I'm around, just haven't been posting, but here are some of the things I have been up to (not in chronological order):
- Saw Obama speak, well sort of, I guess I heard him over speakers with about a block in between us. So I didn't get to see his sparkly charismatic eyes (sorry the latter being a random inside joke).
- Finished a presentation that I was conned into giving. I think it will be good, or at least sort of entertaining, since a large part of it is me forcing people to listen to Ukrainian folk music. And also it will be good if I can get all the tech stuff right. I am honestly hopeless.
- Gave up Facebook. Sort of. I broke my ban to post about my crazy neighbors who may have actually been ghosts that live in the terrifying closet inside of my closet (long story).
- Mustered up the energy to at least look at my grant proposal. How the hell does one go from a 6 page bibliography to a 2 pg one? For one second being deadly serious - if anyone has advice on this point I am all ears.
- Checked out ten gazillion books from the library, and started them all. This is actually linked to the above point. I have serious school avoidance issues right now probably linked to anxiety.
- Watched Paranormal Activity. I wasn't impressed. Well, I was sort of, but lets be honest, I am a sucker for hauntings. All such movies even bad ones scare me. I recognize this, still watch them, and yet I think am still aware enough of the ridiculousness of my reaction to be able to say that P.A wasn't a particularly good movie. (Does that last sentence even make sense?)
- learned a new word, which I really want to find a way to use in random conversation: contumely: insolent or insulting language or treatment; rudeness or contempt arising from arrogance
That is my life recently in a nutshell. There is a longer list of things I haven't managed to accomplish, but hey I am trying optimism (sort of) today. So, what have all the rest of you been up to?
