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Been busy - writing, working, crocheting, getting the new cat used to his surroundings, housecleaning.

I like the writing prompts for the fiction seminar I'm in, despite the fact that I've not written anything stellar, and most of the pieces are fictionalized snippets from the drama of my life last year. The professor is a little harsh for my taste, and he has an irritating habit of answering questions with "please see the FAQ." So I won't be asking him to be my thesis advisor.

We had a company meeting at work last Thursday, which was eerily similar to the association meetings I used to do at my last job, particularly the editing-all-the-slides-at-the-last-minute part. At least this time, the content actually applied to me, rather than to a bunch of doctors. Turf Valley has yummy food, too.

All kinds of crazy going on at work - slides to edit, messages to write, word style to document.

I started working on a new blanket - colorful and stripey.

I've taken pictures of my new cat (and of all my crochet projects, too), but I can't find the camera cable to get them onto the computer. I've ordered a new cable, so I'll post pics soon.

I had the weirdest urge to clean last Sunday, so I can now really walk in to my walk-in closet, and I've got a ton of stuff to donate that is now piled up near the front door. I figure if I put where I have to look at it all the time, I'll be more inclined to do something about it.

Watching and reading:

I got Girls on Top from Netflix, and it's not what it sounds like. It's an 80s Britcom with Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Ruby Wax, and Tracey Ullman - sort of a female version of The Young Ones. Alan Rickman makes a brief appearance.

Emily loaned me Blue Harvest, which was hilarious, and The Tudors, which was intense and sexy, even if the historical accuracy is way off the mark, and The Order, which I just wanted to see without the commercials.

I also finally got to see the last episodes of the Vicar of Dibley, and my my, but isn't Richard Armitage delicious? On his Web site, there's some audio of him reading some of Ted Hughes' letters. Lovely reading voice.

Saw a little snippet article for a movie called Bronte. Not much info about it yet, but it's supposed to be released this year.

I've been re-reading some George Eliot and the graphic novel version of Neverwhere. I'm saving The Essential Dracula for my next class (19th Century Vampire Literature).

Right. Time to burn some boxes and warm up the condo. It was 16 degrees when I drove to work this morning and 27 degrees when I drove home. Too bloody cold!