sakura_senshi: transience and strife

As sala'amu alaikum*

nobody@vox.com(sakura_senshi) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:47:08 -0400

I've always been proud of the fact that the first Muslim representative in the U.S. Congress is from Minneapolis. Even though I don't live in Keith Ellison's district (which primarily covers the predominantly African-American neighborhoods of nor...

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I don't think so.

nobody@vox.com(sakura_senshi) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:40:02 -0400

I've expounded on this before, but just to remind y'all: St. Paul, MN is host this year to the Republican National Convention on September 1-4. One of the most Democratic cities in the Midwest (and some might say the deadest---Omaha has more night...

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I hear funny noises. Hopefully not from dead people.

nobody@vox.com(sakura_senshi) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:06:34 -0400

I realize when you first move into a new place, there's this period of adjustment where you get used to the eccentricities of the space: the instant disappearance of the shower spray when someone flushes the toilet (or worst, one water temperature...

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WTF! Browser jacking?

nobody@vox.com(sakura_senshi) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:37:36 -0400

I just posted a reply to a comment on one of my posts, and after hitting the button I was suddenly directed to "Please support our sponsor" ad for a timeshare rental company. Did anyone else experience this? Or do I have a spyware bug installed o...

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QotD: Summer Solstice

nobody@vox.com(sakura_senshi) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:40:56 -0400

Yesterday was the summer solstice for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. How did you celebrate the arrival of summer and the longest day of the year? I unpacked more stuff out of boxes. Remind me not to move for another five years. Every ti...

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Civic slacker.

nobody@vox.com(sakura_senshi) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:40:08 -0400

I can't believe it: I haven't even lived a year in this wretched county, but I have been called to jury duty on July 28. I know, I know, don't lecture me about how this is a civic responsibility, that some day I may be sitting in the docket and h...

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Aftermath

nobody@vox.com(sakura_senshi) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:16:53 -0400

This was stupid: after my blathering on and on about the storm, it began um, storming. I suddenly realized I had left the windows in the stairwell open just outside my apartment, so I ran out to shut them. Then I shut the kitchen window because th...

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So where was this guy when I was in San Francisco?

nobody@vox.com(sakura_senshi) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:26:34 -0400

I originally heard this story on NPR's The World and thought it was terrific, even though it was clear a lot of people thought his performances were just a novelty. I love Texas swing and old prewar country music (the kind you hear on the soundt...

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Adjusting to home.

nobody@vox.com(sakura_senshi) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:27:12 -0400

So Eliza has been home now for three days. She goes through two cans of Fancy Feast a day, but turned her nose up at the prescription diet food her vet made me buy. I told the vet Eliza wouldn't touch the stuff, but the doc insisted she [Eliza] ne...

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QotD: Why I Blog

nobody@vox.com(sakura_senshi) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:35:34 -0400

Why do you blog? Submitted by littleduckling. It started out as an economical way of updating family and friends on what was going on with my daily life---I was in graduate school and working 30 hours a week, so there wasn't much time left over...

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