| credit crisis |
[Dec. 20th, 2008|10:28 am] |
My main research project this semester... |
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| Doing Well |
[Dec. 6th, 2008|10:54 pm] |
Semester wrapping up. I taught my last class Friday and I take finals this coming week. It's pretty much over because my finals are e-a-s-y. I feel really good about this semester. I feel really good about how I did and even better about getting to relax a lot in December. I just feel good about stuff in general. I like where I live, what I do, my day-to-day is pretty happy.
I want to spend time with people as much as I can while I can... seriously dinner movie games stuff like that. Call me if you want to have a Gabe in your home.
Anyway, new articles on RFJ...
More "Conversation with Peter LaBarbera
Prop 8 the Musical
It's Not Private
call me. we'll go christmas shopping |
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| U. to the K. |
[Mar. 11th, 2008|05:07 am] |
I'm in Europe for Spring Break. I've been to Bath, Windsor Castle, and Stonehenge so far in England. Since I've already been to London a few times I've forfeited the usual touristy stuff. I have friends that have lived here for a while so we haven't been sightseeing as much as just hanging out in neighborhoods I might not otherwise see. I've wanted to see Stonehenge since I was little and Windsor was cool because I'm interested in the royal family and it's a real castle started in the 11th century. But both of those things - while interesting - are things you go look at, nod your head, and move on. Bath, however, I was pleasantly surprised by. The architecture is amazing. I did a sort of self-guided Jane Austen tour. I visited the apartment where she lived and saw the places she wrote about. And I visited the Roman baths just walked around for a long time. Today I'm working. I have a ton of work to do so I'm sitting with my laptop and trying to bang it out so I can go out tonight. At the end of the week I'll train to Edinburgh. I've never been to Scotland so I'm going to try to make the most of my time there. I'm mainly here to see friends but I have so much work to do that if I don't get some things done I won't be able to enjoy my friends. I'm including some pictures below and I'll post an album or two when I get back. |
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| It Is A Tumor |
[Feb. 7th, 2008|08:18 am] |
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Sadly, on the day after Christmas this year my brother-in-law was diagnosed with a brain tumor. The prognosis was originally positive and it has thrown my sister and her husband into a six-week tailspin of hospital stays and thinking of answers to questions no one likes to consider even in the hypothetical. To make matters graver, they had their first baby in June, which adds the logistical stress of managing an illness with an infant as well as makes those life and death considerations more difficult to process. Continued on RedFuzzyJesus... |
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| putting your minds at ease |
[Jan. 30th, 2008|01:00 pm] |
Lately there has been a noticeable change in my appearance that has disturbed several friends. I wanted to write a post about it to assuage anyone’s concerns and maybe deflect some criticism that – while well intentioned – is misplaced and unduly harsh. In 2007 I lost and replaced 8 cell phones. Causes varied but included dropping a phone in a puddle, leaving one at a restaurant, falling asleep in a cab and losing the contents of my pockets, etc, and unfortunately, etc. As a result I am trying to have a better 2008 and am now trying something new. I am wearing one of those clippy things that attaches my phone to my belt.
The horror of such a device has spurred more than a few “mentions” from “friends.” Most express the level of disgust one might expect if I were wearing a still writhing clubbed baby seal on my head or saddling an elderly widow. Though they may be hard to imagine, there are worse things a person can wear than a cell phone clipped on their belt. I have made a personal decision to continue trying this method in order to retain my phone for more than a month and I hope that my friends can respect that choice if not embrace it altogether.
You may be tempted to comment, “But Gabriel, don’t graduate students make jillions. You could afford your own Scrooge McDuck money bin filled with cell phones to swim around in.” This is a common misconception about grad school and no, it does not afford me such irresponsibility when it comes to cell phones. So yes, when you see me do not be so shocked and dismayed at my cell phone on my belt. There is no reason to ask me several questions about it or offer unsolicited fashion advice. And do kindly suppress your urge to ridicule. I am just trying this and we will all get through it together. |
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| benny lava |
[Jan. 20th, 2008|09:24 pm] |
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So, I’m a happy bunny right now and have been for sometime. And I feel like posting about it. Things are going well. I like my graduate program and the work I’m producing. I’m going to be named on two articles coming out soon in a political science journal– 3rd or 4th so it’s no big deal but it’s satisfying to me. And I don’t teach this semester because they made me a research fellow at GMU which is less work hours-wise and more money. And I’m not sure how to describe it but I have a lot of friends that I love and negligible drama or superficial relationships. And I feel like I’m living pretty fully with a lot of working out and hanging out and eating well and stuff. I just think I’m living really well. It’s a fine balance to walk in that if you focus too much on things not going well then you risk sounding too negative and that’s off putting. But if you’re really pleased with how things are lining up you risk sounding self-aggrandizing or obnoxious or worse, insensitive to people for whom things might be rocky. So I’ll just say things are going really well with me and leave it at that. But, even if things weren’t going well I think I would still be happy because I feel like deep down in the big blue sea I’m happy. The me that is me is happy. But, contrarily, somehow at a core level I’m also really fucking angry. And I’m not sure how both things could be true simultaneously. Further analysis suggests happy has the upper hand over angry and is gaining momentum and I like that, chubby cat. It’s sort of grown up I guess. This post has become heavier than originally intended. So you should watch this clip and drink every time they change clothes.
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