traveling past-ward

lets see. since i last blogged....

thursday d and i went to the maps exhibit at the field museum. it was really good, i thought they organized it quite well, in a way that kept you iterested in all the information. while not as bad as the mueseum of science and industry, i think the museums sometimes are very kids centric. the maps were definately geared towards someone with an adult attention span, deb and i spent over 2 hours there. it was snowing a bit when we arrived, but it was leaving when the weekend started to get really cold. brrr. bought a yoga mat on my way home to reward myself for waking up early to do yoga every day this week.

friday i went to work, then after work d and i went to see persepolis. such a beautiful movie, if you have the chance to see it, you should. it is rendered so nicely, the backgrounds have so much detail, it really explodes the medium of black and white. it was wierd to have the iranians walking around tehran speaking french, though. i thought it should have been dubbed, which is a crazy thing for me to say because i LOVE subtitles, but i think it doesn't make as much difference with a cartoon, and i wanted to look at the beautiful movie and not the subtitles. plus, dubbing gives a film more widespread appeal, which persepolis deserves.

saturday i had my job interview! it went really well, i thought. i really believe in her policy and her feelings about sewing and teaching. i'll be sitting in on one of the classes this week, then we'll go from there. it was a short walk, not too too cold (or at least not windy, which is what realy matters) to the bus to d's house. i helped her assemble her new bookshelf, and we ended up watching a terrible lesbian flick and playing backgammon. she brought me home and i futzed for a bit until anne came. she and i talked late.

sunday anne and i went to church in hyde park, for my exchurch's 10 year anniversary. it was actually quite nice. i really didn't want to be bitter- i didn't think there was any reason to going if i was- and so was glad to find it nostalgic and comforting. i feel like if i was to become a christian, that is how i would find my way back in. not that i feel ready to do so- and it's not like that particular company will assemble again for another five years, and there's some theology issues. but still it was warm and fuzzy, and everyone seemed so excited to see me and so glad i was there. the old women's group, except for tammy, were all there and we went out for lunch together. it was so nice to catch up with them all, janine in virginia, mairee in baltimore, anne in san francisco, and me here. tammy is getting married the beginning of may, i learned, so it was great to be able to say to everyone see you in st. louis, rather than it being another five years. janine was hanging out with someone else, so mairee and anne and i went to starbucks for the rest of the afternoon. it was the first time in a long time i felt like i got enough time with a guest. i'm really sad no one lives in chicago anymore.