Barrington Smith

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Ugh…

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Here’s something both sad and gross: A few moments ago, as I sat on my tuffet, typing away about Victorians, a spider came along and hung out very close to the tuffet. I’m currently in a phase where I am trying to spare the lives of innocent spiders, but it was so big and scary, … Read more

Victorians

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It’s midnight. I’ve called my mom and three friends, checked everyone’s blogs, started to catch up on my emails, eaten dinner and two post dinner snacks. As soon as I post this, I fear I can no longer put off revising my paper that is due tomorrow. I have enough words already, I just need … Read more

Ongoing topic?

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A few posts back, I mentioned that I was going to a meditation retreat at the local Shambala center. As I just finished a second weekend of training yesterday, today I had every intention of giving a report of the individual instance, but as I look at the screen, I am wanting to write more … Read more

Summer Nights

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I’m very much enjoying the summer here in Tallahassee. With many of the students gone, the pace is slower, businesses less crowded, parking more plentiful! My schedule is also a less demanding for a while, so I can go out a little more often, see friends, etc. Last night after class I went to Open … Read more

Small Good Things

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(This title alludes to a Raymond Carver short story called “A Small Good Thing.” Now that I’m an English major, I do stuff like that. The actual text in this post in no way parallels the story though, so you don’t need to feel like you’re missing anything deep if you haven’t read it.) Anyway, … Read more

Kickin’ it old school

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This is the last post about our cars, but since the Metro got some attention I thought I should introduce our second new member of the family, an all black 1994 Volvo station wagon, already affectionally referred to as “the hearse.” My friend’s husband works at a local dealership and got us a great deal…the … Read more

Car-Manna from Heaven

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So the day after my last post, I was sitting in the graduate computer lounge looking at prices on Edmunds.com with a fellow student, when my friend Jay overheard us and said. “You need a car? I’ve got a car for you!” I turned, all ears, “Whatcha got?” “I will GIVE you…practically give you…a 1994 … Read more

Car Talk

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Really it’s more like car whine. Paul have been having transport issues to begin with, since we have been sharing my 2000 Taurus. His film shoots require location scouts, lots of food, prop, and equipment runs, and flexible scheduling; all of which leaves me feeling a little stranded at times when I want to run … Read more