"I'm a half-hearted fool..."

I was all set to start this post with, "There's a major flaw in plans", but I believe I've already started down that path before. But the fact of the matter is I had forgotten, when I made the comment in my last posting that I wanted to finish six books this summer, that one of the books I had purchased at the used book store was a copy of Norton's Anthology of American Literature. It's sitting at around 3,500 pages and in reality, has around 200 works in it. But I'm excited- there's a lot in there that I haven't been able to read yet. I think I'm going to start The Turn of the Screw. This morning I started The Ides of March.
My two coworkers were replaced by a Russian grad-school student named Svetlana. Born in Russia and raised in Israel, she speaks a half-dozen languages. I swear, monolingualism just isn't cutting it anymore. I don't even bother telling people in the office I speak kindergarten-level Spanish although my boss did find out today that I do know Spanish. She was carrying a hefty stack of what looked like Spanish legal code. As she shifted the pile from one arm to the other she hinted, "I might need you later." She looked a little too excited when she said that. But I'm excited, I could really use the practice.

A friend took me out for Sushi tonight. My chopstick skills are about as good as my Spanish but I'm not complaining; it meant one more meal I didn't have to cook for myself.

The weather today was absolutely phenomenal: it was hot but somehow the air was still crisp, like fall. Yeah, yeah, I've resorted to talking about the weather, but walking around the city today was a fantastic expierence.

Currently listening to The Hush Sound.