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swmbo at 09:09am on 08/09/2008
swmbo at 09:09am on 08/09/2008This morning I was late for work because I couldn’t find my keys. Because they were in the kitchen cabinet. Hi, Monday. SO good to see you.
I dunno actually if this is Monday's fault or Sunday night's emergency nachos run fault but it is SOMEBODY's Fault. And surely not swmbo's! That's just crazy talk. But I'm completely groggy and unfocused and trying to parse a thousand emails from having been out Friday. My favorite thing is when people email me asking about the status of a project, using the link that clearly shows WHO the project was assigned to, and not bothering to ASK THE PERSON IT WAS ASSIGNED TO. Even when they receive my out-of-office-reply! CoworkerM, you are ON NOTICE.
So, in great sadness and despite the fact that I took a 3-day weekend, I'll have to admit defeat on my Booker longlist project. I read 10 of the 13, have 200 pages left of one (so that one I'll get) and then have 2 more left to read - one of which hadn't even arrived! And the annoucement is tomorrow! AND I HAVE A RAID TONIGHT!!
But that's ok, I will definitely have everything on the shortlist done, whether I already have or if I have at most 2 books to read. So I am feeling very happy. I was actually doing awesome on the books available for Kindle but once they hit the real-book-only phase, it became really difficult. Particularly the monstrosity that is The Northern Clemency, since it's near 800 pages and HUGE and comparatively fragile. Also, while it's SORT of a quick read - in that when i'm reading it I can get through a lot of pages in an hour - it's not a particularly interesting or engaging read! So I keep putting it down and finding other things to do.
Like watch TIVO'ed Amanda Bynes movies that are retellings of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Yeah. I think that says it all.
I did NOT watch True Blood yet and I REALLY WANT TO! I have it TIVO'ed as well. Due to the miracle of DirectTV going 'omg, no, don't cancel, here, have 3 months of movie channels for free'. I should get to that next week but - did anybody watch it? Any non-spoilerish opinions?
Speaking of which, I need to get ON it about the fall schedule, I have no clue and it's already almost too late. THIS IS HOW OUT OF IT I AM!!
Also, I forgot to mention it, but a week and a half ago I had to cut gum out of my hair. It was not MY gum, it was nephbo's but still. I think September is gonna be an interesting month.
I think - I think I had something else to say, probably, in my head on the way into work. But now it's just singing about coffee, so I'm gonna go make myself a cup of that instead. Mmm, coffee.
Squishy, squishy love to you all!
I dunno actually if this is Monday's fault or Sunday night's emergency nachos run fault but it is SOMEBODY's Fault. And surely not swmbo's! That's just crazy talk. But I'm completely groggy and unfocused and trying to parse a thousand emails from having been out Friday. My favorite thing is when people email me asking about the status of a project, using the link that clearly shows WHO the project was assigned to, and not bothering to ASK THE PERSON IT WAS ASSIGNED TO. Even when they receive my out-of-office-reply! CoworkerM, you are ON NOTICE.
So, in great sadness and despite the fact that I took a 3-day weekend, I'll have to admit defeat on my Booker longlist project. I read 10 of the 13, have 200 pages left of one (so that one I'll get) and then have 2 more left to read - one of which hadn't even arrived! And the annoucement is tomorrow! AND I HAVE A RAID TONIGHT!!
But that's ok, I will definitely have everything on the shortlist done, whether I already have or if I have at most 2 books to read. So I am feeling very happy. I was actually doing awesome on the books available for Kindle but once they hit the real-book-only phase, it became really difficult. Particularly the monstrosity that is The Northern Clemency, since it's near 800 pages and HUGE and comparatively fragile. Also, while it's SORT of a quick read - in that when i'm reading it I can get through a lot of pages in an hour - it's not a particularly interesting or engaging read! So I keep putting it down and finding other things to do.
Like watch TIVO'ed Amanda Bynes movies that are retellings of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Yeah. I think that says it all.
I did NOT watch True Blood yet and I REALLY WANT TO! I have it TIVO'ed as well. Due to the miracle of DirectTV going 'omg, no, don't cancel, here, have 3 months of movie channels for free'. I should get to that next week but - did anybody watch it? Any non-spoilerish opinions?
Speaking of which, I need to get ON it about the fall schedule, I have no clue and it's already almost too late. THIS IS HOW OUT OF IT I AM!!
Also, I forgot to mention it, but a week and a half ago I had to cut gum out of my hair. It was not MY gum, it was nephbo's but still. I think September is gonna be an interesting month.
I think - I think I had something else to say, probably, in my head on the way into work. But now it's just singing about coffee, so I'm gonna go make myself a cup of that instead. Mmm, coffee.
Squishy, squishy love to you all!
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