Archive for the ‘Detroit’ Category

a little bit of advice

By me • Dec 1st, 2007 • Category: Detroit, holidays, misc

I love Canadians. Growing up in Michigan it’s hard not to, after all, we’re neighbors. And, as far as our neighbors go, we like Ontario a lot more than we like Ohio (and don’t get us started on Indiana.) Anyway, it’s because I love you all so much that I’m giving you this advice.
I’ve [...]



I should have known better

By me • Nov 29th, 2007 • Category: Detroit, cats, misc, nablopomo

Last week I saw this video on YouTube.

You now how if you watch one video similar ones will show up at the end of it? Well, this one is apparently very similar to Foster’s latest video. I jokingly sent it around, saying that Marty is kinky enough that he would probably love it.
Oh, how right [...]



yikes

By me • Nov 19th, 2007 • Category: Detroit

we’re #1……..
Motor City named nation’s most dangerous

I’m feeling oddly protective right now. I’m a single woman living in the heart of this city. But I’m far from scared. And if you visit it’s not violence that will leave an impression on you, instead it will be the crushing amount of poverty everywhere you look. The [...]



a right fouler

By me • Nov 9th, 2007 • Category: Detroit, nablopomo

I am in a phenomenally foul mood today. It’s just that temporary funk you fall into after some big push or event - with my family visiting last weekend and the massive amount of schoolwork I had to have done this week I’ve been so busy that I haven’t had time to be in any [...]



disneyland?

By me • Nov 3rd, 2007 • Category: Detroit, family, fun stuff, nablopomo

So Sara, you’ve recently turned 30, quit a full time job with benefits, uprooted yourself and three cats to move to Detroit to go back to grad school, and only recently have you become employed after a 2 1/2 month search for a job. Now what?
I’m going to Disneyland!

It’s the Swedish version of Disneyland, and [...]



lesson learned

By me • Oct 13th, 2007 • Category: Detroit, job hunting, weird stuff that happens to me

I really should know better, this isn’t the first time it’s happened to me. And I can pretty much guarantee I’ll do it again sometime in the future. I can be really stupid sometimes. Which is why I occasionally end up at places called “Great Clips” to get my haircut.
I had had a bad week. [...]



a feel good Friday evening

By me • Sep 28th, 2007 • Category: Detroit, Michigan, school

I just finished the dishes from dinner, opened up my computer to help me decide what to do tonight, and found these three emails, one right after the other, from school:
BUDGET DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE: WSU OPEN ON MONDAY

Like most of us, we are watching closely the struggles in Lansing to adopt a [...]



unexpected

By me • Sep 19th, 2007 • Category: Detroit

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say something you might not agree with. It’s certainly something I never thought I’d say. But here it goes - Detroit is a great place to live.
There, I said it.
I actually like living here. I didn’t expect to. You see I grew up in Grand [...]