January 2012
4 posts
call it off
make it true
make it so
i don’t
cry foul
go to work
tell lies
die alone
suffer company
suffer boredom
break down
get sick
get well
end well
it all ends
well
at least
it all ends
December 2011
7 posts
Resolutions
So here I am writing, after not being here writing for quite some time (which is evidence of a broken past resolution in itself… but one I considered heartily before breaking and broke for, I would argue, well informed and justified reasons [see this post if you don’t believe me]), and here I am writing about resolutions, which I used to keep like money in my pocket, but now...
November 2011
8 posts
October 2011
3 posts
does anyone miss me doing this?
1 tag
September 2011
4 posts
2 tags
Nope
Not gonna do it.
So far I remain in-active.
Though this is certainly a first step toward not blogging.
So maybe I’m halfway there?
*
* See last post if this seems incoherent.
Egads, what to write?
Twenty-after-nine on Labour Day, freshly back from the cottage (after a shockingly traffic-free drive), I am one post short from last week—so I’ve planned to write it now (and write another one for this week in a few days—though now that my hours have increased, my morning cushion [which used to serve as a blogging window] is now dedicated to my day job so figuring out when to write will be a new...
August 2011
5 posts
Another day, another…?
Ah, back at work, 18 minutes before my day “starts,” and here I am, writing to you. How lovely…but as usual, how without direction I am. But wait, maybe I have something.
The past few weeks I’ve been in the process of increasing my hours here at the old day job. An increase of eight hours was on the table, then some shit went down/details were revealed, and the hours almost as quickly started to...
Blogorama
Except this won’t be…but it’s a neat title and I like making words into weirdo words (like instead of rammed saying ramalamadingdonged).
Quick note: the version of word that I’m using has that paperclip helper guy. Awesome!
So I maybe have some thoughts to think-write about for this post…or it might devolve into a mess of unrelated and poorly formulated speculations (but aren’t they all?).
This...
3 tags
super short
Yes, that is what this post will be. Mostly because I feel like I’ve been doing a lot of writing on other fronts, so the writing-exercise component that was once (and still is) one purpose of this blog has been filled.
Instead please enjoy this: the candy bar identification quiz.
That is all.
Back to work
So here we are again, for we are always together, you and I.
Vacation is done. Work is begun again—though my week ends this afternoon. Despite the fact that I’ve only worked a short week (even by my, four-day-week standards), I am pooched.
My volunteer commitment is weighing in at at least a dozen hours each week and shows no sign of lessening until maybe September or October.
My day job may be...
July 2011
5 posts
Short vacation post #2
I am here, in the city, in between trips to the cottage, taking care of some business (hence the post—because to me blogging is business).
The research part of my research job is done (all that’s left now is printing and meeting for the last time) and it feels great;
I have a month before I have to start thinking of tutoring again;
I’ve almost wrapped work on this issue of Shameless (and I’m...
Happy
Seeing as I’m on vacation from the day job and approximately five hours away from completing (entirely!) my research job, this is going to be a very, very short post.
Probably a disjointed one too, because I’m kind of in the mood to just jot down what’s making my heart beat faster these days.
One such thing is the fact that I was able to remove from my list of “current” jobs (on LinkedIn) the...
short on time, long on bottom lines
Though this is another post from the day job desk, the title actually serves its purpose this time (describing what this epically short post will be about).
This morning I was thinking of bottom lines, primarily because I was explaining to my cat why she couldn’t accompany me to work (I interpreted her persistent cries at the door as a request to do just that).
Not only would she not...
Those damn kids (Or another reflection from the...
Eeks, only 17 minutes this time! But no worries. I think I know what I want to talk about: kids!
No apologies this time (because there’s no time!).
I met my cousin’s baby this weekend (is that how you say it? Met his baby? Saw their baby? Enjoyed a formal introduction to her?). She is just as lovely as in pictures. So teeny. Babyish. Adorable.
And now, her mom’s whole day, whole life, at least for...
June 2011
5 posts
Thoughts from the day-job desk pt. 2
Is this becoming a trend? Perhaps.
Again, as I only have twenty minutes to throw down, forgive me if this is stilted or boring (really, the same potential pitfalls of having two hours).
I think today I want to put down a few thoughts on a) nature and b) having kids (gees, what else is new, right?).
I went camping on the weekend and it’s really remarkable what happens when you spend a bunch of...
Thoughts from the Coordinator desk pt. 1
As much as things change, so they stay the same. That’s the saying, right?
Well, here I am at work (day job), before my day technically starts, so I thought, why not get this over with…maximizing my time and all that. Though the difference this time around is that I really only have twenty minutes to try and form a post, without (as usual) having a topic in mind, before I actually have to move on...
Because of this*
I will only post this:
I’m going to chill with my babe and the cat we’re cat-sitting and we’re going to watch another episode of Deadwood.** Or go for a walk. Or have a conversation. Or listen to a record.
And then eat some cake.
*Yes I know and agree that this is terribly uninspired and cliche. Still…
**Spare me the obvious fact that watching TV...
Babies ,/+ time
We were going to stop in to see my cousin and his ready-to-burst pregnant wife last night on our way home from the cottage, but timelines didn’t work out and we have to postpone our visit until after the baby’s born. So this post is going to be about babies and pregnancy and me and those things…maybe a little more personal than most past posts, or maybe not, we’ll see when we get there.
My cousin...
Petals on the Wind
So remember when I wrote about how jazzed I was to be re-reading Flowers in the Attic? Well now I’m onto the second book in the series, Petals on the Wind, and boy have things gone downhill. The main character’s first marriage is full of domestic violence (which of course would stop if only she loved him hard enough); the incestuous and other, non-incestuous affairs continue hot and heavy (with...
May 2011
8 posts
Posting on a Sunday…
…is proof, somehow, that I’m catching up to that ideal schedule I mentioned last week. How? Well: Completing this post will mark the final task that I set for myself to complete today (minus laundry, but that’s been taken on by my helpmate, so it technically doesn’t count…I’m just trying to be honest [and to take up space]).
Today and last Monday are/were particularly productive non-day-job...
Razzafrazza
Hey folks, guess what time it is? Time for another “I have to post.” Joy. I swear I’m on track to tone down my work and other commitments to get back to a manageable schedule. Though I guess it’s still going to take a few weeks for me to get there. So settle in for continued mediocre posts.
On that note, here’s a top some-number list of things that are pleasing me latel
1. Ethiopian food: I just...
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It seems like these “because I have to posts” are coming fast and furious lately.
I wonder what that means.
I’m in a pretty cranky mood right now, for reasons that I either don’t know or don’t want to speculate about.
I’d rather just complain, without context or explanation.
Well, actually, I’d rather just magically have this post write itself, so my New Year’s reso to continue blogging weekly...
Pre-bday post
Hey folks!
So here I am, at the evening office again, and I’m blogging before researching tonight. Why? Because I actually feel like it, for once—more than I feel like getting my research out of the way, that is (though that will come shortly).
Also, I’m fairly certain that if I don’t put this out there tonight, I won’t get another chance until Saturday night or Sunday—and who wants to blog...
buh-izzy
So this might be my shortest post yet—you know how I know? Because I’m writing it in the tumblr window, not in word, which probably means it will be the most error-ed as well (yup, let’s go with that).
By the title, if you know me, you can gather that I’m busy! Namely, coordinating a weekend-long conference on campus for the new day job. It was a busy few weeks leading up...