It's been a while since my last post and I have hit a few rough times, but I am now getting through.

EXERCISE

Last week I barely managed to hit 20 miles before the busy weekend. I was getting so frustrated about all the work I am doing running, yet the fact that NO RESULTS physically were amounting from my work, in either measuring weight or inches ( Read more... )

 
This past weekend has been one of the most fun-filled, busy and surprising experiences I have ever had in my life. Every five years the umbrella company I work for takes all the employees, and one guest for each employee, on a surprise trip Labor Day weekend. United Communications Group (UCG) goes all out on this event.  When I talked to my ( Read more... )

Random remark -- one of the most genuine and romantic lines in a TV show I have ever heard comes from Grey's Anatomy:

"There's nothing you could reveal about yourself that I wouldn't want to know."

This is an interview with Rowling on teh Today Show Web site giving details about life after the seventh book, more intricate and laid out than are in the book's Epilogue.
Also, dateline on Sunday night is all about Harry Potter.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/19959323

I just finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I don't want to say anything, except that, yes I did cry. And OMG, AMAZING!!! I will post more tomorrow when I have time (have not slept since Thursday night and am now going to a work party). I will do a post tomorrow with the link for spoilers, but when you all finish reading, give me a

So there is still a lot of downtime at work... My editor in New Jersy has to assign my stories and they usually take less than an hour to write up, unless I can't reach a source and then my hands are tied. Today I got five stories/alerts published and a story in the weekly newsletter published that just summarizes some of teh major refinery events ( Read more... )

Well I have sort of abandoned my LJ as of late. Earlier this semester I was waiting on news from job interviews before I wrote -- I wanted to tell everyone about my job prospects, but I didn't want to jinx them. Then, once I was offered a few jobs and accepted one, everything piled up with end of college stress. I was packing, finishing papers ( Read more... )

So it turns out I won't have to move home after graduation. I was actually able to get a full-time job right out of school as a journalist... it's amazing ( Read more... )

Also Notes on a Scandal, nominated for best actress and best supporting actress by the Academy, is playing at the Ragtag today through February 7th. It looks like an extremely provocative film and I am interested in seeing it. Does anyone else want to see this film with me at the Ragtag?

Anyone want to go to either of these concerts at the Blue Note:
Blue October on Thursday, February 15?
Of Montreal (I really need someone to go to this concert with me) on Wednesday, February 21?