adieu, mes crosswords

So I have kind of settled into this routine on my commute, wherein I will read the daily fluff paper (the Metro) to get a general idea of the news, and then settle in with the crossword puzzle, which can sometimes take up most of the rest of my ride. I'll read my current book to round out the rest of the time, and then on the way back home in the afternoon, I just read. It's been a nice system, and I usually enjoy it (when the crossword doesn't frustrate the hell out of me). But I'm thinking that, in order to keep up better with my blogging friends, I really ought to replace the crossword with a feed reader. (Since I've got a nifty phone to do that with!) I do so love doing crossword puzzles, for many reasons (I have to admit, I've probably learned at least one new word every day...not sure how well any of them have stuck with me, but...), and I kind of felt like I was warming up my brain for the day ahead, but now that I am much more limited at work in terms of what sites I don't feel awkward reading when anyone can walk by (and blogs unfortunately fall under that category), I think that I'll have to alter my routine a bit. I tend to do that pretty often: change things up to see if I can find something that works any better than my current routine (in many facets of my life). I'm always looking for some improvement. I wonder if that's what makes me often feel like something is always just out of my reach....

In any case, so for now it'll be newspaper-blogs/reading. We'll see how that goes. xoxo

p.s. I saw this in the Metro a few days back: it's about time. (By the way, is Boston Now part of The Boston Globe? I had no idea. Intriguing....)

p.p.s. I know I'm way late in the game, but I can't believe JK Rowling put "It's not all wandwork" (regarding how to charm the ladies) in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows! I guess by now she knows she has adult readers (and plenty of them) who she can send some pointed jokes to....

p.p.p.s. Ohmigod, what has the world come to?? Mitt vs. Snowman

p.p.p.p.s. Wow sorry, I know this is an insanely disjointed post. I just had all these little snippets to add! Which probably just means I ought to be doing more regular posting! Hehe.

trois

I still can't believe it was so long ago that we were hanging out in my packed-up Woodbury apartment, watching Bubba Ho-tep and being sad-then-happy (then sad? à la Jimi).

Happy 3 years. ♥

(Sorry, this was kind of an inside-joke kind of post.)

p.s. Also, happy Left Hander's Day to all of those out there! Thanks for reminding me, T -- I actually did remember it was today, I just failed entirely to do anything about it because of an awful day at work. Blah.

Anyway, hope tomorrow is better for everyone out there -- whether or not today was good. :) xoxo

Currently Reading:
	TITLE: The Age of Innocence AUTHOR: Edith Wharton

the plan

Okay, so in September, my plan is to start sticking around Boston on most weekends (I haven't been in the city much this summer) and getting things done as much on the weekends as possible around here, so that I can actually get to bed at a reasonable hour on weeknights!  I can barely seem to stay awake today, it's awful.  I think I need to get more sleep at nights to counteract that.  I'll still do Wednesday nights at SNB (if I can ever make it home in time, once the T is back to normal) and the occasional evening out, but to save both time & money (and my sanity!), I need to stop spreading myself so thin.  And part of that means not quite so much traveling.

Of course, I'm going to NJ this weekend and NH on the 24th, which I probably shouldn't, but I want to.  But, you know.  I plan to start soon. xoxo

quick rant via my phone

I despise whoever it is that thought up stalled bathrooms. I think
they are so dehumanizing, ugh. Why can't we be allowed our privacy?!
xo

this is a test.

i am checking how Blogger Mobile works, because i want to link it with my existing blog. 

xoxo

oy vey

You know how sometimes you let something go for so long that you aren't really sure quite how to get back to it?

Well, I'm gonna try. I can't guarantee much because I've been superbusy (Dan: hah!) lately, but I miss everyone & keeping up with all those out there in cyber-land.

I hope all is well with everyone. I will post more soon, but for now, I'm up way too late. xoxo

jaywalker FO!

This is an awful picture (I am getting a camera with a flash SOON, I mean it -- I actually have one picked out, just have to get it!), but I just wanted to indicate that I actually have been doing some knitting, albeit not as much as I was for a while there (blame the long commute, for one thing). But, I've finished the Jaywalkers and I just adore them; they fit great and I love the pattern, especially with the yarn I chose to use, because the ankles and the toes turned out so pretty. The foot part, not so much, because the color pooled weirdly, but I figure that's the least important part, anyway. Right?


pattern: Grumperina's Jaywalker on Magknits
yarn: Knit Picks Sock Garden in Autumn somethingorother (thanks, Christine!)

In other leisure time activities, reading is going really slowly, despite my having so much allotted time for it (read: my commute) these days. But I really am liking White Teeth. Beautifully written. It seems that most people love one or her other, On Beauty, but not both. Perhaps I'll see sometime in the future, but in the meantime I've got plenty of other books in my piles!

Anyway, lots of things to go do. Goodnight! xo

Currently Reading:
	TITLE: White Teeth AUTHOR: Zadie Smith
	TITLE: Harvesting the Heart AUTHOR: Jodi Picoult

rock-a-bye

I've been having trouble sleeping through the night again lately; I keep waking up every few hours. At least a few times every night, definitely. I think part of it is because I have this fear of being late to work, which is ridiculous because not only do I take the T, which runs like every 10 minutes, but they are also really flexible at work about what time you get in. I just think a big part of it is also nerves; hopefully that anxiety will subside as I settle in.

I'm also having very weird & stressful dreams. In one, I was a teacher (starting a new job), and I missed an entire day of school because I overslept by 5 minutes. In another, I was about to go swimming at a pool with my old boss and some mutual acquaintances, and I found out my ex had cancer.

All, really scary & terribly stressful. I don't know what has been going through my subconscious lately....

More another time, but I'm exhausted. I should go to bed soon. xoxo

Currently Reading:
	TITLE: White Teeth AUTHOR: Zadie Smith
	TITLE: Harvesting the Heart AUTHOR: Jodi Picoult