About Fred

Three-day weekender

Last night, my mom and I went to the simulcast of Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!‘s live show from New York. It was maybe a little odd seeing the show live on a big movie screen, but I’ve seen it live before — once in Chicago, and then at Carnegie Hall — and it was a lot of fun.

Today I didn’t do a whole lot, mostly just took advantage of my day off by sleeping late and lounging about. I watched a little TV — Community‘s episode was kind of dire; Supernatural was okay, but they’re maybe going to the Felicia Day well a little too often — and read some Kaleidotrope submissions. (I think I’m finally moving into stories submitted in February!) And played a little Bioshock. I glanced at my work e-mail, but I didn’t once turn on the laptop I brought home with me.

It’s altogether possible I’ll regret that come Monday morning, but right now I’m in three-day-weekend mode.

Oh, and lest I forget, my music mix from April. It’s just this thing I do:

  1. “A Place Called Home” by Kim Richey
  2. “We the Common” by Thao and the Get Down Stay Down
  3. “Breathing Underwater (Acoustic)” by Metric
  4. “When I’m Alone” by Lissie
  5. “The Humbling River” by Puscifer
  6. “There’s No Home for You Here” by the White Stripes
  7. “The Back Seat of My Car” by Paul McCartney

Random 10 5-3-13

Last week. This week:

  1. “Dancing With Myself” by Nouvelle Vague (orig. Billy Idol), guessed by Occupant
    But your empty eyes seem to pass me by
  2. “Grass” by Animal Collective
    Though you don’t need to see me often
  3. “Unsatisfied” by the Replacements
    Everything you dream of is right in front of you
  4. “Little Darlin’ (I Need You)” by Marvin Gaye, guessed by Occupant
    You’d better let this fool back in
  5. “The Temptation of Adam” by Josh Ritter
    If this was the cold war we could keep each other warm
  6. “Coin-Operated Boy” by the Dresden Dolls
    Love without complications galore
  7. “Man in the Long Black Coat” by Mark Lanegan (orig. Bob Dylan)
    Somebody said from the Bible he’d quote
  8. “Everything Under the Sun” by Common Rotation
    She pins up her petals on the row of scarecrows

  9. “Will it Go Round in Circles” by Martin Sexton (orig. Billy Preston), guessed by Occupant
    I let the bad guy win every once in a while
  10. “Listening Wind” by Peter Gabriel (orig. Talking Heads)
    Mojique plants devices in the free trade zone

So it goes. Good luck!

Wednesday, right?

Today was…you know, I just don’t know. I joked on Twitter that the day just flew by…like a swarm of gnats. And that’s not entirely inaccurate. I just never really got a handle on the day, spent a lot of it doing work that needed doing, but I’m sure if getting anything really done. I had two meetings spring up somewhat unexpectedly in the afternoon, meaning that I forgot entirely about the one meeting (another phone call following up on last week’s campus visit) I already had scheduled. I sent the professor an e-mail to apologize, and hopefully he would have been there in his office anyway, with or without my call.

I’m really glad I’m taking this Friday off, but there’s a part of me that’s thinking I may just bring my laptop home with me and do a little bit of work. There’s just so much of it.