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(Banner image by Anne Taintor.)

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Thank you so much, anonymous V-Gift sender! You are awesome, too. I am sure of this.

And I send out love to all of you, too.

Probably won't be around much--though next week, we actually have a week off and I'm going to stick around and play NYC tourist and just get settled. I'll probably carve out a day to start watching Downton Abbey and just vegetate in front of a computer. And make graphics, oh dear. Graphics February goal is not really happening.

So, adjusting to living here has been mostly awesome (I have friends! We go out to dinner and eat delicious food and pay far too much for it!) but also confusing. I got lost twice today. I navigate so visually that what I really need to do is get out and walk around and orient myself. My neighborhood is not really the greatest for doing that if you are alone and a young white woman, though.

I am fascinated by the different population pockets here, and how they rub up against one another and pretend the others don't exist.

But it's a work in progress.

I snagged a Dreamwidth account: here.

Nothing there yet, and I'll let you know if I do jump ship.

Here's my draft reading list for January! Already picked up Black Boy and Zeitoun at the library. Are there any others I should add? I'd love to have something else a little on the lighter side, like something Bill Bryson-ish except I've read all of his books. Maybe I'll just read A Walk in the Woods for the hundredth time but that kinda defeats the purpose of exposing myself to new nonfiction.

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Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me (And Other Concerns), by Mindy Kaling
I've heard good things, and this list needs a little levity!

Bird By Bird:, by Anne Lamott
For writerliness.

Goodbye To All That: Robert Graves
Because Robert Graves is awesome, and this showed up on one of the "best nonfiction" lists I've been trawling.

The Diaries of Samuel Pepys
Because I'm a history geek--of course I want to read a 17th century diary!

Herodotus: Histories (translation)
I own this and have started it, but got sidetracked a while ago.

something by George Sheehan
Apparently he writes good books about running.

Black Boy by Richard Wright
I'm not sure if I've read this or if it's just one of those books I know I should have read so I've convinced myself I've done it. Either way, I should read it (again) so I can actually remember it.

Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
This really sounds fascinating.

A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace
I've been sort of sporadically working my way through Infinite Jest, and Wallace is a genius, so this seemed like a good pick.

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...because I want to make this my new default icon for the holidays.

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That subject line's not confusing, right?

liret's post in the Puff CR reminded me of my vague desire to do holiday cards, but not in real life. I also have been having tons of fun with my H_E Secret Santa stuff and well, I have a lot of time on my hands. (I did have an interview for part-time work at the grocery store, today, so maybe not, soon?)

tldr I wanna make you graphics!

If you would like either a holiday virtual card (they will be non-specific to any particular thing but joy and sparkles, unless you specify otherwise) or some other graphic thing or both, fill this out and leave a comment. Comments screened so only I will know your email and stuff. If you specify a holiday, I will do all in my power to make sure you get your stuff by said holiday.

<b>1. Name: (only if you want it on your card)</b> <b>2. I want a holiday card!</b> Y/N <b>2.a Specific holiday? </b> <b>3. I want some other graphic thing!</b> Y/N <b>3.a Ok, what? (icon? banner? wallpaper? something else? </b> <b>3.b About what? (fandom? ship? character? quote? be as specific as you want.</b> <b>4. Email:</b>

I'm still in the job hunt--things fall through, new things open up, and so on. I am becoming better at keeping my emotions level and not letting myself get on the roller coaster of hope, dread, and disappointment. We'll see. At the moment I am totally exhausted from 24 hours in NYC (I got in at 10 last night) then up at 6 to drive to Chicago, interview, and come back.

One awesome opportunity unemployment has given me is the time to do new things. Like making graphics. Or working out--I am becoming an exercise maniac because if I can't control whether I get an interview, at least I can control my body. I am grateful for that. And I can actually see and feel results.

And third: National Novel Writing Month! I know a few of you are doing it. I wasn't going to social network about it for fear of failure, but then I decided that was silly. So I'm erture over there too, and would love your friendship. I'm not going strictly by the book (HA) because I just want to write 50,000 words of anything, so I'm counting all writing except journally blog posts like this one, but I'm going to do as much as possible of a novel idea I've been kicking around for a while. Right now I have 212 words.

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I really like my new apartment and new roomies plus I can has kitteh! Named Albus.

Tomorrow rowing/school starts, plus I have two jobs, so expect to see me never again. Or rarely.

To those of you in the path of the hurricane--be safe. I'm thinking of you.