June 28, 2007

Music: Dishwalla Pet Your Friends
Reading: Great American Prose Poems (ed. Lehman)
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Lunch with Jason.
2. Made some progress on a scarf that's finished but needs to be blocked (currently threading twine through the edge stitches to make it easier to pin out).
3. Saw a PUPPY!
4. Was a book nerd with Elspeth at work. It was amusing. I think we need to hang out when summer is over, because we're really similar in several ways.
5. Found out that for the French language test I have to pass to get my M.A. I DON'T HAVE TO WRITE IN FRENCH! I just have to comprehend something written! Which is fantastic, because of course comprehension, especially reading comprehension, is much easier than production.

June 27, 2007

Music: Dishwalla Pet Your Friends
Reading: Herriot Every Living Thing
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Hung out with writers' guild people for like 2 hours and played Taboo. I really needed the socialization. I feel much less lonely tonight.
2. Jason bought his ticket to come out and visit!
3. Tea!
4. Made biscuits!
5. It's 10:30 and I'm pretty much ready for bed! Wow. Maybe I'll write, or read...

June 26, 2007

Music: Dishwalla Pet Your Friends
Reading: Herriot Every Living Thing
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3
Quote: "There are very few moments in a man's existence, when he experiences so much ludicrous distress, or meets with so little charitable commiseration, as when he is in pursuit of his own hat." – The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens

Good things that happened today:
1. Lunch with Jason.
2. Had quiche!
3. Rinkworks bot games.
4. Learned that I got good grades for last quarter.

June 25, 2007

Music: Dishwalla Pet Your Friends
Reading: Herriot Every Living Thing
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 2

Good things that happened today:
1. Hear ye, hear ye, the saga of the quiche! There once was a girl, and she was planning to make a quiche for dinner! It was going to be yummy, and she was excited! She put everything all together, and then she put the pie crust on a baking sheet as instructed, only to discover that THE BAKING SHEET DID NOT FIT IN HER HOMELY OVEN!!! OH NOES!!! She closed the oven door as much as she could, however, and went to do something else while it baked. Only ten minutes later she was interrupted by a horrible shrill beeping! SHE HAD SET THE SMOKE ALARM OFF!!! OH NOES!!! She was very upset and embarrassed because she knew she could cook well. And the alarm kept stopping and then starting up again. It was not good. She transferred the quiche to a glass lasagna pan that did fit in the oven, put it in again, and hoped for the best. When the time was up she went to check on it... only to see that THE TOP WAS ALL BURNT!!! OH NOOOOOES!!!!! She was very angry and frustrated and felt like she was going to cry. But she had to eat the quiche, for she had nothing else ready for dinner. So she cut a piece and sat down to eat it... and she found that the burnt part was just a crust on top, and the part underneath was DELICIOUS!!! YAAAAAAAY!
2. Played with the electric typewriter at work.
3. Had my first cup of tea in my new apartment.
4. Wrote a bit! :)
5. Set up my printer! It was shockingly quick and easy.

June 24, 2007

Music: Jason's
Reading: none
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Saw lots of PUPPIES!
2. Hot sex followed by an hour of sleepy cuddles. It was lovely.
3. Saw The Sixth Sense. Good movie, not at all what I expected.