cuz baby its cold outside
i seriously can't handle how cold it is outside once the sun goes down.
it should be against the law or something. i mean i know this has been a mild winter in general and i should shut it, but seriously it is days like today here in the north that make me REALLY miss the dirty south. but aside from freezing my ass off, what else have i been up to? let me recount to you.
1. jes got the summer internship she wanted at the innocence project. yes, that is right, re-read that last line. my sexy brilliant law student sweetie NOT ONLY got the public interest summer fellowship that pays her cold hard cash to work somewheres public interest-y this summer, she ALSO got this wicked awesome summer internship at the innocence project. for more info on the joint, go to:
http://www.innocenceproject.org/
she got another offer from this prison reform organization that was her second choice and she went to the innocence project folks to see if they would counter offer (the lady she interviewed with at innocence project told her to contact them if she got any other offers first). so she did and they counter-offered. score for jes. i can't put into words how proud i am of her. its just like she sets these goals and she achieves every single one. truly an inspiration to me.
the lady she interviewed with is out of town for a week, so we won't get the details of the position until next week. i will be sure to pass it on to yall. as much as i love my sugar in ties and trousers, i am also happy to hear that she can wear jeans and tshirts (her uniform) and that she will surrounded by lots of queers and progressive folks at this job. good times.
2. while jes has been busy getting a job and doing her school work, i have had quite a bit of work work (that is, my job at emory) so that has been keeping me off the streets. the next three months will be busy with this job and things are slowly falling into place with all the programs i am coordinating so that feels really good. while i am not doing any actual writing for my dissertation, i have been doing data analysis as a first step to organize my next chapter, so i think that is a good thing. it would be better if i was doing data analysis AND writing, but i guess anything is better than watching ellen, starting over, dr. phil, oprah, paula deen and rachel ray all in one day while listening to larry meow incessantly. zoe my new therapist is helping me to be patient with my own process in this dissertation writing thing and on good days i can be. on bad days i convince myself i am a loser. no me gusta the bad days.
3. i partook in this project on monday night with my friend ali. its this street count where volunteers go out and talk to every person on the street in an assigned area to assess whether or not they are homeless. it was me, ali, and a bunch of her co-workers who were all very nice. we walked around bay ridge from midnight until two in the morning asking folks if they had a place to sleep that night. we talked to no one who identified as homeless and no one we identified as homeless but we did chat with a number of people who talked about being homeless in the past or struggling with housing in nyc b/c of high rent prices. it was pretty cold and even started snowing, but both ali and i dressed appropriately and stayed toasty the entire time.
it was supposed to take until 4am, so since we finished early, ali and i went to daisy's diner for some grilled cheese and fries-both were delish. on the way there (ali was driving) we saw this man (and when i say "saw" i mean "almost hit b/c he was in the middle of the road on a green light") with no shirt on sort of riding a bike and pushing a grocery cart full of maybe lead pipes. it was totally terrifying and strangely angelic at the same time. at the time i was just glad we did not hit him (it really wasn't as dramatic as it sounds) but either way, it was a bit eerie.
4. the past few days jes's friend pony (who lives in paris) has been in town so we have been running around town with him a bunch. today we went to the gym and did a little elliptical while jes was in class and then the three of us went into the city to shop and freeze our balls off. all in all it was a good time-except the freezing part.
ok so it is just about midnight and i am exhausted so i am going to hit the hay.
i didn't have internet or phone for the past few days so i was unable to say happy bday to my friend tanner in oakland. it was his bday on february 28th.
it should be against the law or something. i mean i know this has been a mild winter in general and i should shut it, but seriously it is days like today here in the north that make me REALLY miss the dirty south. but aside from freezing my ass off, what else have i been up to? let me recount to you.
1. jes got the summer internship she wanted at the innocence project. yes, that is right, re-read that last line. my sexy brilliant law student sweetie NOT ONLY got the public interest summer fellowship that pays her cold hard cash to work somewheres public interest-y this summer, she ALSO got this wicked awesome summer internship at the innocence project. for more info on the joint, go to:
http://www.innocenceproject.org/
she got another offer from this prison reform organization that was her second choice and she went to the innocence project folks to see if they would counter offer (the lady she interviewed with at innocence project told her to contact them if she got any other offers first). so she did and they counter-offered. score for jes. i can't put into words how proud i am of her. its just like she sets these goals and she achieves every single one. truly an inspiration to me.
the lady she interviewed with is out of town for a week, so we won't get the details of the position until next week. i will be sure to pass it on to yall. as much as i love my sugar in ties and trousers, i am also happy to hear that she can wear jeans and tshirts (her uniform) and that she will surrounded by lots of queers and progressive folks at this job. good times.
2. while jes has been busy getting a job and doing her school work, i have had quite a bit of work work (that is, my job at emory) so that has been keeping me off the streets. the next three months will be busy with this job and things are slowly falling into place with all the programs i am coordinating so that feels really good. while i am not doing any actual writing for my dissertation, i have been doing data analysis as a first step to organize my next chapter, so i think that is a good thing. it would be better if i was doing data analysis AND writing, but i guess anything is better than watching ellen, starting over, dr. phil, oprah, paula deen and rachel ray all in one day while listening to larry meow incessantly. zoe my new therapist is helping me to be patient with my own process in this dissertation writing thing and on good days i can be. on bad days i convince myself i am a loser. no me gusta the bad days.
3. i partook in this project on monday night with my friend ali. its this street count where volunteers go out and talk to every person on the street in an assigned area to assess whether or not they are homeless. it was me, ali, and a bunch of her co-workers who were all very nice. we walked around bay ridge from midnight until two in the morning asking folks if they had a place to sleep that night. we talked to no one who identified as homeless and no one we identified as homeless but we did chat with a number of people who talked about being homeless in the past or struggling with housing in nyc b/c of high rent prices. it was pretty cold and even started snowing, but both ali and i dressed appropriately and stayed toasty the entire time.
it was supposed to take until 4am, so since we finished early, ali and i went to daisy's diner for some grilled cheese and fries-both were delish. on the way there (ali was driving) we saw this man (and when i say "saw" i mean "almost hit b/c he was in the middle of the road on a green light") with no shirt on sort of riding a bike and pushing a grocery cart full of maybe lead pipes. it was totally terrifying and strangely angelic at the same time. at the time i was just glad we did not hit him (it really wasn't as dramatic as it sounds) but either way, it was a bit eerie.
4. the past few days jes's friend pony (who lives in paris) has been in town so we have been running around town with him a bunch. today we went to the gym and did a little elliptical while jes was in class and then the three of us went into the city to shop and freeze our balls off. all in all it was a good time-except the freezing part.
ok so it is just about midnight and i am exhausted so i am going to hit the hay.
i didn't have internet or phone for the past few days so i was unable to say happy bday to my friend tanner in oakland. it was his bday on february 28th.
posted by dj love at 11:25 PM
2 Comments:
donna, please tell jes that she rocks. thanks. :)
I am always SO late in reading these postings (I try girl, I do), but PUH-LEEZE give Jes a shout out from me and ang. That's fantastic!
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