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Jana Remy

  • Writing
    • Disability
    • Making History
    • Digital Humanities
      • dayofDH
    • Canoeing
    • Creative Nonfiction & Essays
    • Feminism
    • Bibliographies
      • Pacific Worlds Bibliography
    • Social Media
      • Mentions/Links
  • Scholarship
    • Awards/Fellowships
    • Conferences & Invited Talks
    • Collaboration
    • Workshops
    • Conference Planning
    • Technical Skills
  • Teaching
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August 2006

family

supercut

Junior high school registration was this morning. Unfortunately, late last night I realized that school pictures would also be this morning. Oops–I’d let C grow his hair out all summer long. As a result, in the past month his hair had developed a mind of its own–standing up each morning in a tangled mass and demanding mini-wheats for breakfast because that’s what the unruly hair beast likes best. I had to do something so he wouldn’t experience a lifetime of embarrassment over his 7th-grade yearbook photo! (I can just see it now–he’s won the Nobel Prize and just as he steps up to the podium to receive his award, someone flashes his jr high photo on the screen over his head and the audience recoils with laughter)
Flashback to when C was a baby: despite the fact that he only had 4 strands of hair on his egg-shaped head, those 4 strands would invariably lie in a tangled knot on the top of his crown every morning. It’s an innate gift, I think. Hmmm…it must come from John’s side of the genepool.

So I got up early (ok, early for summer, which meant about 8), got the clippers and took C out to the back porch for a super-fast super-cut. It took about 15 minutes and it turned out pretty well. So well, in fact, that all the long-haired girls wearing micromini skirts seemed to recognize C just fine, looking super-cool as he showed the babes the right way to spin the dial on their new combination locks.
Note: why is it that every single girl seemed to be wearing the exact same skirt and skin-tight T-shirt?

C got his schedule, PE uniform, and his student ID card, while I signed 57 forms and wrote out just about as many checks. C opted not to upgrade his ID to an “ASB Card” by paying for all the school dances ahead of time. When I queried him about the dances, he wrinkled up his nose, peered over his glasses and sighed deeply, imparting the wisdom of the ages in this brief statement:

“I’ll do the pay-at-the-door option if I decide I want to go to any of the dances, Mom.”

August 31, 2006
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I can keep a secret
John

I can keep a secret


This Saturday John and I will celebrate our 14th wedding anniversary.

As I thought about our anniversary a few months ago, I decided that we should do something really special. Fourteen years seemed a long time, long enough that it needed a pretty good celebration.

So I’ve planned something for us and it’s still a secret from John. I’ve dropped a few little hints (e.g. “don’t forget to pack your swimsuit”), but I think he’s really quite oblivious. I’m enjoying holding him in suspense, but if the tables were turned and he was keeping our plans a surprise from me, I’d be miserable. I’m no good at waiting. I’m into instant gratification….

The picture above is of us standing on a bridge in the heart of Paris four years ago. We had one night on the town alone (the kiddoes were with Mom at the Hotel du Levant). A good memory. Perhaps we will create a few more memories, and a few more blurry romantic pictures, on this next adventure. It won’t be Paris, but few things ever are. :)

August 31, 2006
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make me smile

Make me smile…

–Yuki bringing by peanut-butter cookies as she picks up a big bag of our clothes that our kids have outgrown
–My students saying to me during my office hours that “You are a way better teacher than the one we had last quarter for World History”
–Tasting a yellow watermelon for the first time and finding that it’s crisper and sweeter than the red (and so worth the $5 we paid for it at the Farmer’s Market)
–Watching Ellycat attack the pile of washcloths that I so neatly folded
–Kissing each of the kiddoes on the temple and giving them a big hug on Sunday evening, after we’d returned from The Museum of Tolerance. Feeling overwhelming gratitude for yet another day of life with them

August 29, 2006
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booksLDS

pray for me…

What I found when I reached down to put my laptop into my shoulderbag this morning on my way to class–

A note, written in bright green ink:

For Jana,
Pray for me–I’m an atheist, too!
All Best,
William Shunn

For a split-second I stood there, gap-jawed, contemplating how & why Bill Shunn had crept into my house and placed that note on my computer. Then I quickly remembered that John told me that he’d had Bill sign a card for me when they met at WorldCon.

Whew….For a moment there I was sure that I really _had_ listened to a few too many podcasts lately.

August 28, 2006
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JohnLDS

Podcast #4 is now posted. Enjoy :)

August 26, 2006
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deep thoughts

ridin’ on the metro-o-oh….

Not a very impressive list. But there is quality in this list, even if there isn’t quantity :)

Try it yourself!

August 26, 2006
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books

paradise

From my new favorite radio show:
Yesterday was the birthday of the Argentine poet and short-story writer Jorge Luis Borges, born in Buenos Aires (1899). He said, “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”

August 25, 2006
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books

Our book is ranked #158,105 in book sales. Woohoo. :)

August 25, 2006
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John

sickly

Poor John is sick today. Too sick to go to work. Life is just rough that way…

August 24, 2006
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deep thoughts

decluttering

I’m gong to take this advice on decluttering from wen (IMO, the fourth item on this list is particularly pertinent):
a. Pick up an item.
b. Do you know what the hell it is? If not, toss it.
c. Does it smell bad? If so, toss it.
d. Ask yourself “Would I rather take care of this item or blog?” If the answer is blog, toss it.
NOTE: Do not toss your husband, wife, children, all the food in your fridge, your pets or your neighbors’ pets.

August 23, 2006
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Peace Rally
familyQuaker

Peace Rally


Peace Rally

Our two little lights, shining brightly in the dark night.
A memory for our kids’ CO files. :)

August 22, 2006
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John

another episode

John and I put together podcast #4 on the big brown bed last night. It should be posted in a few days–after John finishes all of the technical tweaking. :)

August 21, 2006
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Hi there friend, and welcome to my blog. I started writing on the internet two decades ago. Since then I've started and finished a PhD program, left the Mormon church and became a Quaker, got divorced, remarried, found full-time work in academia, took up rock climbing and outrigger canoeing, and traveled across the globe (China! Belgium! Italy! Chicago! Montana! Portland! Gettysburg! and oh-so-many points in-between). This blog is eclectic and random--it has poetry and cooking and books. And cats. And flowers. And the ocean (my ocean). But in that sense it's a good reflection of me and my wide-ranging, far-reaching, magpie curiosity.

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