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Alarms disregarded: 2
Minutes in the shower: 0
Rent checks dropped off: 0
Lunches made: 0
Minutes late to work: 15
Vocal or mental variations on "what the fuck did I do to my foot? OW!": 147
Cups of instant oatmeal consumed: 1
Emails sent in an attempt to schedule a search committee meeting: 3
Number of significantly underqualified candidates in the applicant pool: 4
Number of potentially strong candidates: 5
Number of possible interviews: 3
Minutes until half-staff meeting: 13
Projected duration of said meeting, in minutes: 30
Duration of useful discussion at said meeting, in minutes: 4
Temperature of meeting room, in degrees Farenheit (approx): 50
Remaining blackcurrant tea bags in my secrect tea stash: 0
Folders of correspondence reviewed: 5
Items of individual historical or anecdotal interest found therein: 0
Unattractive and/or morally reprehensible qualities noted in self: 5
Canker sores: 1

a good thing

Happy Birthday to



sharer of great books, good food, and much satisfying conversation. And, occasionally, the braaaaaaain. Hope your day's a good one!

yeah, I'm Spammy McSpamerson today. What of it?

numerical update, continued

Job applicants summarily cut from the short list for being batshit crazy, as evidenced by their self-published works and websites: 1
Folders of correspondence reviewed: 7
Folders of correspondence arranged chronologically: 1.5
Inane conversations in processing room about songs about women's posteriors: 1
Skeins of nifty recycled-silk yarn that arrived in the mail: 3
Hours until there will be Ethiopian food and local lager: 2