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asher553I'm in the middle of another round of trying to bring some order to the chaos in my apartment, and, in particular, the books therein. I've collected almost all the Agnon books on one shelf, with the exception of one that I can't track down at the moment - a collection of his stories titled (ironically, under the circumstances) A Book that Was Lost.
I'm also pulling together all of my Gene Wolfe books. 'Shadow and Claw', the first volume of the two-volume omnibus edition the New Sun tetralogy, rides with me on my daily commute by light rail, and I spend a half-hour or so every morning reading it until I get off at Pioneer Urth in downtown Portland.
Work continues to go as smoothly as can be expected. We are a Dell shop, and our supplier has been experiencing supply-chain challenges of late, so for the time being the operative phrase is "Dude, you're not getting a Dell!" But the IT manager has let me know he is extending me for another month, and there's plenty of work to keep me busy in terms of organizing such stock as we still have in-house, catching up on ServiceNow tickets, and general housekeeping.
Sometimes it seems like housekeeping is 90 percent of life, but that's how it goes.
Out in the world of society, I'm finishing up a very busy month with the Party. Besides the city's July 4 parade, we've also had the Robin Hood Festival and the ten-day-long County Fair. It's my job to book us a booth and set up the volunteer schedule. We have a new team member, a young lady who's been active in College Republicans and Turning Point USA. I myself put in four shifts at the County Fair and had a blast. We got a very, very positive response from the public and gathered hundreds of signatures for four state initiative petitions. Hecklers were few and far between; usually our people just smile sweetly and say "Have a blessed day!"
(Me, I just laugh in their faces, none of this "have a blessed day" shit. But that's just me.)
I'm also pulling together all of my Gene Wolfe books. 'Shadow and Claw', the first volume of the two-volume omnibus edition the New Sun tetralogy, rides with me on my daily commute by light rail, and I spend a half-hour or so every morning reading it until I get off at Pioneer Urth in downtown Portland.
Work continues to go as smoothly as can be expected. We are a Dell shop, and our supplier has been experiencing supply-chain challenges of late, so for the time being the operative phrase is "Dude, you're not getting a Dell!" But the IT manager has let me know he is extending me for another month, and there's plenty of work to keep me busy in terms of organizing such stock as we still have in-house, catching up on ServiceNow tickets, and general housekeeping.
Sometimes it seems like housekeeping is 90 percent of life, but that's how it goes.
Out in the world of society, I'm finishing up a very busy month with the Party. Besides the city's July 4 parade, we've also had the Robin Hood Festival and the ten-day-long County Fair. It's my job to book us a booth and set up the volunteer schedule. We have a new team member, a young lady who's been active in College Republicans and Turning Point USA. I myself put in four shifts at the County Fair and had a blast. We got a very, very positive response from the public and gathered hundreds of signatures for four state initiative petitions. Hecklers were few and far between; usually our people just smile sweetly and say "Have a blessed day!"
(Me, I just laugh in their faces, none of this "have a blessed day" shit. But that's just me.)
