books
paper
food
family
friends
the past
the internet
photographs
cemeteries
traditions
holidays
haircuts
cute clothes
my IKEA comforter
soap
clean laundry
university
my camelbak water bottle
art
naps
slippers
good movies
music
skirts and dresses
glasses and contacts
advil
stripey socks
ice cream
home
home away from home
hiking
sisters and brothers
road trips
professors
yoga
bubble baths
poems
turtles
trees
11.26.2009
thanksgiving break
I'm still drowning.
why is it that I cannot find peace?
sometimes I can find it within myself
but only sometimes
and then I re-emerge
and it slips away
things are not supposed to be this hard.
and if they are ...
well, someone forgot to tell me.
why is it that I cannot find peace?
sometimes I can find it within myself
but only sometimes
and then I re-emerge
and it slips away
things are not supposed to be this hard.
and if they are ...
well, someone forgot to tell me.
my feminist club
so, the Daily Universe (BYU student newspaper) didn't publish my editorial about saving the BYU Women's Research Institute. well, I guess the editorial was more a concern about the effects the elimination of the WRI will have on students, as well as advice to discuss the issue moderately. and they didn't publish any editorial written by the many many female students who wrote in. they published this, written by a male student:
"It is morally wrong for us to question the judgment of our inspired leaders. Stop crying about the loss of your feminist club. Men seem to be doing perfectly fine without one."
unfortunately, like so many BYU editorials, this man was not trying to be funny or sarcastic. he was trying to get me riled up. and oh did he succeed ...
I don't even want to get into all of this. I have too much to say about this issue. I will just keep it short and simple.
1) I believe the leaders of this university are inspired. but they are not gods. it is my job as an involved citizen of this campus to express my concerns. I don't really expect them to change their minds, but I would be negligent if I didn't raise my voice. and utterly irresponsible if I took every word handed down to me without questioning it in a healthy way. I am not a robot.
2) the WRI is not a feminist club. it is an institution that promotes and houses research centered on women and encourages women to research. it is a critical contribution to important scholarship. also, I certainly wish we had a feminist club. I would join. but this is not it.
3) real men would welcome a feminist club. real men appreciate and encourage powerhouse women. real men want an educated and capable woman. cowards fear the influence of intelligent women - as they should. all men should be feminists - the education and equality of individual women will solve the world's problems.
rant over.
"It is morally wrong for us to question the judgment of our inspired leaders. Stop crying about the loss of your feminist club. Men seem to be doing perfectly fine without one."
unfortunately, like so many BYU editorials, this man was not trying to be funny or sarcastic. he was trying to get me riled up. and oh did he succeed ...
I don't even want to get into all of this. I have too much to say about this issue. I will just keep it short and simple.
1) I believe the leaders of this university are inspired. but they are not gods. it is my job as an involved citizen of this campus to express my concerns. I don't really expect them to change their minds, but I would be negligent if I didn't raise my voice. and utterly irresponsible if I took every word handed down to me without questioning it in a healthy way. I am not a robot.
2) the WRI is not a feminist club. it is an institution that promotes and houses research centered on women and encourages women to research. it is a critical contribution to important scholarship. also, I certainly wish we had a feminist club. I would join. but this is not it.
3) real men would welcome a feminist club. real men appreciate and encourage powerhouse women. real men want an educated and capable woman. cowards fear the influence of intelligent women - as they should. all men should be feminists - the education and equality of individual women will solve the world's problems.
rant over.
11.22.2009
skills update
skills I would like to have someday:
guitar sort of
photography
calligraphy
poetry
sketching
sign language
rock climbing
killing spiders
keeping plants alive other than cacti
folding paper cranes and turning them into mobiles
lying to keep a surprise a secret
listening to a political debate without saying anything
hang-gliding
bird-watching
kissing
hey! making progress
photography
calligraphy
sign language
rock climbing
keeping plants alive other than cacti
folding paper cranes and turning them into mobiles
lying to keep a surprise a secret
hang-gliding
bird-watching
kissing
hey! making progress
11.18.2009
après tout
et si je me trompe ?
exprès –
en fait, j’ignore la vérité
ça peut être toi ?
je ne sais pas
c’est tout dans l’imagination ?
pas moi
je vive entre peur et foi
peur trop vrai
qui m’enlève ma paix
je peux imaginer
maintes choses
qui peindraient ma vie toute en rose
mais enfin
tu es mon destin ?
tu sais, je n’ai aucune idée
je tends la main
mais vois de loin
que tu n’es plus
l’un au dessus
je mens
mais quoi de neuf ?
après tout
11.17.2009
utah gratitude
today's gratitude post is all about utah, because I don't appreciate it enough. though it's a lot easier to appreciate when I know I won't be here anymore pretty soon.
+ utah sky blue. it is incredible. and I've never seen such a vivid blue anywhere else.
+ spoon me frozen yogurt deliciousness
+ proximity to great hiking
+ proximity to the church's center - it really is awesome to be at conference in person etc.
+ proximity to grandpa and celesta & co.
+ being where my dad grew up and where he loves
+ the full moon that comes up over the edge of the mountain and makes everything glow
+ being so close to the temple
+ meeting the friends I live(d) with and love
+ driving in the canyon
+ walking to school in the morning (when it's not too cold)
+ my favorite bus driver
+ being close to claire when she lived in salt lake
+ sangria senorial
+ becoming even more of myself (not that I credit utah with that, but it has hosted many a transformation and for that I must be grateful)
it's a great place. I will be happy and sad to leave. bittersweet is always the order of the day. I am a master of such emotions. anyway, today's utah gratefulness has drawn to a close.
+ utah sky blue. it is incredible. and I've never seen such a vivid blue anywhere else.
+ spoon me frozen yogurt deliciousness
+ proximity to great hiking
+ proximity to the church's center - it really is awesome to be at conference in person etc.
+ proximity to grandpa and celesta & co.
+ being where my dad grew up and where he loves
+ the full moon that comes up over the edge of the mountain and makes everything glow
+ being so close to the temple
+ meeting the friends I live(d) with and love
+ driving in the canyon
+ walking to school in the morning (when it's not too cold)
+ my favorite bus driver
+ being close to claire when she lived in salt lake
+ sangria senorial
+ becoming even more of myself (not that I credit utah with that, but it has hosted many a transformation and for that I must be grateful)
it's a great place. I will be happy and sad to leave. bittersweet is always the order of the day. I am a master of such emotions. anyway, today's utah gratefulness has drawn to a close.
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