I had a thoroughly enjoyable and tiring 3-day weekend, which was the capstone on a very hard, tiring week. I am glad to put that behind me and plan to keep forging ahead. We did a lot of IKEA shopping, which turned into a lot of cleaning and putting together new furniture. We also did a lot of socializing–there was Indiana Jones, there was Mario Kart, there was cooking out on our new tiny charcoal grill, and there wasn’t much sleeping. I will admit I wasn’t looking forward to starting real life again, but I am glad to be one step closer to another weekend!
- Rilo Kiley - Smoke Detector
- St. Vincent - What Me Worry
- Kate Nash - Foundations
- Peter Bjorn and John - Let’s Call It Off
- Emma Pollock - This Rope’s Getting Tighter
- Goldfrapp - Some People
- PJ Harvey - Piano
- Nickel Creek - Scotch and Chocolate
- The Shins - Gone for Good
- Patty Griffin - Top of the World
Tonight there will be yet more socializing, as we’re having a friend over for dinner. I am hoping to also get a little cleaning and organizing done in our office (since it has all new awesome furniture!!) and do some writing to boot. I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend!
Word Counts - Today: 0 | May: 4,473 | 2008: 4,473
I had a pretty uneventful weekend, really. I let my mind rest from a week of hard blogging and writing and only managed to churn out 100 words last night. It was nice to take a break from my own stuff, though I know I can’t do that every weekend or I’ll never get done! I watched two movies (Knocked Up and Superbad), started a book (Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris), upgraded my eeePC to the newest release of Ubuntu, and my husband and I celebrated Mother’s Day (and his birthday!) with our families. This next weekend probably won’t see much writing either, at least on Saturday. We’re having a party to celebrate Shawn’s birthday and I’ll probably be getting the apartment party-ready all day long.
I did spend part of Friday downloading a bunch of new albums from eMusic, since I still had my 50 trial downloads plus 30 for the month. I got quite a few things, including the new album from The Weepies, the much-lauded Bon Iver, and Frightened Rabbit on the recommendation of my friend Bill. The iPod seems to be a big fan of the new Weepies stuff this morning! It’s also been on quite the Rilo Kiley/Jenny Lewis kick.
- Counting Crows - Washington Square
- Ida - Blue Clouds
- The Weepies - Orbiting
- Rilo Kiley - The Absence of God
- Nickel Creek - This Side
- Feist - After thought
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Pin
- Frightened Rabbit - Backwards Walk
- Rilo Kiley - Accidental Deth
- The Weepies - Take So Long
- Romantica - I Need You Tonight
- Lisa Loeb - What Am I Supposed to Say?
In other news, I have passed the 2,000 Tweet mark on my Twitter account without even knowing it, which is a testament to how much I use the service. If you haven’t joined Twitter, it’s a lot of fun. The 140 character limit on Tweets (posts to the service) makes it kind of challenging to craft what you want to say. It’s been an incredible way to network and find people of a like mind. If you are already on Twitter, be sure to hop over to my profile and follow me!
Word Counts - Today: 200 | May: 4,473 | 2008: 4,473
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
The Host: A Novel
One Hundred Years of Solitude
The Buccaneers (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)
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