October 2009
Met Shannon Hale tonight. She is beyond cool. She talked about writing, and showed us a big roll of her rejection letters. Power through like Shannon!
Also, she mentioned this super cool story about one of her books, Austenland. Apparently a group of cloistered nuns emailed her and said they’d all read the book and loved it. They also said:
“Even though we are espoused to Jesus...
September 2009
So who's the Gretchen?
I feel like Megan Fox is the celebrity version of “fetch” from Mean Girls. I keep seeing her all over the place, and I just don’t care.
Hollywood, stop trying to make Megan Fox happen! It’s not going to happen!*
*Oh God, it probably will. Ugh.
You know you're too old for Facebook when...
You get annoyed by friends posting about their children’s bedtime routines.
Really, I want to be entertained by your Facebook status. This just makes me feel like I’m gazing into the abyss.
Soup's on
I made soup for the first time tonight! Here’s the recipe I used, although I used dried oregano, spinach instead of green beans, and added some cannellini beans. Delicious and definitely recommended.
“We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are.”
– - Anais Nin
fabtab:
The Band - The Weight
I pulled into...
T Time
Best T reading seen today:
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Monday, you are out to get me
I think the wild turkeys in my neighborhood are bad omens. This morning I saw one on the way to the T. I swear it was glowering at me. And then work exploded whenever I was at my desk.
At least meetings mean I take notes and get a giant cookie.
Fast forward, please
Not quite ready for this week.
hipstertracks:
Vampire Weekend - Campus
Vampire...
Neil Gaiman Talks Vampires →
Neil Gaiman’s thoughtful discussion of vampire popularity and what is really interesting about the genre—and it’s not wussy vamps.
Fallingwater offers exclusive access to famed... →
What a cool idea. And actually less expensive than I would have guessed.
Another reason I like my office
People say “thank you” and say you did a good job.
Herzog will not put up with your film student crap →
Why wasn’t the film department at my school like this? I worked there, and I would have loved to have someone be a badass to the film kid-snobs.
Today, the T conductor sounded like Christopher Walken. It made each stop that much more exciting.
The Coffee Gods are angry
8:50 AM: Buy iced coffee. Woman spills her hot coffee at the milk/sugar stand. Give her sympathetic look.
8:55 AM: Get to desk. Set down iced coffee. Iced coffee tips and spills all over desk and keyboard.
At least my cubicle neighbor was really cool. She got me paper towels to clean up and didn’t make me feel like an idiot.
“Dost thou think because thou art virtuous there shall be no more cakes and ale?”
– Twelfth Night, Act 2, scene 3, 114–124.
