March 2009
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The day Madeline’s fancy new baby gate came in the mail, she finally figured out how to get out of her doggie pen, and spent the day sitting on my couch, next to expensive throw pillows, chewing a $1 roll of paper towels.
I might have the world’s most perfect dog.
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If my internet/network isn't working when I get to...
I don’t really think this will go over well, but the “doing nothing” at work today really put me in a foul mood. I have so much to do, and I don’t need my boss giving me attitude because my company is making it impossible to do that work.
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“You’re not a kid anymore. You have the right to choose your own life. ...”
– Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
We support Notre Dame and its president, Father... →
katoleary:
Sign the petition. It takes two minutes.
My aunt Cindy Parseghian is receiving an honorary degree from ND in May - with Obama. Sign this petition.
Complaints, March 30th:
Cockroach. Early in the morning. Ew.
No internet/network at work. Which made me essentially useless.
A big old volume of the Encyclopedia of Optimization fell on my sternum/clavical. And raised some lovely welts. Which the cell phone pic I sent to my husband for sympathy did not fully show.
It’s really windy.
“This was very different from the image of home I had imagined vaguely for myself...”
– Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“So I jump ship in Hong Kong and make my way over to Tibet, and I get on as a...”
– Carl Spackler (Bill Murray), Caddyshack
delbertshoopman:
Seu Jorge: Life on Mars
This is...
I Have Absolutely No Idea Who Lady Gaga Is Or Why...
And I’m pretty sure I don’t care.
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Today at work I have to pack up my entire cube, place the boxes “along the nearest wall,” get all my other work done, and leave by noon.
My cube is an unmitigated disaster area of manuscripts, files, and books.
I have a LOT of work to do.
I do not trust that the cubes will be dismantled and new cubes will be assembled by 9am on Monday.
If there are no cubes on Monday, I have...
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Taco Thursday!
So, even though my friend’s apartment in Park Slope was broken into last night, and her laptop was stolen, Taco Thursday is still a go. In that apartment. Amid all the fingerprint dust.
I will be a) making guac and b) drinking margaritas. It seems like the best thing to do.
(The previous Taco Thursday was documented here and here.)
The poop factory named Madeline has been calm. I am headed to bed hoping this isn’t the eye of the storm.
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MADDIE IS PLAYING WITH A TOY FOR THE FIRST TIME...
I’m taking this as an extremely good sign.
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Katherine: what's maddie's email? I'll send her a get well soon e-card
me: If you send it to me, I will make sure she gets it. Wait. Should I start "madeline.noodle@gmail.com."
Eh, too much work. I was seeing if I could just add another address easily to my gmail, but it looks like a pain
Katherine: i would probably be the only person to email her. But i would send 5-10 emails a day
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Maddie is doing better.
Three injections, some IV fluids, and special food for a week. Oh and more pills.
And there was so much puking. There was cab puking, coat puking, Marcia’s purse puking, vet’s office puking…
But now she’s sleeping on the couch and occasionally giving me the stink-eye.
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I just talked to the vet, he is also worried about Maddie, especially the puking part, and she and I have an appointment at 11:45. Until then she’s sleeping next to me and looking pathetic and sad.
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The poop factory, sometimes called Madeline the French Bulldog, and I will undoubtedly have a shitty day together. Pun intended.
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Maddie and Matt had a poop fight this morning. Maddie won. She always wins.
In related news, I am staying home with my sick dog today.
I should've taken a vacation. It's only Tuesday...
(via enjoli)
I said this. 3pm. When my boss asked me to scan a 450 pg book. Every single page.
I went to college for this. Yes, I did.
librarianpirate:
marseeah:
Jen H.: I’m a fan of the Oxford Comma. On Facebook. Me: I’m a fan of the Oxford Comma. In my life.
Technically it’s called the Harvard Comma here in America. The only reason I care is because it is because Brittish grammar doesn’t require that the OC be used while American grammar requires the HC.
Also - WOW! Can someone please remind me that I’m Marcia’s sister...
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I was just down in the basement throwing away my...
and the man in the welder hat said that he was “just sealing the hole in the boiler, don’t worry, you’ll have heat soon.”
Thank fucking god, because we’ve been without since Saturday night.
Jen H.: I'm a fan of the Oxford Comma. On Facebook.
Me: I'm a fan of the Oxford Comma. In my life.
robot-heart:
ryandestroys:
The Decemberists -...
“I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a...”
– Thomas Jefferson (via emilyelisabeth)
Finally, proof: The Founding Fathers LOVED bacon, too. 