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Kor's' Journal   I am alive. I am well. I am WONDER WOMAN! HAPPY HALLOWEEN ALL! I am in Miami I graduated from UF I am going to grad school in psych at Wake Forest in the fall I am a bum for the summer (this consists of soccer, swimming, gym, hanging out, and reading) I donated my hair to locks of love (it is the shortest it has ever been) I am tanner than before I will be living by myself in a city I have only been to once and don't really know anyone (hopefully I'll get a cat) That is all for now I think Posted on Thu, Jan. 27, 2005 KENDALL Anti-Semitic signs spark uproar Slurs in a Kendall yard raise concerns about anti-Semitism as the homeowner is cited with a county code enforcement violation. BY ELAINE DE VALLE edevalle@herald.com Thousands of commuters pass by Juan Rodriguez's Kendall Drive house every weekday and delight -- or find disgust -- in his elaborate landscape designs that include large stone fountains, colorful rocks and a big topiary bush in an 88 shape, which he says was cut in honor of the street out front. On Wednesday, many of those motorists did a horrified double take when they saw the newest lawn art: hand-painted signs bearing anti-Semitic slogans in Spanish. Next to the wood placards was a parked pickup with anti-Semitic words in Spanish painted on the back window and ''Holy War'' spray painted on the tailgate. Graphic designer Melinda Cowen saw it on the way to her dentist and thought Rodriguez was a fellow Jew victimized by an anti-Semitic attack. On her way back to work, she stopped to offer support and learned he was the author. ''I'm so disheartened that there's people like this,'' Cowen said. Miami-Dade police received several complaints and went to the house, 8040 N. Kendall Dr., to investigate Wednesday. They arrested Rodriguez, 39, but not for the signs. ''It's not really a hate crime,'' Miami-Dade police spokesman Bobby Williams told The Herald. ``It's his property. It would be different if he wrote it on somebody else's property.'' Rodriguez was wanted, however, on a warrant related to domestic violence. NO REMORSE The arresting officers said Rodriguez, while calm and ''polite,'' didn't seem remorseful about the signs. ''He says he's protesting the government,'' said Officer Mark Hampton. ``The government somehow has seized a property of his on 87th Avenue, and he can't work because the Jewish men have all the businesses and the Jewish women control the men.'' Rodriguez told police he was an artist and that he has tried to work, but is fined by the county because he doesn't have the necessary permits. His home, in fact, has been cited several times for work done without a permit. On Wednesday, he was cited for illegal signage. He was given a warning Wednesday and has 24 hours to remove the signs before he gets fined $500, said a county inspector who left the notice in a plastic bag on Rodriguez's doorknob. Police said Rodriguez threatened to step up the written attacks when released. ''He said it's going to get worse,'' Hampton said, adding that police took photographs to forward to the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office. Art Teitelbaum, southern area director of the Anti-Defamation League, said his office received five complaints about the house in the last week. Even before the hand-painted signs were posted, three Stars of David bolted to large crosses -- with real $100 bills glued in the center -- spurred a number of inquiries. 'Taken by themselves, the star and the cross might have benign meanings related to interfaith activities, although to have a Star of David with a dollar bill in the center is to raise the stereotype of Jews' control of money,'' Teitelbaum told The Herald. THE 88 BUSH Rodriguez told a Herald reporter last summer that he bought the 88 bush from a friend who sells topiaries to honor Kendall Drive, also known as Southwest 88th Street. But the number is also on the Anti-Defamation League's website, in a database of extremist symbols, logos and tattoos, as one of many numeric symbols used by skinheads and others to express anti-Semite views. The eighth letter of the alphabet is H and two eights, allegedly, stand for HH -- shorthand for the Nazi greeting, ``Heil Hitler.'' Said Teitelbaum: ``A questionable coincidence.'' I got the flu and a stomach bug! I couldn't have asked for a better GIFT. Thanks! Maybe I'll make things for people? I think I have been getting less creative in the gift-giving department. All I have is wrapping paper so far for most of my gifts. I guess that is a start. The semester needs to be over already. I feel like I have done so much in one semester and it all needs to stop NOW. Grad school apps are slowly winding down. Next semester my Tuesdays will suck. I thought I was no longer going to have 8:30 AM class, but I am a TA for Intro Psych 8:30 every Tuesday. 12 hours of school. That is a looooooong time. My last semester of undergrad though, so I guess I can deal with it. I will also be doing some teaching for this class. I am excited, but also a bit nervous. Spring schedule: Sociology of Children Research Methods in Social Psych Cognitive Psych Eating Disorders Intro Psych TA along with some sort of research schedule and club stuff, I think I will keep myself plenty busy once again. Maybe I'll have some interviews or something to look forward to outside of FL. I'll be going to 2 conferences: the Winter Roundtable in NY and SEPA in Nashville. It is finally a nice temperature here. Not hot, but when running it is hard to breathe. Over break I plan to EAT, play some soccer and pool, and finish up some research Will be in Miami on Sunday Current mood:  weird.Current music: paperclips and spoons. This semester has been a crazy one. Starting off with the hurricanes which caused my ceiling in the kitchen to leak under the flourescent lights (NASTY BROWN WATER) and started messing up my schedule. Applications for grad school have taken up more of my time than I would've thought or liked. I wonder if I'll get in or go out of state. It just seems like it is time for a nice break where I don't have to think much and can just watch movies all day or read books that I want to read. Next semester will be my last here. Hopefully then I will figure out what I am going to do. It will be the semester of waiting. Everyone should beast. Especially their butts. People look at themselves too much in public. Ice cream is nice when you are sick. It is finally getting cold-ish. 2 more finals. I more test. One more paper. One more book. Then I'll be done around the 17th. Yey! Current mood:  sore.Current music: the garbage truck backing up 1000 times. Debates and shiraz. Interesting weekend with Miami people coming from three different places. Miguel got a dog. It is cute, but it keeps cutting its tail open because it gets too excited and wags it into things. Soccer was nice after a summer without it. Jello shots in the fridge. They will be there for a while. GREs on Saturday and a few things in between. The Faint on Sunday, Cho next Friday, then Halloween. I better bust my ass soon to get all of my application shit for grad school out there. I can' believe I am going to grad school already (well, maybe I am). Maybe I'll end up taking a year or so off. A real job? Too weird. Fun times and colder weather, but it left. I want it back, minus the time change. That would be perfect. Current mood: chicken soup. Yes. It is that time. That Vanessa and I have decided we must attend a UF football game. It shall be interesting in some sort of way. One of the main sports that I have never seen live. Current mood:  awake.
Well, it has been a very entertaining time here. So many hurricanes. Power outages and a leaky roof in the kitchen. Just a whole bunch of debris, but enough to keep us out of school today. Busy times this semester with trying to apply to grad school and getting through this semester. Applying to maybe 10 programs in social and clinical psychology. I am still finalizing my list. Taking the GREs in October. Thinking next semester I'll get a job somewhere for more field experience. Planning on going to a few psych conferences with clubs and things. Hookahed once. Mint tobacco. Interesting. It's been busy with a lot of school and a lot of nothing. I am not quite sure where all of my time is going. I've been gymming. I like going to the gym here with my Gville people. It is far more entertaining than going by yourself. Trying to get shit done this semester so that I can slack next semester and sit and wait to see if I get accepted somewhere. Then, graduation. I miss soccer. Maybe I'll play next semester. Current mood:  okay.
-peeping men through my bedroom window-not cool -moving to a new apartment-finally situated -research in psychology-interesting -research paper on eating disorders and family dynamics-interesting to read, but not fun to write -learning about herpes and other health issues-my favorite class with a great professor-Gender and Health -losing terribly at soccer, but having fun at the same time-soccer is always good -chai-mmmmmmm -orlando-good times -Body Massagers vs. Team Evil-funny -Neon Bathtubbing-we rock -birthday celebrating-yes, I am now 19 wohoo -poker night-with chips -etc,etc,etc My life has been filled with madness that only now I am beginning to have time to understand. Sooo many fucking weirdos out there. Need to stay away. Don't try to stab people in dorms or look for naked girls inside their apartments. (I was not naked, but I'm sure he was looking for some good and naked girls) it is a crazy place, this Gainesville |
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