Cassidy B. Charles

Love List – 11/5/18

q2q-452 Q2Q Comics #459: To-Do List

Chrome Extensions – Google Chrome is the way of the world at work, which has lead me down the rabbit hole of browser extensions. Grammarly, Animal Crossing music, and Marinara: Pomodoro Assistant are my most used ones.

Deafheaven – Canary Yellow – Deafheaven released a new album back in the spring and KJEE the local rock station played this 12:00 minute song during release week. A serious driveway moment.

Have a good week!

Lately – 11/2/18

Well, this week has been a week and it is still not over. #SaturdayLibrarian

eating :: McConnell’s Maple Squash and Ginger Cookie ice cream (not right not, but some coworkers and I went on a taste-test and this was 100% better than expected);

thinking :: some news at work, Thanksgiving menu planning for Kaytlyn’s visit (we’re thinking burgers and pumpkin ice cream pie), about my phone definitely being broken. The phone app (it still makes calls those!) is not working correctly and this iPhone SE’s days might finally be numbered…;

loving :: that I’ll have two days off starting tomorrow and my Moleskine planners;

looking ahead :: a production of Amelie and Sunday/Monday off. Also, receiving my flu shot on Tuesday.

What are you guys up?

November 2018

nano

It’s been a minute since I gave NaNoWriMo a whirl.

Goals:

Voting!
Read Invisible, Akata Witch, and Hey Ladies.
Finish the TAZ Mystery Puzzle Box.
Send some Thanksgiving* gratitude cards.
Write thru NaNoWriMo.
Continue half marathon training (I am doing Santa to Sea on December 5).

Looking ahead to:

Kaytlyn visiting over Thanksgiving! I’ve long put-off having my palm read, but I made a promise with her for this visit to be when that happens and I am going to keep it.
A local production of Amelie.
California Library Association Annual Conference November 9 – 11.

*This begins the season that I have dreaded since July 10th. Every day has had a thin coat of terrible since my cousin’s passing, but the time of Thanksgiving – New Year’s highlights and expands. It’s going to be a difficult one, folks.

Have a good month!

What I’ve Been Reading – 10/31/2018

Yosemite Finally Reckons with Its Discriminatory Past | Outside
Five Secret Southern Ingredients | Garden & Gun
This Movie Changed Me: Bend It Like Beckham | On Being
Design and Implementation of a Study Room Reservation System: Lessons from a Pilot Program Using Google Calendar | College & Research Libraries
Can Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat Revive the Instructional Cooking Show | Grub Street

What I’ve Been Reading – 10/31/18

Happy Halloween!

The Unbelievable Story of How 3 Podcasters Trolled Their Way into Trolls 2 | Vanity Fair
There is a Kind of Feminist Revolution Happening Right Now in Appalachia | The Cut
‘426’, ‘Witch’, ‘Not Creative’: How Fires Get Their Names | The New York Times
I am the One Woman Who Has It All | The New Yorker
Spoil Them a Little with Homemade French Fries | The New York Times
Why Are People So Obsessed with LAUSD’s Coffee Cake | The LAist

Love List – 10/28/18

Chekhov’s Hangnail – Martha. Not a new love, but a long-time love. Naturally, the summer after I move to the west coast, Martha does a spring east coast tour. “When it rains, it really fucking pours…”

Two weekends ago I went back to New Jersey for a wedding (pictures to come). I needed to see some friendly faces and to celebrate something beautiful. This weekend I saw an adaptation of Pride & Prejudice which was fascinating.

Wolverine: The Long Night podcast – A friend’s recommendation. I thought it was going to be cheesy, but it is very well produced. 2 FBI agents are called to Burns, Alaska to investigate the murder of an entire fishing crew — and they get more than they anticipated with a local cult, missing persons’ cases stacking up, and a community-wide bear hunt.
A simple beef stew recipe – When I visited my family my aunt made this recipe: 3lbs of beef (stew-cut), 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup (~20 oz.), and 1 packet of onion soup mix. Add any vegetables you like (I went with carrots and pearl onions – and some extra garlic) and cook in a crockpot on low for 8 hours. Delicious. Best served with a large, buttery pile of mashed potatoes.
Santa Barbara Cider Company – A coworker’s husband’s band was playing. The She’s My Cherry Lime and the Tropical Hopical were excellent.

Have a good week!