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So there is a point in every Harry Potter book where you’re in or out until the end. It’s that point where you decide that it doesn’t matter if you have to stay up until the sun comes up, you’re going to have to finish the book right then. No more stopping. No going to sleep. No putting the book down. The flip side is you can back away, full well knowing that the next time you pick up the book will be the last. For Deathly Hallows, that spot is page 608, and it is the page I currently sit on. Those of you who are already finished know what I’m talking about. Those of you still reading will know shortly. Shit’s going down. It’s going to be awesome. But first I’m going to make myself a snack, watch TV for a bit, before I tuck myself into bed with my book and finish it tonight. If I don’t I fear that my body will kill me for woefully neglecting proper nutrition on mental stimulation beyond reading today.
So I was randomly recording HDTV stuff so that I have random stuff to watch when I’m bored, and I happened to record The Pixies on Austin City Limits. I came into the office and immediately grabbed all the old albums off our work network and declared that today shall be Pixies day. With the exception of one person, everybody just gave me a blank look and asked “Who?” So now I feel old. I tried to share with them by playing Gigantic as loud as possible. They didn’t seem to enjoy it on as many levels as I do. Bastards. Now I want to have a party night where I make them all listen to Death to the Pixies and watch Reality Bites.
I swear… kids today with their Ashlee Simpson and Fallout Boy. They’re going to have such shitty college radio in a decade.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/14/us/14dewey.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
It’s kind of weird to think of that innocent looking Dewey Decimal system to have such negative social justice and equality connotations. I’d like to check out a library that is run like this Arizona one. Also…
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/fashion/08librarian.html?_r1&oref=slogin
Also… librarians are kind of cool. I’m kind of jealous of nerdy, techie, liberal librarians living in NYC and having a wonderfully bohemian existence. Perhaps I picked the wrong career.
Haven’t written in a while, so let’s recap. 4th of July was fun. I got to see some fireworks up close and meet some interesting people. Unfortunately my new camera lens didn’t come in the mail until two days later. Luckily I got it in time to go down to the lake for the weekend, where I promptly lost my phone. Other than that, the lake was fun and I ended up with a really awesome tan. It was nice to see the lake full for once. Work has also been nice, but we’re crunching until the end of the month, so that’s going to be a lot of fun 10 hour days.
I’m going to try to find some time to go to Austin next weekend, and then begin to schedule the rest of my vacations. I’m going to be in Kansas in early August for a wedding, and I’ll swing through Lawrence for a bit afterwards. Also on tap is another trip to Austin for ACL, and probably a trip to NYC and a trip to Portland. I should be nice and poor by the end of the summer.
I post some photography soon, once I get Photoshop installed on my laptop.
