the programme for the vienna lit fest is now available online: lots of really interesting readings and workshops, so if you are around from 17 to 20 april, make sure you drop in! i am reading with sandra huber and sylvia petter on 17 april, 7.15 pm. and i just got a little nervous about it ...
the sun is shining, we have just watched little miss sunshine in class, and i am not 100% fit. :(
song of the day: mannen i den vita hatten by kent.
remember the money troubles? the company that would not pay (could not pay)? i just had a pleasant surprise - and i mean, SURPRISE: when i checked my bank account just now, i saw that the company had paid me 30% of what they still owe me! there has not been a letter or email or anything, so this came out of the blue. i honestly expected never to get that money, but it looks like i was wrong! if i weren't so knackered, i'd be jumping up and down. :)
song of the day: i believe you by rotifer.
i finally heard from jessica today - my poem symmetros is part of foursquare 2.6, and i cannot wait to get my hands on my copy!
for a monday, this day was not too bad, and this evening has been positively ... stimulating. *grin*
song of the day: almost lover by a fine frenzy.
yeah right. i wish! i have to get loads done today, because i did not get anywhere yesterday, not really. but since prep work for tomorrow involved watching the whale rider (we're doing maori culture), it isn't quite so bad. :)
friday night was fun - sweeney todd was, erm, bloody good. :-p sabine and tom and i giggled our way through the movie and the rest of the evening.
and it's funny that when i venture out into the real world once in many weeks, i bump into three people i know! justin from my CELTA course in 2004 with his wife, then evelyn from labyrinth / open mic, and finally sharron, who was also in my CELTA class! strange too that the last time i saw justin and sharron was when they starred in a play, about 14 months ago.
i've made friends with my new laptop which is running on windows XP (ah! the relief!), flirted a little (not with my laptop), played scrabble and slept too little.
it's lovely outside today, spring weather. might persuade my inner teacher that there IS time to enjoy some sunshine ...
song of the day: never seen the light of day by mando diao.
yep. i spent loads of €€€ today. actually, no. make that L O A D S. all i wanted to do after a very nice lunch with birgit at akakiko, was check out whether a store across the street had laptops with XP installed and not the horrid, crappy vista. [insert rant here.] what i did not know before was that i would walk out with one. it actually has both vista and XP installed, but i already know what i will and won't be using. so this is the new addition to the household:
i checked out one clothes store, s. oliver, where i had never actually found anything - but today was different. of course, having lost so much weight means that i find more things to wear. the shop assistant was very sweet, and also honest enough to say "nah, that doesn't suit you" or "that's not your colour". i ended up buying three tops (one of them is this, in marjoram), a short beige trench coat, and i even found a (much-needed) pair of jeans! yay! for someone who does not normally enjoy shopping, it was surprisingly fun this afternoon. (and hooray for credit cards! *g*)
i am quite tired right now, though cheerful. and i found out that kristy bowen's billet-doux project (dancing girl press) has been finalized! the limited-edition boxes containing 15 poems by 15 female poets can be bought through dancing girl press. i am sooooo thrilled to be part of this, and i am in such excellent company - this is the line-up: jayne pupek, erin bertram, bronwen tate, cecelia pinto, shawn fawson, diane kendig, christine hamm, jeannette sayers, suzanne frischkorn, annie finch, emma bolden, julie enszer, ariana-sophia kartsonis, kelli russell agodon, and yours truly.
if i can manage to stay awake, i will be at the movies tonight, looking at mr depp.
song of the day: mercy by duffy.
i'm really proud of myself because i managed not to work all day yesterday. i allowed myself some reading time, some girly book, not sophisticated at all. :) it was chilly outside, stormy, and anything from blue skies to blizzards, and it was nice to be curled up in bed (on the couch, actually, which has become my bed these past weeks) with a nice cup of cocoa & chili tea.
today, i slept "late" - or what has become "late" - ie nearly 9 o'clock, and i have been fooling around on facebook, playing some scrabble moves, on the phone to gudrun, and listening to the wonderful kitchenwitch mix cd that the lovely theresa boyar sent me. just the kind of music a girl needs. next in line: nicole's equally great mixes!
now my to do list is only about 25 entries long - easy peasy for a wonderwoman like yours truly, eh?
song of the day: sunday girl by blondie.
i almost forgot to post the link to the best of the net 2007 anthology where you can read my poem what is the sound of one hand clapping? (first published in juked). i am in excellent company: dorianne laux, simone muench, charles jensen, and another 16 terrific poets.
song of the day: waitin' for you by bob dylan.
