Employed at Last!

I start my new job tomorrow and can't wait. While I have enjoyed this brief sojourn from employment, I am ready for this job, which is kinda dreamy. I'm going to be working for a prestigious art institute here in San Francisco in a management capacity. I will be surrounded by artists, intellectuals and the fresh energy that students bring. I can't freaking wait!

So there you have it. Proof positive that one can go from calling your boss a racist to the job of one's dreams at an organization so very fucking different than the one I was working for before. I'm so happy!

Shoe Therapy

I'm not of the retail therapy type usually, but boy oh boy, do I love me some Ross!!! I went in to get a pair of shoes and came out with a couple, all for about $35. I thought it was a steal and I have such cute shoes betch!!!!

Here's an oldie but goodie for ol' times sake...


Anyway, I had a good reason for buying shoes. I am going to a wedding this wknd and needed a cute pair and boy did I get 'em...two of them :)

I am living on borrowed time here and every minute that my phone doesn't ring is that much more cause for anxiety...the days of splurging on two pairs of shoes will soon come to an end. I am only on day three of unemployment and lemme tell ya...it sucks! I like being busy and I am so hungry for a job in higher ed. PLEASE I hope I find one! Enough of my sniveling...it's all about the shoes betch! And remember...

JUST SAY NO TO POINTY TOE...unless you're the Wicked Witch!

Women's Power! Vagina Power!

For the past few months, I've been reading and watching films about birth, particularly modern maternity care in the US and natural birth. The movie that started it all was Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein's "The Business of Being Born" (2007) Go Ricki! Go Ricki!

Here's the trailer, it's amazing!



I must preface this all with,
1) I've never given birth or carried a pregnancy to term.
and
2) because of that I realize that until I have a child of my own, I can never fully understand the magnitude of childbirth. I feel it's like the woman said at the end of the trailer, "Nothing compares to the privilege of giving life and the responsibility of that." That is something I hold true in my heart...I mean to make a life that's a fucking trip and might as well ride the trip until the end...what's crazy is that, after reading up and all, you wonder, "Why is the United States doing things so differently than other countries?" Our births are overmedicalized. How can you labor if you aren't even allowed to move around? Or feel your legs after an epidural for that matter? The whole thing seems very counter-intuitive to me. Besides after witnessing some amazing natural/home births, it's awe-inspiring and beautiful to see women at their most powerful in a way...(this is not to say that birth defines woman, far from it, merely to point at the natural beauty and empowerment of that process)

Anyway, I gotta get to work...I can't wait to have a baby to experience it for myself. Actually, I can wait, let's give it a few years! Maybe I should find a job first!

This is my last week at the ole' cave and I am happy about it. I have two interviews at higher education institutions Thurs and Fri morns. Wish me luck everybody. I hope I knock 'em dead. I have to remember though that this is a long process and to not waste all my best shit on the first interview...

Gotta motor. Peas and Carrots. Der.


P.S. I just found the pic above online, lemme know if it's like some nazi women power shit or i dunno what...