1.) I’m used to saying that I know people from the internet primarily through my blog and theirs. In this case, I know S. through her gmails: good thing, too, as she’s been more than kind enough in helping on reworking my resume and beefing up my cover letters and providing general advice on job searching, and Toyota Matrixes (not sure if that’s the correct pluralization). Anyway, apparently my blog didn’t scare her off and I was able to thank her with beers and conversation at The Still.

2.) So, the Zoo didn’t happen. Wednesday was beautiful, when we made the plans, but Thursday was cold and rainy. Hopefully, I’ll be able to try to get back there this coming week, although my plans are a bit more crowded: start the part-time gig Thursday, and I’m assuming I’ll be there Friday night, too. Emily is unavailable Monday (’grats to her, she’s got orientation at AU where she got accepted for grad school), and I want to make sure I get my rest for Thursday, so Wednesday’s out. According to weather.com, temps’ll be in the high-fifties Tuesday, which seems just about tentatively perfect (although, c’mon, April, warm up.)

(Also: I bought a lanyard for my SmarTrip card.)

3.)

I’m not a big liquor drinker, and I think I’ve only had vodka once, but I don’t find this ad created for Absolut’s Mexican campaign particularly offensive — rather, I think it’s creative with a nice eye towards North America’s history. I do think that with the current hoopla about immigration, Absolut may have just shot their U.S. sales in the foot (not from me: as otherwise admitted, I don’t drink vodka of any brand). One wonders why no one in Absolut’s marketing or PR departments thought to raise their hand and say, “Hey, in the age of the world wide interwebs*, are we really expecting that this isn’t going to be seen by Americans?” Libertarian blog Free Will has a perspective I mostly agree with.

4.)

I love the building technique of the Alonso de Chaves. Cross sections! Cross sections! Awesome! Geektastic!

5.) Also:

I don’t think I’ll be able to eat off-brand mac & cheese without wondering “Is Chuck Heston Soylent … Orange?” (Does anyone know what the difference was between the colors of Soylent, anyway? Wasn’t there also Soylant Blue and Soylent Red and …)

6.) And also: hoorah for the return of Battlestar Galactica (although I didn’t put up an away message that said ‘BSG: Eeeeee!!!’ like some people.) It’s been off the air for, hell, a year? Also: damn the late TV slot. Friday was the last night I’ve been up that late (11pm) in probably three weeks. And I still woke up at 7am Saturday. That’s sleeping in for me: I’ve been waking up a full fifteen minutes before my alarm during the week, and that’s set at 5. In any case, in my opinion, a much stronger start to the 4th season than the third had.

7.) HMO paperwork blows. So do taxes, which I get to do next week. Yeah, I’m procrastinating.

*Yeah, I’m watching For Your Consideration.