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eredienWell, yay. That is my mood of the day, apart from a really wierd smell at work that started emenating from the walls after the air-conditioning was fixed.
First: excellent salad for lunch. They have all this good stuff that they don't have during the year, like honey-roasted almonds and a variety of lightly pickled vegetables.
Second: my supervisor brought her almost two-year-old daughter into work. This is a sweet little girl who still thinks that umbrellas are the most fun thing in the world. Plus, it was worth it to hear my co-worker Del doing duck noises.
Third: tai Chi. What more can I say? Plenty. For one thing, I am happy with my progress. It is slow, but it's getting better. I've started learning third section and (finally) figured out push-hands. Lots of the people who come regularly have established an informal "let's do more of this" group on Wednesdays, which I am going to start this week. And Zara showed up to class today and really liked it! So all of this is good. Plus, Randal's swordfighting class on Thursdays kicks much butt.
Fourth: I am now doing writing with my friend Jen again. This makes me happy, as the long-dormant characters I wrote with her being written again and have stopped shouting in my head, and my writing skills are getting workouts.
Fifth: fireworks in July. Going to NYC to visit Gaudior and Rush-that-Speaks in July. Boyfriend coming to visit in July. July looks like it's going to be great.
Sixth: I am writing more stuff, and am happy. Current project - still the play. I am also reading good stuff. I got issues 1 and 2 of the Vogelein comic, about a clockwork fairy in the modern world, and will loan it out to anyone who wants it.
Seventh: after Tai Chi, Zara and I decided to go dunk our feet in the cloisters fountain. We ended up swimming around in it for half an hour instead, listening to professors sing a gorgeous, bawdy acapella duet in Hungarian.
Eighth: I have recently been having interesting conversations with all sorts of people. Thank you, people! Thinking makes me glad.
Ninth: A friend of mine, Breimh, now has good and fun work again, putting together the art for a brand-new RPG. He likes this kind of stuff, and more than that likes working on something worthwhile. I am glad for him.
Tenth: I watched Princess Mononoke with a summer-student here, Cris, who hadn't seen any Miyazaki before. Watching people's reactions is almost as good as watching the movie.
Eleventh: I found an owl-shaped animal cracker in my bag of animal-crackers. (What can I say? I am easily amused.)
Twelfth: finally, a few choice quotes.
You mean, when you hear "SR's friend," you don't immediately jump to "plays the accordion"?
- Zara, on a discussion of odd movies found at TLA and Will.
No celebration involving combustible effigies of the townspeople can end well. - Zara, on fireworks
Now, I'm going to think about this at the most inappropriate moments. Like, when I get married someday, I'm going to think, "combustible effigies" and start laughing. Oh. God. Now I
will. - Cassandra, on Zara on fireworks
I met the strangest people at Bryn Mawr over the summer. They were wierd, but they were just like me! - Cris, on Mawrters and imaginary conversations with parents.
First: excellent salad for lunch. They have all this good stuff that they don't have during the year, like honey-roasted almonds and a variety of lightly pickled vegetables.
Second: my supervisor brought her almost two-year-old daughter into work. This is a sweet little girl who still thinks that umbrellas are the most fun thing in the world. Plus, it was worth it to hear my co-worker Del doing duck noises.
Third: tai Chi. What more can I say? Plenty. For one thing, I am happy with my progress. It is slow, but it's getting better. I've started learning third section and (finally) figured out push-hands. Lots of the people who come regularly have established an informal "let's do more of this" group on Wednesdays, which I am going to start this week. And Zara showed up to class today and really liked it! So all of this is good. Plus, Randal's swordfighting class on Thursdays kicks much butt.
Fourth: I am now doing writing with my friend Jen again. This makes me happy, as the long-dormant characters I wrote with her being written again and have stopped shouting in my head, and my writing skills are getting workouts.
Fifth: fireworks in July. Going to NYC to visit Gaudior and Rush-that-Speaks in July. Boyfriend coming to visit in July. July looks like it's going to be great.
Sixth: I am writing more stuff, and am happy. Current project - still the play. I am also reading good stuff. I got issues 1 and 2 of the Vogelein comic, about a clockwork fairy in the modern world, and will loan it out to anyone who wants it.
Seventh: after Tai Chi, Zara and I decided to go dunk our feet in the cloisters fountain. We ended up swimming around in it for half an hour instead, listening to professors sing a gorgeous, bawdy acapella duet in Hungarian.
Eighth: I have recently been having interesting conversations with all sorts of people. Thank you, people! Thinking makes me glad.
Ninth: A friend of mine, Breimh, now has good and fun work again, putting together the art for a brand-new RPG. He likes this kind of stuff, and more than that likes working on something worthwhile. I am glad for him.
Tenth: I watched Princess Mononoke with a summer-student here, Cris, who hadn't seen any Miyazaki before. Watching people's reactions is almost as good as watching the movie.
Eleventh: I found an owl-shaped animal cracker in my bag of animal-crackers. (What can I say? I am easily amused.)
Twelfth: finally, a few choice quotes.
You mean, when you hear "SR's friend," you don't immediately jump to "plays the accordion"?
- Zara, on a discussion of odd movies found at TLA and Will.
No celebration involving combustible effigies of the townspeople can end well. - Zara, on fireworks
Now, I'm going to think about this at the most inappropriate moments. Like, when I get married someday, I'm going to think, "combustible effigies" and start laughing. Oh. God. Now I
will. - Cassandra, on Zara on fireworks
I met the strangest people at Bryn Mawr over the summer. They were wierd, but they were just like me! - Cris, on Mawrters and imaginary conversations with parents.
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24/6/02 22:37 (UTC)Someday I have to get into Tai Chi. Dunno when, though.
And maybe if I teach some of SR's other friends to play the accordion, too, then that will become a more natural assumption....
(Odd fact of the day: Vladimir Putin played the accordion as a child. Even odder fact: this was headline international news in yesterday's New York Times!)
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25/6/02 06:39 (UTC)flowers...
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25/6/02 07:33 (UTC)I wouldn't mind learning how to play the accordion, if only because it would be so out of character for me that I would find it an endless source of delight to mention to unsuspecting bystanders.
Lila
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26/6/02 06:46 (UTC)Let me know what your schedule's like.
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