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Fine, technically it was Forest Whitaker
There is little in this world as comforting as the sudden knowledge that how the soul of Idi Amin, who lives in a dorm room on the far end of campus (not Au's campus, mind. Just... A campus), wants to give you a new computer in exchange for the broken shards of your current laptop, which you broke... skydiving? (Here things get vague, because that ( Read more... ) -
A Modest Workday
I was at work, putting books into boxes to be returned to where they came from. And then, my boss Charlie showed up (which was odd, as it was clearly past the time she'd have left), and reminded me of five more things I ought to do. I thought to myself that this seemed oddly dreamlike, but hey, this happens. So, I ended up leaving work at eleven, ( Read more... ) -
Well...
We're engaged.
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Reading Man Blues
Friday, we went to see The Tale of Despereaux. Spoilers and all that, for Despereaux in all forms.
Until Friday night, I'd always held a relativly simple rule regarding books that are adapted into films: read the book first. Jackass. Now, it seems that rule needs some... tweaking.
This is not a criticism of the flick-at least, not directly. The Tale ( Read more... ) -
Happier Economic Data
I'm employed! Tomorrow, I go in to my first day as Assistant Manager at the Hudson News in Dulles Airport.
Hooray!
That is all.
An Employed Lit major! I know!
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Orders of Magnitude
Every news story discussing Henry Paulson's $700,000,000,000 economic bail-out should, at least once, print out the whole number, with zeros, before going back to calling it seven hundred billion. Because we're too used to hearing "a billion dollars" thrown around, from Dr. Evil's monetary demands to the amount that Bill Gates is spending fighting ( Read more... ) -
On the other hand, Cersei deserves whatever is in store.
A pretty good weekend. The first Mage: The Ascension game of the year, a bit of hanging out with friends, plenty of Sara time. (At the moment, we're Netflixing The Gilmore Girls, and streaming Red Dwarf) Yesterday, Sara, Becky and I went to the Montgomery Mall for shoes and sundries. And while Sara was trying on some pants in Torrid, Becky and I ( Read more... ) -
Work Ethic
I'm still filling out job applications...
Even though I am a hard worker, it somehow seems dishonest to say that I have a good work ethic. The truth is, I do. But only when I'm actually working. Looking for work, evidnetly, not so much.
Also, it's like a million degrees. That might be part of it.
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Listless in Rockville
Sorry it's been a while since I've put something up. I've been busy!
Very busy. Between the working and the flying home and Radcliffe dying retiring and the long search for a house, a search which ended Monday in the same location that it had almost ended in a bloody month sooner, before I first balked on not seeing the place and then decided that ( Read more... ) -
Living Conditions
Yes, I know I'm not very good at keeping this thing updated. Life is pretty busy, but enjoyable here, though, so I don't really have the time. And the internet sucks.
Which is a problem. Because I'm looking for housing, and it's really hard to do it if you need to reload the page every few minutes.
Still, I've seen a few prospects. Some rooms that ( Read more... )