i don't do sadness, even a little bit
Sep. 16th, 2008 11:28 amI am despairing of ever typing up a coherent summary of Eldest with anything like everything I want to say. Remember how I said that I was taking notes as I read? (Primarily as a venting mechanism so I wouldn't actually throw the book out the window.) I ended up with 32 pages of notes (handwritten, of course, but still). And that's WITHOUT chapter summaries, just snarky comments and quotes that I found particularly ridiculous.
Plus, who really cares besides me? Has anyone else on my f-list actually read anything of the Inheritance Cycle, or would be interested in my long-winded comments? Doubtful....
This weekend was enlivened by an unconventional wedding reception. See, Eric's older son Aaron was technically 'married' to his wife Yayoi early this year. She's spent most of her life in the U.S. but is Japanese and didn't have U.S. citizenship; they had to get a marriage certificate before her green card or whatnot ran out because she had graduated from college. However, they didn't have a ceremony at that point. Instead, they planned for a casual sort of reception/wedding celebration this past Saturday.
Overall, it was lovely and certainly reflective of their personalities--slightly awkward for me as I hardly knew anyone, but I got to meet some of Eric's family (his parents and his sister's family came up) which was a bonus. There was a lot of mingling, and then Yayoi made an entrance and the couple had a romantic first dance, very cute. Instead of wedding cake they had a LOT of pie, and Aaron had rented or borrowed two large TVs and hooked up gaming consoles...the first wedding reception I've seen that's had Mario Kart and Soul Caliber 4 available for guests to play.
The job search goes slowly--my big problem is that I'm not looking for jobs HERE (there's really nothing here, which is why I ended up at Microdyne again) but in the two closest cities that have (a) jobs (b) apartments and (c) some type of public transportation. Unfortunately both of these cities are several hours away, which makes a job search (particularly interviews, etc) v. difficult.
Also, I am wavering between the two cities. Portland ME is smaller, which means fewer job openings and inferior public transport (basically buses). However, it also is small enough that I could pretty much walk to a job anywhere in the city, and it's closer so moving there would be easier. Plus, I know Portland marginally better than Boston, having been there several times before.
Boston is bigger, with all that implies. Also a college town, which means the number of people who want roommates/apartment-mates is truly insane (seriously, check out Craigslist). But it's further away, and I think the cost of living will be higher.
Gah, I am so bad at decisions. Oh, and I need to get in touch with my third Peace Corps recommender to actually DO THE RECOMMENDATION KTHANX so that I can set up an interview time with my recruiter.
Plus, who really cares besides me? Has anyone else on my f-list actually read anything of the Inheritance Cycle, or would be interested in my long-winded comments? Doubtful....
This weekend was enlivened by an unconventional wedding reception. See, Eric's older son Aaron was technically 'married' to his wife Yayoi early this year. She's spent most of her life in the U.S. but is Japanese and didn't have U.S. citizenship; they had to get a marriage certificate before her green card or whatnot ran out because she had graduated from college. However, they didn't have a ceremony at that point. Instead, they planned for a casual sort of reception/wedding celebration this past Saturday.
Overall, it was lovely and certainly reflective of their personalities--slightly awkward for me as I hardly knew anyone, but I got to meet some of Eric's family (his parents and his sister's family came up) which was a bonus. There was a lot of mingling, and then Yayoi made an entrance and the couple had a romantic first dance, very cute. Instead of wedding cake they had a LOT of pie, and Aaron had rented or borrowed two large TVs and hooked up gaming consoles...the first wedding reception I've seen that's had Mario Kart and Soul Caliber 4 available for guests to play.
The job search goes slowly--my big problem is that I'm not looking for jobs HERE (there's really nothing here, which is why I ended up at Microdyne again) but in the two closest cities that have (a) jobs (b) apartments and (c) some type of public transportation. Unfortunately both of these cities are several hours away, which makes a job search (particularly interviews, etc) v. difficult.
Also, I am wavering between the two cities. Portland ME is smaller, which means fewer job openings and inferior public transport (basically buses). However, it also is small enough that I could pretty much walk to a job anywhere in the city, and it's closer so moving there would be easier. Plus, I know Portland marginally better than Boston, having been there several times before.
Boston is bigger, with all that implies. Also a college town, which means the number of people who want roommates/apartment-mates is truly insane (seriously, check out Craigslist). But it's further away, and I think the cost of living will be higher.
Gah, I am so bad at decisions. Oh, and I need to get in touch with my third Peace Corps recommender to actually DO THE RECOMMENDATION KTHANX so that I can set up an interview time with my recruiter.