I find myself, after a long life of never really acquiring any good nicknames, having two within the space of a couple weeks. Both of which I enjoy.
Previous nicknames? Endless permutations/corruptions of my name- Jeffy, Chef, Chef-Jeff, etc---don't seem to really count. For a brief and slightly bizarre couple of months, I was nicknamed "Leech"...not for any good reason. During High school, there was a small group of people who regularly called me "Spike"---though that's not really a sticking kind of name. Or...well...sorry. Oh! At least 'dreas and Drew on the fencing team called me "Oh Captain my Captain" with somewhat alarming frequency (especially because they kill...and maybe eat?...him at the end of the poem). I still liked that one though.
What brings this up? There are too many people named "Jeff" at work, so I go by "Nils" while there. I'm finally learning to respond to it, but its kinda strange. Also, everyone has a different pronunciation, which is actually fine---doesn't bother me, as it isn't really my name...but I think some other people are confused by it.
Laundry is reaching a critical point---I need to find a new system of dealing with it. Unfortunately, I have the sneaking suspicion that today, that system is going to be "Wait until Tuesday."
Dan is in Chicago--saw him briefly last night, and will hopefully get down to the beach today.
Been watching a bit of the Stargate tv ventures---not the sterling glory of the original movie, but fun in premise, if nothing else. Not the worst acting for a sci-fi channel series either.
Also starting to work through Bob Fagles' translation of the Aeneid--been a while since I read the work, so I'm pretty excited.
Music plug for my friend--check out their new demo at www.myspace.com/circlevsel . I especially like "White Roofed Chapel" and "Enslave the Whales." Kinda artsy-indy etc rock. Would have played well at the Horn, but with more people enjoying them, and less people banging randomly on drums. Includes one of my favorite new lyrics:
"I am not like the women he knew -
I am hip to
the science behind the bombs."
Also---for those of you who haven't seen: a rough cut teaser for "Kitchen Hamlet"--not sure if I've posted this here yet.
http://www.markyeazel.com/kitchenhamlet.html
Feels good to post again---I'll have another update soon, I feel like I've got more to write about.
And yes, for those keeping score, I didn't give you the second new nickname. That can probably come later. You know how it is.
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Bring back Jeffy-Weffy;
have fun wearing the orange laundry shirt.
I feel like I called you Jazzy Jeff quite a few ties. Even casting you in my mind as a DJ and positing that "parents just don't understand" with you. Were we drunk when that happened.
J. Gards is a personal favorite of mine.
In regards to "Inkheart," I really liked the concept, but not the execution. My first thought after (finally) finishing it was "Damn, she really could have used a better editor." It was about 200 pages longer than it needed to be. I'm still debating whether or not I want to pick up "Inkspell."
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