Ben bought a couple of amazing little pieces, of art drawn on old scientific publications, so the print is in the background, and the black, shiny lacquered frames compliment the two pieces perfectly. We found them at Dupre’s Antique Market in Marietta, and these were two of our favorites. The newbies: the deer on the far left, and the “big head syndrome” skull slightly inside the layout. Down on the lower left corner is another original piece, which he got on Etsy, of Bill Murray as a seahorse (yes, really). We bought a frame for it today too, at the same antique store. Love the bold additions to my living room!

I attended a Chinese Dance rehearsal with one of the women who I have interviewed as a part of my oral history project (on adoptive families of Chinese girls). A majority of the girls in this class, ages 15-18, are adopted. Afterward, Lorrie and her husband and daughter had me over for Chinese take-out and a power session of some more interviews, with some of the girls and their moms. It was lovely and also very productive.

Aid Atlanta poster, aiming against the stigma and stereotype that “only gay men get AIDS.” It builds a list until it is basically universally inclusive, as risk groups expanded. This poster is part of the AIDS segment of the museum at the CDC in Atlanta.

Humans beings get AIDS.

I went through the whole museum, with the lovely and talented curator, Louise Shaw. You should go sometime, it’s federal, so it’s free once you go through the car inspection, etc., driving onto the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention campus. It is the only museum in any of the CDC offices in the United States, and its beautiful.

I spend a lot of time with him.

Campus at night, after class in Classroom South, which connects to the library. So enjoy my urban campus.

Finally found a great recipe that also doesn’t require a food processor for breaking down the pieces of potato. Yum!

Saw Star Wars Episode 1: Phantom Menace in 3D and bought an inappropriate amount of candy from the mall candy store-because it is going out of business and everything was 75% off.

The whole staff got this e-mail with a compliment a patron gave me, to share in the proud work of serving the public as federal employees. I work hard every day to represent NARA well.