From the monthly archives:

March 2006

Arachnaphilia / Iraqnaphobia

20 March 2006

i wish i got to see blackalicious when they were in town tuesday, but i didn’t really find out about it until the day of, and with kids, you have to plan. all this talk of the anniversary of the invasion of iraq has me upset. the commentary has the feel of distance of a [...]

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Licious

14 March 2006

I have discovered Blackalicious, and I experience the world anew. Not really, but I do so enjoy them. Which is nice because it means I’m slightly less depressed than I’ve been the past couple days. I went to my student’s funeral yesterday. It was simultaneously awful and beautiful. I’d never been to a child’s funeral. [...]

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No Fucking God

13 March 2006

One of my kids died. One of my students. The only student who ever asked me the names of my children. He was 13. I’m completely overwhelmed. This isn’t supposed to happen. For the longest time after I found out this evening, my brain sort of hazily kept trying to figure out ways to make [...]

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