on the job

[threeplusfire]

Ravenous by the time I got off work, I feverishly devoured a bowl of corn flakes while powering up the computer. It's been a pretty good day.

Surprise visit from alexpgp. Very disappointing that I had just started register training and couldn't take a break to talk more with him. Perhaps the next time he's driving between Texas and Colorado we can have lunch or something. Took me all day to figure out that he reminded me of a deacon at my church, in his bearing and his voice. Thanks so much for stopping by and I'm glad you're weren't the government.

So I learned a crazy assortment of codes, how to play with a cash register again, various random bits of policy and many other things. Spent a few hours trying the straighten one of my sections, photography. My arm hurts now from hefting books around.

Already I'm acquiring a stack of books on my shelf in the break room. I found Guy Gavriel Kay's Fionavar Tapestry series, all three volumes with the same dust jackets as the ones from my childhood. I am absolutely thrilled, and they're coming home with me as soon as I get paid. Also found an interesting book on Nikolai Gogol's sexuality and his writing.

My coworkers are a friendly bunch, and all seem quite cool. Tyson recognized me from Hana's Nabokov class two years ago.

Tired and dusty, and still hungry. But happy with the day.

Comments

[seitvonzu.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on your employment BrightTsarina!

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[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Now I just need a tiara to wear around the store. :D

[seitvonzu.livejournal.com]

indeed you do :) when is your bday again? *smile*

[todfox.livejournal.com]

I really liked the Fionavar Tapestry series when I read it, though that was a few years ago. It's good stuff, well-written and engaging.

Tired, dusty, hungry, but happy often describes my attitude when leaving 1/2 Price.

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[tsarina.livejournal.com]

I have memories of the dust jackets and covers of books on the shelf in the living room, going back most of my life. I have only one memory of a time before I could read, actually. To find something I thought was gone is nice.

Fionavar

[jait.livejournal.com]

You've just gone up in my ranks of coolness!

The Fionavar Tapestry is probably my favorite set of fantasy books out there. I must have read it five or six times through my life--dating back to when I lived in Whistler, BC, working as a ski-lift operator in '89.

I've actually been looking for another copy (just yesterday, in fact) to read it again before my move.

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[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Hurrah! I'm a bit more cool today than I was yesterday. ;)

I've been wanting my own copies ever since the copies at my mother's house suffered some damage. Good luck finding some of your own.