February 2011
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interviewing
it’s a delicate thing. i would say an art, but the best interviews seem to be artless — every employer so far seems to be in search of someone both incredibly competent and completely genuine. if they have to choose, they all say they’d rather have genuine.
today i think i reeled one in. i laid out my skills and responded to every question honestly, maybe even a little too...
give and take →
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Yeasayer – Crazy (Seal Cover) →
(from a terrific music blog)
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Glossary of rail terminology - Wikipedia, the free... →
I just had to post this. It’s my favorite Wikipedia article, to date. I kinda want to make really cute flashcards for all these terms. Call me crazy.
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status update
* rekindling my lost love of list-making
* can’t stop watching parks and recreation
* found three new muscles on my body
* reading ted kooser all the time
* loving the lcsw test prep book
* haircut on thursday next wednesday
* survived running out of gas twice this week
* all packed for a weekend in lynchburg
* feeling very satisfied with self
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Sue and Santana
I just want to point out that the role of the villain seems to have been largely lost in most of the movies and television I’ve viewed in the last decade. We had Glenn Close in Damages, who gave one spellbindingly awesome performance after another — but no one watched that show much. And there’s Voldemort, of course — but (imho) the HP books are really about friendship...
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“All night each reedy whinny
from a bird no bigger than a heart
flies out of a...”
– Kooser, Ted. Screech Owl. Taken from http://www.tedkooser.net/, on 2/19/2011.
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unsettled
a year ago, tonight. just remembering that moment and the months that came after. even now i can’t really tell if i’ve gained or lost ground since that night, if i’ve gone forwards or backwards. the one sure thing is: i’m in a different place. i want to burn something down or yell until someone calls the police or crawl under the couch so no one knows where i am. maybe...
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here's the thing...
it’s Saturday again. and i’m a week away from a visit with the terribly wonderful sister. i’m still incredibly enchanted by Miike Snow’s self-titled album (which came to me from the same sister). i’m still job-hunting. i’m liking the warmth of this week, but dreading the cold’s return.
i’m on the edge of having routine, regularity, contentment,...
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“Critics who treat adult as a term of approval, instead of as a merely...”
– - C.S. Lewis, On Three Ways of Writing for Children
(via jeffreyoverstreet)
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“Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.”
– Gabriel Garcia Marquez (via edithshead)
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Orangette: Yes, already →
Another book in the works from Molly Wizenberg! Also, oatmeal popovers. Just had to share.
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“The arts are not a way of making a living. They are a very human way of making...”
– Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country, 2005 (via happythings.)
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cheersome thought
TS: how was the interview?
Me: long and intense! i think they want someone with more experience.
TS: they always want more experience. they don't always get what they want. it depends on what they pay.
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Brett Dennen | Free Music, Tour Dates, Photos,... →
LURVERLY video preview of a new single from BD! I heard it for the first time on the radio this week and am STOKED. New album, 4/12! That’s like, less than 60 days!
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older →
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gazzelle:
Flume - Bon Iver
exhale →
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“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”
– Robert Frost (via 1000scientists)
dry →
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“Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the...”
– Sandburg, Carl. (1923). Poetry considered. The Atlantic Monthly, Mar 1923, pg 342-344.
(source: quote of the week « spatherdab)
muffins →
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