers habitually looks to the right before heading off to the left. There's nothing to see there, he just does, and the look on his face is so anxious and sad. _
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02:06:38 PM, Friday 14 November 2003

The hold music for Wells Fargo includes an instrumental version of "I Think I'm Going Out of My Head." Sick joke? _
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07:55:28 PM, Thursday 13 November 2003

Oh yeah: EYEBALL SKELETON. _
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03:35:52 PM, Thursday 13 November 2003

Mirabai doesn't answer her email, so I must ask the blogmass at large: What recording of the St. Matthew Passion should I buy? _
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01:55:57 PM, Thursday 13 November 2003

Anybody been following the terrifying developments in Achewood lately? I'm so scared for Phillipe! And I think Onstad is jerking us around. _
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01:10:10 PM, Thursday 13 November 2003

Margaret Cho's "Fuck it Diet". _
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11:30:34 AM, Thursday 13 November 2003

Have I mentioned that my roommate Melissa is the best roommate ever? She is. She's great. _
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12:59:43 PM, Tuesday 11 November 2003

I can't handle it. _
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02:38:01 PM, Monday 10 November 2003

Dicussing Thanksgiving with my Canadian coworker:
"So what day do you eat turkey, then?"
"On Thursday, but you also eat it on Friday, only in sandwich form." _
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12:51:26 PM, Monday 10 November 2003

Two-headed boy, all floating in glass
The sun -- it has passed, now it's blacker than black,
I can hear as you tap on your jar.
I am listening to hear where you are
I am listening to hear where you are _
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12:29:15 PM, Monday 10 November 2003

Bye, robot. _
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11:55:04 AM, Monday 10 November 2003

DNA
You are DNA. You're a smart person, and you appear
incredibly complex to people who don't know
you. You're incomparably full of information,
and most of it is useless.

Which Biological Molecule Are You?
brought to you by Quizilla _
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05:50:35 PM, Friday 7 November 2003

Vegan burritos and 15 minutes of MOMA. _
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03:37:55 PM, Tuesday 4 November 2003

The caption is too specific. _
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07:01:01 PM, Monday 3 November 2003

24 exposures and some avocado ice cream. _
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06:32:19 PM, Monday 3 November 2003

Carlos Fuentes has some stuff to say about a new translation of the Quijote. Come on dudes, it's Carlos Fuentes! _
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05:28:54 PM, Monday 3 November 2003

Memoir-ish article on Gabriel Garcia Marquez as towering patriarch of Latin American lit in the Times. You need the free registration, and it would be good to read the article soon, before it becomes unavailable. _
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01:10:30 PM, Monday 3 November 2003

Don't mess with Philly girls. _
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04:26:37 PM, Friday 31 October 2003

This morning I thought I felt someone touch my back as I was walking down the street. Adrenaline rushed through me and I whipped my head around. No one was there. _
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01:34:26 PM, Thursday 30 October 2003

I would feel a lot more comfortable in this office if I didn't work right next to the spot where people tend to stand around chatting, or if I didn't have to sit with my back turned to them. _
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05:43:37 PM, Wednesday 29 October 2003

Best outfit ever. _
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04:39:12 PM, Wednesday 29 October 2003

(potentially) evil, evil evil Sallie Mae! _
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02:47:28 PM, Wednesday 29 October 2003

Damian and I just practiced our usual morning conversation:

Damian: Good morning darling! Are you ready to start this beautiful day!
Me: (Mrphle) Go to hell.
Damian: Ha ha! Up and at 'em!
Me: Shut up, just shut up.
Damian: Would you like some coffee, darling? I'll go makes some.
Me: Die and go to hell, you hyperactive bastard. _
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02:09:27 PM, Wednesday 29 October 2003

Darn you inanimate objects! Darn you all to heeeecccckkkk! _
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12:56:04 PM, Wednesday 29 October 2003

I'm so excited! And I just can't hide it! _
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11:36:02 AM, Wednesday 29 October 2003

Wow. I have never known an American woman to smell like that. _
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05:43:13 PM, Tuesday 28 October 2003

After the glow the scene the stage the set
Talk becomes slow
but there's one thing I'll never forget
"Hey you gotta pay your dues
Before you pay the rent" _
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05:25:02 PM, Tuesday 28 October 2003

Dorfdisco's review of Fatherfucker. This is the best sentence from the auto-translation I generated: "Then me it is also veilful like one its Electroclashigen Sexsensationalismus still with American Mainstream Hip Hop to compare wants, only thereby the conceivablly most embarrassing album title of all times existence has." _
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04:16:50 PM, Monday 27 October 2003

From Fanzig: A investigation into that eternal question, "Is Wonder Woman Gay?".
(Spoiler: I disagree with the author's conclusion. I mean, how many times does a girl have to exclaim "Suffering Sappho!" before you get the point?) _
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03:48:01 PM, Monday 27 October 2003

An interesting (and occasionally frustrating) article about high-achieving women dropping out of their careers for motherhood. (NY Times free registration required.) Author Lisa Belkin acknowledges (without dismissing) several criticisms of her subject matter up-front, but only in the last few pages does she even mention what, to my mind, is one of the crucial questions here: Why is choosing childcare (or un-choosing work) mainly an option for women? This could be addressed by talking to husbands and fathers (who, presumably, are working to support their wives and children) but not one was quoted in the article.

Belkin does acknowledge the imbalance and address it to some extent. One of the more interesting quotes is from top Princeton biologist Shirley Tilghman: '"My fantasy is a world where there are two kinds of people -- ones who like to stay home and care for children and ones who like to go out and have a career," she says. "In this fantasy, one of these kinds can only marry the other." But the way it seems to work now is that ambitious women seem to be attracted to ambitious men. Then when they have children together, "someone has to become less ambitious." And right now, it tends to be the woman who makes that choice.'

In the article Belkin also quotes Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, who, well, rocks. _
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02:01:21 PM, Monday 27 October 2003

"nipple massage" _
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12:40:26 PM, Monday 27 October 2003

Chestnuts: Not Worth the Effort. _
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12:04:48 PM, Monday 27 October 2003

Local magazine the Wave recently administered the replicant-detecting Voight-Kampff test from Bladerunner to SF mayoral candidates. _
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04:30:56 PM, Friday 24 October 2003

About a week ago, at one in the morning, a car pulled up across the street and started blaring "Lovin' You" by Minnie Ripperton. _
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04:14:19 PM, Friday 24 October 2003

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