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title: Weekend
date: '2003-11-07T21:25:08-05:00'
permalink: /weekend/
tags:
    - networks
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I believe this to be the first weekend I’ve had to myself — sort of — in a month. “To myself,” in this case, means no conference, no travel, no grading. Ironically, perhaps, it also means that Mom is here, the only excuse I could grant myself for taking an entire two-and-a-half days off. This afternoon, there were manicures and massages. Tomorrow, there will be shopping in Pasadena. Sunday, museum-going in downtown Los Angeles. So: pampering, consumption, culture. What more could a girl need toward a general revival of spirit?