+  I received a flyer from the Manhattan Theater Company with its schedule for the fall and spring.  So many shows I want to see, including an Andalucian flamenco ballet show, and others.  Plus Theresa Rebeck's new play, Dead Accounts.  And then Kinky Boots in the spring.  Want!

~  Why is the nearest Green Day show schedule for Fairfax, VA?  Or ( Read more... )

+  I've posted a very short summary and a few photos of my trip to Indian Wells over at WordPress.

~  The big boss at my old job emailed me out of the blue today, asking how the new job was going.  I like it; I'm learning new things; some days I feel slow and stupid, but I'm getting good feedback from my new colleagues and boss, so I'm content.  Old ( Read more... )

Originally posted at WordPress.

+  Tickets for Indian Wells arrived today.  Yes, it's six months away, but it's nice to have long term plans, isn't it?

-  Also arriving today:  a jury form for the federal district court, meaning jury duty may be in the very near future.

+  Theater tickets for next month -- Alan Rickman in Seminar on Broadway!

-  Please ( Read more... )

+  My summary of my US Open 2011 adventures is posted over at WordPress.

+  For better or worse, I've got a draft of my Fall Festival fic.  It's just over 2,000 words, much shorter than I expected.  Struggled with the prompts and the POV character.  But at least I'll have something to send.  And I'll include an apology in the intro to the recipient ( Read more... )

Traffic in DC is unpredictable for me. What ought to take 10 minutes by cab or 15 by bus turns into an hour long commute. So I left with plenty of time last night to meet for dinner. And, since I *planned* for heavy traffic, it was relatively light. Instead of hanging out in the bar, I walked to the Borders on the corner, where I saw the ( Read more... )

I've spent most of this week doped up on DayQuil and NyQuil.  When I'm not a zombie going through the motions of work, I'm falling asleep on the couch or the train or wherever I sit down for more than a few minutes at a time.

My pretty new tea pot arrived today.  It's a sunshiny yellow, which I love.


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I haven't read any books in the last week, have been too brain dead to start anything new and see it through to the end.  Have picked up a couple of old favorites and read random passages, but otherwise, not much.  I have downloaded a few Kindle samples, so for SBD, I'll share my opinion about them:

Hello Kitty Must Die by Angela Choi.  I think ( Read more... )

Wendy the SuperLibrarian is hosting the TBR Challenge for 2011.  I slacked off last year and read very few books from the TBR, so I didn't feel like I should sign up to participate officially.  Serendipitously, I was reading a book pulled from the TBR on January's TBR day, even though it wasn't the correct subgenre.

Title:  Lord Carew's Bride
Author ( Read more... )

Registration for #RWA11 opened today, and it seemed like everyone on my Twitter feed was registering and booking their hotel room or debating registering. I felt all D: because I'm not going. I don't actually care about the conference, per se: I'm not a writer or an aspiring writer so a lot of the workshops aren't relevant to me except in an ( Read more... )

Years ago, long before I blogged or really did much on the internet (those days are vague in my memory -- how did I find any good books to read without reader/bloggers?), one of the mystery series I enjoyed was Joanne Dobson's Karen Pelletier series.  Pelletier is an English professor at a small, private college in western Massachusetts, who ( Read more... )