February

It's been a long time since I've updated, as I have been reminded by a few folks, so I figure "give the fans what they want." Here is my update. There's not too much to report these days, actually. I pretty much work all the time, and word has it I talk about work in my sleep, if that gives you any indication of the degree to which it has taken over my life. It's dark when I get up and dark when I get home, and I am still working in Palo Alto on Saturdays, so I only on Sundays do I see my apartment and/or my boyfriend in natural light. But don't let this sound like a woe-is-me kind of entry. I am happy coming home and cooking dinner with Levi, catching a TV show or two or reading a book.

In fact this morning I just finished The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles and let me tell you, I am SO glad I am reading it with my book club-I have so many questions! Was it all a dream? What did Cinnamon see and then May and Kumiko-and what exactly did Noburo Wataya do? And who did Osaka hit in that room? It was a really good book, though it took me a long time to get through and it still needs a lot of discussion. And I keep having dreams about wells and being skinned alive-quite a lot from one little book!

Next in my PA book club is What is the What. I am well known as not being a huge fan of Dave Eggers' A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, but this book keeps getting such rave reviews that I figure I will give him another chance. It is someone else's story as told to Dave so it sounds interesting and, frankly, better be good or I'm not reading any more books by him!

As I sit typing we are watching a story on channel 9 about Mt Kilamanjaro. It's really interesting, actually. I have become a big fan of channel 9, if for no other reason than for the fact that it's the channel that comes in the clearest. We're using bunny ears and now with this rain, channel 11 is practically impossible. Other channels change to varying degrees with the extension or mainpualtion of the antennae, but no matter what, channel 9 perseveres. Yay for public access.

Other than that, there've been lots of little things that have gone on, but to go on now would only add to the mundanity (is that a word?) of this post. I suppose by the end of next week, after Levi and I get back from our weekend in Healdsburg, there will be pictures to put up and things to report on. Til then, you can picture me doing just what I've laid out until I let you know otherwise!