productivity

Today has been a rare event...a productive day. I was celebrating a friend's birthday last night till 2 or 3, so I didn't start too early. Had just enough time to brush up on Bloomington's environmental issues for an internship interview with the Bloomington Environmental Commission. Realized I probably wouldn't get it because it involves planning and development- stuff I know nothing about, but that made the interview pretty laid back.

After that, I read a project proposal and went to a meeting about invasive species in the Great Lakes. It's a cool project. We're working with the law school to do research and make recommendations to international authorities. Nice to see a lot of my "this semester" friends there.

At Barnes & Noble, I got some finance reading done, drank some coffee, bought a b-day present and a cookbook. All my cookbooks and recipes are still in the Ecorps house in Elkhart! I hope they are, I'll try to get them back someday, along with the lids to all my pots.

Back home, I emailed in a summer internship application (the Mexico City one!) paid my bills, packaged up some gifts, and added every commitment I know of to my calendar. Finally replaced my light bulb, answered emails, and sorted the piles of papers, mail, etc. that have been accumulating around my apartment. That's all the productivity. It doesn't seem like so much now, but I feel like I've been running around and getting nowhere all week long.

TUNES: Juanes, Mi Sangre- the Colombian rocker's latest release
PAGES: Ravens in Winter, by Bernd Heinrich- nonfictional mystery story about a scientist's investigation of raven behavior. I think the scientist's behavior's just as strange and surprising.
FLICKS: Finding Neverland- hurry, hurry, before it leaves the theaters! Not "just another Peter Pan movie" as one critic, who never saw the movie, claimed.