golden odd

Have you seen the new Golden Compass trailer? It looks delicious. If I had time, I'd re-read the book again before seeing the movie. Actually, I have the audio book, now that I think of it. Never mind, I'll listen to it again before I see the movie. Don't mind me, I'm just thinking out loud.

In other news, odd things have been happening lately:

- When I bought my new-to-me car, I sold the old one to CarMax, and I couldn't find the title, and then it magically appeared again.

- A recruiter called and left a message and told me she had the "perfect" job for me, but wouldn't say what it was as she needed to talk to me in person. I can't decide if that's suspicious or not. In fact, several recruiters have called me in the last week.

- I was supposed to have lunch with an ex-boyfriend (his idea), and not only did he stand me up for lunch, he blew me off with a lame and rather terse e-mail.

- Conversely, I've suddenly become very popular with men lately. I'm being approached right and left, and of course, I have far less time for dating now that I'm in grad school. Isn't that always the way? It has, however, taught me one thing: never date anyone new from July through October. Whenever I do, the relationships either fizzle quietly or end abruptly, and in either case, the guy gives me some chickenshit excuse or a range of excuses that I get to pick from because he can't make up his mind which one is the real one. So four-month dating-someone-new moratorium. Can do. Those are good months for a writing project anyway.

- I had a half-numb/half-sore jaw today after my dentist appointment (filling replaced, required novocaine shot). The dentist said my jaw would be numb for 2 or 3 hours. I got the shot around 2:30, but by 5:30, my jaw was still pretty numb. I went to an acupuncture appointment and was treated for something entirely unrelated (she said I was "hovering" and "not grounded"), and by the time I left an hour later, most of the numbness in my jaw was gone.