i love a quickie

not much time to post...must go feed (very huge) doggies i'm taking care of...
i get to stay in a sweet little stifft station house, and tarzan is starting to come around to the (very huge) doggies...too bad the resident cat, ma rainey, seems to hate tarzan's guts. but she lives mostly outside, so i think it's gonna work.
spring break starting: NOW. not going in to earn extra dollars at advocates. must be lazy.

BIG EXCITING NEWS: i have my first interview! it's a phone interview with blue ridge women in agriculture (can't really afford to get to boone...and they can't afford to pay my way). 4 or 5 board members--yikes! that makes me pretty nervous. guess i'll have to put on my sweet schmoozer phone voice. leah, remember how we used to argue over whose turn it was to order the pizza? this is like that, only for an hour and it could land me a job!!! WOW

okay, i've got to get to the house and feed some (very huge) doggies. i'm taking pictures to post later in the week (when i'm on spring break and have nothin to do but be nervous about the interview)...

a touch of activism...

so here's what's up:

payday loans bad, increasing the minimum wage good.

arkies...do something good with your spare time and check out these sites (and hopefully take it a little further).

arkansans against abusive payday lending

give arkansas a raise now

kiss me...i'm irish!

in my native land


Stapleton
De Stabaltun

The Stapletons are the descendants of the Normans, who arrived in Ireland, in the wake of the Anglo-Norman conquest in the year 1170. The name is derived from the Irish Mac An Ghaill, which means "Son of the Foreigner". The name was originally established in Counties Kilkenny and Tipperary. The name in some instances, became Hibernicised, and some branches of the name accepted Mac an Ghaill, subsequently, becoming Gall and Gaule. Robert de Stapleton was Sherriff of Waterford in the year 1287; Frank Stapleton (b. 1956) of Dublin, Irish International Soccer Player won 71 caps for the Republic of Ireland between 1977 and 1990.
The name has remained in the South Leinster-Munster region, since it was first established there in the twelfth century. Counties Kilkenny, Tipperary and adjoining ccounties are the most favoured locations of the name.

MOTTO: FIDE SED CUI VIDE.
"Trust, but in whom, take care."

Yep, we Stapletons are Irish indeed.
Happy St. Patty's day, everyone!!!!

makin' music

yes, i'm on again about the mandolin. i'm still learning some basic chords (i suppose i will be for quite a while), but i'm really happy with my decision to pick it up. it's so calming...that is, except for when i'm trying to tune it--i currently have the d-chord all out of whack. what i'm really trying to get better at is moving quickly between the chords. i've got c and g down pat, f pretty good, d is a little tricky for my fingers, and a sucks pretty bad. pretty soon, though, i'll have good calluses, and that should help. i've found a great mandolin website, mandolin cafe. check it out.

it's been a pretty low-key friday night, which is for the best since last weekend was so packed with fun and volunteering. we ordered papa john's and watched fast times at ridgemont high. awesome. tomorrow i'm looking at sleeping, playing harry potter on xbox, playing with the cat, and maybe applying for some jobs. there's a bit of exciting news on that front: rich, the executive director at arkansas advocates (where i intern in case you were unaware) is going to pass along my cover letter and resume to jo luck, the ceo of heifer international when he has a meeting next tuesday with someone that's good friends with her. i have no idea (and a good bit of doubt) if it will open any doors, since heifer has such a formalized hiring process, but it's certainly worth getting it to her--especially since she was the first e.d. at advocates (hello, name recognition).

i still haven't heard from winrock international, but it's not even been 2 weeks. i need to figure out how to go about following it up since i only had to email my cover letter and resume...they posted no real contact info. oh, and i've found the PERFECT job for me (minus the fact that it doesn't pay nearly what i'll be worth in may and the position may only last a year due to funding)...it's a project director position with blue ridge women in agriculture, which is in boone, north carolina. yeah, perfect. i'm going to apply despite the two pitfalls. i mean, it could set me up for something else awesome, and the pay will still be about twice what i'm living off of now....

well, that's enough rambling from me for now. to whomever reads this...goodnight.

currently watching: trevor playing tiger woods pga tour