what is up with bot and red-heads?
seattle was a nice weekend trip. i haven't been there in four years (almost exactly), but the weather was gorgeous, and the conference left me feeling really excited and inspired. meeting people through the org. has always been easy and fun, and i met lots of cool people i look forward to keeping in touch with!

getting to the conference itself (at UW) was kind of a hassle. my family's apt. is in north seattle, and it took me about an hour and two buses to get there. the one night i stayed in the apt., i was really creeped out by the quietness and the empty rooms and the covered furniture. i slept with the light on. the next night, i decided to just stay with felicia in her gorgeous apt. in downtown seattle. felicia is all about feng shui, and seeing her tastefully ikea-ed out apt made me consider it as well. she said that as soon as she put a fountain in the northern corner of the apt, she got three job callbacks. felicia also gave me some sweet samples to try after showering the next morning. what a great hostess. she is working for cranium (yes the game), and her boyfriend works at a company that makes wine bags (bags for wine bottles).

the highlight of seattle (besides the food at the conference - it's true what someone there said: "when women run conferences, the food is better!") was swimming and laying out in the sun at the condo. i used to play in that pool all time when we went there on vacations when i was a kid, and i have many many fond memories.

one funny thing about the conference is that it made me realize how women really have to put aside their BS with other women. there were a few women there who i knew or knew of, and, let's say, had a distaste for, based on either shallow or dumb reasons. but once i really talked to them and got to know them better, i saw that my pre-conceptions were wrong. luckily, from previous experiences, i have learned to give people the benefit of the doubt and not let my prejudices prevent me from being open to them. so lesson learned this weekend is: get beyond petty (usually male-created) bullshit with other women. it really is just a tactic used by men to separate us and take away our power.

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this kept the all interns occupied for much of today. i had to do something exactly like this for columbia's entrance exam, but it was for asia. i got 64% right, while my fellow interns got from 71 to 89 percent right. "europe is overrated," in owen's immortal words.

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i was looking through my archives, and i found this. CFW: see #9. reminded me of fire-crotch. also, bot: remember HOT FAX?

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antony and the johnsons, i am a bird now