happy birthday Erin
I like books. I just don't want to take on too much. Do they have an introduction to the modern blurb?
Buffy ,'Lessons'
Spike's Bitches 31: We're Motivated Go-getters.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
beth b - Aug 23, 2006 8:56:05 pm PDT #9960 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
DavidS - Aug 23, 2006 8:59:58 pm PDT #9961 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Happy birthday Erin!
Since I did this for bon, it's only fair to note some of my favorite Erin memories:
Watching you stand on a bed in your room at Chicago and bounce up and down with a cigarette in one hand and a martini glass in the other being the coolest entertainment director ever.
Hearing your voice for the first time.
That look on your face after we walked Miriam to her car.
Those pictures of you after you got that bob. (Which was totally hot on you, incidentally.)
Reconnecting with you again after you'd gone down a dark rabbit hole for a while. Meara checking up on you and reporting back.
Seeing you again in LA, with your hair done in an loose updo, so pretty.
Watching you fight your way out of the hole and get your life together and really find your vocation.
Hearing how much you loved teaching this last year and how excited you are for the coming year.
Imaging you as an odalisque whenever your schedule affords.
Hearing about your river trips.
Volans - Aug 24, 2006 12:36:09 am PDT #9962 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Happy Birthday, Erin!
Your book idea is a great one! My step-mother just retired from teaching this year, but for the last many years taught Latino high school kids who were not huge into reading. I will ask her for suggestions.
vw bug - Aug 24, 2006 2:28:44 am PDT #9963 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
I ran out of my normal coffee and tried a different roast this morning. It tastes different. I'm not sure I like it.
t /diamond shoes are too tight
Frankenbuddha - Aug 24, 2006 2:48:38 am PDT #9964 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
cracks knuckles
So, 36 posts to go. Let's KILL this sucker!
edited to wave at VW
New digs treating you OK? Is Toto any better?
vw bug - Aug 24, 2006 2:54:09 am PDT #9965 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
waves to Frankenbudda
New digs treating you OK? Is Toto any better?
Digs are treating me wonderfully. Gonna try to finish up some stuff here today and take some pictures. YAY!
Toto seems a little better today. He was just playing pretty wildly, which he hasn't done in a few days. Of course, I'm sure the neighbor downstairs LOVES hearing him chase and slide across the floors at 7:30am.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 24, 2006 3:04:36 am PDT #9966 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Digs are treating me wonderfully.
This is good to hear.
Toto seems a little better today.
As is this.
Calli - Aug 24, 2006 4:05:08 am PDT #9967 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm glad you and Toto are settling nicely into your new place, vw.
Well, I had the interview yesterday. If they're looking for someone to alternately babble and go into long, panicked silences as she mentally scrounges for words, they'll have to pick me. Seriously, I have no idea how I did, but I did get a feel for the place (a small NGO working to cut down on the rate of HIV infection in third world countries, especially Africa). If they make me any kind of decent offer, I'll take it.
Fred Pete - Aug 24, 2006 4:09:48 am PDT #9968 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Good luck, Calli.
I'm home today. I thought I'd just stubbed my toe. Then I looked at it, and it had turned several colors that would look much better if they were elsewhere. Can't take a shoe today and have plenty of sick leave.
vw bug - Aug 24, 2006 4:16:24 am PDT #9969 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Good luck, Calli!