There are an astounding number of emails I need to respond to, but I have this thing about doing it all at once. I don’t want to reply to one or two, then leave the rest sitting in my inbox until the next chunk of spare time… I want to sit down and respond to everyone (in order of receipt, natch) and mark the entire task as done. Except it rarely works that way in reality, because there are always new emails flying into my inbox. Not that I’m complaining, mind you– I love getting email and am sad when there’s nothing but spam awaiting me– it’s just that I need to get a grip and manage my time better, in a nice and neuroses-free way.

“What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? / The world would split open.”
–Muriel Rukeyser

I don’t watch the news on television– it seems more like a Hollywood production aimed at entertainment than real current events. Reading the news online gives me a sinking, sick feeling. I’m both afraid of my country and FOR my country, and don’t know how to help change things. There are so many things that seem so obviously wrong, yet they keep happening, and we are allowing them to happen. I don’t understand. I hate feeling helpless.