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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

In which I say absolutely nothing

Welcome to my post about nothing.

I have to leave for work twenty-two minutes ago and this day is very tricky for me as it involves: a trip to the shrink, a stop at the drug store, a mad dash into a bar to recover a ball of yarn I lost last night, six hours of paper grading, packing for North Carolina, and answering about 40 emails. Also I have to get my eyebrows waxed and buy a new hair dryer and I think I might have agreed to a two hour tutoring gig at Barnes and Noble in Union Square but I couldn't swear to it, so I have to check my blackberry. Where is my blackberry? I think I left it in a taxi on my way back from where it was I went at 7am this morning. Where was that, anyway? Oh, right. It was the shrink. At 7am.

(None of the emails I answer will be the one you sent me. I will also fail to visit your blog until sometime on Friday. Please forgive me).

Thank you for reading my post about nothing. I'll see you tomorrow.

9 comments:

utenzi said...: Feel free to drop by when you're in NC, Nina. :-)

It's not looking good for you to make it into work if you're blogging whilst already 22 minutes late. Bummer.; January 16, 2008 at 1:04 PM
Maggie said...: You should totally go to Duane Reade and get the Vidal Sassoon with IONIC POWER (or whatever they call it). Ions are the absolute best hair you will get for $30 or less.

Also, no worries about e-mails, I just want to know if your package arrived safely.

Yay for NC and happy celebratory family visit!; January 16, 2008 at 2:07 PM
nicole antoinette said...: Um, I love the B&N in U Sq.

God. The responding to the emails. Why am I SO BAD AT THIS?!; January 16, 2008 at 2:17 PM
Jennifer said...: Nina...

Loved you post yesteday... I don't think I got to comment. Sorry. Anyway. I hope you enjoy your busy day, although I'm sure stressful at least it should go pretty fast. :) I also hope you enjoy your trip to NC... I wish I was going some where warmer. :S
Better get going before I'm running late to get my son from the bus.
Happy & safe travels to you!
Hugs, Jenn; January 16, 2008 at 3:08 PM
Jennifer Griffin-Wiesner said...: Your. blog. rocks.; January 16, 2008 at 5:10 PM
P said...: Dude - I have bad associations with the B&N on 14th Street. Someone is always wanking into a book while looking all...nonchalant. What is *up* with that?

Also: Where you knitting in the bar when you lost the yarn?; January 16, 2008 at 6:23 PM
bichonpawz said...: I'm assuming you got to work late...enjoy your trip!; January 16, 2008 at 11:52 PM
willowtree said...: This post about nothing has more in it than anything I've written in the past 2 years!; January 17, 2008 at 5:39 AM
Nick & Lizzy said...: Well, your posts about "nothing" are much more entertaining than most people's posts about "something"... ;); January 17, 2008 at 5:54 PM

Who are these people?

Bibi - God bless the guy who gets Bee. I can't even think of anything obnoxious to say about her. She can eat pasta without gaining weight, she can run the ridges at Gertrude's Nose with no fear, and she is by miles the best climber of all of us. She's going to Kili with us. Hell, she'll be leading.
Buzz Elder Brother. Cross me at your peril.
Jib computer wizard, entrepreneur, stand-up comedian, stand-up guy I can count on to catch a movie and hold hands in the dark without it having any meaning whatosever. Every woman needs a man like Jib.
Joe - locquacious, flirtatious, 40-something hiking buddy - also, ex-manfriend of Pax.
Larry, WPITW - climber, hiker, badass (not in the good way, either). At a given moment, at least half of us are not speaking to him.
Liam - My nephew, whose favorite words are "noing," "Bobby," "dumptruck," "job-site" and "Daddy." He also says "obstreperous" "pulchritudinous" and "Nina" upon request.
Merry - Australian BFF spends the summers on a yacht, nannying for a celebrity couple with two children. She lives in a brownstone and she has a chauffeur. And we have no idea who she works for.
Newsy has been my friend for about 22,000 hours. Or more. I don't have a calculator. She has about 3423% more professional and personal commitments than I do, and yet she still finds time to think about me. I find this astonishing. If you knew her, you'd be astonished, too.
Pax - climber, hiker, corporate warrior, used to date Joe. Sticks by Larry in spite of his horribleness. None of us understands this.
Skatey- he rides a skateboard. He can dance. He can throw a frisbee and he's not bad at karaoke, either.
Sri - Bengali princess who, aside from kicking my ass at climbing, and aside from being a smokin' hiker, brought down the evil empire of Larry and also once told me that "even girls' are turned on my breasts." Also never turns down "one more round."
Supajewie - Long distance drinking buddy, just about the only person I know who "gets it". And no, she's not Jewish. It's a long story.
Tex - is what happens when you take a normal man, add alcohol, subtract common sense and tact, and then buy him another drink.

English Teacher Disclaimer

I teach English, and I sometimes get a emotional about grammar, punctuation, and usage. I sometimes write posts about other people's grammar - or mine. This does not mean, however, that my blog is without errors. I constantly go back and edit for typos and sometimes even... misspelled words *clutching skull and gagging*. If you find a mistake feel free to call me out on it. I will persist in making mistakes whether I attempt to catch them or not, and I will continue to be my bitchy English teacher self despite my capacity to screw up just as often as the next person... and maybe more.