Month: August 2012

Random 10 8-24-12

Last week. This week:

  1. “Hazy Shade of Winter” by the Bangles (orig. Simon & Garfunkel), guessed by Occupant
    There’s a patch of snow on the ground
  2. “The Queen of Lower Chelsea” by the Gaslight Anthem
    Or maybe you were taken by the mysteries of New Orleans
  3. “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me” by Dusty Springfield, guessed by Occupant
    Life seems dead and so unreal
  4. “Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground” by Willie Nelson
    Trying to keep your spirits up and your fever down
  5. “Black Winged Bird” by Nina Persson
    Now we’re paper dolls all aflame
  6. “I’ve Got to Use My Imagination” by Gladys Knight & the Pips
    Staring down reality don’t do me no good
  7. “I Need a Lover” by Pat Benatar (orig. John Mellencamp), guessed by Kim
    And all them stonies are dancin’ to the radio
  8. “Chiron Beta Prime” by Jonathan Coulton, guessed by Betty
    This year has been a little crazy for the Andersons
  9. “Shy” by Ani DiFranco
    I squint at the muscular motel light
  10. “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” by Antony & the Johnsons (orig. Bob Dylan), guessed by Clayton
    I can’t shoot them anymore

Same as it ever was. Good luck!

Thursday. I’m still only in Thursday.

It’s amazing how quickly you can get used to the shape of your week with Tuesday being a day out of the office. And just how much longer that week can seem when you don’t have that Tuesday from home. Can it really only be Thursday?

I’m not sure I did a whole lot today, but I do know that I got a whole lot done. I finished the one report, pulling together the review analysis and making some suggestions for revision, which I’ve e-mailed to the author. It’s a good book, and I hope he won’t need much convincing to make some small changes that will make it better.

I pretty much immediately started working on another report, the very same type but in social psychology, but I’m still in the collating and cutting-and-pasting stage, which lets me concentrate on things like audio books and podcasts on my iPod. Fairly soon — maybe even tomorrow — I’ll have to hunker down and really actively read the review comments and suss out what they’re saying, but not just yet.

I’m still kind of hoping I’ll wake up tomorrow and someone will tell me that it’s Saturday.