Lots of good things!  Or, rather, lots of the same good things ( Read more... )

I haven't posted about work lately.  It's been a bit of a roller coaster, with me cursing certain peoples one day** and then having a blast teaching* computer classes the next, that sort of thing.

I really should be looking for a new job, but I'm mostly just trying to hold my head above water between this one, two classes, and still unpacking.  As ( Read more... )

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So, after several weeks of stress and crap and "srsly?  why did I think becoming a keeper of the printed word would be a good career choice in the 21st century?"  I finally had a pretty awesome day yesterday:

Awesomeness the first:

I managed to (sorta) meet a major deadline on Thursday.  Despite getting two? weeks notice rather than three months, I ( Read more... )

First, I woke up at 6 bloody am to clean out my car and pack my cooler, backpack, etc.  ( clickies to read how much stuff I packed into my fourth of July )

I really needed something to make me smile today, and this totally did:

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Aside from the quote in the title, I think my favorite parts are whenever a girl goes "I got it!" and when, at the end, several of them talk about enjoying the challenge of it.

this vid is pretty damn awesome as well:

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(I don't actually like the shoes, but I do find that ending ( Read more... )

yay! live music!!!!

For anyone that didn't already know, I went to go see Matt Nathanson last night.

I was able to get fairly close to the stage, which was a Very Good thing as a I am absurdly Short and would not have had any chance of seeing the stage otherwise.  As it was, I was able to actually see Matt for most of the show (until ppl shifted just ( Read more... )

(This post should actually be called “Why I think some Modern buildings are made of awesome, especially the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.” But that’s rather long and wishy washy for a title. :p )

( This is all under a cut because the number of photos may kill your computer. Sorry. )

Guess where I will be two days before my birthday?

In Long Beach listening to Matt Nathanson rock out in celebration of the release of Modern Love!

*dances dorkily around the apartment *

blackholly  :  wow, you have a lot of books.

jennygadget  : heh.  yeah.  (good thing she already signed some of mine on Monday, or else the pile would be bigger)

[blah blah re: my name and how to spell it.]

jennygadget  : *glances at the other piles of books on table* oh, hay. what is this? I have not seen this before.  this is coolness.

blackholly  : it is, isn't it?  and what is even cooler ( Read more... )