‘Run to the Woods’: Songs for an Appalachian Dystopian Narrative

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April 23rd, 2012

I tend to only use Pandora in situations where I can’t use iTunes, which then means I just try to recreate my finely honed playlists designed mostly for reading. So of course for re-reading The Hunger Games, I needed to create a portable station with which to read along. When I started plugging tracks from [...]

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What Happened To Me Tuesday

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March 24th, 2012

This What can I say? I am astounded, dumbfounded, profoundly humbled, and indescribably grateful. And a little bit closer to leaving Seattle. [no comment]

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Miss Representation

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March 20th, 2012

This Wednesday at The Seattle School, I’ll be one of 7 panelists for a screening of this excellent documentary. We’ll be discussing portrayals of women in media, and no doubt lots of feminist theology goodness! Come, if you like.

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Writing Papers for Fun & Amusement (and battling personal demons)

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March 9th, 2012

It’s been about a month since I presented my Harry Potter research at the 2012 Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Association’s conference. Per the growing trend in my life, I wrote the paper in order to address some personal questions. Some people make art installations; I write research papers. I’m learning to accept this about [...]

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What I Do in ABQ

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February 19th, 2012

Last week, Ian and I reunited for our third trip to the Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Association Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It’s a fascinating blend of faculty, doctoral/grad students, undergrads and random smart people, all getting together for four days of watching people present papers on anything and everything relating to Pop Culture [...]

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Sounds of Synethesia: The Nostalgic Season

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October 17th, 2011

The start of Fall marks a full year of chronicling my ever-intensifying method of seasonalizing my music by color and feel [Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer]. The only season missing is Christmas (coming in December) which won’t be quite so synesthetic, as most Christmas music sounds red, green and white to everyone, but I’ll post it [...]

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What Yankee Candle Means to Harry Potter: Additions

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July 29th, 2011

Done with the first and second batch, but am happy to take requests and add them here. Here’s the Dursleys. Mr Vernon Dursely Strawberry Buttercream: Yum … an absolutely luscious treat of plump, sweet strawberries buried in rich whipped cream. Mrs Petunia Dursley Bahama Breeze: There’s cool summer refreshment in this tropical blend of pineapple, [...]

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What Yankee Candle Means to Harry Potter: 2

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July 27th, 2011

Harry Potter Characters’ Favorite Yankee Candle Scents (continued) Mrs Molly Weasley Kitchen Spice: This modern blend of sweet orange, clove, ginger and cinnamon is a new take on pantry favorites. Mr Arthur Weasley: Orange Dreamsicle: A favorite childhood summer treat you never outgrow … a cool blend of orange and vanilla ice cream. Bill Weasley: [...]

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What Yankee Candle Means to Harry Potter

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July 27th, 2011

Earlier tonight, a friendly tweet-mention turned into an unexpected project. Ideas churned so quickly that I basically didn’t stop until I had this list done. My method was simply to imagine which Yankee Candle specific characters from the Harry Potter series would be mostly likely to use. There was no purposefull attempt to have the [...]

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Little Did She Know…

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May 17th, 2011

Late at night, Friday April 15, I wrote yet another post about the many businesses in my adopted neighborhood of Lower Queen Anne that were closing their doors. What I could never have predicted, is that only 12 hours later, I would receive notice that the place where I’ve worked since 2006, the entire reason [...]

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