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[Oct. 9th, 2008|08:28 pm] |
Dad just had two teeth pulled yesterday. He's been back to the dentist since, and now he's eating again. Meanwhile, one of the cats made a mess on the bathroom rug this morning that when I first saw it, I thought one of them was sick. Though they certainly have lost no energy; they've turned more rowdy again this past week and are still in the process of chewing a shoebox I happen to have to pieces. They were particularly at that Monday.
After getting only one call last week which failed to send me anywhere to canvass last weekend, and waiting this entire week, got two calls within an hour of each other, which apparently were done separately of each other, trying to schedule me for this weekend. I am now canvassing Sunday at five, not at all my preferred time, but it'll be out of campaign headquarters this time(I thought all work was precinct-based from here on in), and hopefully I'll meet with the young woman I worked with most of the summer; I know her to be competent. She seems to be the only person in this corner of the Democratic campaign who is! |
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[Oct. 6th, 2008|06:10 pm] |
I have officially mailed off enough job applications now that the woman who works at the closest post office is starting to remember who I am. And I just addressed another envelope to British Columbia, so that'll be another trip to the post office tomorrow.
We've belled the cats. They have green and pink collars with bells on them, and rhinestones decorations. We are His Highness' cats at Kew. Pray tell us, sir, whose cat are you?
Saw The Duchess last weekend. Several of the warnings we had been given held true, ( which meant I was stunned all the more when... ) Probably much better than most of the movies out right now. |
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[Oct. 3rd, 2008|04:53 pm] |
Title: A New Kind of Mid-Life Crisis
Part: 6: The Usefulness of Meetings
(Prologue, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Fandom: The Cutting Edge/Jane Austen(sort of)
Characters: Characters channeling Emma, Elinor, Marianne, Darcy, Edward, and Anne
Musical Accompaniment: Sheila and Diamond's short program: Dario Marianelli-Arrival and Netherfield/Liz on Top of the World"
Natalia and Sergei's long program: Angels of Venice-Lionheart
Warning: Artistic nudity
Note: This started out as a simple straightforward sequel to The Cutting Edge, but I waited too long to start it and it went a little...awry.
( Guess Who's Coming to Edinburgh? ) |
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[Sep. 30th, 2008|06:01 pm] |
So it takes me three days to import all the footage for a less-than-four-minute montage in Windows Movie Maker, and then on the third day I end up doing all the actual montage-making? Ah well, time to test this embed thing again. I may also end up instructing mom on embedding at some point. Shen & Zhao, ladies and gentlemen.
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[Sep. 30th, 2008|12:09 pm] |
Last night's Dancing with the Stars made both my inner music geek and my inner skating geek squee and giggle, at least during the paso dobles. I love that they used Karl Jenkins on the show, and Cloris and Corky dancing to Ravel's Bolero was almost as funny as Lance and Lacey dancing to "I Kissed a Girl." I don't know what they were thinking with some of those rumba music choices, though. Still not yet bothering to vote, though I did feel more tempted this week. Maybe first I should find a suitable music geek icon.
Mailed off another job application to Massachusetts this morning. Currently looking at North Dakota. Of course, a number of the smaller states are terrible about updating their joblines; I've run into two that have no new postings since August! |
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[Sep. 27th, 2008|11:58 am] |
RIP, Paul Newman. Reading what kind of a guy he was in his obituary made me sadder.
Have just applied for two Canadian cataloging jobs, noting in the process they spell it differently. Currently working on another one that specifically requested an undergrad degree in music. Also culling clips for my next montage. Need to get back into practice because mom and dad may need my help in preparing her upcoming Austen presentation. This afternoon we go to see Burn After Reading, since even if we'll probably see The Duchess there's certainly no need to hurry to it. |
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