Sunny London

London's forecast for the week is all sunny weather, around 25 degrees Celsius (77 Fahrenheit). It is still morning, & it's absolutely beautiful outside. Here is the view from my work spot at the dining room table. Blissful :.)

(Except for the heavy machinery & yelling of the construction next door...)

I hope you're all enjoying summer's lingering this year.

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The Philosophers' Song

I've been working nonstop on the course content for an online philosophy class that I'm helping to teach, & this song keeps popping up in my mind & on my computer. Have you ever heard it? As a philosopher, I find it endlessly fun.

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In Love with this Ampersand!

Edie's Lab * via

My birthday is tomorrow... Who wants to buy it for me?? :.)

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Quite a Quote: Ideas

"The idea hovered & shimmered delicately, like a soap bubble, & she dared not even look at it directly in case it burst. But she was familiar with the way of ideas, & she let it shimmer, looking away, thinking about something else."

-- Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

Updates from a Whirlwind Summer

A short update of the past month:
* Last day of work in Sacramento
* Visit to grandma's house in New Mexico
* Visit to James & Denise's new place in the LA area
* Mom's wedding
* Disneyland with the sister, mom, & Doug (my mom's husband)
* Started on an exciting online project with a friend
* Online teaching internship started
* Move to London

A short update of the past week:
* Flew into London Heathrow last Thursday (exactly one week ago)
* Interviewed on Friday - offered the job Friday
* Started work orientation on Monday
* Have been apartment hunting
* Put down a deposit on a place today
* First proper day of work tomorrow
* Lots of work to do on the internship

As you can see, a lot is happening in my life this summer! It has been beautiful but simply exhausting. I have been begged to start posting again by my fans prompted to start posting again by a few blogger friends. (Thanks for missing me, guys! I missed you, too!)

So here we go! I'm looking forward to getting this here blog rolling again :.) I've got plenty of photos and Travel Thursday ideas saved up - I hope you're excited!

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P.S. Does anyone use the Blogger app for Android? I tried to start using it about a month back & couldn't get my post up!

Quite a Quote: Sabrina

"You young people are so old-fashioned."

-Baron St. Fontanel, in Sabrina (1954)

Song of the Day: Eliza Doolittle

Lately, I've been obsessed with Eliza Doolittle. She's just such a doll - classy, talented, & unique. I've been playing Pack Up & Skinny Genes nonstop, & Skinny Genes is especially catchy to me. In an interview I watched, Eliza explained that the song "is about a really annoying boy who just has no good qualities in any way, except for one really good one. And that one you might have to ask your mum about." The video has a lot of little insinuations in it that make me laugh.

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