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I have been embroidering everyday, all day. I have an hour commute to school in the mornings and another hour again in the evenings and my arms have just been glowing with pain at the end of making so many stitches. These decorative Tidy Cloths (cum rags) are for a show in New Orleans this fall called "Deep, Down & Dirty; Female Sexuality in the South."
The best part of my submission was applying academic language to cum rags... you try it with your collegiate face!
Growing up in the South I was taught that in any personal situation, one must be, above all, gracious and hospitable. Sexuality, specifically coitus, was rarely talked about in detail, so imagine my surprise to find out that it was such a messy act. I knew there was a way to apply manners and frills to ejaculate.


For graduate school, I'm in a class called "Teaching Math to Elementary Students." There's about 20 of us in there, and we're all relearning how to do impossible things like multiply mixed fractions using concrete manipulatives. The goal is that we are learning better ways of teaching math through collaboration, models, real life scenarios. However, all of us are so scarred by past math classes that the frustration builds in the room until it's as thick as the Texas heat. One girl got so frustrated today that she threw her hands up in the air, made a bratty sigh and left! It's like group therapy, I swear.
It's hard to live in math-land. I love this part in Romy & Michelle's High School reunion (ffwd to 1:30 with the row-boat quip):


Gadjo Disko
Tetsie, Penny and Maddie at Gadjo Disko last weekend.


It's mango season big time around here! I never liked mangos at all until I started seeing Guilherme and he taught me how to pick out the best ones. I like them a little sour, I found out. The saddest part of this week was seeing Guilherme off to the airport, back to Brazil. For ever, ever?
To console myself yesterday, I ate a mango while sitting in the shower, the cold water rushing down my hair.


This evening I went out for Indian food with Devon and his grandma, Kay, who is an awesome lady. We went to the Paramount theatre to watch "Easy Living" (1937):

This is probably the most adorable scene in the entire movie!


I hope you are all well this week. Please tell me there is happy news and goodness on your side.

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On June 25th, 2009 04:18 am (UTC), [info]aquaell commented:
I learned how to climb aerial tissue and spin on aerial hoop this week; my body cannot move now, but still, it's happy and good. I can't wait for my body to get stronger, doing this every week.

You sound like you're dealing with Guilherme's departure beautifully. Take care.

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On June 25th, 2009 04:33 am (UTC), [info]lord_whimsy commented:
Jean Arthur channels my (as yet to be born) wife in this scene.
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On June 25th, 2009 06:34 am (UTC), [info]coffeecup37 commented:
I haven't seen Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion in so long and that clip makes me desperate to watch it!

My week has been good: I was officially accepted into university and picked out my classes, I've been able to converse with a man I adore on a regular basis, my last assignment for the semester is nearly finished.

I hope you and Guilherme are able to meet again some day, Amelia. ♥

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On June 25th, 2009 11:49 am (UTC), [info]doublespeak replied:
That whole movie is on youtube, just sayin'!

Which university did you get into?

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On June 25th, 2009 07:21 pm (UTC), [info]coffeecup37 replied:
The University of Auckland (in New Zealand). :)
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On June 25th, 2009 06:48 am (UTC), [info]mixtapemafiette commented:
i am very happy, giddy almost, riding my bike and laughing at tumultuous oregon weather. i thoroughly enjoyed the embroidery, and the idea of eating a mango in the shower.

loving thoughts.

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On June 25th, 2009 11:50 am (UTC), [info]doublespeak replied:
Which section of PDX are you living in? I miss my little Alberta neighborhood! How is Tyler?
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On June 25th, 2009 07:27 am (UTC), [info]neverreal commented:
Hee, I love that bit in Romy & Michelle's, too.
I am well! I'm on holidays so I can relax and forget about the stress of the past month or so. =]
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On June 25th, 2009 10:27 am (UTC), [info]boysname commented:
It's really very beautifully sad [mango]
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On June 25th, 2009 01:56 pm (UTC), [info]weetziefae commented:
I want to meet a really sweet girl with heart shaped nipples. mmmhmmm.

I think it's really amusing to read your description, especially since i'm familiar with your typical tone/voice. I also can imagine how i would read it if i was seeing it in a gallery and didn't know you. That show sounds fantastic. I hope they post a website. Will you be going? will you post a review?

happy news: i'm working on a new zine that will be done by saturday. my first new zine in about 4 years

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On June 25th, 2009 02:05 pm (UTC), [info]ragtimematt commented:
"Sorry, Wafford." I love this movie. Jean Arthur is adorable.
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On June 25th, 2009 02:31 pm (UTC), [info]garconniere commented:
"These decorative Tidy Cloths (cum rags) are for a show in New Orleans this fall called "Deep, Down & Dirty; Female Sexuality in the South.""

I LOVE IT.
I LOVE YOU.

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On June 25th, 2009 02:47 pm (UTC), [info]ohdarlinglove commented:
there is so much happiness and good news with me - i have just moved somewhere that i feel i am meant to be, i am content and happy with myself for the first time since summer 2006, life just keeps getting better and better. i am sad for you that guilherme has gone, but you seem to have had your life enriched by him so much that i cannot help but smile whenever you mention him - you are the luckiest girl in the world, and if it is meant to be, you will see him again.
love ruth
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On June 25th, 2009 06:18 pm (UTC), [info]valetoile commented:
Yesterday I went on a lovely picnic with my gentleman friend, yes, in the 105 heat. It was tasty and extravagant. I went to "ladies' night" at the melting pot on Monday, and that, too, was extravagant. I have an improv show tonight which you should come see (I can sneak you free tickets!) and tomorrow I move into mynew house. It's about time we had another date, pretty lady.
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On June 26th, 2009 03:45 am (UTC), [info]collections commented:
things are good here! i am moving (which you know), and i am also engaged (which you may not already know)!
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On June 26th, 2009 05:07 am (UTC), [info]lightvortex commented:
I'm curious how math is being taught these days. I wish I could just ask you at dinner or at the pool or in the commons. Damn those naked raccoons. Anyway, I'd probably have my own ways of teaching it...
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On June 26th, 2009 05:08 am (UTC), [info]doublespeak replied:
How were you taught math?

There is a big focus on using "concrete manipulatives" like counting beans, or number blocks.

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On June 26th, 2009 05:33 am (UTC), [info]lightvortex replied:
I honestly don't really remember, other than learning what I assume are the normal multiplication tables and using an abacus and adding numbers starting with the largest digit (which I guess is the opposite of what one would do with a pencil and paper).
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On July 1st, 2009 01:34 pm (UTC), [info]arhythmthief commented:
I'm sorry he left. That movie is great! I've been wanting to go see some movies there but it seems like it usually doesn't end up happening. I've been meaning to bring you a vegan cupcake as a thanks for my smoothie but last time I tried they melted completely after five minutes in the heat. Do you have any flavors you like a lot for when I try again?

I'm off work a lot the next two weeks so let me know if you wanna play at some point!

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On July 1st, 2009 01:43 pm (UTC), [info]doublespeak replied:
Of course! My finals end on Friday so I should be much more available than I am now. Maybe we can get cucumber sodas at Big Top next week?
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