The giddy social whirl.

[weaselmom]

This evening S took me to see Zoolights at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, which is one of the few holiday traditions we have. I think this may be the area's original lavish light display; now everybody has one, including Safeco Field. The zoo blasts classical music, drapes every tree and bush in nets of lights, and places animal cutouts outlined in lights, some of which simulate moving animals. We bundle up against the cold and wander the grounds, cocoa in hand, greeting the old familiar animals (the eagle catching a salmon, the bear getting into the beehive, the Cheshire cat fading away and leaving just a grin in the tree). This would be the perfect romantic outing if only the zoo would prohibit children from attending. The beautiful light displays and (traditional religious) Christmas music are about the only things that get me through this season, aside from spending time with friends. Weather permitting, some other things we'll be doing include visiting a local (rich!) neighborhood with truly elaborate lighting displays, and attending the Green Lake volksmarch and caroling, where they line the shores of the lake with luminaria. Last year this event got rained out, but we bravely hung in there along with several bands of damp carolers. Memo to self: Bring a little travel umbrella this year.

Other than this, the rest of our weekend was pretty much like it was on Sunday, October 27. We stayed inside, I never got out of my pj's, and we holed up in the computer room and screwed around online all day. I should enjoy this lax time, as next weekend brings the international motorcycle show and the volksmarch and S's ham radio class and probably other things that I'm forgetting...

Still no concrete movement on the job front. I might get hired as early as this Friday. I might get hired by the end of January. The personnel req might get completely shot down and I won't get hired at all. There's just no way of knowing. In the meantime, between this job uncertainty and the stupid holidays, I'm flaky and prone to panic attacks.

On the plus side, the holidays bring satsuma oranges to the grocery stores. I loves me as many satsumas as I can cram down my gullet. In fact, I'm going to go eat #5 right now.

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MmmmmmmMUSIC!

[ex-skarrin.livejournal.com]

I have much music - both "Excelsis" collections of goth covers of carols, and Loreena McKennit's 2 CDs, and lots of medieval stuff. Shall I furnish you with some?

If music of the season is your "bag", you should try - in your busy upcoming weekend - to go hear Seattle Pro Musica's performance of Music of the British Isles. I'm going to try to get Alfredo to go...but he also has to pay. :-/

Didn't get the job at Fred Meyer's. I'm beginning to think I'm unemployable - I can't get TEMP AGENCIES to respond.

*sigh*

Re: MmmmmmmMUSIC!

[weaselmom.livejournal.com]

Eeee! I would love to hear the "Excelsis" and medieval stuff, if you recommend it. I have only one Christmas music CD, called "Christmas Star" by the Cambridge Singers. It has my very favorite carol on it: "'Twas in the Moon of Winter Time" or "The Huron Carol" as it's sometimes called. It was originally written in the Huron language and then translated. I like the lyrics, and the music is haunting. I wanted the choir at the Evil Gaming Empire to sing it at one of their performances, but no such luck.

I am so sorry to hear that you're still not having any luck with temp/seasonal work! PMB mentioned that there might be a lead through her technical recruiter, so we're hoping this works out. Triple-damn this crappy economy. How long are you on break from school? Do you think it would make a difference in your job search if you have these extra hours available to work?

I hope you get to attend the Seattle Pro Musica performance! There's no way we'll make it this weekend, unfortunately. I've made the financial tradeoff of going to the motorcycle show instead. In fact, right now I'm looking out my office window into the stadium parking lot, where the semi trucks from various manufacturers are lined up ready to disgorge their shiny contents... It's been several years since we've gone to any of the local holiday concerts by the Seattle Tudor Choir or any of those similar groups. Too long, in fact!

p.s. ONE MORE WEEK. Can you stand it?

p.p.s. That "photo" of Sam and Frodo on the Landover site? OH MY GOD. I've downloaded it onto every computer I use. Yow.