On reading, restaurants, & road work

[ajodasso]

My new job is treating me well, but, for these first few weeks, that hasn't always been the case with my commute. Tuesday, yesterday, and today are the first three days I've managed to make my preferred start-time, which are minor victories. I've missed working in an academic museum environment, although the commute is still substantially long

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[synekdokee]

Where are you working now? I've fallen so off the wagon about your life sob. Did you guys find your own place in Boston?

[ajodasso]

I spent two years on the MBA Registrar Services team at Harvard Business School, and three weeks ago I started at the Davis [Art] Museum at Wellesley College (which, as you know, is the institution at which I earned my BA). James and I did find a place in central Boston in late 2013, although it's located on a steep-incline brick sidewalk that's proving...not safe at all in these winters. We may move in the autumn. I don't know.

[alltoseek]

My parents' first reaction on catching me with one of these was wary disapproval

What a difference half a generation will make - I read Interview when my dad bought it for me at the airport while seeing me off for some long plane trip somewhere *g*

Am not sure if I ever even read the sequel (none of the others were out yet) - pretty sure I never got to QotD. I think that first one, thick enough as it was, filled me up on vampires. Also left me nothing but contempt for all the followers - Anne Rice already did that! Find your own shtick! *g*

The paths of fanfic - 50 Shades was originally an AU fanfic of a vampire novel; now it is a movie - do you suppose there will be fanfic for it? I guess there will be. Will one of them be an AU where he is a vampire? And sparkles? Or maybe he could be an ethical one with SSC practices. Wonder if they'll find a fanfic they like well enough to make into a movie?

Hild has been on my list to read since I read a review of it a year or so ago. Should probably get to that

[ajodasso]

Anne Rice brought something fresh to the genre with that opening trilogy, I feel; I also love Let the Right One In (original Swedish novel and original Swedish film adaptation both), Robin McKinley's Sunshine, and maybe I Am Legend (the novel, not the film adaptation). I like vampire stories, but only when they've got a fresh edge. It's a rare occurrence.

[lavendertook]

I was wondering how the new job was going--glad to hear it's going well. I can't imagine how awful your commute must be this winter. The only good part is that it will make the commute seem so easy the rest of the year. And yeah, I'm totally a spring/autumn lover and could dispense with the other parts. I loved Hild. It does speed up as you go along. Enjoy the good eats and stay warm and safe.

[ajodasso]

This is just another reason why I miss Britain so much: the all-around temperate weather, lack of snowstorms like this, etc. I don't even mind the early darkness during autumn and winter; it doesn't depress me. Snow and extreme cold depress me :-/

[halocentury]

Can't really comment on any of the books since I've never read any of Anne Rice's works. I do hope that the commuting to work continues to remain easier than it has been!

Wow, I haven't commented here in a while. I feel a bit out of the loop not knowing that you're back working in a museum but congratulations. :)

[ajodasso]

I feel like I've been out of the LJ loop just generally speaking for a long time. I'm trying to get back into the habit of blogging here. Happy New Year, and here's to both of us being around more, hopefully! :)

[halocentury]

Hmmm, I did just recall a few vampire books I have read that I enjoyed. 'Salems Lot by Stephen King, Let The Right One In and... Carmilla, one of the earliest vampire works out there. By Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.

I've been in and out of the LJ loop, sometimes posting frequently, other times not! So let's celebrate the Chinese New Year and make a habit of posting and commenting more! :)

[ajodasso]

I have read neither Salem's Lot, nor Carmilla, but I need to rectify this! I've heard great things about both books over time :)