Growing Fonder

It's not you, it's me.

Really.

I started a temp job this week and I don't feel like I should be on the internet for non-work related tasks. I know, I know. But with the law firm, I didn't feel guilt about it because I could tell myself they were doing awful things to people and deserved kharmic justice. Where I am right now is a non-profit that is doing good things and in some way actually inspires me to want to impress them. Maybe it was the fact that I had four interviews before they hired me (yes, as a temp, crazy). Anyway, blogging is going to be a bit light for a while.

I also started rehearsing a new project that came out of the blue and is shaping up to be a good challenge and a fun time.

So I'm beat--early mornings and late nights all over again--but I feel productive and activated.

Other randon updates:

1. Saw Juno. Worried for a moment at the start that it was going to be Napolean Dynamite all over again (which I enjoyed, but don't need two of) but soon my fears were assuaged. I really enjoyed it. Although it also made me think that maybe the best time to fall in love is before you reach the voting age and certainly before you reach the run-for-president age (which I am dangerously close to) because it'll catch you when your heart is still open and your bitterness unripe. I mean, really, I don't really think that, but some moments kinda made me think.

2. (literary spoilers here, if you care about that kind of thing) Finished THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER. Last night. Just about reached part three and gasped. C looked over my shoulder "Put a bullet in his chest?" I threw the book down. "The mute! The one you really care about! The guy everybody needs to survive. And now he killed himself over a sloppy, ingrateful greek man. What?!" Anyway--if anyone has read this book and wants to engage in conversation about it, I'd love to do so.

3. Did eXtreme eXchange, saw late night environmental theater, saw the Neo-Futurists, and watched about eight episodes of Extras. I am glad people are doing political theater, I am glad people are doing site-specific theater, I am glad Woolly brought TMLMTBGB to DC, and I am glad that we can now watch TV shows on DVD.

4. Got my hair cut. Really happy with it. Nothing radical, just a good haircut. David at VSL rocks. CP said so, but I thought she was blinded by the Alabama thing. Not so. He's really good.

5. C found a parking space to rent near his place. Who would've thought, when we were all living out in the suburbs with our yards and our driveways and our garages and our cul-de-sacs that someday we would be scouring Craig's List to find a parking space that we could pay someone money to use. A tiny little piece of land, for a car. Silly, but totally necessary where he lives. This was very good news though it sounds kind of inconsequential now that I've written it out.

6. This American Life is all in re-runs, but it meant I got to hear the weight-lifting snowman all over again. The whole Superintendant-Episode rocks.

7. This temp job is kind of near Java Green. Every time lunch rolls around I feel the magnetic pull. I do so love it. I think maybe meat eaters can't quite understand the wonder a veggie has when they walk into a place like that. When, on average you go into a restaurant (especially a sandwich place) and have maybe three options out of twenty (even a fish eater like me) and then to go to this place where you can eat anything on the menu. Anything, everything, one of each, a new choice every day. it's overwhelming. And it is all so good. I'm blowing my budget on spicy soy chicken.This could get out of hand.