Oh I had a good day today. I'm plugging in the TicToc mp3 player (which is sadly showing its age) to try to write the playlist that carried me home. Somehow it was picking mostly songs that I'd added recently to it--odds are it was not on shuffle. But it spiced and punctuated an already good time I'd had ( Read more... )

The concept of a holiday for recognizing children is nearly unthinkable to me as an American.  "Children's Day"???  What day isn't?  I'm still not sure why Korean society sees a need to set aside one day a year to treat kids.  Compared to American kids these kids are doted on, indulged.  Sure, what's expected of them is a lot higher, more study, ( Read more... )

You might remember that voice from the one night ( lurkingheretic.livejournal.com/352888.html ). I passed her on the way home from coffee tonight. Not a man with a vaguely Indian voice at all, but a lady, looked about mid-40's, with just a very strong and clear voice. She was pulling a yellow box covered in lettering (I couldn't read fast enough ( Read more... )

...and see if I remember all the days.
Day One:  A song

Besides being a little bit stuck in my head, this song made an impression on one of my students.  I always screen such songs ahead of time, but I'll often play them on YouTube while I'm setting up for or taking down after a class.  I didn't realize how explicit the video was, but the student was ( Read more... )

and mentally tuning out the buzz of the dying laptop fan ( Read more... )

What is it with me stumbling on beautiful things yesterday and today ( Read more... )

Someone over on Facebook posted this, and it's so lovely it brought tears to my eyes.

You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com

mithras  posted this,
http://mithras.livejournal.com/334149.html?mode=reply
not long after I posted this...LOL I can't remember where, only that I noted it was something I first heard done in a club.

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Let's keep the mashups flying!

(Okay, so my memory's crap.  I posted it in this journal, on Monday!!   I'm drinking my coffee black and it still isn't cutting

Well, not a literal hangover.  I'm a terrifically sober person and I didn't drink yesterday, or the day before.  But yesterday at Delphi I got tiramisu with my coffee, for which I was grateful but which destroyed any appetite for dinner.  What I have thawed is on the iffy side so not very appetizing, so I munched on seaweed snacks and Sun Chips and ( Read more... )

Do you keep getting the Scientology ads too?  And if so, do you ever wonder about a religion with an aggressive advertising campaign?

I'm too tired to be witty--brain-tired, as I basically slept all day Saturday and kept it light on Sunday.  New used books goooodnes.

Still worrying my bank accounts, meh.

Found a link via Facebook--I usually don't ( Read more... )