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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
4:42 pm	cnn.com loves Colbert http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/26/tv.colberts.face.ap/index.html What happened to Stephen Colbert's face? NEW YORK (AP) -- With a bruised forehead, Stephen Colbert has found a new cause célèbre: fighting the glamorization of "face violence." Stephen Colbert injured his face Saturday and has made the most of it. As he did after breaking his wrist last year, Colbert has transformed a real-life injury into a mock crusade. Colbert was injured Saturday, and while he's been cagey about the cause, he's made no attempt to hide the scarring between his eyebrows this week on "The Colbert Report." In extreme close-up Monday, he detailed the wreckage: "What the hell is going on right here? What the hell did I do to myself on Saturday? I've got stitches up there, and it looks like I'm growing a little map of Norway down the side of my face." Colbert has declined to say how the injury happened. (His publicist and Comedy Central also declined to comment.) Instead, he has said what's important is his new responsibility to fight "face violence" in Hollywood films. In June 2007, Colbert broke his wrist while running around his set before the taping of a show. The comedian went on to wage a months-long fight for "wrist awareness" and widely circulated "WristStrong" bracelets for the cause. (Proceeds for the $1 bracelets have gone to the Yellow Ribbon Fund, a charity that assists injured service members and their families.) This week, Colbert has joked that after the wrist injury, he pledged he would never break a fall with his hands. Tuesday's guest, Will Smith, had a theory: "I think I know what happened to your face, 'cause I can tell. Somebody kicked your ass, didn't they?" Colbert has claimed it could have happened by smashing watermelons with his head or by "practicing for a walk-on role in Cirque du Soleil and overestimating the number of French Canadians my forehead would support." (Comment on this)
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
10:27 pm	I've decided to do this now: http://lexistexas.blogspot.com/ (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
8:55 pm	Robert Wayne “Bob” Childers Robert Wayne “Bob” Childers, Stillwater, died Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at his residence. He was 61. Arrangements are made under the direction of Trout Funeral Home and Crematory. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Trout Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Guy Fox, minister of the Kildare Baptist Church, officiating. Bob was born Nov. 20, 1946, to Howard and Rhea (Gaskins) Childers in West Union, W.Va. He loved and lived music. Childers’ musical achievement is well summarized by music reviewer Erik Hague: “With his weathered, rootsy songcraft, Bob Childers is considered the godfather of Red Dirt Music, as a hard to define, ‘I-know-it-when-I-hear-it’ blend of country, rock and folk that Oklahoma claims as its own.” He will be missed by many who loved him and were impacted by the music he left behind. He is survived by his parents; two sons, Zach and Jesse Childers; two brothers, Mark Childers of Ponca City and Paul Childers of Waynoka; and one sister Ann Thorpe of Ponca City. He was preceded in death by one brother, David Childers. A musical tribute is tentatively planned this Sunday at The Blue Door in Oklahoma City. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
6:20 pm	a truly great birthday It was so awesome to see some of my favorite St. Louis people last night. Thank you Sally for having a party and Noah for being the reason. Thank you to 1554 beers...all five of you. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, August 6th, 2007
9:39 pm	Lollapalooza 2007 (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, April 29th, 2007
5:54 pm	sugar shack I'm almost exactly a month from my M.A. I have 24 pages of poems put together. If any of you would like a peek at some of these let me know. (Comment on this)
Monday, February 19th, 2007
9:25 pm	Robbie and Corey both posted and I felt like hey, maybe we can bring this crazy trend back? Then I felt like hey, maybe I'll just post a picture of my cat where she looks like a cross between a seal and a sausage. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, October 8th, 2006
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Thursday, July 20th, 2006
1:54 pm	Good thing Robbie holds down the live journal front or I would probably never check it anymore. I wonder who else still goes to this site as part of their scheduled daily checks (myspace, cnn, etc). Big-ish news abound(s?) for me. I will move to my new place in Hyde Park at the beginning of September. It's very exciting, like three-closets-big-windows-over-a-produce-shop-and-across-from-a-coffee-shop exciting. It's a one bedroom, but it's shaped like this: [ ]=[ ] the first set of brackets would be the tiny kitchen/living room area (plus one closet) the equal sign is the bathroom (with one closet across from it in the hallway) and then the next set of brackets is my bedroom (with one closet). The landlord told me the bldg. used to be a hotel which explains the nice hallways and entryway and all the closets in my apt. So it's no brady's new place (the rent is $625 w/heat included) but I'm very happy about it. My temp job is still going at DePaul. What's great is today I found out that the slowly dying project I've been working on will still be around for another few weeks AND I get to stay where I've been, but everyone else has to move to the School of Education which will likely be more strict about dress and absences. I feel like the kid first picked in kickball (which is nice because I'm pretty sure that NEVER happened to me). Lollapalooza is August 4-6th and Zach and I are going to all three days for FREE thanks to some smooth volunteer operating. I've been thinking about it like everyday. Eels, Flaming Lips, Shins, Wilco, Lady Sovereign, Kanye West...it's insane. If you would like to be jealous you can go to the website www.lollapalooza.com and see who else is playing. I guarantee that you will find someone that you don't think is lame...even you Keith Harvey...even you.   (Comment on this)
Friday, June 9th, 2006
3:41 pm	about poets... We have certain obligations...like looking at clouds and kicking acorns and daydreaming... -Billy Collins This sums it up pretty well. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006
2:26 pm	On this day five years ago Zach used his umbrella to soak me with rain water from tree branches until I was drenched and cold. Best date ever. Current Mood: nostalgic (Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
7:21 pm	It's been six billion years since you've seen live music, right? Maybe it's been longer (or never) since you've seen live music for free? Check out: www.intonationmusicfest.com It's in June and if you want to come "help" for 4 hours I can get you in for $0. Email me at: volunteer@intonationmusicfest.com if you're into bands you've never heard of and I'll probably hook you up. In other news I'm working a temp job 35 hours a week for DePaul University, drinking a lot of wine, and trying to get my 15 pound cat to lose weight. Oh AND I'm going to Six Flags Great America this weekend for $27 courtesy of Matt Carlson's work. I haven't been on a roller coaster in about 5 years. It'll be good because I haven't done nearly enough screaming lately. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, March 24th, 2006
4:11 pm	I got this from Katie LaGrange...it's amazing More chalk drawings from Julian Beever. Scroll down slowly and stop at each new frame. Julian Beever is an English artist who's famous for his art on the pavement of England, France, Germany, USA, Australia and Belgium . Beever gives to his drawings an amazing 3D illusion. People are actually avoiding walking in the "hole" Which is the real guy &which beer is real? The image below has been taken from a wrong angle: Remember, both his feet in reality are flat on the pavement Politicians Meeting Their End This drawing of a Rescue was to be viewed using an inverting mirror girl on a beach mat. Make Poverty History drawing from the side(40 ft long) Spiderman to the rescue Batman and Robin to the rescue(SO COOL) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 14th, 2006
5:24 pm	Volunteer Coordinator part II So I didn't get the job at the food depository. I'll assume its because they hate jews. Anyway, I am the volunteer coordinator for the Intonation Music Festival. It's Chicago's indie answer to Lollapalooza. Now, I'm kinda hip...I like Deerhoof, I'm down with Arcade Fire, but the bands below that DON'T have asterisks next to them are totally unfamiliar to me. I decided to solicit help from you, my snobby friends. I've heard of The Stills (maybe it's just because it's a 'the' band) but I don't know anything about the other non-astersiked ones. Little help? I plan on downloading the others so I may have a follow-up report shortly. The line-up 6.24.2006 The Streets* The Stills Lady Sovereign Boredoms Jose Gonzalez Chromeo 6.25.2006 Bloc Party* Jon Brion* Panthers (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, March 6th, 2006
11:24 pm	I got a letter for jury duty at the end of this month...AND I got accepted into the UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO Masters Program in the Humanities!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, March 3rd, 2006
10:39 pm	day one of ltab today: 8am-9pm. so. tired. tomorrow: 10am-10pm. But... The point is not the point..the point is: THE POETRY! (just a taste of the repetitive chants that occur at a teen poetry slam) i had about 6 volunteers ask me if they could come back tomorrow. how great is that? plus all these people i met last year still remember my name. that's pretty great too. i love coordinating volunteers! it's like being a camp counselor but the people actually want to be there and i don't have to sing any stupid songs or walk anyone to the bathroom. Current Mood: exhausted (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
4:33 pm	yee-ha It's been a while since I've done any kind of sincere, reflective journal post. The weather is so nice today and it's making me introspective. I've been doing a lot of different things lately. Since last Saturday I have hosted over thirty people at a volunteer orientation for the poetry slam, been a receptionist at a commercial real estate place AND at the Wrigley building downtown, and I've been doing data entry at home for some extra money. March is coming and it's going to be big for me. There's the slam (400 kids competing) AND there's me finding out about grad school acceptances/rejections. I'm kind of banking on getting into one of the two I applied for, but theres a little voice in my head that keeps yelling both so we'll see. AND my birthday, but 24 seems so passe now that everyone else has already hit it. Wow, as I was writing this I got monster good news. This job that I really want at The Greater Chicago Food Depository called to set up a second interview with me! They're looking for a volunteer coordinator and I feel really qualified and excited about the position. It's all moved very quickly so I feel kind of confident. I submitted my resume, they called the next day to set up a phone screening. Then, a day after the phone screening, they set up an interview. And now today, exactly one week after my interview, they called to set up a second. It's a long process, but making it to this step is a VERY good sign. Especially after the rigorous hour and a half long grill of the previous one. It's a well-paid position, with benefits, and its such an ambitious cause (their mission statement includes ending hunger) that I would feel so good doing it. Yee-ha! Current Mood: excited Current Music: Eels (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
11:00 am	warning contents may shock you I had my haircut yesterday for free by a student. They had to straighten it to make sure it was cut evenly. I included a picture for everyone's amusement. It looks like I'm wearing somebody else's hair. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, February 4th, 2006
3:31 pm	I've been doing some research on Christianity for a poem I'm writing and I found something out I didn't know (well a bunch of things actually): Trefoil: a stylized shamrock, such as St. Patrick used in evangelizing Ireland, the trefoil is a symbol of the Most Holy Trinity. All this time...those dang girl scouts feeding us christianity in shortbread form. No wonder I'm addicted to samoas or as they're now called "caramel delights" I bet they put holy water in them. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, February 2nd, 2006
11:38 am	heaven...i'm in heaven from WGN: Mild weather’s had an amazing run over the past five weeks. It’s produced a January of near record warmth across the area and slashed home heating an estimated 28% over the same period a year ago. January’s average temperature of 36.6° at the city’s Midway Airport site ranks as the warmest there since weather observations first began 78-years ago and 1.4° above the previous warmest reading for the month: (35.2°) set in 1933. That reading places January, 2006 over 13° above the normal 23.5° reading and nearly 11° higher than a year ago. At O’Hare on the northwest side, Chicago’s official observation site, the past month has averaged 35.8°, enough to make it the third mildest January in 135 years of records. This makes Chicago definitely the coolest place to live. Awesome city AND mild winter. (Comment on this)