Saturday, September 16, 2000

"the kids all say grown-ups are strange
and aren't they
they teach their kids not to do as i do....but....as i say
they cry for peace
and then make war
and wonder what we're fighting for
oh, aint it funny....now and then......"

--ain't it funny, loretta lynn
posted by April Fraze 9/16/2000 11:27:20 PM| link

oops...thought i was having a profound thought......

*sorry*
posted by April Fraze 9/16/2000 05:03:22 PM| link

Friday, September 15, 2000

lexie is a web celebrity! isn't she adorable. this is brad's new niece, born wednesday night. we are very excited and can't wait to meet her!
posted by April Fraze 9/15/2000 02:29:47 PM| link

o.k....i want to have a day like renee's.
posted by April Fraze 9/15/2000 08:56:35 AM| link

Thursday, September 14, 2000

ha! the clinton memorial
posted by April Fraze 9/14/2000 12:32:28 PM| link

sixteen ginsbergian things to do in class in addition to throwing potato salad
posted by April Fraze 9/14/2000 12:29:14 PM| link

you know...i've read around...apparently i'm not doing this weblog thing right. the rules appear to be:

links
interesting commentary, but not life stories unless you have a super interesting life
brevity

uh....can i ask who made the rules?

so here's my interesting comment for today. apparently some dude claimed the moon and is selling shares of it or land on it or something. don't take this for absolute truth, because i only half-way paid attention to the radio mention. i guess he wrote some national leaders in the u.n. claiming the moon and no one protested, so he began selling land on the moon at i believe $14 a share.

i was talking to the neighbor about it last night and we decided that either this guy is a genius or an idiot.

considering the fact that there is no law governing the moon and the price is so cheap i wonder if we are all fools not to get in on this deal. granted that the way new land is claimed has traditionally been planting a flag on it or travelling to it and claiming it in the name of your monarch or country....and there are flags on the moon from the u.s. and russia.....i figure that it all comes down to the bigger bully in the end. deciding the ownership of the moon in the future will likely involve some sort of shoot-out between the governments that desire it and the army of people who have papers on their $14 shares....i find this quite interesting. our laws don't apply to the moon and we could one day have a laser gun version of the old west going down.....who's our inter-galactic wyatt earp gonna be?
posted by April Fraze 9/14/2000 12:12:59 PM| link

lexie jean viestenz

born: sept. 14, 2000

welcome little lexie! we're happy to have you!
posted by April Fraze 9/14/2000 10:55:33 AM| link

Wednesday, September 13, 2000

twice now in the last month i've heard political leaders say it. the most recent comment about it was yesterday.

regarding the british blockade of fuel sources, one of their government officials commented that they were sticking by their tax and would not back down to "illegal" pressure....he said this was not the kind of pressure a government wants to fold under.

the earlier mention was from new york.....the people protesting at the republican convention were trouble-makers......their "behavior" was absolutely abominable and would not be taken lightly:

tell it to the folks at the boston tea party, i say. perhaps our politicians have lost sight of who they are serving....are they serving a book of words, so concrete that they are immune to a little thing called the constituency. or are they in place to seek the contentment of the people. it's a sad fact when so many sit back and take what ever the "leaders" dish out and anyone who stands up to make their voice heard is part of the rabble.


posted by April Fraze 9/13/2000 08:41:00 AM| link

Tuesday, September 12, 2000

update: i finally got up the nerve to quit my job.

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
that would be a big sigh of relief. my last day is the 26th and you're all invited over for a beer or two....
posted by April Fraze 9/12/2000 08:05:29 PM| link

Monday, September 11, 2000

i added a guestbook....please sign it.....let me know why you came, what you want to see....anything...i really want to hear your input.
posted by April Fraze 9/11/2000 11:46:18 AM| link

i took a few plants out to the porch so i could show off a few of my favorites....don't tell the other plants i said that though:



posted by April Fraze 9/11/2000 10:30:32 AM| link

a crappy shot of casey and some of the plants.....



posted by April Fraze 9/11/2000 09:33:43 AM| link

"t'was the graffiti and nothing more." -g.s.p.
posted by April Fraze 9/11/2000 09:05:55 AM| link

Sunday, September 10, 2000

ugh! finally i figured out the glitch...welcome to the latest edition of this site....who knows how long it will last.....
posted by April Fraze 9/10/2000 08:42:01 PM| link

please excuse the mess..............
posted by April Fraze 9/10/2000 08:06:33 PM| link

the top photos....at granny's as a kid....hancock's beer mug at the final ranch hoe-down....graffiti down by the river....the strawberry larry bus at a festival in noblesville....more graffiti by the river.....and my license picture....
posted by April Fraze 9/10/2000 03:43:38 PM| link

this is what my driver's license might look like if it were frozen in carbon:




posted by April Fraze 9/10/2000 01:11:44 PM| link