the week in review

dear friends,

now that i am slowly weening myself off the valium-type drugs, i have the energy to entertain you with some miscellany and to sorta keep up with my new year's initative to write more (both academically and personally).

sunday- carried large pile of books [this will become relevant later]. worked on report on women and religion for the 'seminal figure in political science' (sfips) i work for [this will become relevant later as well]

monday- started to feel old and arthritic. finished report for sfips. decided last minute to apply for this afterall. [fingers crossed for summer in dublin]. went to makedas. [one word resto review: go!] back was really bad by evening's end.

tuesday- pain equivalent to the fiery intensity of a thousand burning suns. decide not to go to doctor. instead buy thermacare. have 3 hour conference call with sfips research team. i painfully pace office because sitting hurts too much. sfips tells us anecdote about hanging out in libya with general khadafi over the holidays.

wednesday- go to health center. nice physician's assistant pete hooks me up with the drugs and says the books i carried on sunday were the likely culprit [grad school injury!]. at cvs i pick up copy of jane magazine. inside there is an interview with elijah wood. he makes reference to miss lavell white's song "if i could be with you", which i promptly purchase on itunes (don't judge-- i was on valium). and besides, it is a good song. i have uploaded it for you.

thursday- putting on socks still quite difficult. discover back pain is not good in winter months or for people who prefer wearing skirts and tights. while on floor trying to put on socks motivate myself by making comparisons (that will likely see me going to destination:hell transportion: handbasket)to daniel day lewis in my left foot. i also remind myself it is not the family way. my dad has had steel beams dropped on him by forklifts and declined tylenol prefering to "walk it off" and my grannie likes to chop wood for her fireplace at 80.

friday- continue to rock the heating pad plugged into my desk-- which makes it appear as though i am plugged into my desk a la the classic disney film "not quite human" starring alan thicke.

saturday- range of motion improves. stay in butler avoiding sock dilemma. watched jesus camp. again, a case of sociologists could do it better. really was hoping to see more interviews with the kids themselves, but that might be my own bias. post generals i am going to start working on a paper entitled "why colarado?" which will attempt to explain why the state is home to so many homeschoolers and mega churches. some recommended reading:

mitchell steven's kingdom of children

james davison hunter's culture wars and evangelicalism: the coming generation

christian smith's soul searching [note well that dr. smith responds to his own bad reviews]

sunday- things much better. can sit and work (or blog)in long stretches. learn about final fantasy's new project-- an invented country-- take that sufjan. my money is on ploughright.

and that's all the micro, macro and meso i've got.

cam