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Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:10:01 GMT

Favorite thing #527.

Just saying.

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Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:36:49 GMT

Hi, November.

How are you?

Love, Carolyn.

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Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:40:30 GMT

Today everything is warm -- gray and rust with flecks of over-ripe gold and crimson teasing the skyline here and there.

The wind seems like its lonely, but working towards something.

Happy Halloween.

FINALLY.

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:52:01 GMT

A Message from Judy Shepard

When Dennis and I started calling 10 years ago for federal action to prevent and properly prosecute hate crimes against gay, lesbian and transgendered Americans, we never imagined it would take this long.

The legislation went through so many versions and so many votes that we had to constantly keep our hopes in check to keep from getting discouraged. But with President Obama’s support and the continually growing bipartisan majorities in the House and Senate lining up behind the bill this year, it became clear that 2009 was the year it would finally happen.

We are incredibly grateful to Congress and the president for taking this step forward on behalf of hate crime victims and their families, especially given the continuing attacks on people simply for living their lives openly and honestly. But each of us can and must do much more to ensure true equality for all Americans.

Campaigning for hate-crimes legislation may be what I am known best for, but our family and the Matthew Shepard Foundation will continue to push for true equality for every American until the work is complete. Too many people face the threat of losing their jobs or their homes due to their sexual orientation. Too many same-sex couples lack legal protections for their property, their health care decisions, and their children. Too many devoted and dedicated servicemembers are being turned away by our armed forces.

I hope, as you reflect on the success of the hate crime prevention bill, that you also take the extra step of contacting your state and federal elected officials in support of full equality for all citizens, regardless of difference.

Be open about who you are and who you love. Dispel stereotypes and assumptions. Tell your stories. And support the continued work of the Matthew Shepard Foundation to "Replace Hate with Understanding, Compassion, and Acceptance."

Thanks to all who helped us achieve this success today. You are making a difference.

Sincerely,
Judy Shepard
President, Board of Directors, Matthew Shepard Foundation

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Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:54:55 GMT

My Stupid Day, parts 1-4
by: Carolyn Angela Jepsen

1) Wake up with ridiculously sore throat. Go to Urgent Care, see patronizing doctor who finally caves and gives me medicine.

2) Car starts steaming under the hood on way home from doctor, then gives out completely, leaving its front half in the church driveway and its butt in the road. Enjoy many odd stares from elderly people in black cadillacs and buicks while waiting for AAA.

3) On walk home from mechanic, I meet a jubilant black lab and discover a beaten-down, head's up penny on the ground from 1996.

4) Also on walk home, discover remnants of dead pigeon on the sidewalk, many feathers and half of a wing. This makes me sad because I love pigeons.

Coming soon, part 5: NAP TIME.

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Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:31:32 GMT

Dear Worcester,

V-Day needs a home again. Help me out?

Love, Carolyn

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Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:58:42 GMT

Good morning, Monday.

I have the sniffles. And the post nasal drip(ples). Short week with impossibly long ending. Boston-DC-Boston, followed by another short week and NYC-Worcester-Cape.

Woohoo?

Cheers,
Carolyn.

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Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:34:07 GMT

To Do:

*Call out of work (check)

*Tissues and cough medicine (half check)

*Get self to DC in Oct.

*Get self to NYC (perhaps this can be combined with the above trip?)

*Sew blanket. It's getting cold outside.

*Cough up crap in throat

*SLEEP.

& also, this is clearly the best vehicle IN THE WORLD and I must own it one day.

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Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:48:28 GMT

Maybe I will go to Burning Man someday....hmm.

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Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:05:59 GMT

Too much to say and nothing at all to say as a direct result. (Think about it for a minute, it will make sense.) Writing these days is filled with one inch picture frames and thoughts of Anne Lamott and this one corner of the yellow house where I swear God/god/god(s)/Goddess/goddess(es?) live(s).

I was more content last night than I have been in months thanks in part to my favorite busker, twilight in Cambridge, letter writing and one of my very favorite humans on the entire planet who I had not seen in....2 years? Give or take? Far too long, bluntly put. I don't intend on letting that much time slide by again.

The view from my corner of the street, Passim's Campfire Festival:

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Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:38:52 GMT

Second day of school. (I tried really hard not to go back.)

I smell like hand sanitizer.

Just (accidentally) commited myself to the Big Yellow House in January, which is how I usually end up there.

Maybe I can switch to November....

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Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:43:41 GMT

www.davidbowieisverydisappointedinyou.com

Look.

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:03:05 GMT

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Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:49:16 GMT

Keep Breathing - Finding Healing In The Hoop from Lissa Angeline on Vimeo.

Oh, Doug....

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:21:09 GMT

....you are missed already. I fully expect to attend auditions and excellent theatre-in-the-sky as soon as I arrive, by the way. (Though I certainly hope it won't be for quite some time.)
We'll see you around. x.o.

P.S. - I'm a mother pheasant plucker. I pluck mother pheasants. I'm the most pleasant mother pheasant plucker to pluck a mother pheasant. I’m not the pheasant plucker, I'm the pheasant plucker's son and I'll be plucking mother pheasants till the pheasant plucking's done.

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Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:57:53 GMT

This week was full of Boston.

-Davis Square for Bob (www.whatgoesup-themovie.com) on Wednesday night and a reunion with my beautiful ladies....pavement attacked the car, there was a giant cow on the road, we did not go to Buzzard's Bay. Good night. late night. Skipped the morning's work on Friday.

-Cambridge Commons on Saturday. The sky was pretty.* Made friends with a man in Harvard Square who was wearing a bowtie, suit coat and slacks. Bald head, white hair, brief case, inquiring about what was on my back.** Walked with him through Harvard Square before parting ways at bank of america where he wished me luck.

Gaiam yoga mat strap = built for awesome. Awesome and hula hoops.

-Cambridge on Sunday and sleeping in. Missed being professionally developed for work, exchanged it for wanderings, Becky and Amanda Palmer's rent party. Good night.

**This was on my back:

My bald, bow tied, brief cased man called me a hula hoopstress. I like that.

*See? Pretty:

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:52:44 GMT

Every few years I forget why I never bothered much with Ayn Rand.

And then I try to read one of her books.

And then I REMEMBER.

Also!! Worcester is not dead.

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Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:29:17 GMT

Good things started yesterday morning with "Ziggy Stardust" on the radio and continued through the night with a dream that was so great I kept trying to go back to sleep for 20 minutes after the alarm started buzzing. (I was out moose catching and knew that I was close when I saw one's shadow pass by. I think I was in New Hampshire, though it may well have been Canadia. Coffee was plentiful, so was this really good bread and there was an abundance of stringed instruments, including one cello quartet.)

Bob's movie was reviewed on some tv show yesterday. They didn't like it based on the fact that they had no idea what the film was actually supposed to be about. This seems typical of these two particular reviewers whose DVD pick of the week was "He's Just Not That Into You."

I really think I am going to go to this: www.wanderlustfestival.com Airfare is (suprisingly) cheap right now. Yoga, Lake Tahoe, Amanda Palmer, Jenny Lewis and Michael Franti. Those are the makings of a good week right there.

For effing out loud, California....really??

Wed, 27 May 2009 01:42:31 GMT

REALLY????????

Fucking Bullshit.

More constructive thoughts to follow. Until then:

PS. The world needs to channel Harvey Milk.

PPS. This, too:

Oh, alright.

Fri, 01 May 2009 01:25:36 GMT

Just because it's her birthday....please watch.

And then watch just one more because I think it's pretty....

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Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:15:22 GMT

I just hurt.

Back, legs, hands, shoulders, hips and tookas.

Stupid bacteria.

HEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.

Bah.

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Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:37:30 GMT

Sometimes my favorite things of the day are blogs.

It's true!!

I haven't decided if that's a sad fact or not, but I'm strongly leaning towards not.

I miss train rides and the east village and tea drinking on tall stools and Sunday morning oatmeal that tastes different because it's eaten in a city.

Yesterday I learned that in Bolivia some women wear bowler hats because they believe it will increase their fertility. These same women wrestle (and I mean WRESTLE) in skirts, generally whooping the guys arses, when they aren't keeping house.

There is ice on the inside of my window. It is simply too cold. March is roaring and I am trying to keep my thoughts on lambs.

Today I ate chocolate for Lance. (reference amandapalmer.net for further information. Check the blog, yo.)

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Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:56:40 GMT

"Pan's Labyrinth" was not a great choice of movies to watch right before bed.

Sweet dreams.

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Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:09:20 GMT

Please tell me a book I should read.

Thank you.

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Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:05:10 GMT

SO MANY people from the past are popping out at me this month. The me that I was 11 years ago (almost 12....yikes) is so different from the one that's here today....I have much more to say about all that and the unexpected anxiety it's creating, but not right now. The prospect of coming out all over again is a daunting one. I didn't think it would be. At all.

Outside is a slushy, icy mess. Snowday today.

I start teaching a hoopdance workshop the first week of February. YAY.

*clitora's RAWR*

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Oh, Doug....

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For effing out loud, California....really??

Oh, alright.

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