urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:quietjenn but neither do you. aqua seafoam shame 2008-06-12T03:37:02Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:quietjenn:149209 2008-06-12T03:37:02Z 2008-06-12T03:37:02Z okay, so i'm not generally one for the whole squeeing, "omg, how cute is this?" sort of thing, but, um ... yeah. this is maybe the most adorable thing i have ever seen. or at least the most adorable thing in a long, long time. it has made me happy all day. i love you, <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2105763/Meet-Cinderella,-Pig-in-Boots.html">cindrella</a>!<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00677/PIG_IN_BOOTS_404_677893c.jpg" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:quietjenn:148787 2008-06-03T03:47:02Z 2008-06-03T03:47:02Z cake for dinner isn't quite on the same level as beer for breakfast. but it's still pretty trashy.<br />nevertheless, tonight was the second night in a row. it isn't even very good cake. it's simply the path of minimal effort.<br />i'm not proud, but at least i can be honest. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:quietjenn:148386 2008-05-30T23:37:14Z 2008-06-01T04:18:53Z thing i need: to talk to a school librarian. can anyone put me in contact with one who would be willing to answer a few questions?<br />thing i have no interest in seeing and am already sick of hearing about: <i>sex in the city</i>, the movie<br />thing i am geekily excited about and counting the minutes until: national spelling bee finals on abc<br />thing i don't have: something to eat for dinner<br />thing i am not prepared for: the program i am supposed to do tomorrow<br />thing i am reading that i want to recommend to everyone already, even though i'm not even halfway through: <i>little brother</i> by cory doctorow<br />thing on tv this week that made me curse the screen: <i>top chef</i> (how the hell is lisa still around?)<br />thing on tv this week that made me happier than i should be willing to admit: <i>the paper</i><br />thing i really ought to do but will probably fall asleep on the couch before i do: clean the kitchen<br />thing i drank too much of today: coffee<br />thing i am ridiculously annoyed by: people urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:quietjenn:147952 2008-05-14T03:48:58Z 2008-05-14T03:48:58Z ... growing up/playing in gym class, was it called bombardment or dodge ball? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:quietjenn:147641 2008-05-09T23:19:58Z 2008-05-09T23:23:21Z <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Story?id=4799273&amp;page=1">so, slow news day abc</a>? well, at least you made me laugh.<br /><br />other things that are awesome, in no particular order: <br />berries being in season<br />wandering aimlessly about the city and exploring new neighborhoods<br /><i>y: the last man</i><br />sammy keyes mysteries<br />shiny hair<br />planning fun things for the summer reading program<br />outdoor seating<br />going to see my bloody valentine in september<br />digby (the ipod i bought with this year's tax rebate)<br /><br />things that are not awesome, in no particular order:<br />crappy jobs (not mine, but i sympathize)<br />when your work schedule gets randomly changed and no one bothers to tell you<br />wet socks<br />pms<br />the rapid accumulation of dirty dishes<br />the discontinuation of trader joe's essential shampoo and conditioner ($2 a pop, in the blue bottle) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:quietjenn:147274 2008-03-19T13:48:26Z 2008-03-19T13:48:26Z so far today, i have spilled coffee (twice), ran into a file cabinet and knocked over a chair. and it is only 9:46 in the morning, which means i've only been at work for sixteen minutes. <br />and do i even have to mention the rainy commute here?<br />it seems today is, in fact, going to be one of these days.<br />man, i hope no one shows up for storytime. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:quietjenn:146996 2008-02-02T16:17:30Z 2008-02-02T16:17:30Z on the radio, they just started playing one of my favorite superchunk songs, which I don't think i've ever heard on the radio. because<br />there were no college radio stations accessible to me in my youth. oh, satellite radio, i do love thee.<br /><br />anyway, I am taking it as a good sign for the day.  i feel chipper. it's not just the music though. the coffee and the fact that i don't have to work again until thursday helps too. work is okay - except for the a few, regular patrons who consistently make me stabby - and i actually got a wee bit of a raise, which is stellar. and yet. a little draining and humdrum. i need a spark, because right now i don't have it.<br /><br />i do though have gerbils! two, who have been dubbed tweak and gertrude. it's rather novel to me, because i was never allowed to have them, or any rodentlike creature, when i was little. we were not pet people until i was in high school. what i really wanted was the guinea pig, because of it's epic cuteness, but starting small seemed the way to go.<br /><br />the other day, j. baked me a cake. it is tasty.<br /><br />how is it that i have never before known about the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Serriffe">san serriffe hoax</a>? i am boggled by the brilliance. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:quietjenn:146614 2008-01-01T21:46:39Z 2008-01-01T21:46:39Z for a while now, i have been thinking of doing a "favorite things" post - sort of like oprah, but without the gifting and the self-righteousness. it's a nice little way to sum up the year that was, which is the sort of thing everyone likes to do round about now. in thinking about what should go on it, i realize that it necessarily skews towards the more recent, mostly because my memory is not so keen, despite crossword puzzles and the like. oh well.<br /><br />30 rock - i probably should have loved it from the beginning, being the brainchild of perennial girl-crush tina fey. however, it took a while, perhaps because i have an inordinate reluctance to embrace all things baldwin. once I succumbed though, such pleasures it bestowed.<br /><br />agatha christie - if you read the book post, you know all about this already.<br /><br />asian horror movies - yes, the japanese ones get all the glory, what with that penchant hollywood had a few years ago for remaking them, but my netflix queue tells me that the korean ones are really where it's at.<br /><br />the dewey divas and the dude - as mentioned a while ago, this blog by canadian publisher's reps was perhaps my favorite source of book recommendations, round the middle of the year and they are directly responsible for many reading delights. lately the popular kids have taken notice, so good for them. i loved you first though, so won't you consider marrying me and whisking me across the border? It has always been my not-so-secret desire to call the land of the maple leaf home.<br /><br />feist - you know it's saying something when the ubiquitous playing of "1-2-3-4" on the ipod commercial doesn't make me hate the song. plus, she's canadian, i listened to her a lot whilst riding the train and she sparkles.<br /><br />jezebel - i am not cool or snarky enough to comment, and i sort of want to hate anything to do with gawker, but i haunt it daily. and the newish feature on "books of our youth" makes me want to forget about the newly published and just read everything i loved before age twelve.<br /><br />peanut butter - there is a girl who comes into the library almost every day after school. she has culinary aspirations and as such is always telling me about things she has made. often these things are baked, and i in turn mention things that I have made or baked. one day she observed, "i don't like peanut butter. you really do." this was following the conversation about pies we had at thanksgiving and it was sort of an epiphany moment, because i realized, "yes. i really, really do. however could i have forgotten?"<br /><br />pie - yes, cupcakes continue to get all the glory (and they are tasty; especially red velvet ones from that bakery in forest hills), but really pie is where it's at. and entertainment weekly agrees, so you know it must be true.<br /><br />pop candy - the blog on usa today makes me feel much more in-the-know than i actually am.<br /><br />ricky gervais - i knew he was genius and funny, but i didn't realize how much so until the extras dvds came into my living room.<br /><br />san francisco - i finally visited in the spring. it's as fantastic as i'd heard and i think i love it.<br /><br />scrabulous - a gimme, seeing as how i talk about it all the time. but is truly an addiction. although i think maybe it's reached a tipping point and my play is suffering as a result. but still.<br /><br />slings and arrows - you are brilliant! and canadian! and i heart every single person who starred in/wrote for/directed you!<br /><br />moral of this blog (to steal from my beloved matthew): i should move to canada. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:quietjenn:146375 2007-12-31T23:33:34Z 2008-01-01T18:43:47Z so, the last day of the year means time to post the list of books i read in '07. i just popped it up onto poor, neglected <span class='ljuser' lj:user='bibliofiend' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://bibliofiend.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://bibliofiend.livejournal.com/'><b>bibliofiend</b></a></span>. i'm sure it's probably riddled with errors, as i typed it up at four o'clock this morning, when i was oh-so-tired but just couldn't get to sleep. i'll cut it, here, but past experience has taught me that people like a little summation, so ...<br /><br />this was, without question, the year that agatha christie ruled. it was completely unintentional too. i picked up the first one because i didn't have anything with me to read at lunchtime, and after that i just couldn't stop. that lady was like crack. the other author who should get a lot of attention is mary wesley, whom i discovered via a post on the blog the dewey divas and the dude, which i was really in love with for a while. i still think it's aces, but they haven't been quite so posty. in any case, i read all the wesley's i could track down with ease. there's a few that i'm going to have to break down and buy, i think. <br /><br />i sort of hate doing the favorite thing, but feel slightly compelled to anyway. thus, my favorite reads of the year (excluding christie and wesley), broken down slightly and then not really ordered:<br /><br />childrens & y.a. books<br /><i>the house of arden</i> & <i>the railway children</i> by e. nesbit, <i>the green glass sea</i> by ellen klages, <i>the goose girl</i> & <i>enna burning</i> by shannon hale, <i>cures for heartbreak</i> by margo rabb, <i>luxe</i> by anna godbersen, <i>hero</i> by perry moore, <i>wicked lovely</i> by melissa marr, <i>naomi and ely's no kiss list</i> by rachel cohn and david levithan, <i>diary of a wimpy kid</i> by jeff kinney, <i>the absolutely true diary of a part-time indian</i> by sherman alexie and <i>the adventures of captain underpants</i> by dav pilkey<br /> oh, and <i>harry potter and the deathly hallows</i> by j.k. rowling. how i forgot to put that here the first time around i am not sure.<br /><br />y.a. books that won't be out until 2008, but which you should totally read and/or buy when they do<br /><i>a little friendly advice</i> by siobhan vivian and <i>a curse as dark as gold</i> by elizabeth c. bunce<br /><br />grown-up books<br /><i>the end of mr. y by scarlett thomas</i>, <i>on the naive but honourable self-determination of teenage girls</i> by amber gayle, <i>lullabies for little criminals</i> by heather o'neil, <i>the world of psmith</i> by p.g. wodehouse, <i>gaudy night</i> and <i>busman's holiday</i> by dorothy l. sayers, <i>restless</i> by william boyd, <i>travels with my aunt</i> by graham greene, <i>the moving toyshop</i> by edmund crispin and <i>bridge of sighs</i> by richard russo (despite some major flaws)<br /><br />graphic/comics<br /><i>laika</i> and <i>death note</i>.<br />oh, and <i>french milk</i>!<br /><br />and, even though i don't count picture books on this list, my favorite of the year was <i>i'm the biggest thing in the ocean</i>.<br /> <br />but enough about that. <a name="cutid1"></a><br /><br />looking for alibrandi by melissa marchetta<br>this side of paradise by f. scott fitzgerald<br>the case of the left-handed lady by nancy springer<br>living on air by anne shapiro<br>nice big american baby by judy budnitz<br>fly by night by frances hardinge<br>the end of mr. y by scarlett thomas<br>still life by louise penny<br>cupcake by rachel cohn<br>american born chinese by gene luen yang<br>popco by scarlett thomas<br>the house of arden by e. nesbit<br>the mysterious affair at styles by agatha christie<br>curtain by agatha christie<br>daddy's girl by lisa scottoline<br>the rossetti letter by christi phillips<br>the murder of roger ackroyd by agatha christie<br>ivy and bean by anne barrows<br>the year of the dog by grace lin<br>toys go out by emily jenkins<br>the pale horse by agatha christie<br>summer at tiffany by marjorie hart<br>pocketful of rye by agatha christie<br>the yiddish policemen's union by michael chabon<br>the oxford murders by guillermo martinez<br>the man in the brown suit by agatha christie<br>austenland by shannon hale<br>gilda joyce: the ladies of the lake by jennifer allison<br>there's a (slight) chance i might be going to hell by laurie notaro<br>the double bind by chris bohjalian<br>silence of the grave by arnaldur indiradason<br>the green glass sea by ellen klages<br>the enchanted castle by e. nesbit<br>the goose girl by shannon hale<br>london is the best city in america by laura dave<br>a drowned maiden's hair by laura amy schlitz<br>scarlett by cathy cassedy<br>the rising star of rusty nail by lesley m. m. blume<br>the queen of cool by cecil castelluci<br>the gentle axe by r.n. morris<br>factotum by charles bukowski<br>enna burning by shannon hale<br>four and twenty blackbirds by agatha christie<br>the every boy by dana adam shapiro<br>the case of the missing books by ian sansom<br>tiny tyrant by lewis trondheim <br>blindspot by kevin c. pyle<br>the spellman files by lisa lutz<br>lullabies for little criminals by heather o'neil<br>cures for heartbreak by margo rabb<br>jeremy fink and the meaning of life by wendy maas<br>ask again later by jill a. davis<br>the world of psmith by p.g. wodehouse<br>murder is announced by agatha christie<br>notes on a near-life experience by olivia birdsall<br>peppermints in the parlor by barbara brooks wallace<br>the higher power of lucky by susan paton<br>dairy queen by catherine gilbert murdock<br>13 little blue envelopes by maureen johnson<br>the mirror crack'd by agatha christie<br>at bertram's hotel by agatha christie<br>the moving finger by agatha christie<br>on the naive but honourable self-determination of teenage girls by amber gayle<br>angels on sunset boulevard by melissa de la cruz<br>twilight by stephanie mayer<br>fly on the wall by e. lockhart<br>hannah west in the belltown towers by linda john<br>hannah west in deep water by linda john<br>hannah west in the center of the universe by linda john<br>boys of my youth by jo ann beard<br>after dark by haruki murakami<br>cat among pigeons by agatha christie<br>sleeping murder by agatha christie<br>the mystery of the blue train by agatha christie<br>murder on the orient express by agatha christie<br>dead man's folly by agatha christie<br>hallowe'en party by agatha christie<br>the hollow by agatha christie<br>murder in mesopatamia by agatha christie<br>lost horizon by james hilton<br>by the pricking of my thumbs by agatha christie<br>five little pigs by agatha christie<br>one, two, buckle my shoe by agatha christie<br>hercule poirot's christmas by agatha christie<br>murder at the vicarage by agatha christie<br>murder is easy by agatha christie<br>ruby lu, brave and true by lenore look<br>french milk by lucy knisley<br>kiki strike: the empress's tomb by kirsten miller<br>kat and mouse (v.1 &amp; 2) by alex de campi<br>goosebumps: 3 goulish graphix tales by r.l. stine<br>ivy and bean and the ghost who had to go by annie barrows<br>clementine by sarah pennypekcer<br>when last i died by gladys mitchell<br>the christopher killer by alane ferguson<br>a caribbean mystery by agatha christie<br>the plain janes by cecil castelluci<br>nemesis by agatha christie<br>the railway children by e. nesbit<br>what mrs. mcgillicuddy saw by agatha christie<br>evil under the sun by agatha christie<br>the body in the library by agatha christie<br>they came to baghdad by agatha christie<br>death on the nile by agatha christie<br>derby girl by shanua cross<br>death in the air by agatha christie<br>the big four by agatha christie<br>the au pairs by melissa de la cruz<br>bone (v. 1-3) by jeff smith<br>tantalize by cynthia leitch smith<br>theodosia and the serpents of chaos by r.l. lafevers<br>have his carcase by dorothy l. sayers<br>gaudy night by dorothy l. sayers<br>on chesil beach by ian mcewan<br>so many steps to death by agatha christie<br>busman's holiday by dorothy l. sayers<br>restless by william boyd<br>manhattan, when i was young by mary cantwell<br>murder in three acts by agatha christie<br>the talented clementine by sarah pennypacker<br>charlie bone and the beast by jenny nimmo<br>once upon a crime by michael buckley<br>travels with my aunt by graham greene<br>mr. dixon disappears by ian sansom<br>songs without words by ann packer<br>a little friendly advice by siobhan vivian<br>harry potter and the deathly hallows by j.k. rowling<br>the rotter's club by jonathan coe<br>howl's moving castle by diane wynne jones<br>cold water by gwendolyn riley<br>chain mail: addicted to you by hiroshi ishizaki<br>murder at hazelmoor by agatha christie<br>how to teach filthy rich girls by zoey dean<br>eat, pray, love by elizabeth gilbert<br>take-off: american all-girl band during world war ii by tonya bolden<br>luxe by anna godbersen<br>wicked lovely by melissa marr<br>the egypt game by zilpha keatley snyder<br>beige by cecil castelluci<br>the house of mirth by edith wharton<br>pretty little liars by sarah shepard<br>northern lights by nora roberts<br>the game by diane wynne jones<br>the guy not taken by jennifer weiner<br>harnassing peacocks by mary wesley<br>an imaginative experience by mary wesley<br>strong poison by doroth l. sayers<br>freakanomics by steven leavitt and stephen j. dunbar<br>the lightening theief by rick riordan<br>the welsh girl by peter ho davis<br>into the dark by peter abrahams<br>part of the furniture by mary wesley<br>a sensible life by mary wesley<br>sea of monsters by rick riordan<br>a dubious legacy by mary wesley<br>the mystery of the third lucretia by susan runhaldt<br>the moving toyshop by edmund crispin<br>the titan's curse by rick riordan<br>a field guide to high school by marissa walsh<br>august by gerard woodward<br>hero by perry moore<br>naomi and ely's no kiss list by rachel cohn and david levithan<br>a curse dark as gold by elizabeth c. bunce<br>good as lily by derek kirk kim and jesse hamm<br>the re-gifters by mike carey<br>my faith in frankie by mike carey<br>clubbing by andi watson<br>the secret life of sparrow delaney by suzanne harper<br>guyaholic by carolyn mackler<br>drama: the four dorothys by paul ruditis<br>the highest tide by jim lynch<br>hand in glove by ngaio marsh<br>the a.b.c. murders by agatha christie<br>poirot loses a client by agatha christie<br>peril at end house by agatha christie<br>the secret of chimneys by agatha christie<br>moxy maxwell does not love stuart little by peggy giford<br>into the wild by lyn gardiner<br>runaways (v.1-5) by brian k. vaughan<br>me and mr. darcy by alexander potter<br>olivia kidney and the exit academy by ellen potter<br>the mysterious edge of the heroic world by e.l. konigsburg<br>bridge of sighs by richard russo<br>girl at sea by maureen johnson<br>remembering mrs. rossi by amy hest<br>iris, messenger by sarah deming<br>13 reasons why by jay asher<br>hope chest by karen schwarenbach<br>deep down popular by phoebe snow<br>diary of a wimpy kid by jeff kinney<br>holy disorders by edmund crispin<br>the harrowing by alexandra sokaloff<br>middle school is worse than meatloaf by jennifer holm<br>frequent hearses by edmund crispin<br>the spell book of listen taylor by jaclyn moriarty<br>the return of jeeves by p.g. wodehouse<br>the absolutely true diary of a part-time indian by sherman alexie<br>bertie wooster sees it through by p.g. wodehouse<br>the mysterious mr. quinn by agatha christie<br>cards on the table by agatha christie<br>wuthering high by cara lockwood<br>surprise, surprise by agatha christie<br>the scarlet letterman by cara lockwood<br>jade green by phyllis reynolds naylor<br>there is a tide by agatha christie<br>third girl by agatha christie<br>lord edgware dies by agatha christie<br>laika by nick abadzis<br>murder with mirrors by agatha christie<br>the invention of hugo cabret by brian selznick<br>sammy keyes and the hotel thief by wendelin van dranen<br>elephants can remember by agatha christie<br>death note (v.1-12) by tsugumi ohba and takeshi obata<br>n or m? by agatha christie<br>murder on the links by agatha christie<br>postern of fate by agatha christie<br>towards zero by agatha christie<br>the adventures of captain underpants by dav pilkey<br>captain underpants and the attack of the talking toilets by dav pilkey<br>the wolves of willoughby chase by joan aiken<br>later, at the bar by rebecca barry<br /><br /><br />happy '08, kids. i'm incredibly tired and loose with plans for tonight. frankly i'm not even sure if i'm going to make it to midnight. yes, this does indeed mean that i am old. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:quietjenn:146027 2007-12-18T03:11:07Z 2007-12-18T03:11:07Z yay! my hulu invitation finally came. commence massive tv-on-the-computer watching now.<br /><br />also, for the record: <br />* saturday was like the slowest day at the library ever<br />* the potato soup was awesome<br />* i am only working three days this week; one of those is already over and tomorrow i'll be in a meeting (a good one, i think) all morning<br />* peanut butter and jelly sandwiches don't get enough cred from the over-10 set<br />* my feet are a little smelly<br />* i want to go to the movies urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:quietjenn:145690 2007-12-15T12:23:47Z 2007-12-15T12:23:47Z saturday morning, before work.<br /><br />i woke up at six-thirty, which is much earlier than i am accustomed to and i don't quite know what to do with myself. it doesn't take an hour and a half to get dressed and drink coffee. <br />i do not anticipate a lot of hot library action, although maybe i will be proven wrong. <br />storytimes are over until after the new year; can i get a "hey, ya" for that? i do like the kidlets, but too much action tends to wear on me. yesterday a father commented, "gee, you have a lot of patience" and i could only agree. <br /><br />after work i am going to make potato soup, using a recipe my sister sent me. excitement city!<br />ohio on thursday. color me totally unprepared for holiday action, although i look forward to seeing the family and friends, as well as thrift shopping and eating non-new york food, like graeter's ice cream and chicken and noodles from nancy's. mostly about the latter, since i haven't had it in like three or four years and it is the epitome of goodness. yes, in fact i did time my flight for thursday intentionally, so that i could eat it. <br /><br />yes, i do spend too much of my time here talking about food.<br /><br />yes, probably enough time has passed for me to start getting dressed.<br /><br />yes, i am way more excited than i care to admit about the fact that a new starbucks opened, within walking distance of my house. remember those distant days when i took pride in the fact that i had never been inside a starbucks? it's such a distant memory now. <br /><br />yes, i am still-obsessed with agatha christie. i was thinking the other day about soon compiling the "books i read" list for 2007 and noting how very much the dame will dominate. but, sadly, i haven't been super-excited by a book in a while, and she fills the space. <br /><br />yes, you should totally play scrabulous with me. <br /><br />no, my winter cold will not just go away entirely and i am oh, so tired of it. <br /><br />no, i do not particularly like my hair right now. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:quietjenn:145661 2007-12-11T04:06:32Z 2007-12-11T04:11:00Z dammit. <a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/magazines/martha_stewart_axes_blueprint_72588.asp#more">all the magazines i like fold</a>.<br /><br />screw you martha! i totally defended you during, well, everything - prison, <i>the apprentice</i>, snark upon snark. and now you think that the audience for <i>blueprint</i> and your stupid weddings magazine is essentially the same? a big whatever to you.<br /><br />please, please, please people that make media, do not take <i>venus</i> away from me. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:quietjenn:145336 2007-12-02T00:23:39Z 2007-12-02T00:23:39Z what is this snow that i keep hearing about, my pretties? there is none here yet, but it seems like it will be on the way soon and i don't mind that at all. it has been very cold, and cold with snow is a nicer prospect, for the moment at least, then cold without it. just because it would justify it. that makes sense in my head, although not so much when i type it out like that. <br /><br />today i accomplished a lot of very undramatic-but-entirely-necessary things, like paying bills and cleaning and buying plane tickets home for christmas. tonight i will perhaps accomplish even more. although i might just spend it watching movies and playing scrabulous. only time will tell. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:quietjenn:144977 2007-11-27T00:31:32Z 2007-11-27T00:31:32Z walking home today, i felt very jaunty.<br />i think because it was foggy out and i was wearing a swingy skirt and a pink hat.<br />it was nice. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:quietjenn:144792 2007-11-14T04:17:48Z 2007-11-14T04:17:48Z i'm in kind of a mood. i don't know why.<br />just now i tried to find something on youtube that would make me happy to watch, but couldn't think of anything. i know that i have happy go-to media, but i just can't remember what it is right now. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:quietjenn:144610 2007-10-31T22:46:51Z 2007-10-31T22:48:20Z happy halloween! to celebrate, perhaps you would like to look at <a href="http://www.themonsterengine.com/art.html">these artworks</a>, based on childeren's drawings of monsters? Or maybe not, but I think they are awesome. <img src="http://www.themonsterengine.com/images/art/bigmouth_p.jpg"><br /><br />every year, i am sad about how few trick-or-treaters i get, no matter where i live. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:quietjenn:144222 2007-10-29T04:22:59Z 2007-10-29T04:22:59Z as i just texted to justin, "fuckin' a."<br />meaning: yay, red sox! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:quietjenn:143970 2007-10-27T00:37:12Z 2007-10-27T03:43:08Z + the trader joe's store in queens - oh so conveniently located between work and home - finally opened today. yes, i stopped by after work and it was not quite the madhouse i expected, especially compared to the union square store. and now i have things to eat that are yum. <br />+ the red sox are winning. i sort of care about baseball, so this makes me happy. my boyfriend really, really cares about baseball and this makes him very happy. <br />+ most of my massive manga/graphic novel order came into today and they are pretty and complete series runs.<br />+ payday<br />+ the laundry is finished<br /><br />- i have a slight sore throat<br />- i had to wait too long in the rain for the bus, which will probably not help the sore throat<br />- must put laundry away<br /><br />edited to add:<br />+/- i just spent, um, a really long time, going through the mail that has been piling up and paying bills. lots of them. so, it's good that i'm caught up and not being irresponsible anymore (this month, at least). but it sucks that i now have no money at all, even though today was payday. frugality, here i come! um, i really have to work on that. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:quietjenn:143538 2007-10-22T06:18:08Z 2007-10-22T06:18:08Z vacation now over. <br />back to work in a matter of hours. <br />boo. hiss. sigh. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:quietjenn:143336 2007-10-19T08:48:32Z 2007-10-19T08:48:32Z as much as i love regular old toast - and i do, really, really love it - i might love toasted english muffins even more. it's all about the crannies, and the fact that it won't tear no matter how cold your butter is. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:quietjenn:143073 2007-10-07T00:10:46Z 2007-10-07T00:10:46Z tonight i am sitting around my clean apartment, eating leftovers and reading comic books.<br /><br />it's swell. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:quietjenn:142352 2007-09-30T21:37:52Z 2007-09-30T21:37:52Z you know, i'm glad it's fall and everything ... autumn has always been my favorite season. i love virtually everything about it. the slight chill in the air, which means you get to pull out your favorite sweaters and light scarves, layer something long-sleeved under your t-shirt. the way the leaves change colors, sometimes slowly, sometimes so violently fast that your riding the bus and have to gasp because you swear that mass of red and gold and brown was completely green yesterday. pumpkins and caramel apples and casseroles. halloween and the days getting shorter and no more sweating when you just make a quick jaunt to the grocery store. generally, it all makes me so very, very happy.<br /><br />and yet. my allergies are driving me totally crazy this year. even with a helpful daily dose of claritin. when i was a wee child, i discovered that i was allergic to virtually everything. well, no foods, but pretty much everything in nature. i got allergy shots, had a bevy of medication to stop sudden attacks and had to make slight lifestyle changes to accommodate them. as i got older, they eased up a bit. when i was fifteen, we got a dog. by college i stopped with the shots (although that was never official - they were just so infrequent at that point and i was so busy i could never remember and i just sort of stopped going). i can be in the woods or sit on the grass without totally breaking out. there are a few things left that will trigger major reactions, chief among them horses. but, by and large they aren't such a huge issue. <br /><br />except, i sneeze a lot. throughout the year really, because there's always something or other in the air, but especially now. <br /><br />it's pretty annoying.<br /><br />[here, i then proceeded to write a bunch of stuff about work, which i then deleted because it was mostly stuff better left to private musings at this point.]<br /><br />carry on.<br /><br />oh, totally unrelated, but because i just chose this userpic to post with this entry: there is a post on <a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/">galleycat</a> speculating that the new oprah pick might be <i>revolutionary road</i>. because i'm sort of a snob who holds that book about as close to my heart as anything that i can think of, that troubles me deeply. i'm already a bit worried about <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0959337/">the movie</a>. i guess i need to get over it, stop being an angsty fifteen year old upset because her favorite band has sold out and signed to a label. but i can't shed it completely. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:quietjenn:142226 2007-09-29T00:14:48Z 2007-09-29T00:14:48Z as today was payday, not to mention the end of a long week that left me feel very "eh" more often than not, i decided to stop and get cupcakes on the way home. yes, sometimes i am such a girl. but seriously? red velvet cupcakes make everything okay. so yum. as for dinner, um, i don't know. does one need dinner when one has delicous cupcakes (i also got a peanut butter one, although i'm betting they won't be as good as the ones <span class='ljuser' lj:user='lordtangent' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://lordtangent.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://lordtangent.livejournal.com/'><b>lordtangent</b></a></span> made for his birthday)? i think there are some leftovers in there ... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:quietjenn:141996 2007-09-24T23:29:01Z 2007-09-24T23:29:01Z today has been l-a-m-e. in way too many ways to enumerate. <br />suffice it to say i am spending the rest of the day in the apartment. if it were practical, i'd say with some blankets pulled up over my head. <br />sigh. tomorrow will be better, no? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:quietjenn:141518 2007-09-13T00:33:23Z 2007-09-13T00:33:23Z Lots of people have done/are doing this, but I got my list from <span class='ljuser' lj:user='kukilia' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://kukilia.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://kukilia.livejournal.com/'><b>kukilia</b></a></span> because at a grand total of four I think that's the most I have in common with anyone. Unless I miscounted, which is entirely possible.<br /><br /><b>Here is how it works: copy this list; leave in the bands you've seen perform live; delete the ones you haven't, and add new ones that you have seen until you reach 25. An asterisk means the previous person had it on their list. Two asterisks means the last two people who did this before you had that band on their list.</b><br /><br />1. Sonic Youth***<br />2. Bjork<br />3. The Magnetic Fields<br />4. Belle & Sebastian**<br />5. Built to Spill<br />6. Ryan Adams<br />7. Superchunk<br />8. Aerosmith<br />9. Rufus Wainwright<br />10. Camera Obscura<br />11. Mission of Burma<br />12. Peaches<br />13. Kristin Hersh<br />14. The Breeders<br />15. Guided By Voices<br />16. Cat Power<br />17. Steve Earle<br />18. Neko Case<br />19. Pixies<br />20. R.E.M.<br />21. Elliott Smith<br />22. Tori Amos*<br />23. The Donnas<br />24. White Stripes*<br />25. Cheap Trick<br /><br />man, i wish i still cared (that much) about music.