Wednesday, January 12, 2005
(1:02 PM) | Adam Kotsko:
A Personal Update
Today's weather is nearly perfect. I don't want it to be sunnier. A grey day where you don't quite have to wear a coat has always been a sentimental favorite for me.Last night we moved some stuff into the new Weblog HQ. I work like a man possessed when it comes to moving; if not for having to work the rest of the week here at Bourbonnais, I would have gladly turned around and used all necessary means to finish moving out last night. Lauren came along, and we all four went to a nice Thai restaurant down the street. I'm sure that for many of you, that's not a big deal, but the nearest non-Chinese Asian restaurant I can think of is a 45 minute drive from Bourbonnais. In addition, there are several Mexican restaurants as close to the new HQ as El Burrito Loco is to the Bresee Ave. Estate. Plus, I timed it, and the drive to the greater Chicago Theological Seminary area is around 20 minutes. Now all I need is a job and a CTA schedule.
Today at work, the associate doctor came into the x-ray room, where I was working on marking up some of the x-rays. He sat down at the desk, which was at the opposite corner of the room from me, and after a couple seconds, he said, "How to have the clearest bowels ever." He added, "Ever ever!" and left.
Also at work today, I was a bit stuffed up, but in a dry way. There was no one in the waiting area, and so I took action, flagrantly picking my nose well past the first knuckle. After retrieving my prize, I looked around and realized that the people in the back office might have seen, but I doubted they were paying attention. I didn't care. It was the single most satisfying nose-pick of my life, and I wasn't ashamed for people to know about it!
Some songs I like lately:
- "Us" by Stephen Malkmus
- "Two of Us" covered by Aimee Mann and Michael Penn
- "Trickbird" by Califone
Lately I feel like I've spent just as much time on the computer as ever, but that I'm reading fewer blogs -- in fact, I can't quite pin down what it is that I'm doing. I guess I've just gotten back into that IM habit that I thought I kicked after college. Plus there's the factor of formatting my hard drive a dozen times in the process of installing Linux/destroying my computer, then getting a new one and having to tweak it to my specifications. (Incidentally, if any Windows user out there wants to try an Emacs/LaTeX/BibTeX solution to the Citation Problem, the instructions here work like a charm to get you a working system, though you still have to actually learn how to use the software. I have an alternate address to get the GhostScript stuff if the University of Wisconsin server doesn't cooperate with you.) So, to all the bloggers out there whom I've neglected: sorry. It will all get back to normal once I'm settled into my nest in the big city.
