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I finally took the big test and feel like a n...
October 30, 2007 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
 I finally took the big test and feel like a new person. Seven weeks of tension was released, and as Adam always said (in a remarkable accent) while thrusting his palm against our foreheads as kids, "you are healed!" I am born again, and free of the shackles of standardized examinations.
Thank you all so much for your well-wishing and care packages, cards and phone calls. On the day of the test, I felt like I had already learned everything I needed to know about life; that one must be a hoarder of love.
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I just took another practice test to warm mys...
October 26, 2007 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
I just took another practice test to warm myself up for the big day on Monday. My verbal score decreased by forty points, and my math score is nearly the same as it was seven weeks ago. Dear god.
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When I returned from an amazing time with Nor...
October 26, 2007 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
 When I returned from an amazing time with Northern New England Campus Compact VISTAs in Maine, I had received two huge boxes in the mail. One, from mom, exploded with cracker jacks, popcorn, toothpaste, and organic granola, among many, many other small perfectly exalted necessities. The other, from Seraph, overflowed with beautiful clothing (remind me to encourage one of my children to be an apparel designer), Jasmine tea buds, local honey, my favorite magazines, and a new cookbook! I don't know if someone snapped a picture of me and I appeared emaciated, or if someone calculated out my budget and decided that cutting out organic bath salts was out of the question, but I feel completely pampered on the eve of the GREs. Thank you!
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I'm headed up to Maine for a retreat with the...
October 22, 2007 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
I'm headed up to Maine for a retreat with the Northern Campus Compact VISTAs. I'll be facilitating a workshop on community organizing and learning circles, two of may favorite subjects to train on. It will also be a perfect time to visit Maine. I haven't traveled up there since Seraph and I were on our road trip twelve years ago!
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Yesterday I received an unusual envelope in t...
October 18, 2007 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
Yesterday I received an unusual envelope in the mail, tri-folded with different handwriting for the return address, from the hippest coffee shop in my neighborhood. It was almost as is someone had sent a stamped, addressed envelope to the coffee shop within another envelope. Enclosed was a gift certificate to said coffee shop. Upon closer examination of the mysterious envelope I discerned Seraph Cortez's handwriting, and remembered that I had mentioned that the most difficult thing about being momentarily impoverished was the lack of frivolous coffee drinking at hip coffee shops like White Electric, where the tattoos, tight jeans, and coffee tie together the West Side strong social scene. And, of course, Seraph heeded my silly plea, because she loves me.
But wait! That was not the only gesture of complete attentive love and devotion that the family showed their prodigal daughter yesterday! Mom sent me an amazing box of frivolous favorites- hand-milled soaps, lemon verbena lotions, sachets of lavender, and, of course, chocolate. It was the perfect end to a night that I otherwise would have spent studying for the GREs. Thank you!
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If you've ever wondered what other Smithies d...
October 11, 2007 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
If you've ever wondered what other Smithies do to change the world once they've graduated, check out my friend Alexis, fighting the good fight in solidarity with the people of El Salvador! By the way, she's Anna's room mate in San Francisco.
All is well in Providence. I just finished the first in a series of workshops I'm facilitating about framing Campus Compact VISTA work as a community organizer. Good fun.
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I signed up for Netflicks today, and my old r...
October 05, 2007 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
I signed up for Netflicks today, and my old room mate Janet has taken control of my cue with helpful hints. She currently has these must-watch movies on my cue: the worst witch, mystery train, bon voyage, henry fool, home movie, fierce creatures, breakfast on Pluto, 24 hour party people, the puffy chair, kontroll, i am england, and Dracula: pages from a virgin's diary. I have heard of zero of these movies, but as she is a professional film snob, I must trust her judgment. It feels a bit like living with her again, when I'd come home and sit down in the middle of an obscure Korean independent film, and end up falling in love with it.
Seraph, I love hearing your anniversary count-down!
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I was so inspired by Sam, Emma, and Adam's wi...
October 01, 2007 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
I was so inspired by Sam, Emma, and Adam's witch jars that I decided to make my own. This weekend I bought a pork tail (witch jar label: Hungarian Wolverine Tongue) and a bag of dried sardines (witch jar label: Peruvian Shark Fetuses). In addition, I canned Fallen Angel Feathers, Veritaserum (if you've read Harry Potter, it forces the recipient to tell the truth), and Love's Labors Lost (reconstituted). The Hungarian Wolverine Tongue is in the freezer at the moment, because I'm not sure how to preserve it. But it should keep until I figure it out. I'll see if I can post a picture of my beautiful, evile project soon.
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