Distractions abound this Monday morning:
- Found Future Librarian, a resource for those, like myself, who would like to become librarians in the future;
- Moms Named Sharon, which I am one of, sort of. My birth name was spelled “Sharon” but I legally changed it in the 90s because a) it seems like an old lady name (yeah, yeah) and b) I’ve always been creeped out that I was named after Sharon Tate…after she was murdered by the Manson Gang. Ick.
- I need Ted Leo’s latest, Shake the Sheets. Been repeatedly listening to the free track, Me and Mia, and debating what to do about next month. He’ll be playing in Duluth on the 16th, and Chicago on the 18th. I’d love to road trip it to either destination, but the outlook is not so good. He doesn’t have anything scheduled for the 17th, so here’s to hoping he’ll stop in Minneapolis.
- Once again, realizing that I should have taken Spanish classes instead of eight useless years of French. A couple years ago I managed to get myself on some Spanish language email list. I haven’t unsubscribed because the URLs sent in the messages have been interesting, mainly having to do with music and art events. Sometimes I let Google’s translation service slaughter the messages, but that’s painfully bad. The latest email led to this: La Gran Maula.
- Not at all surprised, but absolutely disgusted that freaking Richard Gere and J Lo have had the gall to remake an absolutely perfect Japanese film. Jerks.
- The husband hung out with one of the Daves the other night and brought home a copy of The Grim Grotto, the eleventh of A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler). Can’t believe I didn’t pick it up sooner, as I’d been chomping at the bit waiting for it to come out. I’m less enthused by the idea of the upcoming film adaptation, but will, no doubt, be seeing it in the theater anyhow.
- I am far more excited by the LoTR extended version, coming out December 14th. An extra 50 minutes of character development. And twenty hours of bonus material. The trailer gives me goosebumps.
- And finally, a Mac guru and friend has supplied me with some solid advice, and good links, regarding the purchase of a decent used G3 powerbook on the cheap. Thank you Lane!
Now I’ve got exactly two hours before the little man returns home from school (which, today, featured a special field trip to a pumpkin patch). Time to shut out the distractions and get down to business, which is easier said than done. Naturally.
