Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Blue October-Bleed Out



Okay! So you know how much I LOVE Blue October.  They just came out with a new video...and I can't stop listening to this song, Bleed Out.  I admit frontman Justin Furstenfeld's voice is so compelling to me that I can't get enough of it...then with the rest of the group's voices, they create these layered harmonizing tracks that echo giving the whole piece a hollow feeling.  Love, love their sound!!  I just scored tickets to see them play live on September 14th at 7 pm at Irving Plaza. I am STOKED!!

Peace,
L~


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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

The Glamorous Life of Being a Temp

Tuesday morning.  It's pouring buckets and today I had an interview for a new temp gig. It's an exciting post. Can't really go into specifics except to say the interview went by quickly and they are looking to bring someone on ASAP, which works for me. My agency has been total rock stars on my behalf. Yay!!  I am buzzing at the prospect of having a grown up job for a change.

Now I am back at my desk trying to settle down enough to do some writing.  My 5-year old niece followed me to my room and she is vying for my attention. She seems to be winning this battle of wills.
She found a connect-the-dots book and is now hard at work at connecting them in pink ink.  Okay...she's won.  Time to do a little coloring before I can write.

Peace,
L~

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Monday, August 12, 2013

Catching Up

Monday.  It's a grey overcast day and it's a good day to write.  I've spent the late morning/early afternoon working on the novel.  It's coming along. That's as much as I'll say about the writing. I've hit my wall though.  I need more caffeine.  I made the mistake of drinking decaf tea earlier and now I'm paying for it with big open-mouthed yawns. I have more work to transcribe so I'm going to take a little break, freshen up my cuppa tea, move around a bit, perhaps a bite for lunch (leftovers) and then back to work.

My temp gig ended last Friday and for a change it didn't freak me out.  I thought: at least I'll have some time to work on the writing.  Altho' my very efficient agency may have another gig lined up for me starting tomorrow.  In the meantime, it's a good day to get some of my own work done.  Yay.

Let's see, this weekend, I caught up with a couple of shows that my friend Tony has been telling me to watch for ages.  The Fall with Gillian Anderson.  It's a UK crime show and she's brilliant in it.  There are only a handful of episodes so I was able to watch most of them.

Also, I started watching Hemlock Grove on Netflix.  That show I'm still on the fence.  Lili Taylor plays a guest role and I love her to bits in this series. The lead characters feel a bit stilted for me but I only managed to watch a couple of them so far.  Famka Janssen also plays a character and she steals the show. The evil characters always seem so much more interesting than the do-gooders. She definitely has the creepy mama vibe working for her.

That's all I have for now.  Off to find more tea.
Peace,
L~

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