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Ha! You thought I was gone.
No, just busy. Work is actually busy, if you can believe it. I am "in charge" of a sort of emergency project because, as my boss said to his workers (whom I'm now "supervising") I'm "infinitely more organized than [him]." What a hoot! I hope no one ever figures out the truth...and that he sees me as a useful asset rather than a threat. And that my internet usage isn't monitored.
So, today we will have brief updates, a link to an interesting article on Salon, and at least part of today's Friday Five.
Updates:
- I got a haircut. Reflected on avatar.
- My City Car Share key came, and I used it last weekend to borrow a truck so I could
- move a dresser into my apartment so I have a place to put my clothes! and 3-4 fewer boxes to take up space!
- My roommate finally got her router working, so I have internet in my apartment! woo-hoo!
- There is a tantalizing job opening that I have applied for and it's a wonder I can sleep at night. If they don't decide to hire a postdoc instead, I think I am first in line. (:-o) But of course, as usual, I haven't heard anything. I suppose I will suck it up and inquire on Tuesday.
- I found out that it takes 2-3 years (part-time) to become an ASL interpreter, so I'm not sure I'll take that ASL class after all.
- Maybe I'll take a MATLAB or C++ class instead?
- One of my resolutions is to make serious, well-put together applications to grad schools this year, so I would start in fall of 2007 (and if I have my shit together I think I could still almost maybe have my degree by the time I'm 30).
Here is the interesting story on Salon. I think if I added my comments here I would go on for too long, so my comment is: what does it say about me that I found this interesting, when some of the reponse-writers were appalled that the issue was even addressed?
And finally, the Friday Five (even though it's wordy and from Gord, it does lend itself to short, discrete answers):
here's the question:Our world is one in which many fully-literate citizens can be expected to know much more about entertainers than about the politicians who they're told represent them in government. It's easy for intellectual types like us Friday Fivers to dismiss pop stars, of course, but surely some of them interest us. What about living celebrities from the world of entertainment—meaning music, film, or television, but not including the world of the printed word except for those stars whose celebrity, though having originated in writing, has transcended this niche to household-name status? Which five "superstars" would you meet in person, if you had the chance to hand-pick them individually?
Ok, limiting myself to living persons and interpreting "meet in person" as something along the lines of "have lunch with" (as opposed to e.g. meet on a velvet rope):
In no order:
1. Tina Fey
2. Janeane Garofalo (I would have included Margaret Cho here, too, but I don't think we'd have that much to talk about)
3. Steve Martin (at least before I saw "Shopgirl")
Um...2 other people...I'll think of them. Meryl Streep? I'm sure she'd be very gracious. Do my answers surprise you? Who did you think I was going to put?
