Thursday, March 26, 2009

Update!

I have about three excuses for why I haven't been posting, but I'll just launch into the news instead:

1. I'm moving to England in September to study digital publishing at Oxford Brookes University (it's IN Oxford, but it's not THE Oxford you're all thinking of ; ).

2. I'm working full-time coordinating interpreters for medical appointments. My days are never boring! It's fast-paced and requires constant focus. I'm really enjoying stretching myself (and often floundering around) in an entirely new area.

3. I discovered I loathe taxes! Nothing bites like that first paycheck from a new job. Haha.

One of the more memorable events of recent weeks was sitting in Starbucks watching my cousin's baby daughter and looking up to see two policemen putting handcuffs on the man who had been sitting in front of us. What is the proper etiquette in that situation? I tried to refrain from staring, but couldn't help a wide-eyed, amused look at my fellow coffee-drinkers after they'd left.

Reading Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand has me thinking more about politics. She has quite a few things right, although her perspective is completely humanistic. If I were still in college, I'd write a paper comparing her novels to those of Flannery O'Connor. Hmm. Wonder if I could twist that into a dissertation topic somehow...