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- Current Mood:
sad
Last night was supposed to be stuff, but instead, zzz...
After moving some stuff over the weekend, I ran out of boxes on Sunday, but got more from work yesterday. Tonight there was a huge backup heading home over the bridge, so I turned around and did some shopping and got something to eat instead of sitting in traffic for an hour. When I got home I went around the development and posted signs for the yard sale on Saturday and posted ads online (hopefully my landlords will join me, since it was their idea in the first place).
The plan for the rest of the week is decide on a storage unit tomorrow, sign the paperwork for it and pick up a rental truck on Thursday, move all my stuff Friday, have the yard sale on Saturday, list anything that doesn't sell on Craigslist on Saturday afternoon, steam clean the carpets Sunday, and then I'm out by Monday. Hallelu!
After moving some stuff over the weekend, I ran out of boxes on Sunday, but got more from work yesterday. Tonight there was a huge backup heading home over the bridge, so I turned around and did some shopping and got something to eat instead of sitting in traffic for an hour. When I got home I went around the development and posted signs for the yard sale on Saturday and posted ads online (hopefully my landlords will join me, since it was their idea in the first place).
The plan for the rest of the week is decide on a storage unit tomorrow, sign the paperwork for it and pick up a rental truck on Thursday, move all my stuff Friday, have the yard sale on Saturday, list anything that doesn't sell on Craigslist on Saturday afternoon, steam clean the carpets Sunday, and then I'm out by Monday. Hallelu!
I'm sorry the truth hurts to hear, but at least I wasn't mean about it. I'll even be nice and give you a chance to make things right, but know I'm not holding my breath...
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- Current Location:Lusby, Running Fox Rd, 688
Heard this news story on NPR this morning:
Loud Debate Rages Over NY Library's Quiet Stacks
In a nutshell, they're planning a huge renovation to the NY Public Library on 42nd street (you know, the one with those infamous lions). It includes:
* Getting rid of 7 floors of (publicly inaccessible) stacks and moving the collection off-site (some nearby, some in New Jersey, all accessible within 24 hours they say).
* Sell two buildings (Mid-Manhattan and Science, Industry and Business Libraries) and consolidate all 3 collections.
* The goal is an influx of about $350 million for the renovations, new librarians and curators, and to be able to stay open later.
Of course, there are those who are up in arms. Their concerns include:
* They should focus on the library's branches first.
* Researchers may be inconvenienced.
* Actually being able to get the books in 24 hours.
* Don't make any big changes until we see where e-books go.
Good points, and worthy of discussion, I think. It sounds like the folks at NYPL are learning a lesson in both how to approach transparency and how to handle their PR. I personally hope they're successful in their efforts.
However, this line got me irked:
"The 42nd Street library is one of the world's great research libraries," Sherman told WNYC's Leonard Lopate in March. "And the Central Library Plan is basically a plan to turn it into a giant Internet cafe."
Oh, yes, that's EXACTLY the plan. Obviously.
Also, this:
Charles Peterson, editor of the literary magazine N+1, says a transitional era — when relatively new devices like the iPad and Kindle are reshaping how people read and use books — calls for a more transitional plan.
When HASN'T technology been changing? If we waited 10-20 years to "see where things go" don't you think there won't be an entirely *new* technology being developed by then? And then what - we wait another 10-20 years to see where *that* goes?
- Current Mood:
contemplative
It has been a whirlwind of a few days (weeks?).
After looking at three places, I may have settled on a new place to live. I'm meeting with the owner tonight to talk details and see if it's possible. I may still poke around at one or two other possibilities, but the pickings in my price range are slim, so I don't want to let a good opportunity slip through my fingers.
After doing a lot of research and meeting with a dealership on Friday, I was hopeful I'd have a new car by the end of this week, but I don't think that's going to happen. Still, the process is moving forward apace, so with a little more work I hope to have one by the end of the year.
Yesterday and today have been spent packing up my office at work, as we're getting new carpeting installed. Also, last night was the library holiday party. My mom's "Cha-Cha Chicken" was a hit as usual, but I may have had a little too much champagne. :) Lots to do still before I leave for break, though.
If all goes as planned I'll be home Christmas weekend spending it with family. Alas, because of the moving situation, I'm going to turn around and head right back and use my week off to pack, pack, and then pack some more. With luck I'll be able to make it out for New Year's Eve, but I'm not counting on it.
So, lots of puzzle pieces falling into place, even if I have to use a hammer to make 'em fit. :)
After looking at three places, I may have settled on a new place to live. I'm meeting with the owner tonight to talk details and see if it's possible. I may still poke around at one or two other possibilities, but the pickings in my price range are slim, so I don't want to let a good opportunity slip through my fingers.
After doing a lot of research and meeting with a dealership on Friday, I was hopeful I'd have a new car by the end of this week, but I don't think that's going to happen. Still, the process is moving forward apace, so with a little more work I hope to have one by the end of the year.
Yesterday and today have been spent packing up my office at work, as we're getting new carpeting installed. Also, last night was the library holiday party. My mom's "Cha-Cha Chicken" was a hit as usual, but I may have had a little too much champagne. :) Lots to do still before I leave for break, though.
If all goes as planned I'll be home Christmas weekend spending it with family. Alas, because of the moving situation, I'm going to turn around and head right back and use my week off to pack, pack, and then pack some more. With luck I'll be able to make it out for New Year's Eve, but I'm not counting on it.
So, lots of puzzle pieces falling into place, even if I have to use a hammer to make 'em fit. :)
- Current Mood:
crazy
You know how you're not supposed to go shopping when you're hungry because you buy too much food? Well apparently I can't go shopping when it's close to my bedtime - I bought a new plush throw, a new pair of slippers, and a Forever Lazy. So sleepy... *yawn*
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- Current Location:Lexington Park, Columbus Dr, 46352
- Current Mood:Tired
* Last Wednesday - heartburn all night long
* Saturday to Tuesday - flu knocked me down hard
* This morning - dead battery, had to get a jump
* Tonight - woke up with intense back pain, so my first trip to an ER.
This is on top of that massive ear infection before Pennsic and a couple of other smaller health details I've been dealing with.
They just took a CAT scan but the pain is now entirely gone, so I'm hoping I just pulled something. Will post more when I can.
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- Current Location:Leonardtown, null, Leonardtown
- Current Mood:sick
Totally missed the 14th, which was the anniversary of Stuart's death, but maybe that's a good thing - better to remember his inherent awesomeness than that day.
I've been thinking about Stuart a lot lately, mostly because my life situation has changed and I'm hoping to be able to make it back to San Diego soon. I realize he was starting preparations to leave it, but IIRC he said he'd stayed there the longest out of all of his travels in his life, so I think that says something about the place.
It'll be sad going back knowing I won't have him as a friend to rely on (and have missed being able to call him and get his advice on my own woes). Still, the friends I have there all remember him, so we'll have lots to reminisce about. I'm certainly going to continue to ask his all-purpose greeting, "What's your damage, Heather?" :)
Miss you lots, you bastard.
- Current Mood: contemplative
My dramatic friends are reminding me this weekend of some important life lessons I've learned over the years:
- Everyone just wants to feel that they've been heard
- Most "bad" things in life can be traced back to a hurt (thanks,
suba_al_hadid!) - You can't worry about what others do, you can only worry about what you do
- You can only build a bridge halfway
- Rise above and do what you know is the right thing
- Self-preservation is important
- I'm not you, and you're not anyone else
- Feelings are valid - there is no "right" or "wrong" thing to feel
- Don't take things too far
- Don't punish
- Communicate, communicate, communicate!
- Current Mood: contemplative
I have switched my LJ over to S2 because I read in the 2007 wrap-up thread that you can expand collapsed comments using the Expressive series of layouts, and that's reason enough for me (I *detest* auto-collapsed comments). So yeah. Not real thrilling, but there it is (it was between this one - Minimalist Blue - Inked Blue, which had a blue feather, or Typekeys Rainbow, which had rainbow typewriter keys, but I went with something simple). I'll be fiddling with it over the next few weeks as I learn more about customizing, I'm sure.
So, as a test, I would like more than 50 replies to this thread so I can test said uncollapsability.
GO.
Edited to add: By God, it works! Not nearly as well as I'd hoped it would, but it's a start.
- Current Mood:
accomplished
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