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sventhelost @ 09:35 pm: Movie report
What Women Want: NOT this movie, for one thing. It had some funny moments, but it just did not come together as a story at all. Plus, it was pushing the boundaries of what it takes to be "Ping-rated."

The Legend of Johnny Lingo: Much better story. I kept expecting the trader guy to be the one from Johnny Lingo, but that's because I am silly. It was very sweet. Very unpretentious, too, which the previous viewing attempted failed at. Plus, hot Polynesian guys!

*ahem*

Now for bed. Hopefully I'll sleep, at least a little. Sooooo tired, but sleep has continued to be illusive.

Tags: movies, sleep

hildy @ 04:26 pm: Carpets
Work continues apace. I am certainly learning more than I ever wanted to know about Word and tables and Pubmed and citations.

That's the good news. The bad news is that my apartment building has decided to install new carpet in the apartments. It's mandatory so I can't get out of it. Much as I'd love new carpet, my apartment is nearly wall to wall with bookshelves, furniture and stuff. I don't look forward to getting ready for this at all. Fortunately my building manager is somewhat sympathetic and helping me out with additional storage. I have a couple of weeks to find boxes and get all of it done. It's just... a lot. Who knows? I may look around everything is boxed up and decide I don't need half of it.

Has anyone had carpet installed in a similar situation? I can't get a straight answer about whether I need to box up *all* the books/tapes/etc or just the ones that aren't on shelves.

And oh yes the Redskins lost again. But at least Bama beat LSU. There's something.

Tags: apartment

sventhelost @ 11:01 am: Indecision
I'm mildly tempted to make myself slog through the Wheel of Time so I can get to Brandon Sanderson's part, except that I want to listen to them as audiobooks. The narrator is the same one that did the Mistborn trilogy, and I finally had to borrow the last couple of books in order to get to the end before I died, because he...read...so....sllllllooooowwwwwwly. Ah well. Maybe I'll go back to the WoT wiki thing I found. Or ... just not bother.

Yet, if Brandon Sanderson is my nemesis, I feel I should be familiar with all his works.

What a dilemna!

Tags: audiobooks

sventhelost @ 06:27 am: Mmmmmm
Work has been really stressful lately, on top of still trying to not be sick. Considering my perpetual sleep problems, this is a Bad Thing (tm). I decided to appeal to the super-conducting copy machine for relaxation and meditation help. Google found me all sorts of videos. Some aren't as helpful as others, but I've been able to wind down to go to sleep.

When I woke up this morning, I tried one more focused on meditation than relaxation, and I feel much better about the day just from that. This, despite once again not sleeping as well as I should like. 'Tis awesome!

After making what might be an important breakthrough in my screenplay, I even feel inspired to do a little work on that. Yay!

The trick is going to be to carry this with me through the day.

Tags: meditation