a little less geekiness then last time…

It’s about time I blogged, and with a little less of the geekitude that was in my last post about writing.
I have a job interview today. No, not for a faculty job, but for a new job on campus. I’ve had the same administrative job for nearly 5 years. It’s paid the bills– tuition and [...]

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am I doomed to be perpetually disappointed in politics?

I don’t write much about politics here. But I am just too deeply upset at Obama’s choice to have Rick Warren do the invocation at his inauguration not to say something. After jumping onto the Obama bandwagon (from my love for Hillary), campaigning like crazy for him, and shedding tears when he won, I’m all [...]

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Yes we did!

I’m just now waking up from my post-election-stress migraine (gin-induced, possibly?) . I got up this morning to watching the sunrise, and then went back to bed.
I’m ecstatic. I feel such relief. Such joy. It’s still sinking in.
I have a couple great election day stories to share with you– but I can barely type now. [...]

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the very first official watershed election prediction

Yup, folks. Since I’ve been such an election polling junkie the past couple weeks, I figured that I should just do something productive with all the time I’ve spent studying polling trends and Obama’s win/lose scenarios. The outcome of all this work is my own prediction of how things will go tomorrow.
Yes, you saw right. [...]

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Hi, my name is Watershed and I have an election addiction.

I admit it. I’m beyond hooked on the election. Last night’s debate was a big night in our household. We bought special food. I bought fixings for gin and tonic. Jo hid in the bedroom with her headphones on until I came in 10 minutes into the debate and told her it was okay, Obama [...]

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busy busy busy

For the past week I’ve been way too busy. Way. Too. Busy. I had a couple days last week when everything piled on top of me and I just about collapsed under the weight of it all. Part of it was job applications, part of it was piling dissertation work, a big part of it [...]

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give me a break

Now they want to set a “time horizon” for Iraq instead of a “timeline” or “deadline”?? I know I don’t talk politics much here, but this “time horizon” is too ridiculous to ignore.
They’re kidding, right? I mean, I’m all for the power of language, but does the Bush Crime Admin think we’re stupid? Really, really [...]

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I want to live in a happy, good news bubble

I haven’t blogged in a while and you should be so very happy and thankful about that. Why? Because you have no idea how close I came to blogging again, for the umpteenth time about [1] writing at the library, or not writing during the weekend (especially when an SVU marathon twarts my plans) and [...]

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burying my head in the sand

As illustrated by this IM conversation between my sister and I (she=pink, me=green), I’ve been pretty successful at altogether ignoring the presidential election.
Are you nervous for today?
No not really
b/c two people already read my draft and thought it was good
Huh?
for the primaries?
LOL
I thought you meant writing group
No lol
This cartoon describes exactly where I’m at with [...]

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nearly-dead white guys*

There wasn’t much on TV last night. So because Jo and I are already political election junkies, we decided to watch as much as we could stand of the republican debate. I rarely delve into politics on watershed, but here goes…
We ended up watching the entire debate because it was a huge snooze-fest. It was [...]

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hope with a new face (catching up with Obama)

I haven’t felt much like blogging this week– too much work during the day, and too many evenings spent zoning out in front of the television… And this weekend I have tons of work to catch up on (2 presentations to give in 3 days)!
Anyway, Monday I took L (my BBBS little sister) to see [...]

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the audacity of hope

Tomorrow I’m going to see Barack Obama speak here in Madison. I’m taking my BBBS little sister, hoping that she’ll be somewhat inspired to think more about politics (and knowing that she’ll learn more than she would sitting in school for a day).
I’m excited to see him speak– I’m sure he’s an amazing speaker, and [...]

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time to impeach!

A phony presidency, a stolen election, an illegal war, prison torture, botching Katrina, outing CIA agents, the Patriot Act, connecting Iraq to 9/11, bombing innocent Iraqis, sending American soldiers to die etc. etc. etc.
But this is the last straw. Really. Enough is enough!

I’m sorry you even had to see that. I wish I didn’t.
What [...]

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holy crap- I shook Bush’s hand??

Okay, I remember that once I shook Bill Clinton’s hand. He came to BIW for the launching of a destroyer (yes, they build destroyers in my hometown). I was 15, and I think I told Clinton to “rock on” (it was in the days of Wayne’s World, after all). I remember that he smiled and [...]

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New Orleans 2: pictures = thousands of words

The conference organizers, and other New Orleaners were very insistant that we see what is left of their city. We got a recommendation for a local cab driver who would take us on a tour. Nikki was incredible. He showed us everything– the 9th Ward, the different places the levees breeched, the places where the [...]

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New Orleans 1: *breaking news*

I’ve been in New Orleans for 2 days now. Let me catch you up on how everything has been going.
But, first I’ll get the *breaking news* out of the way:
New Orleans isn’t nearly back on it’s feet yet.
Really, that would be the understatement of the century.
No, I am not surprised by this, given the complete [...]

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lost in translation

My sister and I chatted online during George’s big speech last night. Our commentary was far better than anything you could find on the news. I wish I could print it all, but our actual commentary is filled with some seriously bad language. So, I’ll cut all that out and give you the translation we [...]

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welcome to Maine! [insert lobstah here]

I am blogging from Maine now. My sister was going to take me out to the beach (it is like 50 here) but she demanded that I blog before we left. So here you go.
My flights this morning were great. Because of my newly acquired Silver Elite status on Northwest, I was upgraded to first [...]

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take note: fascinating stuff!

I’ll pause for a moment in my Minnesota Musings to ask you to check out this radio interview with Cynthia Enloe who was at the conference this weekend (and also at the one in Syracuse). Really fascinating stuff! If you missed her talk, don’t miss this!

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and the fabric of society unravels…

My partner and I woke up this morning, I made the coffee, she fed the cats, we turned on the TV, sat on the couch, and watched the news (shocking!). Her plans for today are to finish raking the yard. I’m going to go to work, then do laundry, and pack to go to a [...]

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a fair Wisconsin?

Probably not.
I am sad to say I have little faith that Wisconsin will vote to reject the proposed ban on gay marriage. Yes, the little pocket of blue that is Madison will probably vote against the ban, but probably not the rest of the state. Yes, I know that wonderful groups like Fair Wisconsin are [...]

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KO, my hero

In case you didn’t know already, I really love Keith Olbermann. Yes, I also watch, and adore, Jon Stewart and even Bill Maher, but Keith just really takes the cake. I think both J. and I have little crushes on him. (I wonder how he’d feel about donating sperm…)
Anyway, just watch this, okay?

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enough said

Just watch this folks.
I wasn’t going to watch any news today. I didn’t even want to think back to 5 years ago. I didn’t. I mostly thought about my sister’s fun birthday and my own looming deadlines instead. It did come up during a conversation at work about people who have birthdays today. A co-worker [...]

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anti-nazi rally

I started my day yesterday with a nice long list of things to do, but then J. called and wondered if I might want to go to the anti-nazi rally at the capital with her (the nazis, I gather, were having an anti-immigration rally). I’ve never actually seen a group of nazis, or a nazi [...]

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crazy ideas

I was watching the Daily Show last night before falling asleep. Al Gore was on. I have a hard time even seeing Al Gore without feeling like I am going to cry- especially when he insists he did carry Florida in 2000. I know it is all water under the bridge, but jeez, everything would [...]

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illumination*

Things I learned in the news this week:

heterosexual people get AIDS too! (on the 25 year anniversary of the discovery of the AIDS virus)
the Canadian border is 4x longer than the Mexican border, but somehow has only 1/30th the amount of border patrol.
my 9 year committed relationship threatens heterosexual marriage. marriage must be defended from [...]

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of pinkos, feminists, termites and manliness

In case anyone missed it, Pat Robertson (who is seriously becoming more insane every day) made some interesting comments about professors on the 700 Club yesterday. Countdown with Keith Olberman ran the story last night.
“But it’s the professors, the 101 most dangerous academics in America, and that’s just a short list of the 30, 40,000 [...]

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can I just say

that it the end of the so-called spring break, and I am totally exhausted. I don’t think I’ve ever done so much work in one week before. I hope that thing about how writing every day makes writing regularly easier is true.
I am also totally and completely beyond exhausted with Bush saying crap like “we [...]

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danger, danger bell hooks!

David Horowitz is asking people to vote for the “Most Dangerous Academics in America. He’s the one who started all that Americans for Academic “Freedom” doublespeak crap. (ohh they have a UW-Madison chapter)
You can vote here for the most dangerous. (note the misspelling of Berkeley)
Some of my favorite academics are on here! How could I [...]

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rights? benefits? no way.

I got an email today from the TAA (the grad student union at UW). Usually (I am a terrible, lazy progressive) I delete 8 out of 10 of these emails. Tonight I decided to read it.
Instantly, the mention of dental benefits peaked my interest. I have a loose crown that I will probably need replaced [...]

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