rolanni | Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Today was a two-poster day. One a b&w for a candidate talk; the other a four-color wonder for a Named Annual Lecture.

Which meant that, today, I got to research the second Sino-Japanese War and The Holocaust. I'm really pretty happy with The Holocaust poster (inasmuch as one can be "happy" with the artsy bits while wishing that more scholarly talks were on...less fraught topics -- is there no pleasant history?) Also, I got to unjam the photocopier about a billion times (Dear Admin: less cheesy paper would jam less often. I'm just sayin'. Sincerely, the Crank at the top of the Library), and order a heavy-duty stapler. This after having come in early so that I could run the Highly Confidential Print Job on the community printer before anybody got in -- which was not all bad. Any excuse is a good enough excuse for a Tim Horton's breakfast, though I totally failed to win a Toyota Venze or ten thousand clams, or even a years' worth of coffee. Some days, the luck is looking elsewhere.

The afternoon is almost over.

This? Is a good thing.

Today was payday, so I paid bills when I got home. Funny how a paycheck that takes 10 days to earn can be written down to nothing in under an hour.

Also managed a little bit of writing, which is good. Hands and wrists still miserable, sigh. I hadn't expected a two-poster day at the job, so that kinda put my Clever Plan to rest my hands at work into the trash can. Hopefully -- but no! I will say nothing regarding the morrow, lest I jinx what luck I have.

Speaking of luck, Daav sure has it, doesn't he? To understand why most of the "present day" members of Korval eye the luck askance, all you have to do is study Daav's life.

We're looking at minor amounts of snow on the overnight, followed by rain and sleet tomorrow. Boo! rain and sleet! Hiss!

Progress on Mouse and Dragon