needs a good home

Yesterday a 10 week old puppy came in with a shattered leg. The owners had no money and had a couple of options; take it home and do nothing, find the money for surgery ($1500-$2000), or euthanize. No one in the office could bare to euthanize this adorable puppy so we gave the owners one other option, relinquish ownership to the hospital.They agreed to give up ownership and she can now get her surgery.
We only need to find her a good home now. We will keep her till she gets her surgery and to make sure her leg is healing. We only ask, if you can, that if you want her you pay a little to cover pain medication.
We have named her Buttercup and she is a caramel colored pit bull. Her ears have not been cropped so they are cute and floppy. She is really playful (even with her broken leg) she likes to cuddle and give kisses. We already started potty training her. 
She is good with kids and other pets and would like to be with someone who can take time to train her and entertain a energetic puppy
Please if you or you know someone who would like her please contact me ASAP (510) 220-2696

I can get you better pics that aren't to blurry. Just let me know.

Fall English 2200 Course

Several of you have emailed me or spoken to me about my fall teaching schedule. As I mentioned in class last night, I am teaching an English 2200 course, Intro to Lit, and I expect it to be a lot of fun. We will learn a lot about literary forms and genres and then apply that knowledge to discussions of really great literature. My hope is that after this class, you will never again read a poem, story, novel, or play in the same way again. If you have enjoyed the reading we have done this semester and would like some more in-depth discussion of literature, please come aboard.

This class is an HH course, which means it satisfies your general Humanities requirement, which all majors require as far as I know. If you are an English major, this will count toward your electives requirement. If you are one of those people who takes a course now and again just because you want to (gasp!), this might be a good one, too.

If you can't take the class (or don't want to), I would appreciate it very much if you would help me to spread the word that I am teaching it (the catalog just says "STAFF," a rather innocuous word that is not likely to inspire anyone). I'll be putting up some posters over the summer as well in case you want one for your refrigerator.

The details: English 2200 Section 001, TR 1:00-2:15.

Cheers. I'll see you on Tuesday. Remember: LIBRARY, Room 206, 3:00-5:00.

Miss California

I just recently heard about the Miss USA pagent and the controversy surrounding that. Watch this clip and you can see for yourself. Miss California shares her beliefs concerning the question on same-sex marriage and has been booed for it. I'm just glad that we have some girl up there who is sharing her real beliefs and not giving a fake answer to make people happy. I'm impressed that there are still people out there who will share their beliefs, no matter what the stakes are. Hope you enjoy this little clip and feel free to discuss it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XMvviFbkf0

Maslows Hierarchy

Daniel asked me to post Maslow's Hierarchy. I find the idea of Self-Actualization most interesting.

Pretty Nervous

Not going to lie I am super nervous about giving my presentation. I have really enjoyed this class this semester. Mainly because of how insightful everyone has been during our discussions. You all have such a great minds! Which is why I feel a bit shy about giving my presentation. I am also looking forward to hearing everyone else's presentations, as I have learned a lot from everyone in our class. I also thought it might be neat or cool for everyone to share maybe their favorite comment or insight from our discusses this semester. I think I have two.

1. Would have to be when we were talking about adrenaline and hurting people...after reading I think "Sweat". I will never forget when the guy in the back(sorry I can't remember your name!) said, "having an adrenaline high is the best kind of high I have ever had, I have broken people's legs and felt good about it after."(or something to that nature). I don't know, I loved his honesty.


2. Would be when we were discussing "Silken Tent" I cannot remember who said it- but I wrote it down. There are things in our lives that seem to hold us down, our "ties". But as we grown and change we become bound to them with love. We only really notice them when they call attention to themselves. When they do call attention to themselves and we notice them, it's not because of resentment(like maybe before) but because we have changed and we notice them out of love.
   

How many?

How many sources do we need? How many from our reading and how many from outside?

Stick it to the Man!

So when we were first given this paper to write and the assignment to come up with an original thesis, I thought of something that has always intrigued me...the portrayal of women today compared to how we were in history. Sounds pretty simple I know, and its obvious that we've come a long way since the early centuries. But I have never been more frustrated in my life as I am at this moment finishing up my paper! Our world is so sick and twisted it's unbelievable! Looking up different sources led me to see a lot of things that even I didn't realize was going on that was so diminishing in our world to the female race...if any of you have seen the movie Taken it reminded me a lot of that. Woman are, and always have been, portrayed as sexual objects of desire and no matter how much the world tries to say that in our day and time everyone is equal its a bunch of crap. I think I'm going to be a sexist advocate when I grow up...whatever that is.