Thank God It’s Friday, Again

Today was a long day, but there’s not a whole lot to say about it beyond that. I finished reading through some chapter revisions I’ve been kept away from for most of the week by departmental meetings, and I sent my notes back to the author for review. A good chunk of developmental editing is just reading (and in this case re-reading) manuscripts, which doesn’t exactly make for exciting recounting. Still, what it may lack in daring thrills it makes up for in opportunities to use a red pen.

Beyond that? We found and removed a tick from our dog, Tucker. And we’re expecting a whole lot of snow over the weekend. And I have absolutely no plans to watch the Super Bowl on Sunday. And, you know, that’s really about it. Not particularly exciting, but at least the weekend is here.

Random 10 2/5

Last week was a pretty good showing. Am I disappointed that no one got #8, which was on my “best of ’09” mix? Nah. These lyric quizzes can be surprisingly hard, even when you know the songs. Anyway, here’s this week’s version:

  1. “Girls Room” by Liz Phair
    And we hear Terry say that Tricia’s okay
  2. “Over the Rhine” by Born
    Whatever you got I don’t mind
  3. “Daniel” by Elton John, guessed by Clayton
    They say Spain is pretty though I’ve never been
  4. “Gloria” by Van Morrison w/ Them, guessed by Clayton
    Just about five feet four from her head to the ground
  5. “Unchain My Heart” by Ray Charles
    Some fella tells me that you’re not at home
  6. “Pressure” by Billy Joel, guessed by Clayton
    I’m sure you’ll have some cosmic rationale
  7. “Mickey Mouse” by Sparks
    Basically, everything is easy
  8. “My Dark Life” by Elvis Costello
    They’re dining on rice paper scenery
  9. “Nothing but Time” by Jackson Browne
    Rolling down 295 out of Portland, Maine
  10. “Wild Mountain Berries” by Kelly Hogan & the Pine Valley Cosmonauts (orig. Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty)
    We didn’t go skinny dippin’ in a cement pond

Good luck!