Tuesday, October 28, 2008

End of the month update

Whew! Finally a chance to write another blog. This month has gone by in a flash. I've been meaning to write for some time. Here are the updates:

Daniel came for a visit! It was quite the whirlwind though. He flew into Newark at 11:30pm on a Friday and by Monday morning at 3am we were on our way back to Jersey. I had the whole weekend off though, so we were able to take advantage what we had. What did we do? We explored Greenwich Village (my new favorite neighborhood) and had sushi in a charming little restaurant complete with appetizer, and white wine. We briefly explored Brooklyn, and while we were there we purchased half price tickets to Hairspray on Broadway. Guess who played Edna Turnblad. George Wendt! It was an absolute riot! We also spent some time in Central Park and I showed Daniel the fountain of Bethesda which I mentioned in a previous post.

Classes have finally taken off. I've submitted my final paper topics and I'm looking at classes for next semester. This semester I will be writing on colonialism and sexuality in Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim and the formation of the nation-state in Audre Lorde's Zami: A New Spelling of My Name. But, on to more interesting matters.

The Lion Brand Yarn Studio will be having its grand opening on November 18th. The space looks incredible! I'm really excited to start building a customer base and begin teaching classes. It's been over three months since I've taught and I must say I'm missing it.

I should mention that I've just purchased the new macbook that was released last week. I've never owned one before and so far I am in love with it. It is fast, fast, fast. The body is gorgeous. And it's only 4.5 pounds. There are a few things I miss from my VAIO though. Because of its size the macbook doesn't have the ''home'' and ''end'' keys'' which I had made a habit of using. I've been able to work around it pretty well though.

I've found a little bit of time to spin recently. I've been using my Cougar Mountain Cascade Spindle and the Lorna's Laces Shepherd Wooltop in the color Aslan. At the moment knitting is slightly too cerebral for me, although I've been itching to start a new pair of socks...and the weather is turning awfully cold. Spinning is just as tactile as knitting, but, for me, requires little to no analytical thought. I need to save that for other aspects of my life right now.

Anyways, I've got to get to bed...I have to be up and on the train in 8 hours.

Happy Halloween!

1 comment:

Carol said...

Life sounds great for you William!
Enjoy every moment of it!