Staying Positive

farewell...

2007-11-08T22:35:00.001-08:00

I think that, for the nonce, this blog has served its purpose. I clearly no longer take such care to update it as I once did; and to me, this is a signal that perhaps it is time to dismiss this project, for now if not forever. Thank you to those who have read and commented; it's meant a lot to me to know that other people got something out of this. And, at least for the coming months, goodbye...

October 28, 2007

2007-10-28T22:55:00.000-07:00

Music: Jason's, Dishwalla Opaline
Reading: Nussbaum's attack on Butler, Butler's response/NYT op-ed (3/20/99), Culler The Literary in Theory
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 4

Good things that happened today:
1. Went for a run. I felt like shit, but it was good for me.
2. Dickens reading group is officially starting tomorrow! Tea and sweets and Dickens and PUPPY!!!!
3. Long hot shower.

October 21, 2007

2007-10-21T23:26:00.000-07:00

Music: Jason's, Savage Garden Affirmation
Reading: biography of Elizabeth Cary, Josephus Antiquities, text on XML
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 4

Good things that happened today:
1. Checked off almost everything on my To Do list.
2. Played Labyrinth with Jason.
3. Relaxed a bit.

October 17, 2007

2007-10-17T23:27:00.001-07:00

Music: Savage Garden Affirmation
Reading: various for workshopping and for Digital Humanities class
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Knitted!
2. Checked off almost everything on my To Do list!
3. Yerba mate!

October 16, 2007

2007-10-17T00:11:00.000-07:00

Music: Jason's, Savage Garden Affirmation
Reading: Michaels The Shape of the Signifier, various articles on text encoding/markup for Digital Humanities class
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Sexxors!
2. Cuddles!
3. Got a bunch of worky-type stuff done.
4. Figured out that I CAN go to both the English department lunch (albeit for only 15 minutes... heh) AND the talk on the future of libraries tomorrow!

October 14, 2007

2007-10-15T00:20:00.000-07:00

Music: Jason's, Savage Garden Affirmation
Reading: various for tragedy class
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 5.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Cuddles!
2. Chili!
3. Ice cream!
4. Ultimate Frisbee!

October 13, 2007

2007-10-13T23:27:00.000-07:00

Music: Savage Garden Affirmation
Reading: Michaels The Shape of the Signifier; "The Revenger's Tragedy"
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3

Good things that happened today:
1. Cuddles.
2. Got bunches of work done.
3. Played a room escape game and beat it ALL BY MYSELF! :)

October 9, 2007

2007-10-09T23:48:00.000-07:00

Music: Barenaked Ladies Everything to Everyone, Jason's
Reading: Cather "Paul's Case" *shudder*
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3

Good things that happened today:
1. Got some work done.
2. Programmed a working php thingie (thanks MUCHLY to the help of Jason!).
3. Chocolate.
4. Slept enough!

October 6, 2007

2007-10-07T00:21:00.000-07:00

Music: Barenaked Ladies Everything to Everyone
Reading: many many readings for my Elizabethan/Jacobean tragedy class; Marlowe Edward II
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 6

Good things that happened today:
1. Hot sex.
2. Ultimate Frisbee!
3. Got fresh mozzarella to eat with basil and balsamic vinegar -- YUM!

October 5, 2007

2007-10-06T00:12:00.000-07:00

Music: Jason's
Reading: Barker The Tremulous Private Body: Essays on Subjection
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 4.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Cuddles!
2. X-Files!
3. Burritos!

October 4, 2007

2007-10-05T00:06:00.000-07:00

Music: Barenaked Ladies Everything to Everyone
Reading: Marlowe Edward II, Culler The Literary in Theory
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Heard back about Ultimate Frisbee intramurals. I'm excited!
2. Backrub!
3. Cuddles!
4. Chocolate ice cream!
5. FINISHED the drafts of my grad school application essays!
6. Secured my last recommendation-writer!

September 29, 2007

2007-09-30T00:49:00.000-07:00

Music: Enya The Memory of Trees
Reading: Graff, Kyd The Spanish Tragedy
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 2

Good things that happened today:
1. Read The Spanish Tragedy. Immensely entertaining and well-written in parts.
2. FINISHED MY MICHIGAN APPLICATION ESSAY DRAFT OMG THANK GOD
3. Was fairly productive.

September 26, 2007

2007-09-26T23:24:00.000-07:00

Music: none
Reading: Graff Clueless in Academe
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 4

Good things that happened today:
1. Got a bunch of work done.
2. Worked on my grad school app essay.
3. Writers' Guild.
4. Did some embroidery.
5. Picked a class to take.

September 24, 2007

2007-09-24T23:01:00.000-07:00

Music: Jason's, Enya The Memory of Trees
Reading: Culler Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 2.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Cuddles!
2. Classes went fairly well.
3. The Culler book is really great -- very clear and concise -- really a pleasant read, and that's saying something when you talk theory.

September 23, 2007

2007-09-23T22:22:00.000-07:00

Music: Jason's
Reading: various articles for my M.A. required class, alumni magazine
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3

Good things that happened today:
1. Cuddles!
2. Yummy burritos for dinner.
3. English department get-together. Chatted with some folks with whom I'm hoping to build relationships.
4. Outlined another MLS essay.

September 20, 2007

2007-09-20T23:40:00.000-07:00

Music: Madonna Bedtime Stories, Jason's
Reading: Dad's manuscript
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3

Good things that happened today:
1. Had a nice day in the city.
2. Excellent dim sum.
3. Wandered around Chinatown.
4. Great dinner at a tiny little Italian place with HYPERSPEED service -- for about $25 each including tip!
5. Penguins! Also giant salamanders and turtles and eels and HUGE-ASS fish and reallyreallytiny fish and snakes and lizards and... (We were at the aquarium.)

September 19, 2007

2007-09-19T23:25:00.000-07:00

Music: Madonna Bedtime Stories
Reading: Kundera The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Dad's manuscript
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 4.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Made plans to go have a nice day in the city tomorrow.
2. Had tea!
3. Got writers' guild stuff as organized as it could be at the moment.

September 18, 2007

2007-09-18T23:19:00.000-07:00

Music: Madonna Bedtime Stories, Jason's
Reading: Dad's manuscript, Kundera The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Cuddles!
2. Got some stuff done.
3. Got all of my stuff in the apartment pretty much cleaned up.
4. Waffles!

September 13, 2007

2007-09-14T00:42:00.000-07:00

Music: radio
Reading: Kundera The Unbearable Lightness of Being, newspaper
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 4

Good things that happened today:
1. Chocolate milkshake.
2. Wrapped another ball of yarn into a hank.
3. Talked to Dara.
4. Talked to Jason.

September 12, 2007

2007-09-12T23:48:00.000-07:00

Music: radio
Reading: Kundera The Unbearable Lightness of Being, newspaper, Dad's manuscript, French news
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3

Good things that happened today:
1. Got a $160 jacket for $55! Yay for sales bringing things down to something approaching reasonable prices!
2. Read some French.
3. Looked at classes for next quarter/year.

September 11, 2007

2007-09-11T21:17:00.000-07:00

Music: radio, some musical in Julie's car
Reading: Kundera The Unbearable Lightness of Being, newspaper, Dad's book (for copyediting)
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 2.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Hung out with Julie.
2. Wound some yarn from the sweater I unraveled into hanks.
3. Knitted.

September 10, 2007

2007-09-10T23:22:00.000-07:00

Music: Darren Hayes This Fragile Thing[...??]
Reading: Kundera The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 2.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Finished unraveling a sweater from which I'm recycling the yarn.
2. Cast on for another chunk of my purse.
3. The dentist says my teeth are fine!
4. Read hot fic.
5. Talked to Jason.
6. Watched a good football game.
7. Discovered I hadn't totally forgotten French verb tenses.

August 27, 2007

2007-08-27T22:57:00.000-07:00

Music: Alanis Morisette Jagged Little Pill, Jason's
Reading: Derrida "Lettre a un ami japonais"
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 2.5

Good things that happened today:
1. FINALLY, sex. :)
2. Spaghetti for dinner!
3. Next-to-last day of work at the library for the summer!

August 24, 2007

2007-08-24T23:49:00.000-07:00

Music: Alanis Morisette Jagged Little Pill
Reading: Joy of Cooking
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 2.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Ran into a girl who was in my grad classes last quarter in the course of work today. We chatted, and she said we should go out for coffee sometime. Yay friends! :)
2. Was reshelving books at work and came across a volume with FOUR PAGES FROM ORIGINAL SHAKESPEARE FIRST FOLIOS. OMFG I GOT TO TOUCH ORIGINAL SHAKESPEARE PRINTINGS!!!!!!! *gibber* *flail* *gibber*
3. Chocolate ice cream.

August 23, 2007

2007-08-23T23:40:00.000-07:00

Music: Alanis Morisette Jagged Little Pill
Reading: Dewey, Joy of Cooking
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 4

Good things that happened today:
1. Made an appointment to interview a librarian!
2. Finished a chunk of stuff at work.
3. Excellent peach at lunch.

August 22, 2007

2007-08-22T23:24:00.000-07:00

Music: Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill
Reading: Derrida
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3

Good things that happened today:
1. Wrote!
2. Saw Jason!
3. Finished/organized a bunch of stuff at work.
4. They want to give me a minion (okay, helper) at work! Equals I become a supervisor! Equals pay raise! Plus help!

August 21, 2007

2007-08-21T23:19:00.000-07:00

Music: Alanis Morisette Jagged Little Pill
Reading: Derrida "Lettre a un ami japonais"
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 2.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Successfully researched something that no one (myself included) thought I'd be able to find anything on at work.
2. Saw Jason.
3. Doctor's appointment, which I was expecting to be hideously expensive, only cost me $30.
4. Yummy meringue cookie. And it was only fifty cents!
5. Root beer jelly beans.
6. Went looking for books for Paul and Maggie's new baby on amazon.com and recalled several old favorites.
7. Actually did some French reading!

August 16, 2007

2007-08-16T23:24:00.000-07:00

Music: Placebo Sleeping with Ghosts
Reading: Dewey
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Work was interesting, if a bit morbid (helped to pack up the house of some people who'd died).
2. Chocolate ice cream!
3. Tea!
4. Cuddles!
5. Ran into Roger at lunch and had a nice conversation.

August 15, 2007

2007-08-15T23:35:00.000-07:00

Music: Placebo Sleeping With Ghosts
Reading: Dewey Human Nature and Conduct
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3

Good things that happened today:
1. Brought the pie I baked in to work, and people ate and liked it!
2. Lunch with a bunch of librarians.
3. Finished a big part of a project at work.
4. Free pizza! (Nearby dorm, which I happened to be in at the time, threw a massive study break. I ate too much, though...)

August 13, 2007

2007-08-13T23:40:00.000-07:00

Music: Evanescence Fallen
Reading: Dewey Human Nature and Conduct
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 5

Good things that happened today:
1. Talked to Dara!
2. Finished a couple of minor items at work.
3. Got praise for Friday afternoon's work.
4. Got to work on time!

August 12, 2007

2007-08-12T23:01:00.000-07:00

Music: Jason's
Reading: none
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 4

Good things that happened today:
1. Ice cream.
2. Played a lot of Zelda and generally just chilled out.
3. Finished personal statement #1! (Well, the draft, anyway...)
4. Woke up next to Jason.

August 10 and 11, 2007

2007-08-11T23:50:00.000-07:00

Music: Evanescence Fallen, Jason's
Reading: Dewey (?), newspaper
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 2.5

Good things that happened yesterday and today:
1. A project was completed at work!
2. Treated myself to hot chocolate.
3. Saw Stardust. Pretty good movie.
4. Hot sex!
5. Saw The Simpsons Movie.
6. Wrote about 1/2-2/3 of one of my personal statements!
7. Played Zelda.

August 9, 2007

2007-08-09T23:56:00.000-07:00

Music: Evanescence Fallen
Reading: Rowling Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 4

Good things that happened today:
1. Finished Harry Potter. I can have my goddamn life back!
2. Got out the door on time this morning (largely thanks to Jason).
3. Showered.

August 8, 2007

2007-08-08T22:39:00.000-07:00

Music: Evanescence Fallen, Jason's
Reading: Rowling Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 2.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Jason's over.
2. Harry Potter. I've given up on doing any work and am just trying to finish the damn thing as fast as I can...
3. Got a letter from Grandma!

August 7, 2007

2007-08-07T23:11:00.000-07:00

Music: Evanescence Fallen
Reading: Rowling Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 2.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Got stuff accomplished -- finished a big chunk of a project at work, and went for a run. Just doing things made the end of what had mostly been a very crappy day somewhat better.
2. Tea!
3. Rinkworks bot tournament. I should've been working, but it's okay.

August 8, 2007

2007-08-06T22:49:00.000-07:00

Music: Evanescence Fallen
Reading: Rowling Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 5

Good things that happened today:
1. Dinner came out okay. Except for the bread. But we won't talk about the bread.
2. Chose the two Derrida pieces I'm going to use on my French exam.
3. Ate a good peach.
4. Cuddles.
5. Jason is staying over.

August 5, 2007

2007-08-05T23:13:00.000-07:00

Music: Jason's
Reading: newspaper, Rowling Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 2

Good things that happened today:
1. Woke up next to Jason.
2. Hot sex.
3. Finished researching MLS program application due dates/requirements.
4. Did some French reading.
5. Made plans to bake a pie!
6. Zelda. I beat a boss! (With much yelling and cursing, but let's not dwell on the details, shall we? ;) )

August 4, 2007

2007-08-04T23:45:00.000-07:00

Music: none
Reading: alumni magazine, Rowling Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 5

Good things that happened today:
1. Had a nice dinner at a fancyish restaurant.
2. Wandered around a fun bookstore.
3. Cuddles.
4. Played some Zelda.

August 2, 2007

2007-08-02T23:29:00.000-07:00

Music: Evanescence Fallen
Reading: Rowling Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 6

Good things that happened today:
1. Learned I get to do something different/interesting at work tomorrow.
2. Played with old books.
3. Talked to Jason.
4. Finished Harry Potter.
5. Got a letter from my great-aunt and -uncle.

August 1, 2007

2007-08-01T23:27:00.000-07:00

Music: Evanescence Fallen
Reading: Rowling Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 4

Good things that happened today:
1. Wrote a bit.
2. Saw Jason.
3. Bought the coming schol year's plane tickets.

July 31, 2007

2007-07-31T23:22:00.000-07:00

Music: Evanescence Fallen, Jason's
Reading: Rowling Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Jason was here for dinner.
2. Wrote.
3. Harry Potter.
4. Made progress at work.

July 30, 2007

2007-07-30T23:23:00.000-07:00

Music: Evanescence Fallen
Reading: Rowling Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 2

Good things that happened today:
1. Dinner went smoothly.
2. HARRY POTTER OMG
3. Did some French practice.

July 26, 2007

2007-07-26T23:28:00.000-07:00

Music: Evanescence Fallen
Reading: Rowling Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, fanfic
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 4

Good things that happened today:
1. Harry Potter. Sirius/Remus equals my MAJOR OTP.
2. Fanfic. See above.
3. Cleaned the shower, halfway. Go me.

July 25, 2007

2007-07-25T23:09:00.000-07:00

Music: Lord of the Dance
Reading: Rowling Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3

Good things that happened today:
1. Lunch with Jason.
2. Woke up next to Jason.
3. Was moderately productive at work.
4. Wrote.
5. Harry Potter! These things are like M&Ms, I swear...

July 24, 2007

2007-07-24T23:02:00.000-07:00

Music: Lord of the Dance, Jason's
Reading: Rowling Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Joy of Cooking
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 4

Good things that happened today:
1. Woke up next to Jason.
2. Wrote!
3. Fun game.
4. Didn't just do the mindnumbing task at work all day!

July 23, 2007

2007-07-23T23:03:00.000-07:00

Music: Lord of the Dance
Reading: Moore The Accidental Buddhist, Rowling Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Matthieu Ricard Plaidoyer pour le bonheur
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Tea!
2. Woke up next to Jason.
3. Dinner was pretty decent.
4. Got some French reading done. I'm not as behind as I'd worried I would be... but I do need to re-learn verb conjugations (particularly tenses) and pronouns/conjunctions (?)...
5. Frozen Reese's peanut butter cups. Yummy.

July 22, 2007

2007-07-22T23:09:00.000-07:00

Music: Jason's
Reading: Moore The Accidental Buddhist
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 2

Good things that happened today:
1. Woke up next to Jason.
2. Got a bunch done (including choosing the schools to which I plan to apply for my MLS/MLIS).
3. Went to a games night and played an interesting game.
4. Knitted a little.
5. Got a new bike light and a pedometer.

July 21, 2007

2007-07-21T23:43:00.000-07:00

Music: Jason's
Reading: that Buddhist book, newspaper comics
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 1.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Hot sex.
2. Craft fair/festival.
3. Ice cream!
4. Woke up at a leisurely rate.
5. FINISHED THE SIDES OF MY FREAKING KNITTED BAG! And started the bottom!

July 20, 2007

2007-07-21T00:39:00.000-07:00

Music: Lord of the Dance
Reading: the book about Buddhism from yesterday, can't remember title/author at the moment...
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3

Good things that happened today:
1. Hung out with Jason.
2. Played with books!
3. Got my hands on the second and third Harry Potterses.
4. X-Files.

July 19, 2007

2007-07-19T23:06:00.000-07:00

Music: Sarah McLachlan Surfacing
Reading: Rowling Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Dinty W. Moore The Accidental Buddhist
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 2.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Cuddles!
2. Tea!
3. Good books!
4. Went out for a coffee break/work-related chat with the archivist who is mostly my supervisor. It was fun, and I got to learn a bit more about her. Plus, really good hot chocolate.
5. A friend pointed me to this hilarous site where you create a character and then earn XP for doing chores. Hee!
6. Got to mostly do an interesting project at work rather than the mind-numbing thing I'm mostly doing. (Man, I get excited at inventorying and organizing a bunch of papers and call it interesting... I really am cut out to be an archivist.)

July 18, 2007

2007-07-18T22:51:00.000-07:00

Music: Sarah McLachlan Surfacing
Reading: Rowling Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 1.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Saw Jason for lunch.
2. Wrote!
3. Did stuff mostly promptly this evening.
4. Can check off everything on today's To Do list but one thing (and that one thing is NOT "look into schools!" :) )
5. Made progress at work.

July 17, 2007

2007-07-17T23:08:00.000-07:00

Music: Sarah McLachlan Surfacing
Reading: Rowling Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Writers' group meeting! I finished one poem draft and started another!
2. Lunch with Jason.
3. STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM OMG I PUT A LITTLE VANILLA AND SUGAR IN HEAVY CREAM AND ADDED STRAWBERRIES AND IT WAS THISCLOSE TO ORGASMIC

July 16, 2007

2007-07-16T23:07:00.000-07:00

Music: Sarah McLachlan Surfacing
Reading: Dewey, Rowling Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Unshelved
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 4.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Work went fast.
2. Dinner was tasty, if the making was slightly disastrous.
3. Yummy peach for lunch!
4. Successfully switched my plane ticket so I can fly home with Jason! :)

July 15, 2007

2007-07-15T23:11:00.000-07:00

Music: Jason's
Reading: newspaper, Dewey
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Played tennis.
2. Got AMAZING peaches at the farmer's market! $1.50 a pop, but boy are they good...
3. Cuddles!
4. Hot morning sex.

July 14, 2007

2007-07-15T00:19:00.000-07:00

Music: Jason's
Reading: newspaper
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 1.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Woke up next to Jason. :)
2. Dim sum!
3. Got kitchen stuff!
4. Good dinner.
5. Played a fun game after dinner.
6. SLEPT IN OMG!
7. Looked into a couple more schools.

July 13, 2007

2007-07-13T23:30:00.000-07:00

Music: Sarah McLachlan, Surfacing
Reading: none
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 2.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Work was fun.
2. Nice evening out-ish.
3. Cuddles!

July 12, 2007

2007-07-12T23:05:00.000-07:00

Music: Sarah McLachlan Surfacing
Reading: Dewey Human Nature and Conduct
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3

Good things that happened today:
1. Sexxors.
2. Lunch with Sarah T.
3. The weather was really nice.

July 11, 2007

2007-07-11T22:59:00.000-07:00

Music: Sarah McLachlan Surfacing
Reading: Dewey Human Nature and Conduct, "Unshelved"
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3

Good things that happened today:
1. Lunch with Jason.
2. Writers' Guild meeting!
3. Got off work early.

July 10, 2007

2007-07-10T22:58:00.000-07:00

Music: Sarah McLachlan Surfacing
Reading: Lehman, John Dewey Human Nature and Conduct
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 2.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Wrote a bit (thanks to writers' guild meeting)!
2. Lunch with Jason.
3. Cookies and tea!

July 9, 2007

2007-07-09T23:14:00.000-07:00

Music: Sarah McLachlan Surfacing
Reading: Lehman
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3

Good things that happened today:
1. Abso-fucking-lutely incredible, mindbending sex.
2. Jason's staying over!
3. Got a side project for part of my workday.

July 6, 2007

2007-07-06T23:36:00.000-07:00

Music: radio
Reading: newspaper, Lehman (ed.)
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3

Good things that happened today:
1. Dad built a blocking board, and I blocked my scarf! (Here's hoping it works...)
2. Worked on cross-stitch project.
3. Gave a tea party with Dara! It was fun! And I got to bake yummy scones, and there were excellent strawberries and whipped cream, and apricot tea, and my mom and grandma came and really enjoyed themselves, which was great.

July 5, 2007

2007-07-06T00:12:00.000-07:00

Music: radio
Reading: newspaper, Reader's Digest
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 1

Good things that happened today:
1. Saw Julie!
2. Julie and I watched Howl's Moving Castle. I WANT A HOWL!!!
3. Also watched funny (and hot, in places) hentai.
4. Julie's standoffish kitty let me pet it!
5. It's raining. (Not so nice when I had to drive through it, but it's nice now.)
6. IMed with Jason.
7. Worked a bit on cross-stitch!
8. Knitted another row.

July 1, 2007

2007-07-01T22:58:00.000-07:00

Music: radio, Dad's classical
Reading: the prose poetry book
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 2

(No update yesterday because I FLEW HOME! and got in late; there won't be an update tomorrow, and possibly the day after, because I am off to Nantucket with my family for two days.)

Good things that happened today:
1. Mom's lab party was held at someone else's house today because ours is getting new siding. And there was a PUPPY! He was soooo cute and sweet, but unfortunately very timid (he was a shelter dog). But I was one of the few people he let pet him a little bit! Probably because I fed him all that jerky...
2. Read in bed in the morning before getting up.
3. Laughed very hard at a couple of truly ridiculous fight scenes in The Musketeer, which was on TV.
4. Tea!

June 28, 2007

2007-06-28T23:10:00.000-07:00

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

2007-06-27T22:28:00.000-07:00

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

2007-06-26T22:56:00.000-07:00

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

2007-06-25T22:49:00.000-07:00

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

2007-06-24T23:00:00.000-07:00

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.

June 23, 2007

2007-06-23T23:59:00.000-07:00

Music: none
Reading: Herriot Every Living Thing; Joy of Cooking
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 1

Good things that happened today:
1. Well, not today but yesterday: I GOT TO HANDLE JOHN STEINBECK'S LETTERS!!!!!! HANDLE THEM!!!!!!! I GOT TO TOUCH PAPER ON WHICH STEINBECK HAD WRITTEN!!!!!
2. Also yesterday: I learned how to put bookplates in books! It's FUN! *g*
3. Cuddles!
4. Root beer jelly beans!
5. An excellent peach.
6. Realized it's not Sunday yet!

June 21, 2007

2007-06-21T22:49:00.000-07:00

Music: The Who The Best of The Who
Reading: Cosmopolitan, Herriot Every Living Thing
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 2.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Orientation for work at the library! A friend is also working there, so we got to chat, which was nice.
2. As part of said orientation, got to go to one of the auxiliary libraries and poke around the stacks. *drooooooool*
3. Talked to Jason.
4. Got my varsity letter ring.
5. Got my room mostly cleaned up.
6. Checked off everything on my to do list!

June 20, 2007

2007-06-20T22:48:00.000-07:00

Music: The Who The Best of The Who
Reading: Cosmopolitan
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 2

Good things that happened today:
1. Chinese food at my favorite restaurant. And I brought home enough for dinner tomorrow!
2. Talked to Jason. (No, not codependant, have no idea what you're talking about.)
3. Visited my favoritest used bookstore ever and bought a book (James Herriot's Every Living Thing) and socks -- they have OFFICIAL SOCKS FOR THEIR BOOKSTORE, how cool is that?
4. Had a very laid-back day.
5. Got stuff sufficiently unpacked that my room/the apartment doesn't resemble a disaster zone.

June 19, 2007

2007-06-20T00:57:00.000-07:00

Music: none
Reading: none
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 2

Good things that happened today:
1. Got moved and about halfway unpacked. ...Well, a third of the way. ...Well...
2. Talked to Jason. (I'm not codependant. What are you talking about?)
3. Got a cardigan and pants that would've cost me $120, but were about $40 on sale. :)
4. A&W root beer barrels!
5. Ran into Brian at the shopping center, and chatted briefly.
6. Bought peaches.
7. My roommate hasn't arrived yet to be bothered by my making a mess of the place while unpacking. ;)

June 15, 2007

2007-06-15T23:28:00.000-07:00

Music: Jason's
Reading: school alumni magazine
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 0.5

Good things that happened today:
1. SAW AWE! It was pretty good. (WARNING: SPOILERS THROUGH THE REST OF THIS NUMBER) Though the Norrington slashers can't be too thrilled. ;) And man, Will looked totally hot as Davy-Jones-substitute. I want screencaps. Now.
2. Woke up and realized that I didn't have to jump right out of bed and do stuff. I could laze a bit, read in bed, get up slowly... it was, in a word, niiiiiiiiiiice.
3. Phi Beta Kappa initiation. There was dessert afterwards. There were chocolate-covered strawberries.

June 11, 2007

2007-06-11T23:22:00.000-07:00

Music: Goo Goo Dolls A Boy Named Goo
Reading: Sidney Astrophil and Stella, some article on Astrophil and Stella from 1972
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 7

Good things that happened today:
1. Saw a bunch of Jason.
2. Coffee ice cream!
3. Started writing my MASSIVE PAPER OF DOOM.
4. Finished and submitted a final!
5. Played botgames on Rinkworks.

June 5, 2007

2007-06-06T01:55:00.000-07:00

(sorry for so few updates recently; finals week means I've sometimes been getting to bed so late that the five minutes it takes to do this is more time than I can spend)

Music: Goo Goo Dolls A Boy Named Goo
Reading: Gilman "The Yellow Wallpaper," Kalstone Sidney's Poetry
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 6.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Woke up next to Jason.
2. Lunch at the faculty club with my freshman-year advisor. Yummy creme brulee!
3. Post-lunch, had a conversation with said former advisor (also the University archivist) about plans for my internship in Special Collections. It sounds like I will be doing mucho exciting stuff!
4. Took notes on one whole book for my Sidney paper.
5. Took notes for another final paper -- ahead of my proposed schedule!
6. Hot shower.
7. M&Ms!

June 2, 2007

2007-06-03T01:27:00.000-07:00

Music: Jason's
Reading: the Bible, Morrison Beloved
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 8

Good things that happened today:
1. Hot morning sex.
2. Wrote my Bible paper, mostly.
3. AM GOING TO BED NOW OMG KTHXBYE

May 31, 2007

2007-06-01T00:35:00.000-07:00

Music: No Doubt Tragic Kingdom
Reading: Sidney Astrophil and Stella, Shakespeare's sonnets, Morrison Beloved
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 8.5

Good things that happened today:
1. English major dinner. There was a raffle and I won a mug! Also, filet mignon. And I got to dress up.
2. Actually got to see Jason, which I wasn't expecting.
3. Had a good conversation with my professor about my paper. He likes the direction I'm going in... now I just have to manage to work out this insane complicated thing in TWO WEEKS while writing two other papers AAAAAGH...
4. Due to outlining my Bible paper in full yesterday, realized that I can bump some things up on my crazy-end-of-quarter schedule.

May 30, 2007

2007-05-31T00:11:00.000-07:00

Music: No Doubt Tragic Kingdom
Reading: Morrison Beloved, Shakespeare's sonnets, Sidney Astrophil and Stella
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 8

Good things that happened today:
1. Wrote the outline for my Bible paper!
2. Lunch with Jason.
3. Tennis!

May 29, 2007

2007-05-29T23:14:00.000-07:00

Music: No Doubt Tragic Kingdom
Reading: Shakespeare Sonnets, Morrison Beloved
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 4.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Woke up next to Jason.
2. Did some decent brainstorming for my poetry paper. (Now here's hoping that the details from the text back up my hopeful/proposed thoughts on the text... heh.)
3. Memorized Donne's Holy Sonnet 3 (?).

Other things to be happy about:
1. Puppy count: ONE!

May 28, 2007

2007-05-28T23:56:00.000-07:00

Music: No Doubt Tragic Kingdom
Reading: Morrison Beloved
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 7

Good things that happened today:
1. Nice walk and ice cream with Jason.
2. Sort of got brainstorming for my Bible paper finished.
3. Woke up next to Jason.

May 27. 2007

2007-05-28T00:04:00.000-07:00

(sorry for no update yesterday -- Blogger pooped out)

Music: No Doubt Tragic Kingdom
Reading: the Bible, Morrison Beloved
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 7

Good things that happened today:
1. Hot sex.
2. Umm... got some stuff done.
3. Chocolate.

May 25, 2007

2007-05-25T23:59:00.000-07:00

Music: No Doubt Tragic Kingdom, Jason's
Reading: the Bible
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 6.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Saw Suddenly Last Summer (in play form). Quite liked it.
2. Good day at work.
3. It's Towel Day!
4. Hot sex.

May 24, 2007

2007-05-24T23:22:00.000-07:00

Music: No Doubt Tragic Kingdom, Cowboy Bebop music
Reading: the Bible, Sidney Astrophil and Stella, newspaper
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 5.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Had a sombrero (my favorite drink) -- with one of my teachers! He invited the class to the faculty club for drinks, and I was there before anyone else, so we got to talk alone for quite a while. It was kind of nerve-wracking, but also cool.
2. Saw Jason for dinner.
3. Made an intelligent comment in previously mentioned teacher's class today.
4. Did some brainstorming for my Sidney paper and am moderately pleased with the results.
5. Had a very fruitful meeting with someone at the career center re: finding a library-sciences mentor for me.

May 23, 2007

2007-05-23T23:42:00.000-07:00

Music: Cowboy Bebop music
Reading: Spenser Epithalamion, various by Campion, Sidney Astrophil and Stella
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 6.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Lunch with Jason.
2. Tennis. I had a REALLY good rally!
3. Hung out on Rinkworks.
4. Mommy sent me cookies!

May 22, 2007

2007-05-22T23:34:00.000-07:00

Music: Cowboy Bebop music
Reading: Spenser Amoretti, Epithalamion
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 5

Good things that happened today:
1. Saw Jason at lunch.
2. Chorus.
3. Made a good comment in class.
4. Bought plane tickets home for a week in July. (Mind, the experience of buying them was not at all fun (it took like TWO HOURS!) -- but the having of them -- that is a wonderful thing.)
5. Ice cream sundae!

May 21, 2007

2007-05-21T23:05:00.000-07:00

Music: Jason's
Reading: Kingston The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 5

Good things that happened today:
1. Sort of started preliminary research for my research paper.
2. Walking home after class, was suddenly filled with this swelling sense of joy and capability. The day was great; I felt accomplished, and like I could accomplish -- like I could do anything -- like all I had to do was reach out my hand and pluck off an opportunity and it would be mine. I wasn't stressed about my big research paper; I felt like I could handle it. I wasn't stressed about anything. I just felt good, and able.
3. Woke up next to Jason.
4. Filled out my application to work in the library over the summer!

May 20, 2007

2007-05-21T00:05:00.000-07:00

Music: Jason's
Reading: the Bible
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 6

Good things that happened today:
1. Chocolate ice cream at dinner.
2. Cuddles!
3. Slept in.

May 19, 2007

2007-05-20T00:54:00.000-07:00

Music: Jason's
Reading: the Bible, some San Francisco Chronicle articles on hauntings
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 4.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Cuddles!
2. Mint chocolate chip ice cream at dinner!
3. Watched Batman Begins. It was fun. (Much better than working!)

May 18, 2007

2007-05-19T00:18:00.000-07:00

Music: Cowboy Bebop soundtrack
Reading: the Bible
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 2.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Hawt sexxors.
2. Work went pretty well -- got stuff done.
3. Cotton candy!

May 17, 2007

2007-05-17T23:44:00.000-07:00

Music: Jason's
Reading: the Bible, Kingston Woman Warrior
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3

Good things that happened today:
1. Writers' group!
2. Watched part of a documentary about people's favorite poems whose creation was instigated by Pinsky. Fascinating stuff. (And one of the people was a little girl from the town next to my hometown, and they totally filmed her on a playground I used to play on all the time! Weirdness!)
3. Woke up next to Jason.
4. Found out that a presentation I thought I'd have to make is (sort of? maybe?) cancelled.

May 16, 2007

2007-05-16T23:23:00.000-07:00

Music: Cowboy Bebop soundtrack, Jason's
Reading: various sermons by Calvin
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Saw bunches of Jason!
2. Tennis class.
3. Did almost everything I wanted to get done!

May 15, 2007

2007-05-15T23:50:00.000-07:00

Music: the Cranberries To the Dearly Departed (?)
Reading: some sermon by Calvin, Lock "Meditations of a Penitent Sinner"
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 5

Good things that happened today:
1. My teacher for my loooong class was absent, so we chilled and chatted about the reading ourselves and left an hour early. It was pretty fun.
2. Nice lunch out with Jason and his dad.
3. Coffee ice cream with whipped cream at dinner!

May 14, 2007

2007-05-14T23:19:00.000-07:00

Music: the Cranberries To the Dearly Departed (?)
Reading: King "I Am the Doorway," "Sometimes They Come Back," "Children of the Corn;" Sidney (Sir and his sister) Psalms; newspaper
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 4

Good things that happened today:
1. Saw Jason a bunch.
2. Got ahead on my reading!
3. Tennis class.

Other things to be happy about:
1. Puppy count: ONE! (awww I miss my doggy so much... *sigh*)

May 13, 2007

2007-05-13T23:15:00.000-07:00

Music: matchbox twenty yourself or someone like you
Reading: the Bible, King foreword to Night Shift
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3
Quote: "—nothing like raw beef-steak for a bruise, Sir; cold lamp-post very good, but lamp-post inconvenient – damned odd standing in the open street half an hour, with your eye against a lamp-post—" – Jingle, The Pickwick Papers (Dickens)

Good things that happened today:
1. Hawt sexxors.
2. Got pretty much everything done that needed to be done!
3. Cuddles!

May 12, 2007

2007-05-13T00:00:00.000-07:00

Music: matchbox twenty yourself or something like you
Reading: the Bible
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 4.5
Quote: "You try to make your self 1 with some thing or some body but try as you wil the 2ness of every thing is working agenst you all the way. You try to take holt of the 1ness and it comes in 2 in your hans." – Riddley, Riddley Walker (Russell Hoban)

Good things that happened today:
1. Craft fair! I bought pretty earrings.
2. Fencing team party. It was kind of nice to hang with the team again. And I got to talk to Graham a lot on the way there and back, because we were the only ones in his car. That was good.
3. At aforementioned party, we gave out silly awards. And I got the "Glue that holds the team together" award. Warm fuzzies!
4. Puppy at the party!

Hiatus.

2007-05-04T23:22:00.000-07:00

My dog died today.

It's not like there aren't still good things happening that I could talk about -- the world does go on, after all -- but I don't feel like I can do this for a while anyway. I'll be back in a week or two, probably.

May 3, 2007

2007-05-03T23:26:00.000-07:00

Music: Savage Garden Savage Garden
Reading: Sidney Defense of Poetry/Apology for Poetry
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 6.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Cuddles!
2. Gave my bibliography presentation. One less thing to worry about...
3. Picked a paper topic.
4. Writing group! Got helpful feedback on something I'm going to submit to a competition.

May 2, 2007

2007-05-03T00:13:00.000-07:00

Music: Savage Garden Savage Garden
Reading: Puttenham Arte of Poesie, Spenser Sheaphearde's Calender
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 5.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Lunch with Jason.
2. FINISHED THE PUTTENHAM OMG HOW THE FUCK CAN HE WRITE FOR SO LONG? Longwinded irritating bastard.
3. Met with last quarter's writing teacher about my portfolio and got a lot of helpful feedback (as well as positive responses, yay!).

May 1, 2007

2007-05-01T23:50:00.001-07:00

Music: Savage Garden Savage Garden
Reading: newspaper, Puttenham Arte of Poesie
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 7

Good things that happened today:
1. English department lunch! It was nice. And I got a t-shirt!
2. Got more condoms! Yay for safe sex! ;)
3. Chorus.
4. Hung out in the library for a while to do work.
5. Ice cream for dessert.

April 30, 2007

2007-04-30T22:48:00.000-07:00

Music: Savage Garden Savage Garden
Reading: various by Chesnutt, newspaper, a story by someone in my writing group
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3

Good things that happened today:
1. Woke up next to Jason.
2. Played botgames on RinkWorks!
3. Checked off everything on my To Do list!