I wrote my first LiveJournal post ten years ago this morning. Holy shit, ten fucking yearsI am boggled by this. A decade ago, I was sitting in my dorm room at Dickinson, a college senior writing pretentious drivel. I was in a bad relationship (though I didn't realize it at the time) and had no real plan for the future -- at least, not one I ( Read more... )

I have discovered a new guilty pleasure: the Outlander books. After letting it collect dust on my shelf for over 4 years, I picked up the first book last week because I was in the mood for something light, frothy, and time-travel-y after the vague disappointment that was Connie Willis' latest. I started the second late last night after ( Read more... )

I normally don't like to update from work, but hoo-ee, am I bored. Summers are notoriously slow around here, but with my boss on sabbatical for another month and my other full-time co-worker away at a conference all week... I'm dying here. I don't have any real, long-term projects to work on (aside from extreme busy work), so right now my MO is ( Read more... )

Feeling much better today; was able to get in both a nap and a full night's sleep, which made all the difference. Looking forward to a restful evening tonight as well. The only good thing about insomnia is getting more reading time in.

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2009 Book List (continued):
3. A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny. This book was such ( Read more... )

This year, I've decided to keep track of my reading again, and to focus on knocking down my "to-read" list. In 2008, I was too wrapped up in the number of books I was trying to read that I ended up shying away from the longer novels on my shelf (looking at you, Cryptonomicon...), and turned a favourite pastime into mere obligation. And then, I ( Read more... )

Here we are again, at the caboose of another year. I'm not going to do one of those "Year End" memes I've seen going around, because it seems like a whole lot of effort just to say, "Well, didn't do much this year..." 2007 was less an annus horribilis and more of an annus ambivalentis. I spent a third of the year unemployed. Then I got a job. ( Read more... )

THE BOOK: Check.
Clean apartment: Check.
Bottle of water: Check.
Comfy spot on couch: Check.
Box of tissues: Check!

Okay, I think I'm finally ready...

Alright, so, it's been a while. Seriously, I've been so good about keeping up with my f-list, I didn't realise it's been over a fortnight since my last post. The car is fine (it was, um, miraculously restored the following week). Other than that, it's been business as usual: skipping rehearsals, avoiding Philly Lindy work, not cleaning, catching ( Read more... )

The reading list continues:

6. A Darkness at Sethanon by Raymond E. Feist
7. The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr
8. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

So, yay, I've finished up a couple of series now, which means I never have to read another Raymond E. Feist novel . Angel of Darkness, on the other hand, I absolutely loved, despite hearing ( Read more... )

Now that I have time to read again, I've decided to keep track of the number of books I read this year. My goal was to read at least 26 new books this year, but considering life's habit of lobbing curveballs in my direction, I'll be happy to read 26 of anything.

So far, this year I've finished:

1. Magician: Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist
2. ( Read more... )