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Happy Ash Wednesday, everyone!
For the next 40 days or so, I'll be abstaining from a good majority of sweets; this includes all cookies and cookie-like confections, most chocolates and fatty desserts, and fruit-based gelatinous candies. I might make the occasional exception for a fruity pastry or something once a week. In place of all the cookies and such I normally eat, I was thinking of learning about what sort of fruit is in season this time of year and stocking up on dried raisins and cranberries, that sort of thing. Also, microwave popcorn is your friend when you can't have Twix. :9
Ryan suggested that I not only focus on the abstinence part of spirituality (because you have to admit, that's the part that gets the most press) and try to replace any negative activity I give up with a positive habit. I like the idea, so I'm making a pledge to write at least 500 words every day throughout Lent's entirety. I figure if I manage to keep up with this, I'll finally start hacking away at all the backlog for stories I've got building up!
Last night we had beans and rice and ground beef for dinner, in honor of Mardi Gras. It was pretty good stuff, especially when paired with Key Lime pie. Yum!
Work is being worky; I'm slowly settling in to the whole promotion thing. Everything officially switches over on March 1st, and after that I have no idea what it is I'll actually be doing. They're hiring a full-time music person to replace me, so I assume I'll go back to shelving books at least some of the time. Non-fiction paperbacks would be a great section to start in with, since it's pretty much the entire bookstore in miniature. And, according to the fellow who'll be leaving that section up for grabs on March 1st, it's one of the best sections in the store!
Still working through Mark Twain's Letters from the Earth. Between all the writing and TV watching and (admittedly) online socializing I haven't had much time to read; usually what I get is the bus ride to work and back. This is another reason I haven't been biking very much to work. It's productive time, but it leaves a bit to be desired as far as exercise goes. I might take up running again to fill in the gap, along with stretching exercises and crunches and the like. How hard can that be?
Anyway, Twain is really impressive in almost every topic he takes on. He's got the gift of gab, that's for sure. ;) I'm really curious about the circumstances surrounding his complete dismantling of the writing of James Fenimore Cooper (The Last of the Mohicans). One minute he's writing down a bedtime dialogue between himself and his daughters, the next he's just tearing this guy apart. What gives?
Today I was on phone duty when I got a call from a UPS guy in the back; they tend to call when they make deliveries so they can be let in. The guy had a package, specifically sent for me at my work address. Buh? I sign off on it, tear it open right there in the hallway and lo and behold, it's a wine-tasting kit thing from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
theottsel! It's a mucho-awesome surprise, I can't wait to get home and try it out. :D Thanks a lot, you!
Today's creepy message from the mini-box of SunMaid raisins I've been snacking on: "A handful of raisins is like a bunch of smiles in your mouth." For some reason, imagining this reminds me of Sprite's Sublymonal advertising campaign. Don't ask me why.
The Oscars are Sunday! Wow, that snuck up on me. This'll be my first Oscars away from Arkansas (*sniff*), so I'll be thinking of Virginia and crew a lot this weekend. I have my theories about who'll win and why, and if I can manage before the envelopes are opened I'll put them up. The Best Picture race should be really interesting; there's nothing that really jumps out from the pack, buzzwise. You can knock a few out of the race by process of elimination (Little Miss Sunshine?, but at least three films have a legitimate shot of taking it.
Oh! Speaking of movies, there are new reviews up on2guysreviews. Let us know what you think!
For the next 40 days or so, I'll be abstaining from a good majority of sweets; this includes all cookies and cookie-like confections, most chocolates and fatty desserts, and fruit-based gelatinous candies. I might make the occasional exception for a fruity pastry or something once a week. In place of all the cookies and such I normally eat, I was thinking of learning about what sort of fruit is in season this time of year and stocking up on dried raisins and cranberries, that sort of thing. Also, microwave popcorn is your friend when you can't have Twix. :9
Ryan suggested that I not only focus on the abstinence part of spirituality (because you have to admit, that's the part that gets the most press) and try to replace any negative activity I give up with a positive habit. I like the idea, so I'm making a pledge to write at least 500 words every day throughout Lent's entirety. I figure if I manage to keep up with this, I'll finally start hacking away at all the backlog for stories I've got building up!
Last night we had beans and rice and ground beef for dinner, in honor of Mardi Gras. It was pretty good stuff, especially when paired with Key Lime pie. Yum!
Work is being worky; I'm slowly settling in to the whole promotion thing. Everything officially switches over on March 1st, and after that I have no idea what it is I'll actually be doing. They're hiring a full-time music person to replace me, so I assume I'll go back to shelving books at least some of the time. Non-fiction paperbacks would be a great section to start in with, since it's pretty much the entire bookstore in miniature. And, according to the fellow who'll be leaving that section up for grabs on March 1st, it's one of the best sections in the store!
Still working through Mark Twain's Letters from the Earth. Between all the writing and TV watching and (admittedly) online socializing I haven't had much time to read; usually what I get is the bus ride to work and back. This is another reason I haven't been biking very much to work. It's productive time, but it leaves a bit to be desired as far as exercise goes. I might take up running again to fill in the gap, along with stretching exercises and crunches and the like. How hard can that be?
Anyway, Twain is really impressive in almost every topic he takes on. He's got the gift of gab, that's for sure. ;) I'm really curious about the circumstances surrounding his complete dismantling of the writing of James Fenimore Cooper (The Last of the Mohicans). One minute he's writing down a bedtime dialogue between himself and his daughters, the next he's just tearing this guy apart. What gives?
Today I was on phone duty when I got a call from a UPS guy in the back; they tend to call when they make deliveries so they can be let in. The guy had a package, specifically sent for me at my work address. Buh? I sign off on it, tear it open right there in the hallway and lo and behold, it's a wine-tasting kit thing from
theottsel! It's a mucho-awesome surprise, I can't wait to get home and try it out. :D Thanks a lot, you!Today's creepy message from the mini-box of SunMaid raisins I've been snacking on: "A handful of raisins is like a bunch of smiles in your mouth." For some reason, imagining this reminds me of Sprite's Sublymonal advertising campaign. Don't ask me why.
The Oscars are Sunday! Wow, that snuck up on me. This'll be my first Oscars away from Arkansas (*sniff*), so I'll be thinking of Virginia and crew a lot this weekend. I have my theories about who'll win and why, and if I can manage before the envelopes are opened I'll put them up. The Best Picture race should be really interesting; there's nothing that really jumps out from the pack, buzzwise. You can knock a few out of the race by process of elimination (Little Miss Sunshine?, but at least three films have a legitimate shot of taking it.
Oh! Speaking of movies, there are new reviews up on
2guysreviews. Let us know what you think!
