i haven't posted in a time, and i wonder if that caused any of you to worry! well, put your fears at rest because all i did was delete my system32 folder, reducing my laptop to a civ engine. i'll get it fixed, so just get off my back about it.

here's a list of basic, non-conceptual things i've been enjoying since we last spoke.

1. take five (5) candy bars



touted by its manufacturer as "the greatest candy bar ever," this delightfully shareable treat may be just that. its salty and crunchy, with a great ratio of smoother ingredients. creative and delicious, the take five really is a masterful step up from the usual nut and nougat format. why not try one today?

2. my new job at the walters art museum. i am not employed in any way thats important, more in a way that should be too embarrassing for me to mention. its nice, though, i like being in the museum and walking through all the secret hallways and looking out all the very old glass windows. the walters employs the most cheerful security guards you will ever see, so cheerful they are that its overwhelming to wait for the elevator sometimes.

3. an advance uncorrected proof of gene wolfe's soldier of sidon that i found at the book thing



it includes even a letter from tor's senior editor to whomever this lucky reviewer might have been, which makes this a personal and secret treasure. the book itself is awesome, and though its the third in a series i haven't been reading, the story is evidently different and so i don't feel hampered. the narrator is duplicitous and ardent and ancient and unimaginable, the images are rich and curious, and the realities are warping and immersive, all what i have come to expect from old wolfe. this book will be published sometime this month, and i feel like the luckiest girl in the world.

4. unwound's leaves turn inside you. i am painfully aware of the autumnal relationship, but this is a hauntingly beautiful whale of an album that i forgot about for years. eerie and romantic!

5. not going to the gym. a while back i made a post about getting in shape, and i joined a gym at a discounted rate and then promptly lost my membership card within a couple weeks. gyms are disgusting, and i wonder if i'll ever go back. i feel a little less fat these days and fellows seem to grab me on the train more often, so i'm probably doing alright.

6. school, i think, but i don't know. i got a B on my first english test, which really annoys me. everyone seems to make fun of my upset, but it is humiliating not to excel in a 101 level class.

i would like to attend a couple medieval fantasy society meetings, and i do try, but invariably i end up standing outside the door for a couple minutes before heading for the bus stop. i am too frightened, which i know is silly, but i can't seem to get myself into that room. every tuesday i do this, and its so frustrating.

i guess i'm not enjoying school as much as i am enjoying soldier of sidon.