Tuesday Musings (welcome back, self)

[discountsatori]

Oh, Livejournal, why have I neglected you for so long? I hope you're not the easily offended type. It was nothing personal

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[peach_salsa]

Hurray!

[faintgraylines]

InDesign files tend to be tricky because, if you hit some pretty innocuous key combinations, all sorts of settings can be skewed. Not that I could really diagnose what's up from reading a journal entry, though.

Every time you write about traffic in Atlanta, I am reminded of my two visits and all the good that happened there (reconnecting with my now-fiancé after drama no one wants to hear about, my college newspaper winning a big award at a regional conference hosted by Emory). Without meaning to, you really brighten my day. For that, thanks.

[discountsatori]

We're working in the Middle Eastern version of InDesign, and it has so many bugs. All I was trying to do yesterday was insert a few words into a glossary list, and every time I did, it would screw up the order of the rest of the glossary and randomly turn some words backwards. I am still baffled by what happened, but this morning I finally got everything to look right (for now). I hate it when software decides to have a mind of its own!

I'm glad my Atlanta talk can brighten your day! Just be glad you don't have to drive in this city on a regular basis. ;)

[jcb9]

I take it you enjoyed the Six Feet Under finale, then. :)

I found some parts of it quite good, and some parts rather unconvincing. But the whole closing sequence was just incredible. When people talk about how great the finale was, I think that's usually what they're talking about.

And I should read more Joan Didion. I've read Slouching Towards Bethlehem and The White Album, but nothing more recent - anything you might recommend?

And finally, lame on the Subway thing - I've never had such a thing happen to me. My problem with Subway is that none of their employees - none - grasp the concept when I ask for all the vegetables except for pickles. I always end up with pickles. Every time. Fortunately I don't actually dislike pickles - I just don't like them much on sandwiches. Ah well.

[alm35]

(Jumping in here as someone who discovered Joan Didion within the past year...)

You need to read her latest, The Year of Magical Thinking. And her novel Democracy.

[discountsatori]

Actually, Slouching Towards Bethlehem is the first book of Didion's I've read. In the past, I'd only read essays of hers here and there. I think I've had practically everything of hers recommended to me at some point or another, so I finally decided to just dive in with a book. I'm almost done with Slouching..., and I'm going to try to read The White Album, Play It As It Lays, and The Year of Magical Thinking by the end of the year. And maybe Political Fictions if I have time

[jcb9]

Well, mainly I felt that they tried to wrap everything up a little too neatly. Also, I didn't really believe David's sudden decision to keep the funeral home after all - that struck me as rather unmotivated. Especially since, with Nate dead and Rico gone, he was apparently the only person left to run it (at first, I thought maybe Keith would become his partner, but from the closing sequence we learned he started his own security firm instead).

I did enjoy the episode, though.

[terrible_fish]

i have yet to see the finale of six feet under...i missed most of last season because i was away. i'm almost nervous to revisit it. i'll be reminded that it's really over.