GottaWannaNeedaGettaHava

Well, I am here in the office doing some proofreading and waiting to head out with some others to the BCC forum tonight on 287(g) in Guilford County.

Anyhow, someone just shared a biscuit with me, a Bojangles' biscuit nonetheless. I am a sucker for biscuits, but I almost never eat them. Today is maybe the second time in my life that I have had something from Bojangles'. The first time was years and years ago when I was on a class trip or something, and even then I think I only got the fries. When I moved to NC from Alexandria and saw a Bojangles' for the first time, I was kind of in shock. I thought it was only on TV or something. I don't know why but it always reminds me of Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.

And, yes, I have that on my Netflix queue.

Oh, how I miss you Popeyes. And, Popeye.

adentakeson

Recently, I attempted to join a yahoo(!) group and remembered that I already had a Yahoo(!) ID--adentakeson.

So funny, because I remember loving that Yahoo(!) ID, which is originally my AOL screenname, because I created in in an attempt to capture my undying love (at the time) for HBO's Tracey Takes On...

Aaaaaand, just Netflix-ed it.

Decrease for the crown

Oh, Sunday. Too early on Sundays do I come to the realization that the next day is Monday...

For the past three weeks I had a little something new to do on Sunday afternoons. I was taking a beginning knitting class at Gate City Yarns. I signed up for the class during First Friday last month (when I intended to spend my money for that night on some new, locally-made earrings).

There were 5 of us in the class plus the instructor and we all ended the class at various levels of completion of our hats--from finished to, well, my hat I suppose, as you can see below:



At the end, I wasn't dissapointed that I didn't finish my hat. I enjoyed the diversion of going somewhere new, doing something new, meeting new people, and working with, of course, that awesome sunshine-y yarn!

One day, one day, I may finish that hat. Just in time for summer! Well, I'd still need some more supplies to finish off the hat. I paid $45 for the class plus just under $20 for the yarn and book (I found out I had to buy that after I came in for the first class). Actually, before starting the hat in the second class, apparently we would have needed to buy new needles just the right size for the hat but I decided to not do that and found that I could actually work on the hat fine, just differently, with the needles that came with the class. I survived without any stitch markers though I did have some dropped stitches and the like here and there. All in all it was fun. The first First Friday I went to was fun--it was nice outside, we walked around downtown all over, from Lyndon Street Artworks to the Cultural Center and up and down Elm. Can't wait for the next one!

Now, time for a Sunday paper.

More than a Woman

I missed a day of posting! Terrible.

Saturday morning I went to an ACCESS training until about 1PM (so, I did stay for lunch haha). The topic I went to was...conflict resolution! Tom was doing the training again though I apparently was excused from yesterday since I went to Galtung's seminars last semester. Oh, well, it was kind of nice to see everyone at the training since I haven't been to one in a while.

Driving to and from the training center I blasted 99.5 WMAG, my weekend replacement for 101.1 weekend jazz (sorry!). I'm a sucker for "the best of the 70s, 80s, 90s and today" though thank goodness 99.5 focuses on as much surrounding the Bee Gees as possible.

Speaking of that, it seems like at any time that I turn on WMAG, three songs always make it on air:

Lou Rawls, You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine

Soft Cell, Tainted Love

Bee Gees, More Than A Woman

My goodness, I love the Bee Gees. Surprisingly, I haven't bought any of their songs on iTunes. I bought a lot of other stuff and you would think that I'd buy something I loooooooooooooove...I remember having the record in my family's house in McLean. We also had a Dolly Parton record I loved but I have her on CD so I'm good for now. I decided to also just make a YouTube playlist of At Worst...The Best of Boy George and Culture Club, a CD that I actually bought twice and lost twice in middle school. Sad.

Anyhow, later that night, we all tried a new spot, The Brass Taps on Battleground. I think that's the farthest bar that we have been to is Cooper's. Brass Taps was smaller than I thought it would be; I always see the sign for the place on my way to Earth Fare (which is usually my business that far up Battleground) but on our way up there last night we passed it due to the facade of a Subway in front of the bar. Confusing. Chris, Patricia and I got food there and we all liked it. The bar wasn't smoky at all, which was very nice, though odd, too, because there were a few people smoking in the small space. The only overpowering smell was Chris' baconator burger. I got the Fat Tire beer that Graham had introduced us to but I gave it a nay. Karen loved it though, she said it tasted like a "real beer". For a while there I was eye-ing one of the Coors in Chris' domestic bucket (it's like family-style drinking!), but I was trying to stay classy. With my southwestern black bean roll-ups and all.

P.S. Those taquitos were goooood.

Random Quotes

Cleaning out my email box and I found these...no references though, but I'll say that I didn't say any of this. But, I find them true enough.

“Young children construct intuitions about issue of harm and welfare, fairness and rights, that develop into later moral conceptions of justice, equity, and compassion.”

Empowerment is “the restoration to individuals of a sense of their own value and strength and their own capacity to handle life's problems."

“At the present time, it is obvious that our main educational purpose is not the moral one of producing caring people but a relentless—and, as it turns out hapless—drive for academic adequacy.”

“Schools do not exist apart from society; they mirror it.”

“Peace building is a proactive strategy that builds a ‘peace consciousness’ and creates the conditions for sustained nonviolence and lasting conflict resolution.”

Just some notes

Wow, I am tired.

Just an unnecessary update on the whole parfum thing: I don't really use the stuff. Yea, you know, I use a little here and there on occasions like when Chris and I go somewhere special like Riva's or Fat Dog's, but other than that, I stay "naturally fresh". I hope.

Anyhow, I know I need to post about the event I went to this past Tuesday...I have all of my notes from the dicussion burning a hole through my bag now, so I swear to get to it today. Or tomorrow at the latest. I'm pretty excited that I've posted every day now for, well, 4 days now. =) Catch you later!

Tastes Like Cake

Did you see that fog? Goodness.

Everyday on my way to the office I see an awesome view of downtown as I drive towards Southside on MLK. I always seem to expect it but am also pleasantly surprised by the view of our small skyline on my commute.

But the first time I saw that view disappear it was after the fact. The fog mesmerized me until a while after I stopped at the S. Elm light at Natty Greene's and realized that I had missed out on my view for that day.

During today's foggy commute, here is what I saw. Or didn't see.