Linnea Ashley on January 23rd, 2007

S likes to make reference to the bloody capitalist that is the west…he says mostly joking but with a sliver of true irritation for things like…thee $100 binding fee that was required for his two completed thesis documents. and i can relate…as i am currently enrolling in an online course that isn’t being offered this […]

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Linnea Ashley on January 22nd, 2007

When I was an undergraduate there was no question…no way was I gonna go through four years of school and not walk across the stage for everyone to see. My whole family made the drive cross country to see it. Fifteen people, including three octogenarians, wedged themselves into three different vehicles to watch a bad […]

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Linnea Ashley on January 16th, 2007

thrilled though i was that the weather in NO was so amazing upon my arrival (especially since i spent so much time in my car waiting for the key to arrive), i am not thrilled that it changed over night. last night the cold front that has been pounding oklahoma and texas has shifted itself […]

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Linnea Ashley on January 15th, 2007

You’d think I’d be used to it…by now…so many behind me, but somehow sleeping in an unfamiliar place is always difficult for me. New “homes” homes more than hotels or hostels. I don’t know if my mind registers that the others are temporary filling stations for sleep and that is why I have less issue […]

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Linnea Ashley on January 15th, 2007

It can be difficult even for eyes adjusted to the sometimes squalor of pre-katrina New Orleans. Difficult to discern the difference between what wind, water, and the stranded wrought and what has been brought on by years of sinking swamplands, humidity and poverty. My new neighborhood offers up the challenge of guessing which tragedy has […]

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Linnea Ashley on January 1st, 2007

i moaned and complained about not having my girlfriends while i was in zed. i had my man, school, a job and such…overwhelmingly life was good. i had friends that were girls…good friends…but i missed my crew of women that have known me anywhere from 7 to 15 years. my recent time in new york […]

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