What’s up with me these days? It seems like every post I write is “random” — it’s like I can’t keep a coherent thought in my head for longer than half a second…
annie c. – hope cemetery, kennebunk, maine
You may remember my mentioning a while back that my department at the College has been without a Vice President for quite some time…almost a year in fact. Well, the administration hired someone earlier this summer and he started this week. We had a departmental meeting on Monday where New VP was welcomed to the College and introduced to the staff. He seems great — genuine, humble (but not so much that it makes me doubt his sincerity), relaxed but still enthusiastic, very approachable. Frankly, I’m encouraged. I have my first one-on-one meeting with him tomorrow — wish me luck!
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So, you know, just to torture myself, I visited the Anthropologie website yesterday — the New Fall Collection is out. The blouses. The blouses!! They’re all so pretty. I want the whole collection, per usual. Not that I would EVER in a million years spend that much money on clothes, even if Anthropologie carried clothes that fit me. (Would it kill them to add one more size? I mean, really. Almost half of American women wear a size 14 or larger. That’s about half of Anthropologie’s market and they only carry clothes up to size 14. But I digress.) Anyway, I’m especially loving the Buckle and Sway Skirt in gray. Oh! And the sweaters! The Santa Rosa Cardigan in pink — so adorable. And the Humbug Hoodie in slate — how cute is that? Even the name is cute. Ok. I’m done talking about clothes. And here’s my penance for being so vain as to devote the largest paragraph in this weird, rambling post to clothing. (I love her writing. She’s so cruelly honest. But whatever you do, don’t call her a genius.)
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Oh my gosh, why am I not going to this?
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Ah, The Shins. What did we ever do before The Shins?
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And this (sorry about the ad that precedes the video). I know I’ve mentioned Once (the movie) before, but I’m telling you again: if you haven’t seen it yet, go out right now and rent it. Seriously. Even just these short little clips make tears well up in my eyes. It’s so beautiful.
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Ok. Last thing. I need your opinion on something. I recently discovered this rug on the West Elm website. Normally, I’m not at all into “faux bois” (that’s the Martha Stewart way of saying wood grain… I’m sorry, when I said snooty, it sounded like Martha Stewart…), but for whatever mysterious reason, I immediately loved this rug. I think it would look really great in my dining room. What do you think? Is it just too…I don’t know…rustic? Somehow I think the deep, espresso brown color classes it up a bit. And I like that it has a pattern, but that it’s a tone-on-tone pattern — it’s not too busy. I also like the idea of the wood grain contrasted with my fancy-schmancy china (inherited from my Mom), which is a very busy Wedgwood pattern. What do you think?
Wow, this was really random. Thanks for bearing with me…
