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Apr. 11th, 2012 10:07 pmThings:
- Today was actually a very good day. I read ridiculous and happy-making fanfic before work*, I had a good time at work, and also it was movie night at Bainbridge, which is almost always fun.
- Accomplishment that was a big deal for me, if not for anyone else: Today was library snapshot day, which means that we record certain stats and also take a lot of pictures. So there was a guy going around with a camera, recording the goings on of the library. He snuck up on my while I was shelving in adult nonfiction and started taking pictures without asking which is, in my opinion, really rude. And I hate being photographed. I'll do it if I have to, or if a family member or good friend insists, but I really dislike it. I thought for several seconds about which would be worse, making a request of a stranger or having to endure being photographed, and then said, politely, "I know that you're just doing your job, but I really hate being photographed. Would you mind not taking my picture?" Which he did, though he didn't apologize. So I got what I wanted, even if I did have to spend the next couple minutes talking to myself to get over the anxiety of Talking To a Stranger and Asserting Boundaries When They Might Inconvenience Someone Else. Go me!
- My favorite thing about movie night, other than the movie, is the two hours that I have between work and movie time. It's not enough time to go home and come back, so it's two hours wherein I don't have to talk to anyone and can just be quiet and by myself with no expectations upon me. Today, I bought fake grocery store Chinese food and ate it in my car near a little park, and then knit and listened to Doctor Who audios until it was movie time. And it was my favorite kind of day, where it's not too cold but a little rainy and the clouds are like a thick grey blanket that makes everything quiet and soft and cozy. It's been sunny here recently and I know that many people were happy about that and I'm glad for them, but it made a cozy grey day like this kind of a relief for me. So that was pretty great.
- Tonight's movie was The Sweet Smell of Success, which is a very good film but full of thoroughly dreadful people. One of the things that I like about the movie group is that we watch movies that are quite good but that I would likely have never watched on my own. This isn't my favorite of the movies we've watched that were new to me - that's probably a tie between Night of the Hunter (which is gorgeous) and Witness for the Prosecution (which is amazingly fun) - but is certainly in the top ten. (Also, I won a bet with myself. Halfway through the movie, I thought to myself, "I will bet a dollar that there is slash fic about this movie, probably written for yuletide." Well, friends and neighbors, I have won that dollar.) Next month, we are watching Harvey, which I have seen before but love. And neither of the guys running the group have seen it before, so that's something to look forward to.
- Tomorrow is going to be long, what with training and work and dress rehearsal. Hopefully, it will still be a pretty good day.
*Animal transformation fic. Seriously, if I have even the slightest interest in a fandom and you turn one of the characters into a small furry animal and then have other characters take care of him/her, I will read your story and probably make dolphin noises. I am not even slightly ashamed.
- Today was actually a very good day. I read ridiculous and happy-making fanfic before work*, I had a good time at work, and also it was movie night at Bainbridge, which is almost always fun.
- Accomplishment that was a big deal for me, if not for anyone else: Today was library snapshot day, which means that we record certain stats and also take a lot of pictures. So there was a guy going around with a camera, recording the goings on of the library. He snuck up on my while I was shelving in adult nonfiction and started taking pictures without asking which is, in my opinion, really rude. And I hate being photographed. I'll do it if I have to, or if a family member or good friend insists, but I really dislike it. I thought for several seconds about which would be worse, making a request of a stranger or having to endure being photographed, and then said, politely, "I know that you're just doing your job, but I really hate being photographed. Would you mind not taking my picture?" Which he did, though he didn't apologize. So I got what I wanted, even if I did have to spend the next couple minutes talking to myself to get over the anxiety of Talking To a Stranger and Asserting Boundaries When They Might Inconvenience Someone Else. Go me!
- My favorite thing about movie night, other than the movie, is the two hours that I have between work and movie time. It's not enough time to go home and come back, so it's two hours wherein I don't have to talk to anyone and can just be quiet and by myself with no expectations upon me. Today, I bought fake grocery store Chinese food and ate it in my car near a little park, and then knit and listened to Doctor Who audios until it was movie time. And it was my favorite kind of day, where it's not too cold but a little rainy and the clouds are like a thick grey blanket that makes everything quiet and soft and cozy. It's been sunny here recently and I know that many people were happy about that and I'm glad for them, but it made a cozy grey day like this kind of a relief for me. So that was pretty great.
- Tonight's movie was The Sweet Smell of Success, which is a very good film but full of thoroughly dreadful people. One of the things that I like about the movie group is that we watch movies that are quite good but that I would likely have never watched on my own. This isn't my favorite of the movies we've watched that were new to me - that's probably a tie between Night of the Hunter (which is gorgeous) and Witness for the Prosecution (which is amazingly fun) - but is certainly in the top ten. (Also, I won a bet with myself. Halfway through the movie, I thought to myself, "I will bet a dollar that there is slash fic about this movie, probably written for yuletide." Well, friends and neighbors, I have won that dollar.) Next month, we are watching Harvey, which I have seen before but love. And neither of the guys running the group have seen it before, so that's something to look forward to.
- Tomorrow is going to be long, what with training and work and dress rehearsal. Hopefully, it will still be a pretty good day.
*Animal transformation fic. Seriously, if I have even the slightest interest in a fandom and you turn one of the characters into a small furry animal and then have other characters take care of him/her, I will read your story and probably make dolphin noises. I am not even slightly ashamed.
