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Sickness

Aimee — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 09:01:04 +0000

On Thursday I was struck down by the stomach flu. I went to work feeling kinda bad, but not sick, and rapidly declined for the rest of the day. I managed to make it through and hour of Japanese which was good since I really need the practice. Then the five students who weren’t on the ski trip had study hall, so that was low impact. At some point I went to the office to take my temperature and the office lady suggested I “take a rest” in the principles office (he was also off skiing). I think I napped for about an hour and then stumbled off when the office staff started to have lunch. The smell of food was making me feel really sick, so I sat on the restroom floor and convinced myself I wasn’t going to throw up. I fell asleep on the couch in my classroom and I remember one of the nicer students coming in and saying “Is Ms. McFarlane ok?” in a really worried voice. It was adorable but I must have looked like such a mess. My boss drove me to the nearest subway stop and I stumbled home. I was feverish and delirious and my roommate took really good care of me. I remember whining for IV fluids, which now I think is really funny because who whines for something like that? It would be one thing if I lived with a nurse, but would you want to encourage a regular citizen to stick you with a needle and feed you saline? No. Not at all.

I’m starting to feel normal today, but my stomach is still protesting most foods. I really can’t wait for this winter of freezing temperatures and influenza to be over.

I’m currently obsessed with Marina and the Diamonds.

I don’t know why I’ve never heard of this girl before because her sound is right up my alley. I found one of her songs remixed on youtube and then looked for the original. The first few times I listened to the album Marina didn’t do much for me, but then she took over my mind and I can’t stop listening. I realize and am unashamed of the fact I love pop music.

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Forgot to mention that I bought these shoes. I’m worried that they wont fit as it sounds like a lot of people have complaints, but they where almost half off and I really really like them. I think my sister would approve too.

Puppy Cam!

Aimee — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:54:00 +0000

Tyler found this streaming web cam of what we think are Shiba Inu puppies. Sooooo cute!

Puppy Web Cam!

Is this better then another knitting post, because I just finished a tiny sock if you want to hear about it.

Stuff White People Like

Aimee — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:34:00 +0000

So in general, and without doing much research, I find Stuff White People Like to be really stupid. I’ve never really liked comedy that points out the obvious and SWPL is basically that, yes Yuppies like fair trade coffee, yoga, and gay friends, big freaking deal. Some of the elaborations are amusing (white people like gifted kids, and there for all kids are gifted) but I find most of the humor so obvious that it’s boring. I agree with this article’s break down of the humor in SWPL:

In fact, all the site’s entries, while superficially chiding, can actually be divided into three very comforting categories:

1) Entries that don’t reflect your lifestyle choices (in my case: going nuts on St. Patrick’s Day, running marathons), and therefore make you feel superior.

2) Entries that do reflect your lifestyle choices (Apple products, recycling), and therefore make you feel like you’re in on the joke, and that you’re good-humored enough to laugh at yourself (you know–like Gene Simmons!), and therefore make you feel superior.

3) Entries that nod to commonly held comic stereotypes (white people like assists in basketball and standing still at concerts), and therefore, because you recognize them, make you feel superior.

But that sums up all the humor I dislike, so I guess I should get over myself.

The real point of this post is that I just listened to an NPR feature (oh no my whiteness is showing!) on the author. Link! Besides actually being intelligent in his summery of SWPL, Christian Lander points out how white people don’t like to be generalized, but that’s what they do to everyone else (around 4:50). SWPL and Lander are not making any leaps to making white people more accepting of privilege or race issues, but that did make me dislike SWPL a little less. I’m mostly impressed at how something so stupid can be defended in such an intelligent way.

Now I’m going to go off and enjoy some more stuff white people like (NPR, tea, and expensive sandwiches).

Best of my RSS

Aimee — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:42:00 +0000

Drawn
Potentially the most creative street art I’ve seen. When the subway passes by the animal inflates. I think that street art has gotten a little convoluted, but this really renews my faith in the whole thing. (Ps this was all over the web, so I’m linking to

Who wouldn’t want a tiny pie? (craft) I don’t even like pie and I want one!

Eco -friendly lotion. (craft) A very good idea, though I fail at making cosmetics.

Make a little shopping bag. (craft) I’m really going to have to start a store all for the sewing project that Craft keeps posting. My sewing machine is at Tyler’s though.

Mistress Matisse writes about some unbelievably bad behavior. (Mistress Matisse) NWS I can’t wrap my head around how someone could be so rude, and so blunt, and still have all their teeth.

A short list of what every American should know about the Middle East. (kottke)

Amazing paper cuts by Risa Fukui (Ping Mag) So amazing…

Sew a fabric basket. (craft) yet another sewing project.

Moki (right some good) love the subtle creepiness.

Tom Horacek (drawn) Haven’t heard of him, but his comics are so cute, and I think I have to own “All We Ever Do is Talk About Wood”.

Fabric for Fabrics sake. (craft) new blog, so cute.

How to kill an RFID. (boing boing) We’ve all got a little conspiracy theory in us.

Oil painting was invented in Asia. (lines and colors) Just another example of how Euro centric the art worls, and art history are. Why would anyone want to believe that oil painting was invented any place other then Europe, they’re the best.

Mended Spiderwebs (kottke) Love this concept, but I’m kind of sick of art that deals with humans “fixing” nature. “The morning after the first patch job, I discovered a pile of red threads lying on the ground below the web.” Doesn’t look like the spider needed our help.

Amazing interactive LED coffee table (apartment therapy)

Twitter

Aimee — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:41:00 +0000

So since I fail at posting. Here is a link to my Twitter page.

AimeeIsDrawing @ Twitter

If micro blogging is something you’re even remotely interested in, you should join and be my friend, because I feel lame only having one person I know update.