There are parts of my job that I certainly did not anticipate. For example, that I would be praying that the apartment building we're renovating ISN'T HISTORIC so we don't have to have all renovation decisions pre-approved by the Minnesota State Historic Preservation office. That's abbreviated SHPO, rhymes with hippo. Right now Shippo is reviewing ( Read more... )

Lugging my boombox into the bathroom and listening to my iPod on shuffle while I shower. I was grooving. Shuffle is psychic ( Read more... )

Wearing my Wesleyan sweatpants. Every day. I seriously love them. Years down the road, I'll be playing a couples game at a couples dinner party evening and the card will come up: "Which article of your spouse's clothing would you most like to get rid of?" Yes yes, the Wesleyan sweatpants will be invoked, guaranteed. And, as long as Wesleyan doesn't ( Read more... )

Goal: Thank you Houghton Mifflin. Use each of these words in my livejournal. Hypothesis: foreign languages and absence of novels have decimated my active vocabulary ( Read more... )

It's official. My sister and her husband have ordered a... robotic vacuum.

I could be satisfied in any job by having gotten things done.
So, in which jobs could the doing make me happy as well ( Read more... )

A very focused reading list (#49?)
The Grapes of Wrath
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (in French?)
The Fountainhead
The Tin Drum

I oughtn't continue to neglect the novel.

I know there's probably a more reasonable explanation, but I prefer to think that I just found one of Mr. Roe's remarkable hairs on a pair of my jeans.

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Dennis Kucinich is adorable. Applause, you sweet thing, applause! Your fondness for fruitless pursuits is both endearing and fruitful.

My life needs a narrative. Things that would help: believing in fate, having overcome adversity, having one rather than several callings, or being unafraid of narratives without overarching meanings.

aka Wesleyan Alumni Admissions Volunteer interview ( Read more... )