Category: general

28
May
2004

LIVING IT UP

We had a nice discussion about fairytales at book group last night even though some people seem to be awfully vague on the definition of fairytale and kept referring to current children’s literature as “well, it’s a fairytale to ME” as if that made it okay. Apparently, not everyone continues to read fairytales and folktales as adults, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? *boggle* Although, I did a little mental inventory of the people in the room and the ones who don’t read any “children’s” literature at all? Not the ones I hang out with or want to hang out with. Hmmm…...

27
May
2004

CHANGES IN LATITUDES

What the interview was? A slap with a big ol’ cluestick. Which I apparently needed. Oh, not in the way you may be thinking, after my flippant remark about “godlike confidence” but the fact that it made me walk around for hours afterwards re-evaluating the appreciation I have for my CURRENT job. Despite all the crud I’ve been upset about regarding the open landscaping particularly and other things generally, I think beating this job in any of several dimensions would be difficult. I actually think the interview went quite well, and it was obvious they were impressed with my work...

26
May
2004

BRING ME THE NAME OF THAT SHRUBBERY!

This morning, I swear, if my head hadn’t been attached, I would probably have accidently left it at home. I managed to remember that Martin has utedag* today, it being Wednesday, but I still managed to leave the house without his plastic cushion, which we turned around to retrieve and then, after getting to the school to drop him off remembered that he was also supposed to have a lunchbag with him, in addition to his fruit (the only thing I DID remember). Because it’s the end of the school year and schedules seem to be warping and shifting faster...

25
May
2004

OH GEEZ IT’S UP TO HER KNEES

I found the aftertaste of the Diet Coke. It crawls in my mouth and dies there each evening. ICK. It’s fine when I’m drinking it, I hardly notice any taste difference at all, but by evening my mouth tastes totally nasty and I have to go scrub with cool mint gel and even then I still taste it. Does anyone who has made the switch know if this goes away after awhile? I’ve only been drinking Diet Coke for 3 weeks. The stress is lapping at my knees. It was down to my ankles after the weekend, but it’s slowly...

24
May
2004

WINDY WALK & ZOO REVIEW

Welcome to the wind’s ball. Among the ladies dressed in green, who stand and gently wave their arms, dancing in place is all the fashion. Everything is moving in the breeze. It rushes and wooshes quietly like ocean waves through the greenery. Blackbirds burble and trill unseen from above and crows squawk and yell in the distance. The hedges and trees rustle and tremble. A linden tree creaks, a beech hedge rattles at me as I walk by. A low stone wall is netted with tiny green crinkly leaves and miniature heartsease so small I had to stop and peer...

24
May
2004

BOOK RECS

Signpost We Passed on the Road that Made Me Laugh Out Loud: Nibble (arrow pointing left) and Gryt (arrow pointing right) This week is a bit of a crazy one, and I’m not at all sure how much computer time I’ll have. Tonight and tomorrow are the only nights I’m at home and I really have to get the AWC website and newsletter finished, since I’m only about a third of the way done and they are due next week. Aagh! Plus grocery shopping must be done ASAP. I finished two books during the long weekend and can highly recommend...

23
May
2004

AHOY MATEYS!

You know how when you’ve been corresponding with someone and then you meet them and they’re just really weird and you can’t wait to get away?* I’m happy to report that that was NOT the case this weekend. 🙂 We had a super time with ozswede and tallefjant who could not have been more gracious hosts if they’d tucked us into bed personally each night. They gave up their apartment to us and slept on their boat for 2 nights, they fed us royally, they took us out sailing in the beautiful waters of the archipelago and they were every...

19
May
2004

DIVIDED MIND

Is my mind on work? Nope, it’s at home packing and thinking about what we need to bring with us tomorrow for the 4-day weekend of zoo tramping at KolmĂ„rden and TLC and sailing with ozswede and tallefjant in NynĂ€shamn! I dropped the catalog off at the printer at 4 p.m. yesterday and this morning before 10 a.m. I have already had to deal with FOUR emails of changes from one company who apparently didn’t proofread their own text carefully enough. argh. Good thing they got the changes to me now though, instead of coming with them next week when...

18
May
2004

FINISHING THINGS

One thing I really hate when reading is getting to the end of a book only to discover that the author has chosen not to bring the story to an end, but rather to continue it in a new volume. Which I don’t have. Which probably isn’t even published yet. Or if it is, is only available in an expensive hardcover version. It’s most aggravating when it seems that the only reason the author (or the publishing house) made the decision to do so was based solely on the desire to sell more books. I once threw an Anne Rice...

17
May
2004

STOP THE WORLD, I WANT TO GET OFF

Tired. Wiped out. Exhausted. Drained. Sleepy. Fatigued. Zoning. Driving with half-lights.* That’s me after this long long long busy busy busy day. Too busy to surf the web, too busy to post in my journal, too busy to do anything but all the million things that need to be done. Our giant print piece is nearly ready to go to the printer tomorrow and I’ll be SO GLAD when it’s gone. Final changes and final proofreading in the morning and then it’s off my desk and (nearly) out of my hands for this round. My Day: up shower dress, get...