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About to lose my humanities journals, haven't seen Lex in six months. But I'm really into cardamom these days and am knocking my 2020 Goodreads target out of the park. Later days ~ -
"I'm not surprised, not everything lasts ~"
Hello friends. It’s time to begin the long, slow process of catching up my LJ. More later on life and boys (there aren’t many) and work and family and hobbies… but for now, a look back to the saving grace of early November: I spent eight days and seven nights in Ireland ( Read more... ) -
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"It's hard on a fella, when he don't know his way around ~"
As I mentioned, the search for full-time work is not a romp. But to be fair to myself, I am in the middle of a couple contract jobs: The first is research in gerontology. See, when writing grant proposals, history museums are forever claiming the cognitive importance of public programming for elderly folk. “Please give us money and we will better ( Read more... ) -
"The fun is done / You steal what you can and run ~"
Things are a little rough here. Lots of woe-mopery rooted in the fact that I don’t have a proper job. I’m claustrophobic but completely without the resources to do anything about it. I exhibited weakness to another human being on no fewer than two instances in the last two weeks. That’s like my semi-annual quota! Meanwhile I haven’t kept in good ( Read more... ) -
"On this page, I write my last confession ~"
As Amy correctly pointed out recently, everyone sucks at LJ these days. I am perhaps the best possible example. So here are some photos of some cards and food I’ve made in the last four months or so. But first, one picture from the N.C. state fair:
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"Walk like a man, fast as I can ~"
At the beginning of the month I started a self-defense class that met every weekday for about a week and a half. It was tiring on days when I had work directly beforehand, but more exhausting was the mindset those classes put you in. You’re mired in rape defense and aggressive behavior. On a daily basis you're confronted with blunt facts and ( Read more... )
