Wednesday, March 28, 2007
id- emo- superemo
it's been a hard week. I was Hugsband-less for the weekend. he went to kankakee for a wedding, and I was on call and stayed home. every time one of us travels without the other, we say "let's never part again". but we always seem to forget our vow. usually, I travel without him, which, if we have to separate, is the preferred arrangement for both of us. I can run around and do stuff, and he can stay home and watch movies. it's just the natural order of things. the best scenario, though, is when I bring him with me as I did when I went to Montreal.
we went to a rock-n-roll show monday night. we were the oldest people there by at least 15 years. the music was good, but I was distracted by the thought that I may see some of these kids at work. they're the same age as many of my patients. I mean, if one of them had tried to commit emo suicide last night, I would have been paged in to the emergency room. I mentioned this to Hugsband, and we somehow we ended up discussing how Freud's structure of the personality (id-ego-superego) may be altered in these kids: id-emo-superemo. if one were to successfully commit emo (ego) suicide, he would be left with only the superemo and id to battle it out. this idea is kind of entertaining because it's easy for me to picture what superemo looks like- quiet and serious kid, doesn't smoke, a modern day Ian MacKaye. and it's completely different from emo id-- he's the stoned kid in tight pants running around poking his friends with a vibrator (that really happened). it would be fun to see those 2 duke it out.
there's a tiny superemo and id in each of us.
we went to a rock-n-roll show monday night. we were the oldest people there by at least 15 years. the music was good, but I was distracted by the thought that I may see some of these kids at work. they're the same age as many of my patients. I mean, if one of them had tried to commit emo suicide last night, I would have been paged in to the emergency room. I mentioned this to Hugsband, and we somehow we ended up discussing how Freud's structure of the personality (id-ego-superego) may be altered in these kids: id-emo-superemo. if one were to successfully commit emo (ego) suicide, he would be left with only the superemo and id to battle it out. this idea is kind of entertaining because it's easy for me to picture what superemo looks like- quiet and serious kid, doesn't smoke, a modern day Ian MacKaye. and it's completely different from emo id-- he's the stoned kid in tight pants running around poking his friends with a vibrator (that really happened). it would be fun to see those 2 duke it out.
there's a tiny superemo and id in each of us.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
I have a new favorite game. it's easiest with 2 players. each player takes a turn thinking of a song that their opponent has to sing in the style of Daniel Johnston. I am surprisingly good at it.
Sunday, March 18, 2007
I reallocated 80% of my blog-updating time to cooking. at least that's what you might think if you didn't know that Hugsband does a great deal of the cooking. a more accurate statement, then, would be that I have reallocated 80% of my blog-updating time to eating.
it began with granola with cranberries and currants (I made that). it's really good with yogurt and strawberry jam. I have also been eating a lot of beans and bean-related legumes. the bean streak started with a lentil-basmati pilaf (I made that too) and continued on to hoppin' john and chili (both Hugsband's doing). last night we made caramel corn with cashews.
I have reallocated 80% of my blog updating time to dishwashing.
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we had another nor'easter- about 6 inches of snow and ice. this time I couldn't crash Hugsband's snow day and stay home. I had to go to work like a responsible adult. I thought I was sick of winter, but I am enjoying this latest storm. it gets us out of any events that would require leaving the house which is always a good thing. plus, it is kind of nice to sit in my cozy kitchen all weekend and eat beans and caramel corn and work on reports. Hugsband spends his snow days watching movies and throwing snowballs at the squirrels who try to steal birdseed. to each his/her own.
there has been so much snow this year that we have fallen into a typical snow-day routine on those days when there's no possibility of driving anywhere. in addition to working on reports and throwing things at squirrels, we walk to the park to see if the storm has blown in any interesting birds. yesterday we saw a beautiful green-winged teal. the park is amazing on snow days, beautiful and nearly deserted.
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it began with granola with cranberries and currants (I made that). it's really good with yogurt and strawberry jam. I have also been eating a lot of beans and bean-related legumes. the bean streak started with a lentil-basmati pilaf (I made that too) and continued on to hoppin' john and chili (both Hugsband's doing). last night we made caramel corn with cashews.
I have reallocated 80% of my blog updating time to dishwashing.
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we had another nor'easter- about 6 inches of snow and ice. this time I couldn't crash Hugsband's snow day and stay home. I had to go to work like a responsible adult. I thought I was sick of winter, but I am enjoying this latest storm. it gets us out of any events that would require leaving the house which is always a good thing. plus, it is kind of nice to sit in my cozy kitchen all weekend and eat beans and caramel corn and work on reports. Hugsband spends his snow days watching movies and throwing snowballs at the squirrels who try to steal birdseed. to each his/her own.
there has been so much snow this year that we have fallen into a typical snow-day routine on those days when there's no possibility of driving anywhere. in addition to working on reports and throwing things at squirrels, we walk to the park to see if the storm has blown in any interesting birds. yesterday we saw a beautiful green-winged teal. the park is amazing on snow days, beautiful and nearly deserted.
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