Sunday morning, the sun bright enough that I thought the light in the office was on when I sat in the dining room rocking chair. The boys are upstairs on Wii. Maura is about to get into the shower. Church today is going to suck, as the kids are upstairs for the first part of the service, so I’m torn as to whether or not I should attend.
This week was busy but productive. Friday was a particular highlight. The undergraduate revision team met for the first time. I thought the meeting went quite well. I haven’t been nervous about facilitating a meeting in a long time, but I knew this meeting could have gone either direction, so I was relieved the meeting seemed strong. I was in some meeting or the other from 9AM to 3:30PM, so that was a long ass day, but I survived. Friday night I planned on getting drunk but fell asleep early. Yesterday I stayed home most of the day, except for brief library and Target forays, but otherwise didn’t do much besides couch-surf and putter from room to room. I guess I worked out as well. Ok, you know, this is a good time for a ten bullet post. Here we go:
Speaking of working out, this week I fell off the wagon, so to speak, as I was so busy, and I only worked out three days. I’ll get back in the habit this week. That illness a couple weeks back really kicked my ass, and I’m still trying to reestablish some decent mid-winter habits.
The same holds true for reading. I’ve skipped around some lately from Miranda July to Jonathan Swift, but I think I’m going to stick with “Beautiful Miscellaneous” for now.
The long, draining winter is fading. The sun is gaining power. People said “enjoy this weather” this weekend, and we’re only just rising above the point of freezing. Once the snow starts melting we’re in for a mess, but I’ll take the mess over more winter, thank you very much. The boys especially need to spend some time outside. They’re bouncing off the walls. I can’t wait to set up the gazebo and sit on the deck.
Movies…I watched “American Gangster” a couple nights back. I liked the film quite a bit, until the ending, which I felt was a bit trite. Last night M watched “Once.” I caught bits and pieces of the film and, although I thought the girl was perhaps the absolute ideal indie girl, I didn’t think much of the movie. And what the hell is it with the main male character always wearing that dumbass scarf? What was wrong with his neck?
S got a haircut yesterday. I’m still not used to it. He looked cool with the long hair.
Ok, I’m going to step at five bullets because M’s spazzing out upstairs because she lost track of time and now has to rush to church. More later.
This week was busy but productive. Friday was a particular highlight. The undergraduate revision team met for the first time. I thought the meeting went quite well. I haven’t been nervous about facilitating a meeting in a long time, but I knew this meeting could have gone either direction, so I was relieved the meeting seemed strong. I was in some meeting or the other from 9AM to 3:30PM, so that was a long ass day, but I survived. Friday night I planned on getting drunk but fell asleep early. Yesterday I stayed home most of the day, except for brief library and Target forays, but otherwise didn’t do much besides couch-surf and putter from room to room. I guess I worked out as well. Ok, you know, this is a good time for a ten bullet post. Here we go:
Speaking of working out, this week I fell off the wagon, so to speak, as I was so busy, and I only worked out three days. I’ll get back in the habit this week. That illness a couple weeks back really kicked my ass, and I’m still trying to reestablish some decent mid-winter habits.
The same holds true for reading. I’ve skipped around some lately from Miranda July to Jonathan Swift, but I think I’m going to stick with “Beautiful Miscellaneous” for now.
The long, draining winter is fading. The sun is gaining power. People said “enjoy this weather” this weekend, and we’re only just rising above the point of freezing. Once the snow starts melting we’re in for a mess, but I’ll take the mess over more winter, thank you very much. The boys especially need to spend some time outside. They’re bouncing off the walls. I can’t wait to set up the gazebo and sit on the deck.
Movies…I watched “American Gangster” a couple nights back. I liked the film quite a bit, until the ending, which I felt was a bit trite. Last night M watched “Once.” I caught bits and pieces of the film and, although I thought the girl was perhaps the absolute ideal indie girl, I didn’t think much of the movie. And what the hell is it with the main male character always wearing that dumbass scarf? What was wrong with his neck?
S got a haircut yesterday. I’m still not used to it. He looked cool with the long hair.
Ok, I’m going to step at five bullets because M’s spazzing out upstairs because she lost track of time and now has to rush to church. More later.
2 comments:
You didn't like "Once"?? Wow! I find that almost impossible to believe... it's seems right up your alley. I mean, the music is that hooky, earnest indy rock a la Shins and Eels that you can't seem to get enough of. And you are all over the whole Netflicks movie thing...
I must have incorrectly triangulated your tastes.... My only guess is that you prefer your sensitive men to be wearing an old sweatshirt, rather than a scarf.... That would also explain your revulsion to Coldplay.
And BTW, scarves are way more comfortable, practical, and attractive than sweatshirts, anyway. For instance, unlike with a sweatshirt, you can just unwrap the scarf when you come inside, and you're not sweatin' up a storm. So you should cut that scarf-wearing dude in the movie some slack. It's pretty much standard gear over in Ireland.
No, the music is way different...there's a difference between the earnest folkie coffee shop music in "Once" and, say, eels. Not that I hate the former...the movie just didn't hold my attention. It was horrible...say...two and a half stars for the cute Eastern European girl, maybe subtract half a star for the scarf.
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