My dear! the noise! and the people!
(But at least I wasn't on any bus where total strangers were being exhorted to Talk To One Another, the horror).
I have been moderately social this week: lunch with an academic protege on Monday, a meeting on Tuesday, going into Former Workplace on Wednesday for yoga class and general seeing what's up.
And this evening I went to a book-launch.
It was heaving - absolutely vast numbers there, and I do see why, not just the usual academic audience, there are those with a specific personal/familial interest. But this meant it was very crowded, very noisy, and though I did find somewhere to sit during the speech-making bit, this was in a position where I couldn't actually see anything and not hear very well either.
I did manage some conversation with various friends and acquaintance, but there were so many people waiting to talk to My Friend The Author of the work in question and get them to sign their copy that I decided not to linger about but come home instead.
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Today has been a day when FaceBook has decided to try sneaking ads into my timeline again. Mostly they were completely off the wall - 'Level up your lash game' was not actually as niche as I at first thought, it was about false eyelashes - but even if I wanted a nice travel-bag, I would be put off by being solicited thus. At least I do not see the ads for the numerous realtors in places I will very likely never visit, never mind live, who have obtained my information from A List. This entry was originally posted at https://oursin.dreamwidth.org/2937276.html. Please comment there using OpenID. View
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