{"id":4180,"date":"2009-07-13T06:11:52","date_gmt":"2009-07-13T10:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=4180"},"modified":"2009-07-13T06:11:52","modified_gmt":"2009-07-13T10:11:52","slug":"what-it-is-71309","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/what-it-is-71309","title":{"rendered":"What It Is: 7\/13\/09"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading:<\/em> Killshot<\/a>\"\", by Elmore Leonard, and Asterios Polyp<\/a>\"\", by David Mazzucchelli.<\/p>\n

What I’m listening to:<\/em> LP<\/a>\"\" by Discovery, which was okay, but a little too deliberately like a poor man’s Postal Service<\/a>\"\".<\/p>\n

What I’m watching:<\/em> Just The Tall Guy<\/a> (one of my favorite movies back in college, but one I haven’t watched in at least a decade), and this week’s Deadliest Catch<\/em>. Amy had a pretty late work-week, and I tend not to watch a lot of stuff by myself.<\/p>\n

What I’m drinking:<\/em> Plymouth & Q Tonic.<\/p>\n

What Rufus is up to:<\/em> Making his first foray into a lake<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Where I’m going:<\/em> Back to the office! Eek!<\/p>\n

What I’m happy about:<\/em> That I managed to reduce my daily caffeine intake by more than 50% during this vacation! (Also, that I managed to clear around 225 square feet of my backyard by pulling up rampant forsythia, cleaned out my garage<\/a>, took care of a ton of other items on my to-do list, and still got to spend time with my brother & his family.)<\/p>\n

What I’m sad about:<\/em> That the downstairs freezer and the washing machine both crapped out last week. We got a new washer on Sunday and have a repair guy coming next week for the freezer.<\/p>\n

What I’m worried about:<\/em> Getting back into the rhythm of working at my office, as opposed to working at home.<\/p>\n

What I’m pondering:<\/em> How much of my Top Companies issue will be out of date by the time it sees print.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading: Killshot, by Elmore Leonard, and Asterios Polyp, by David Mazzucchelli. What I’m listening to: LP by Discovery, which was okay, but a little too deliberately like a poor man’s Postal Service. What I’m watching: Just The Tall Guy (one of my favorite movies back in college, but one I haven’t watched in … <\/p>\n

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