April 4th, 2006 by Rebecca
Dear rice,
What’s wrong with you? I thought we were friends, but I can’t be friends with you any more if you keep doing this to me. We had, what? Twenty-eight? Years together, but in the last year and a half, things seem to have gone sour. Any time I eat you, I get crampy and my tummy hurts.
And just yesterday, you snuck up on me – you hid in the vermincelli noodles I cooked to eat with the curry I made last night. This morning when I woke up, I realized what you had done, and the pain was significant enough that I had to stay home.
I don’t appreciate this, and I wish you’d given me some warning.
Unhappily,
Rebecca
Dear David Byrne,
Why did you do a cover of “Au fond du temple saint” with Rufus Wainwright? Love you, love Rufus, but… you sound like you’re straining to hit some of the notes, and struggling at other times. And meanwhile, that young whipersnapper in the background sounds like he’s singing circles around you. I have a love/hate relationship with this song, mostly because it’s a lovely piece but the voices don’t blend all that well.
You know who I’d love to hear you duet with? Cyndi Lauper. I think you two kids could kick some serious ass together.
I’m serious!
Rebecca
Dear snow in April,
*sigh* I knew you were coming, so I wasn’t too surprised to see you last night. But do you have to rub in the fact I’m not going to see any crocuses or tulips up here anytime soon?
Bah!
Rebecca 
April 2nd, 2006 by Rebecca
Despite my coaxing and cajoling* the two other librarians, the teams ended up being based on gender. They didn’t have quite the same faith in our ability to take on the other seven.**
So, Girls vs. Boys it was. And, not to rub it in or anything***, but we won two out of three of the games.
* Read: whining.
** Read: they thought I was was off my nut.
*** Who am I kidding? Girls rule! Boys drool!
April 1st, 2006 by Rebecca
1. Today is Flash Your Stash Day! Alas, I only learned of it yesterday, so I can’t sign up for it. But, I’m going to flash it anyways!
Take it off! Take it ALL off! Woo-hoo!
*Ahem*. Excuse me…. The reason all this yarn-y goodness is out in the open is because I recently got a chest of wicker drawers like Alison, so I’m going to try and reorganize it all. I have two clear plastic drawers, plus two plastic bins, and am hoping to use the bins for something else.
2. It’s raining.
3. Happy Birthday to my godfather, who turned 53 on Thursday. (That’s him on the right)
4. I should explain that the Lisa in the previous post is a classmate of mine from Library School. She’s a vivacious, charming and lovely gal from Newfoundland, and you could always count on her to be the most optimistic and happy person in the room. Last summer, she married the charming and lovely (I’m sure – I haven’t met him in person yet) Marcus, and early in March, they added Emma to their little family.
5. Damn, I can’t remember what five was.
6. Tomorrow night Karen’s having a Trivial Pursuit party. She wants to have a Girls vs. Boys matchup, but I want a Librarians vs. Everyone Else matchup. There will be three of us – Lise, Steve, and myself – against… five? six? It’s an unfair competition, really – the Librarians are going to kick everyone else’s arse.