I have an upcoming post on my cat (!!!), but in the meantime, here's a track that I've been playing on repeat today. It was featured in the latest episode of "Girls" (have I written about "Girls"?) and my sister sent me the link to the video last night and I can't stop pumping the jam.
Bringing media content back to S & G. What is this, a blog of essays?!
Upcoming posts... Spoon, Girls, RuPaul
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Reader's Digest
I can't believe it's already January 22nd!!! This month has flown by. It happens to be pretty much my busiest month of the year at work, so it was a stressful and overwhelming start to the year. But, with the biggest project in my portfolio behind me, I'm feeling very successful, accomplished, and productive. That is a great way to begin 2013.
I don't have anything in particular to blog about today, but I was feeling like I'd been neglecting ol' S&G. So - how about a bit of a general update? Perhaps even a list of things I want to blog about when I have more time / I'm in the zone.
My cat: I got a cat. His name is Spoon. I've never had a pet before in my life, save for a hamster and maybe some fish... and an infamous turtle (ask me about that story as I'm unlikely to blog about it). Spoon and I already have a beautiful, budding friendship, and I have no doubt I'll want to dedicate one - if not many - entry to him in the near future.
Hobbies: I wouldn't call myself a workaholic. I love my job, but I make time for lots of other things, too, and it's not that often that I find myself "burning the midnight oil". However, when someone asks me, "What do you do?", I'm determined not to reply with my job title. Therefore, I am cultivating a number of hobbies that bring balance and fun to my life, and which I can state to people proudly. I'd love to write about a few of them soon.
My iPad: I got an iPad and I really enjoy it. I may or may not blog about it.
That'll be all for now.
Currently reading... Grace: A Memoir by Grace Coddington, Quiet by Susan Cain
Posts to come... An overview of all contestants to date on "RuPaul's Drag Race" ... and maybe sometime on my cat and my hobbies.
I don't have anything in particular to blog about today, but I was feeling like I'd been neglecting ol' S&G. So - how about a bit of a general update? Perhaps even a list of things I want to blog about when I have more time / I'm in the zone.
My cat: I got a cat. His name is Spoon. I've never had a pet before in my life, save for a hamster and maybe some fish... and an infamous turtle (ask me about that story as I'm unlikely to blog about it). Spoon and I already have a beautiful, budding friendship, and I have no doubt I'll want to dedicate one - if not many - entry to him in the near future.
Hobbies: I wouldn't call myself a workaholic. I love my job, but I make time for lots of other things, too, and it's not that often that I find myself "burning the midnight oil". However, when someone asks me, "What do you do?", I'm determined not to reply with my job title. Therefore, I am cultivating a number of hobbies that bring balance and fun to my life, and which I can state to people proudly. I'd love to write about a few of them soon.
My iPad: I got an iPad and I really enjoy it. I may or may not blog about it.
That'll be all for now.
Currently reading... Grace: A Memoir by Grace Coddington, Quiet by Susan Cain
Posts to come... An overview of all contestants to date on "RuPaul's Drag Race" ... and maybe sometime on my cat and my hobbies.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Happy New Year | rc-4: Concluded
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Bring it on, 2013!
I am back to work today, in ways both professional and personal, so it felt timely to update good ol' Sugar & Gravy.
How was your holiday? Mine was great! It was the perfect balance of seeing family and friends, eating food, sleeping, resting, socializing, and more. I had a great New Year's Eve, too; very low-key with some loved ones. The holiday felt long, too, which is a surprise... not to say that it was easy getting back to work today, but still, it feels nice to be back to routine.
I owe everyone a salute to John Lennon, but it just doesn't feel right anymore, being nearly a month since the anniversary of his death. Moreover, there's not necessarily a significance to the 32nd anniversary of his death, so perhaps I'll save it for 2015... here's hoping I keep S&G up until then.
I also owe y'all an overview of all contestants (seasons 1-4) on "RuPaul's Drag Race". This post I will absolutely do, as it's partially written and I think will be a lot of fun to write and get feedback on. I hope to get this written in January, but I won't make any promises yet.
rc-4 Year-End Update
What I will do right now is give my rc-4 update. Another year has ended, and so therefore has another one of my reading challenges. Reading Challenge #4, more commonly referred to as rc-4, was to read 20 books in 2012. Once again (17/20 in 2011), I have not completed my challenge. In fact, I only completed 60% of it, but.....
WHO CARES?! The challenge is arbitrary to some degree. It's a great regular segment to blog about, a chance to discuss the books I'm reading and what I plan on reading next. And, the whole point was always to keep me reading after I was done my English degree, and I have been. 12 books in 2012 is fine. A book a month is likely above average, and plus - I'm not competing with anyone. rc-4 was for me, but hopefully any regular readers got some enjoyment out of it, too. I know I did!!!
All that said, here's what I did read:
Currently reading... Grace: A Memoir by Grace Coddington, Quiet by Susan Cain
Posts to come... An overview of all contestants to date on "RuPaul's Drag Race"
Bring it on, 2013!
I am back to work today, in ways both professional and personal, so it felt timely to update good ol' Sugar & Gravy.
How was your holiday? Mine was great! It was the perfect balance of seeing family and friends, eating food, sleeping, resting, socializing, and more. I had a great New Year's Eve, too; very low-key with some loved ones. The holiday felt long, too, which is a surprise... not to say that it was easy getting back to work today, but still, it feels nice to be back to routine.
I owe everyone a salute to John Lennon, but it just doesn't feel right anymore, being nearly a month since the anniversary of his death. Moreover, there's not necessarily a significance to the 32nd anniversary of his death, so perhaps I'll save it for 2015... here's hoping I keep S&G up until then.
I also owe y'all an overview of all contestants (seasons 1-4) on "RuPaul's Drag Race". This post I will absolutely do, as it's partially written and I think will be a lot of fun to write and get feedback on. I hope to get this written in January, but I won't make any promises yet.
rc-4 Year-End Update
What I will do right now is give my rc-4 update. Another year has ended, and so therefore has another one of my reading challenges. Reading Challenge #4, more commonly referred to as rc-4, was to read 20 books in 2012. Once again (17/20 in 2011), I have not completed my challenge. In fact, I only completed 60% of it, but.....
WHO CARES?! The challenge is arbitrary to some degree. It's a great regular segment to blog about, a chance to discuss the books I'm reading and what I plan on reading next. And, the whole point was always to keep me reading after I was done my English degree, and I have been. 12 books in 2012 is fine. A book a month is likely above average, and plus - I'm not competing with anyone. rc-4 was for me, but hopefully any regular readers got some enjoyment out of it, too. I know I did!!!
All that said, here's what I did read:
- What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell
- When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
- Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
- Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
- If You Have to Cry, Go Outside by Kelly Cutrone
- Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
- Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom **re-read
- She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb *favourite author **re-read
- In One Person by John Irving *favourite author
- Lennon Revealed by Larry Kane **re-read
In Sum: 12 books read, 9 new books and 3 books re-read, 10 different authors, 1 series, 6 non-fiction, 6 fiction
As for what I'm going to do in 2013 or rc-5... I'm not sure yet. I think I'm just going to re-commit myself to reading lots, blog about it here, but not make it a challenge. I may change my mind, but I'm a bit over the challenge: not the intent of it, but the whole being a challenge part. I'll read, I'll write about it, but that'll be all.
All my best for a great 2013, all! Until next time.....
Currently reading... Grace: A Memoir by Grace Coddington, Quiet by Susan Cain
Posts to come... An overview of all contestants to date on "RuPaul's Drag Race"
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