Four things By Catherine on 1/30/2008 07:48:00 AM
I don't want to make a habit of posting this stuff, but I was amused by this little survey and figured posting it here was less invasive than flooding everyone's inbox with such inane little factoids on myself. If you feel like responding, permalink and I'll check Technorati for linkbacks.Four (4) things about me that you may or may not have known.
1. I really like sushi
2. I really hate onions (unless they're cooked until they don't resemble onions anymore)
3. I am taking the English MTEL exam next month
4. I have a slight case of OCD... and by slight I mean not slight. Large.
Four (4) jobs I have had in my life
1. Camp counselor
2. Waitress/hostess
3. Cashier at BCF (was Decelle then)
4. Teacher
Four (4) movies I've watched more than once:
1. The Big Lebowski
2. Mary Poppins
3. Independence Day
4. Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Four (4) places where I have lived
1. Northborough, MA
2. Bridgewater, MA
3. Amherst, MA
4. Shrewsbury, MA
Four (4) TV Shows that I watch:
1. Law and Order
2. Forensic Files
3. Jeopardy!
4. Project Runway
Four (4) places I have been
1 . Grenoble, France
2. Ann Arbor, MI
3. Washington, DC
4. Richmond, VA
Four (4) people who email me regularly
1. my mom
2. Amanda
3. Jen
4. Gram
Four (4) of my favorite foods:
1. New England clam chowder
2. Sushi
3. Spaghetti and meatballs
4. Tiramisu
Four (4) places I would rather be right now:
1. Cape Cod
2. Paris
3. Home (am at work-- assembly = no kids)
4. Myrtle Beach
Four (4) people I think will respond:
1.
2.
3.
4. No one.
Four (4) things I am looking forward to this year.
1. Going to France
2. Speaking French (finally)
3. Sunshine and spring
4. Not working a full-time job this summer so I can focus on writing more.
Labels: favorites, s, summer, vacation, writing
It's Friday, I'm in Love By Catherine on 3/23/2007 12:09:00 PM
Today is Friday. I love Fridays. It feels like the free-est day of the week. Even though there's work, and occasionally other plans, my favorite Friday activity is just hanging out. It feels like the beginning to a new chapter- almost like the new week starts with Friday afternoon. At least, that's how I feel Friday mornings, since the end of the work day means the beginning of the week-end. I feel like that should be opposite. The weekend as the beginning- because wouldn't you rather start the week with a small break? Be fresh-faced and enthusiastic on Monday?I know, I know. That's not actually how it works at all. Friday is the weekend, and by Sunday night, panic attacks begin because not enough got accomplished and now there's 5 days of work again. But Friday afternoon, regardless of how you view it, is a cathartic time in and of itself.
Today I plan on not turning on the TV, even once, until after dinner. I will listen to Let It Be and I will read and I will clean up the house, and I will cook dinner for my hardworking boy. A friend said recently that sometimes she feels a "Clarissa Dalloway-like" compulsion about household chores. I can agree to a point, but for me, it's more of a Sylvia-esque determination to get it all done than to achieve it all with perfection. Once I've made a choice to clean the house or get errands done, no one, (unless they want to face my eternal wrath) will get in my way.
And so, for me, Fridays are cathartic. Once the house feels fresh and the pressure is gone, I can sit down and write, and not worry about anything else. I often do worry quite a bit, but Fridays aren't usually one of those times. I have four hours of me-time, four glorious hours-- to do whatever I want. It's the best part of the week. I plan on devoting much of this evening to a poem I'm angry with and my site re-design, which SolvoMedia has taken on.
(I say that like I'm paying for it, and like the co-owner isn't my co-habitor.)
:) TGIF