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Thursday, October 07, 2004

 
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badness:
sven was sick for a long time. then i was sick. and then i got a uti! we discovered calendula has closed.

goodness:
* had a good long talk with sandy, where we talked about what we always talk about: usc, her horses, my xbf's friends & family. and today's her birthday! (go, sandy!)

* i got a random ichat greeting from someone who claimed to be "an antipodean admirer/blog reader." as i was idle for over an hour before i received the message, i didn't know whether that meant "diametrically opposed" or "on the other side of the planet." i put that on my list of things i didn't expect to happen to me that night. two weeks later, i got an ichat response (s/he meant the other side of the world). but we still haven't actually chatted. :)

* the iprc letterpress class! which was neat even if i did arrive an hour early. my partner & i picked the shortest quote ("we don't see things as they are. we see them as we are." - anais nin) but took the longest and had the best layout. our instructors were genuinely impressed. unfortunately, since we were so slow, we could only print a few and i am already almost out. (alex: letterpress printing works like this.) and in a stroke of amazing timing, chas has generously offered me his old letterpress if i can find a way to get it here. wow!

* celebrating michaelmas w/ michaelmas. il fornaio is closed for good (a badness! il fornaio is where michaelmas has always gone for birthdays & special occassions), so we went to pastini's, which was tasty enough. i gave him a set of runestones & calligraphed guide handmade by a minnesota calligrapher i had been hoarding for months.

* met w/ doug at powell's and am now the proud owner of an autographed copy of lady churchill's rosebud wristlet which contains one of his short stories. we realized i've been here a year and we haven't actually made the time to see each other.

* hosted a verysmallparty for the first presidential debates (hi carl & jessica!). i never would have guessed i'd sort of enjoy it! and i feel better about kerry. and alex arrived afterwards, and we discussed our list of "blogs we read too much and the geeks who love them." fortunately for jessica, she had gone home by then. we'll have another wednesday.

* volunteered for the "no on 36" campaign doing receptionist duties. had a good time, but next time i'll do what sven did, which was data entry. :)

* lovecraft festival: always a goodness, even if it did seem this year that it was less lovecraft and more horror/sci fi. notables included a poetic biography which highlighted his bigoted xenophobia, one w/ extraordinarily good mood, and the worst film i have ever seen, even if it did include a ferret. a diet of popcorn, candy corn, mountain dew , peanut butter cups & raisinettes probably contributed to the evil uti.

* we went to see sven's former roommate's art opening at pcc rock creek. ee! it was obvious they had missed each other and i hope they get to see each other more often now.

* jalex completed her last live birth requirement! hooray! "next stop: actual graduation and licensing next spring!" she says.

* i had a stellar dentist appointment yesterday. can't you see my shiny teeth from there?

* joanne from the palio's writing group came to check out our studio because she might use it for a workshop she's having in november.

* tomorrow we will go to david z.'s art opening, the first time i will have seen him in over a year, and his first public appearance since his trip to china.