It could be worse . . .

Rather than being sequestered in the library working on my chapter, I could be one half of the couple I see outside through the window wearing ill-fitted and matching black leather pants.

Besides, I am in one of the most beautiful libraries on the planet, and there's free coffee and free parking, so I really have no cause for complaint.

Turns out that the construction project that is taking over the outside of my apt. building is having an unforeseeable positive side-effect in that the banging and powertools right outside my window at 8.30AM get me out of bed and to the library much earlier and more often than I'd have ever thought possible. Productivity, I've missed you!

Meme

From Ramblings:


10 Favorites
1. Season: Summer
2. Color: Violet
3. Time: 7:30pm
4. Food: pizza, sushi
5. Drink
Non-alcoholic: Fresca.
Alcoholic: Guinness
6. Ice Cream: vanilla caramel fudge swirl
7. Place: philadelphia, dublin
8. Sport: this second, ncaa men's basketball (Still love you UCLA!), also college football, the Steelers, and the GAA
9. Actor: Hugh Grant
10. Actress: Jennifer Garner

9 Currents
1. Feeling: Thirsty
2. Drink: Water
3. Time: 12:33 AM
4. Show on TV: The Tomorrow People
5. Mobile: Cingular
6. Windows open: 3.
7. Underwear: nothing too exciting
8. Clothes: jeans, and the biggest sweater I own
9. Thought: when is it going to stop raining?!

8 Firsts
1. Nickname: Esmeralda--don't know why my mom called me that
2. Kiss: Matt F. in 9th grade
3. Crush: Peter in 2nd grade.
4. Best Friend: Liesie--next dor neighbor when I was in kindergarten
5. Vehicle: Used 1984 Audi 4000
6. Job: neighborhood babysitter, then swim instructor
7. Date: Marc is 9th grade--we went ice-skating.
8. Pet: Clancy, an Irish Terrier

7 Lasts
1. Drink: Water
2. Kiss: The Super Bowl.
3. Meal: Pizza for dinner.
4. Web site: this one
5. Movie: Munich
6. Phone call: A friend about watching yesterday's basketall game
7. TV Show: The Tomorrow People on DVD

6 Have You Evers
1. Broken the law: I drive kinda fast sometimes
2. Been drunk: Yes
3. Kissed someone you didn't know: No--have always know them at least a little bit
4. Been close to gunfire: No
5. Skinny dipped: No
6. Broken someone's heart: Yes but didn't know it at the time, only found out about it later.

5 Things
1. You can hear right now: the rain, the tv, the keyboard
2. On your bed: Comforter, sheets, pillows
3. You ate today: pizza, apple, carrots, leftover pasta for lunch.
4. You can't live without: computer, something to read, music, the cats.
5. You do when you're bored: watch mindless television, read, run, text message, surf the web.

4 Places You've Been Today
1. Bed
2. Shower
3. mailbox
4. kitchen (okay, so I didn't leave my apartment all day)

3 Things On Your Desk Right Now
1. laptop
2. cellphone
3. blank cds.

2 Choices
1. Chocolate or Vanilla: chocolate
2. Hot or Cold: probably the opposite of what I am at the moment

1 Place You Want to Visit.
belgium