Things are pretty standard here. My disposition this semester is much better so far. I'm working on my time management skills (i.e. posting on blog when I should be reading anthropological/archaeological theoretical tomes) so I am hoping to not get as stressed out as last semester. Quiting my job with mentally and behaviorally troubled children might be helping me too. It is also beneficial to be familiar with most of my professors and their expectations this time around.
Javers and I just added a washing machine and dryer to the apartment. Freedom from quarter hording and lugging around my laundry basket and soap is relieving. The washer even has a "handwash" setting so I don't have to wash my wool sweaters and silk long underwear by hand anymore. I think Javers might be even more exicted than me. Evey night he's home he washes something. Last night's load was one blanket and one pair of my socks. Wonderful.
Now, I just wanted to share part of an email I got from Sarah Shorthill today. Those of you she sent it to have probably already read it, but I thought anyone connected with Freeman and Schmeckfest in any way would be interested. Reed, I had no idea you were a TV star.
... watching a program on PBS called "America's Heartland." I don't know if anyone else's PBS affiliate carries this, but it's a neat little show. There was a story about Basque sheepherders who imigrated to Arizona and California but REALLY maintained their Basque culture (right down to the language), followed by a segment about growing lettuce. It was surprisingly interesting. Gave some history and whatnot. Not thrilling, you understand, but ok. The final piece, however, was filmed in a small SD town and told all about the heritage behind...
SCHMECKFEST!!! I saw the water tower that said "Freeman" on it, and I yelled out "SCHMECKFEST!! IT'S ON TV!" Luke hollers back (from the bathroom) "what?" thinking that I'm just having a crisis with a large spider or something. It took a couple more "schmeckfest" yells from me to get him into the living room, and we watched a great 10 minutes about the event. Some Ortman family was featured at first, is there a Linda Ortman who has two kids? Anyway, she showed how to make fruit pockets, LeRoy Graber showed how to weave baskets, they did a spiel on the dinner, and then who should they feature but Reed Schrag espousing the finer details of making sausage. Including this little nugget of wisdom: "You can't call it Freeman sausage unless it's made in Freeman". The year they filmed this was the year they did "Guys and Dolls". I really think I saw Nicker in the chorus of guys rolling dice. Ber, can you corroborate this? Tim Waltner was the featured interview of the piece, and I don't know him, but it was a lot of fun scanning the shots of the dinner and people milling around the museum to see if I recognized anyone there. My favorite moment: the dude in the kitchen showing how they make fried potatos, saying "It's just potatos, salt, and lard" and looking at the camera like "duh, dumbass."
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