or maybe i am just inspired to do other things. i am really enjoying taking time off…offline, reading books, frolicking in the sun (when it pops up). in fact, tonight i am going to finish painting my hallway in preparation for a big boxing bag to be installed. ohhhh, i can’t wait to have my [...]

this is my lake…well it is not really mine, but i claim it. actually, this lake has been a very important part of my last 4.5 years. it is where i jog (where i got to chase the rainbow, pound through the sand, brush along the ferns, and listen to my thoughts), it is [...]

ok, note to self…on windy days, pollen filled days.. do not wear contacts!!! ouch. :-( i have rescratched my cornea…and now my eye is a red watery mess that really really hurts…

my little hedgehog

Originally uploaded by Fairyring.

there is a little hedgehog that lives behind my apartment under a playhouse. every evening my dog stands at the window and whines as the little guy walks past. i wonder if he is sticking out his tongue at my [...]

well, despite the fact that it is summer and i long for twitterpation…i just finished a paper on the notion of courtly love in the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. i proposed that it is evident from the descriptions of the females in the poem that the poet is warning medieval men about [...]

i was looking up the etymology of the noun, love and got this…
1. a. That disposition or state of feeling with regard to a person which (arising from recognition of attractive qualities, from instincts of natural relationship, or from sympathy) manifests itself in solicitude for the welfare of the object, and usually also in delight [...]

Taking a 5 minute breather while I contemplate the nature of courtly love in the poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, which is the topic of the paper I am writing. I am using a linguistic analysis of power structures to show that the poet is using the descriptions of the women as a [...]

here is another video plug-in for skype (which i am thinking is better, but have not tried it yet…if you wanna try it too, skype me :-) )

this plug-in is more easily integrated into the skype console (button which allows one push opening), allows for conference calls (see picture above, taken from skype journal), and [...]