So, I've never been big on Valentine's Day. Seems kind of silly to go out for dinner on one of the busiest nights of the year, especially when we both love to cook. And I've never been the materialistic type, so I don't require flowers or other such tokens of affection. People at the office kept asking me what I was doing for VDay, and...
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So today, I received the results of my work review - and they were spectacular, much better than I had imagined. I'm quite proud of myself, because my beginning this job six months ago coincided with what I consider to be nearly the most emotionally difficult six months of my life. (Holy run-on sentence, Batman.) I'd been fairly worried about my review, because I had...
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jtemperance:
That's wonderful! Good for you. What are you working as now?
(I'll keep my fingers crossed for that increase!)
(I'll keep my fingers crossed for that increase!)
apexxx:
rock on! 
congratulations thats awesome 
congratulations thats awesome Spent the weekend downstate visiting bluvelvet and roguelibrarian. It may still be Illinois, but it's like a whole other country out there. Gorgeous, yes; full of state parks and natural landmarks and long open stretches of road; home to Bon Appetit's "Best Ribs In America" and what seems like eighteen billion tiny wineries (and I forgot to buy a bottle of the Traminette that...
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I desperately want these boots. Yes, they're $400. Yes, I would buy them if I could even remotely justify the expense right now. ::sigh:: So gorgeous.
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ojaeflo:
I've been to Monterey before (like 15 years ago), and we were in the vicinity of the factory but didn't actually go to it.
I'm just psyched for a change in scenery!
I'm just psyched for a change in scenery!
apexxx:
yep we had fun! im confident enough to say it was one her best birthdays she ever had!
Over the weekend, watched a screening copy of No Country For Old Men that someone had given us. Gut reaction - WHAT?! HATE. I remember having a similar feeling about Barton Fink the first time I saw it, though to my mind that had a lot more redeeming features. Especially John Mahoney, Faulkner-and-Fitzgeralding it up. (Sidebar: I met him once; sadly, it was before I'd...
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kinto:
That was pretty "advanced" for a 6 year old! Surely beats wanting to be the little mermaid or something.
Haven't seen "No country" yet. Will probably watch it sometime though. All the Coen brothers' films I've seen I did enjoy except for "O Brother" which I thought was neither funny nor particularly clever. It got rave reviews everywhere though. Oh well...
Haven't seen "No country" yet. Will probably watch it sometime though. All the Coen brothers' films I've seen I did enjoy except for "O Brother" which I thought was neither funny nor particularly clever. It got rave reviews everywhere though. Oh well...
apexxx:
we got the Devils Backbone from NetFlix today. i do beleive it was you who recommended it. looking forward to seeing it! if it sucks i will blame you 
I left work early today...
...but I'm going in tomorrow.
Only a half-day...not really looking forward to it, but it'll be a relief come Monday when all that stuff is already finished. I don't usually go into the office on weekends - it'll be blissfully quiet, at least.
My brain is on the verge of shorting out. Have a lovely weekend!
...but I'm going in tomorrow.
Only a half-day...not really looking forward to it, but it'll be a relief come Monday when all that stuff is already finished. I don't usually go into the office on weekends - it'll be blissfully quiet, at least.
My brain is on the verge of shorting out. Have a lovely weekend!
kinto:
eew... working on a Saturday
Here's hoping you have a great weekend nonetheless
Here's hoping you have a great weekend nonetheless
Authors I can't believe I haven't read prior to the last few months...I have the same friend to thank for Jonathan Lethem as I do for James Baldwin. They're pretty much opposite ends of the spectrum, but equally (if very differently) brilliant. Currently reading Lethem's Motherless Brooklyn, and I honestly don't think I've laughed out loud this much since my first reading of Good Omens....
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trocc:
Motherless Brooklyn is great stuff - i've since read quite a bit of Lethem's work - essays, articles, novels. my personal favorite is Fortress of Solitude.
if you're obsessive about reading, you might enjoy LibraryThing. it's been feeding my somewhat OCD need to somehow document the things i read and listen to lately... i'm here.
if you're obsessive about reading, you might enjoy LibraryThing. it's been feeding my somewhat OCD need to somehow document the things i read and listen to lately... i'm here.
trocc:
oh, i like that song too. i'm going to hold off on a return 80's video right now, though, since Loverboy's "Working For The Weekend" has been on my mind too much lately. it will cloud my judgment.
well, given what i just posted in my journal, maybe it already has.
well, given what i just posted in my journal, maybe it already has.
Lazy after a long day at work...cut-and-pasting something that I wrote a few weeks ago (when, yes, it was warm enough to have the windows open!)
Just playing with words, here, but I had a good time doing so.
When I went outside for a cigarette, it was so quiet that I could hear a plastic bag caught and fluttering in the chain-link fence across...
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Just playing with words, here, but I had a good time doing so.
When I went outside for a cigarette, it was so quiet that I could hear a plastic bag caught and fluttering in the chain-link fence across...
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jtemperance:
*looks like a great blog, just not reading it fully now*
Thanks for your wishes. Hopefully, I'm getting over-worried and things are actually okay.
Thanks for your wishes. Hopefully, I'm getting over-worried and things are actually okay.
Is there anything better than a long weekend? Especially a long weekend filled with interesting art, good friends, and a bit of drinking - with some much-needed solitude, reading time, and a fantastic massage thrown in for good measure. Oh, and spending time with my sister, brother-in-law and nephew! It would've been nearly perfect but for the cold, which froze a pipe in the basement,...
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jtemperance:
Kids are amazing. The reality that escapes me as an adult.
trocc:
it's really quite gripping and well done, i'd recommend it - i am only about half way through it, but still...
i can't believe i haven't listened to the mix you guys made yet!
i'm always so excited when i get all that new music, but then it does sometimes take a while to check them all out. i'm super excited about yours, though - i need to get on that.
i can't believe i haven't listened to the mix you guys made yet!
i'm always so excited when i get all that new music, but then it does sometimes take a while to check them all out. i'm super excited about yours, though - i need to get on that.
For the first time, I think I understand why people take vacations and do nothing but lie on the beach and drink for a week straight. Tropical paradises have never really appealed to me, but it's currently fifteen degrees here...lying in a hammock in the shade with a book and a cocktail, broken up by the occasional dip in bathtub-warm water, sounds perfectly amazing right...
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apexxx:
ive been thinking about a road trip sometime this spring. but ive never really had a vacation before. my trip to Tampa last spring doesnt count sine it was business related
trocc:
i made it out last night, even with the weather how it is. had a good time, many beers and live music, but it was so so cold, though.
i'm staying in with my hangover today.
i'm staying in with my hangover today.
the post-it note explosion sounds so awesome... very cool.
You're not making up the librarian thing, although I'm a rather strange variant of one. I work for a non-profit called the American Theological Library Association. We're not a library in the traditional sense (we're not open to the public, don't have a collection). We do two main things, one is to be a membership association for theological librarians, which is primarily librarians at divinity schools, seminaries, etc. We have a conference and a newsletter and all that. I work on the other part, which is the product part. We create an index to essay and periodical literature in religious studies and theology. I do most of the collection development, title evaluation, and more often now, licensing for digitization. It's a very cool group of people to work with.
I won't be at the Brain--I have my kids--but I do think I'll be hitting Thanise's wine tasting on Tuesday, and I saw you might be too. It would a pleasure actually to meet!