Catching up the past weekend through today...

BLOT: (11 Aug 2010 - 02:44:52 PM)

Catching up the past weekend through today...

Well, first things first. Turns out that Miss Dry Erase Board was, indeed, a hoax. Unless that second link is the real hoax. Hoax or not, I assumed the hopa/hpoa and some of the personal attacks to be indicative of issues with her statement. I did not immediately assume it was all false, per se, in the same way that we all talk made-up shit about our bosses and not always do our bosses deserve it; but if she was essentially broadcasting her need for a job and this was her way of bringing attention then saying things like "I broke into my last boss's computer" is exactly what you want to avoid. Which means she would either be an idiot, naive, or so vindictive that she failed to notice herself telling future employers that she will do the same to them. I also didn't realize it was posted to theChive (similarities to theOnion might be more than coincidental than the name), I just assumed they had re-posted it.

Now, to move on to life as I know it. I said a few posts back that over the past week and this one, I had planned to read 5 books. I have now finished 3 of them, and have two or three more started but kind of stalled. Not sure why. I've read something like 10 in the past month and my brain is kind of tapping out. My plan, though, is to finish another one tonight (or at last notch the crap out of it). This would give me a four day window (Thursday through Monday) to get the other one out of the way. Which should be doable. I'm also thinking of throwing a few graphic novels and some short stories into that mix.

Now, to life past, present, and future. On Friday, Sarah and I met Jonathan (my nephew) at Beauregards for his "one week early" birthday. After eating we came back here and just goofed off (mostly involving Liberty City Stories) for a few hours. He works, like his dad, on off-shore seismographic studies so should have went back to sea today. Hence why we did his birthday early.

Saturday was contrasted to the heavy food and loudness of Friday by Sarah and I first heading to the park for lunch. We bought tomatoes and cucumbers, some bread and kippered sardines, and made a picnic of it. The tomatoes and cucumbers came from the farmer's market behind Krispy Kreme on slightly-north Parkway. I don't remember what it is called, but I really like because there are three or four farms represented by separate areas, and sometimes the tomatoes for one will be perfect while the other will have superior peaches. Comparison shopping within a single unit. The day at the park was almost perfect, minus two minor quibbles: there were groups of parents taking their kids out and either letting their kids run around kind of unwatched or so obsessed with taking pictures of their kids that they kept posing whole family units around them; and there is enough construction near the park to kind of spoil the mood now. We sat down near the bridge on the spring-side and watched the little wood ducks and koi/carp/gold-fish hunker down under the bridge to stay cool. That night, we went by Jamo's and got some dolmata and various other appetizer sized vegetarian dishes.

I don't remember much about Sunday besides we went by Lone Star and got steaks that night, and then went walking around Madison Square Mall.

The past couple of days have similarly been boring. Sorry about that. About the highlight of the day was going by Viet-Huong and getting a "special dinner" which was this rich, spicy broth in a metal pan that was over a little cook-stove. As the stove kept the broth boiling, you would dip in raw meats and veggies from a plate beside you and let it cook and then would scoop in some vermicelli and seasoning and broth and eat it as a soup. We got the "small", which was enough for up to about 3-4 people, depending on how much meat/veggies you wanted. We had half our broth left over at the end, and most of the ingredients eaten. The thing was only about $22.95, which would be actually economical if you had three people eating and even with two is only slightly more than getting a couple of claypots. While eating it, several people asked what it was. One actually came up to us and asked. A few would flag over the waitress. A couple would just wonder out loud (loud enough we could hear, so maybe they were hoping we would pipe up). Then we went over to the Nook and had a couple of Straight to Ale's Lily Flagg Cream Stouts (excellent dark beer, by the way, if you like them thick and creamy over bitter).

Now, the next few days are going to be more of the same. Alicia should come in Friday afternoon to spend the night (and part of a weekend, not sure how much). In exactly one week I restart college after my summer break and I'm nervous. I have 9 hours this semester (which is full time for grad school, I guess). I'm not sure why it makes me nervous, but frankly I get like this at the start of every semester. I'll return to work on Monday night, presumably (schedule isn't out yet, but I don't see why not). After I get back, I'm going to go do some more work on policy and procedures for virtual reference. Outside of that, life should be continuously boring for a bit, and that's cool with me.

Si Vales, Valeo

TAGS: Me in 2010

BY WEEK: 2010, Week 32

BY MONTH: August 2010