Old Pine
April 21, 2011
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OLD PINE from Astray Films on Vimeo. Whenever I want to feel super homesick, I’ll be sure to watch this lovely video. [thanks Ry]
in which we are living in different universes, side by side
Today before my colleague left for the day, I wished him luck on his 5th exam for the week. He’s had one each evening after he gets off work, and I know that because he’s so busy at the office and preparing for a very-near upcoming wedding, he hasn’t had much time to study. I asked him how prepared he felt for this one, a business exam, and he said ‘Nothing! I haven’t prepared at all!’ Then he turned hisRead More
it’s grant reporting season.
April 20, 2011
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The last few days of work have been rough. I’ve spent most of the waking hours each day glued to a chair, crouched stiffly over my archaic work laptop, squinting at data tables and paragraphs that I’ve rearranged so many times the words just bleed together now when I try to read them. I’ve had to bail on dinners with friends 3 times this week, so that I could stay up until 12 and 1am working to get a narrative readyRead More