Mixed Moss

For all those who have forgotten that feminism gave us what we take for granted. Because really, feminism is just “…the radical notion that women are people.”
I’m not a feminist, but…
I appreciate the right to help choose my government representatives.
I enjoy the option of wearing pants or shorts if I want.
I’m pleased that I was […]

These guys were having way too much fun.
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Authorities charged two men for releasing an alligator in the lake of a Los Angeles public park.
Numerous attempts to capture the alligator have failed since the animal was discovered by a fisherman in August in Lake Machado at a park in southern Los […]

Lunch break! Time to blog.
One of the random things I am doing at work right now is putting together a project for Bob, the guy who runs the Lord’s Gym down in OTR. This is a place for men to come and lift weights (giving guys who are all too frequently out of work a […]

Every morning I take the bus down the hill from my apartment in uptown to the office, which is downtown. This doesn’t take long– maybe five minutes. This morning, however, was unlike other mornings thus far. First, The bus took a different route. As I looked down the intersection where we usually turn, I saw […]

I’m not sure I have a home anymore. Yet that’s where we went for Christmas: an artificial construct labeled “Home.” Also labeled, “Gradma’s,” “Rockford,” and, for the uninitiate, “North of Chi-caaah-goe.”
Land where U of I shirts with the Chief Illiniwek logo are freely available at your local discount store. Land where there is snow […]

Tonight I came home and told my roommates about my day.
Me: “Today at work I met a pimp.”
Steph, Tommy, and Andrea [In varying degrees of shock and amusement]: “A pimp?”
Me: “Yes. His name is Mike.”
Steph: “And he’s a pimp?”
Me: “He’s a pimp. [pause] He seemed nice enough.”
Tommy: “Well, a rude pimp wouldn’t be a very […]

6th Avenue Heartache
By The Wallflowers
Sirens ring, the shots ring out
A stranger cries, screams out loud
I had my world strapped against my back
I held my hands, never knew how to act
And the same black line that was drawn on you
Was drawn on me
And now it’s drawn me in
6th Avenue heartache
Below me was a homeless man
I’m singin’ […]

Merry Christmas, everyone!

T’was the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads.
And mamma in her ‘kerchief, […]

And then God said to the little girl:
Wait, they don’t love you like I love you
Wait, they don’t love you like I love you
Maps, wait
They don’t love you like I love you
Made off
Don’t stray
My kind’s your kind
I’ll stay the same
Pack up
Don’t stray
Oh, say say say
Oh, say say say
Wait they don’t love you like I love […]

Last night I went to a West End community council meeting. Ugg. It was awful. The meeting had to be shut down because people were so disorderly. I’ve never felt so hated in my life– and channel twelve was there to record it all.
Check it out: Channel Twelve News Story
The organization I’m working for, Focas […]