you and him, in the nude, if that's what you're into

To complete my transition into Ultimate DC Tool-dom, I commuted on the red line to Farragut North, wore sandals to the office and then changed into heels, Gchatted with a couple of friends, went to lunch at Breadline with my friend who works for a think tank and talked politics, and then booked it out of there at 3. (3 is actually the end of my official hours, as I'm part time).

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New Acquisitions from the public library:

Imposture - Benjamin Markovits
The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver (attempt #2)
The World According to Garp - John Irving (I wasn't crazy about Cider House Rules, but I hold out hope)
All the Sad Young Literary Men - Keith Gessen (reminded me of notpoetry's "Sad White People" trope)
The King's Gold - Yxta Maya Murray (blurb sounds like National Treasure)
Rome 1960 - David Maraniss

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I'm already exhausted by work, or more accurately, the regularity of full days. I'll try to keep work-stuff to a anecdotal minimum here because they are both temporary (but not temping), and truly not even of much interest to me.

Today's anecdote: the fleeting thrill of finding Bill Clinton's work phone in the organizational database, deadened by hours of c&p-ing contact info.

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Be back later tonight with Life 2x01 thoughts. Saw it last night, but then fell asleep on my laptop. Classy :)

from the other side of the internets

• 21:54 Dear NBC hairdressers - WHAT DID YOU PUT INTO SARA SHAHI'S HAIR. I WANT TO BUY TONS OF IT. ALSO, COMPANY STOCK #
• 22:11 @notnadia am not done, but so far A++. #
• 15:59 on my way to the DC Public Library before I lose my momentum #
• 18:46 starting freelancing for tonight. honesty keeping me from just writing down hours spent searching Hype Machine #

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