burning like matchsticks in the face of the darkness

I went to 12:10 Eucharist at SSJE with sk8eeyore (Sarah) and marketsquare (Chris) today.  (Who knew there was a monastery/chapel on Mem. Drive next to JFK Park?  Not me.)  ( Read more... )

I invited them back to Spangler for lunch and felt bad that I then abandoned them to go back to my desk (having already essentially taken my lunch hour).

Chris: "How do you two know each other?"
Sarah: "From LiveJournal, I guess."
Chris: "Oh, the old-fashioned way."
     Heart like whoa!  So much better than last time when we (and Ari) tried to explain LiveJournal to Jan :)

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I learned that Labor Day weekend (well, Friday-Sunday) is:
Liberating Love, Celebrating Hope!
The National More Light Presbyterians Conference
Atlanta, GA. - August 31-September 2, 2007

I'm tempted (would be moreso if they actually had a schedule up).  I would feel really weird taking Friday off the week I get back, though.  Maybe next year?  (Not that I don't have enough travel plans for next year already.  If Convo turns out to be awesome, it had better not conflict with WriterCon next year.)

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maechi links to this article on Joss' Comic-Con appearance (did I miss him having a 2nd kid?).  Contains the same Buffy comic casting spoiler as in the "Ripper" link from my previous post.

Excerpt which many of you will appreciate:

Whedon then took a moment to tell the audience about a pet project he's been working on for some time: "I'm composing the score for a short film, a ballet starring Summer Glau." The film is called "The Serving Girl," and Whedon is reportedly in talks with a "great choreographer."

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They now have tags on the machines in the gym explaining that you can plug your headphones into the thingies they attached to the machines and switch between the half a dozen channels (each tv is on a different channel, so switching it on your machine switches which one your headphones tune to).

I didn't push quite as hard on the elliptical today as I did last time, but still respectable:
1mi @ 11:23min
2 mi @ 23:05min
2.58?mi @ 30min

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I've been drafting a post about the daily_deviant thing, so hopefully I can get that finished when I get back from Convo -- kicking off IBARW.

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soundingsea has the most comprehensive coverage I've seen of the Twin Cities bridge collapse.

"The Interstate Hwy. 35W bridge over the Mississippi River collapsed during the evening rush hour Wednesday, dumping an estimated 50 vehicles into the water and onto the land below"

Wow, my October is filling up. I think I'm gonna end up getting Kieslowski from MLN rather than watching it at the MFA. Smithies: Is there good time in November for me to visit? (Sidenote: Massachusetts fan cons in November. Also, Common Rotation is at Club Passim -- Harvard Square -- Sat. Nov. 11.)

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omg, I am such a stalker. It's possible I should be ashamed of this.

Eric sent me an e-mail forward and of course I had to check the full To list, and of course Adrien was on there, and it was a yahoo address and of course I googled it and found her fanworks page and lo a LiveJournal as well (though it's almost entirely fannish, and she does indeed do anime/manga -- i.e., fandoms I have no familiarity with).

( In which Elizabeth is neurotic. )

This was written this morning. I think my sanity has returned, for the time being anyway.

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I was looking at icon comms for the first time in a while and snagged this one from naughtyelf and was then browsing her journal and this entry... I'm sorry, I'll return when I finish being ded from sex.

::revives::

I had already learned that IMDb has beautiful promo shots of the Heroes stars, but just today learned of the existence of heroes_icons [via TBQ].

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In other news... the morning's mail included a flyer for "The Little Prince Teacher: Assessing Your Management Style." ("This workshop uses an original video interpretation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic story, The Little Prince, to help managers identify and assess their management style.")

FormerUnitHead ran through his schedule for the next few days (it includes "Flying to Chicago to help my daughter build a loft in her dorm room") and ended with "I'll be in mid-day Monday. Monday's a Jewish holiday, but I assume we'll be in full bloom here." Sorry, "full bloom" just amused me. [I also find myself thinking of the Nirvana song, which is just weird.]