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zaneth · Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 3:38 pm Post subject:

Book: Step by Step XML; and Carpenters and Builders Library: Layouts Foudations Framing. Moving into my non-fiction phase.

TV: Scifi channel, on-demand pay-per-view, anything that's on. 6-10-12 hours a day.

in the bowl: leftovers, alternating with ice cream.

Feet: Tevas

Skin: Various old clothes from my stash in my parents' attic

Stereo: National Public Radio

Weather: Early Fall, cool, rain is never far away, but looks like it'll be sunny today.

Tomorrow: Deciding whether I'm really going to get on the plane to go back to Russia.

Ludwig · Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 4:12 pm Post subject:

Book beside the bed: Actually, it is books beside the bed (I am a prolific reader and peruse according to mood): 'Crime and punishment', Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 'The voyage of the Beagle', Charles Darwin, 'In cold blood', Truman Capote, 'Manufacturing consent: the political economy of the mass media', Edward Herman & Noam Chomsky, and 'Good-bye to all that', Robert Graves.

On the TV: The office (TVB Pearl)

What's in the glass: Guinness (half empty which is not the same as half full).

On my feet: (Vegetarian) shower slippers.

On my skin: Some light hair.

On the stereo: New Morning, Bob Dylan, Infidels, Bob Dylan, We're only in it for the money, The Mothers of Invention, and Broadway the Hardway, Frank Zappa, (multiple (stack) CD player).

The weather outside: 29 degrees, 78% relative humidity; nice and cool.

What I plan to teach tomorrow: Nothing; it is Saturday tomorrow, thus no work (in the sense of paid employment) till Monday!

Celeste · Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 12:57 am Post subject:

guest of Japan · Joined: 28 Feb 2003 Posts: 1601 Location: Japan

Ludwig, I'm very impressed by both your book and music lists. I am a little concerned about your vegetarian slippers though. Have they ever tried to eat a good steak, or was there vegetarian ways forced upon them?

As for me,

Books: I just finished Dan Brown's "Angels and Demons". I wouldn't say it is high art but it was extremely clever and a whole lotta fun to read. Next I'll give "The Da Vinci Code" a read.

TV: I don't watch much.

Feet: socks

Skin: T-shirt and shorts, or course I'm wearing boxers too, but they're hidden.

Stereo: Nothing of late

Weather: Warm and sunny with a slight breeze

Tomorrow: I'm off, but when I return to work I'll be talking about expressing weekend plans and describing where you live.

blue jay · Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 4:08 am Post subject:

Book beside the bed: The Life of Pi by Yann Martel

On the TV: Nothing

What's in the glass: Matcha Latte

On my feet: a pair of my boyfriend's light grey socks with a big black W on the side of them

On my skin: pair of faded Gap jeans & a light green halter top under a longer sleeved light green top

On the stereo: Norah Jones, "come way with me" CD

The weather outside: It was hot today now it's cold about 12 degrees celsius

What I plan to teach tomorrow: Nothing..it's Saturday & I'm no longer an ESL Teacher

Ludwig · Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 3:41 pm Post subject:

stillnosheep · Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 2068 Location: eslcafe

James_T_Kirk · Joined: 20 Sep 2003 Posts: 357 Location: Ten Forward

Book beside the bed: Strip Tease by Carl Hiaasen

On the TV: When I am bored enough to watch it, CCTV 9 (unfortunately)

What's in the glass: Big bottle of the 2 yuan local beer

On my feet: Running shoes and socks (why are they still on?)

On my skin: Khahi shorts, green "Angkor Wat" t-shirt

On the stereo: "Green Onions" by Booker T and the MGs (listening to random mp3s right now)

The weather outside: Humid, maybe 75-80 degrees F

What I plan to teach tomorrow: Not a damn thing...remember thy sabbath and keep it holy (or, in my case, screw the sabbath, be lazy, and sleep in until noon)

Cheers,
Kirk

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

Deborann · Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 11:05 am Post subject:

Book: Botany of desire by Michael Pollan, Chinese language books and dictionary, The New Yorker magazine
T.V: DVD - don't watch TV - Catwoman - hilarious English subtitles.
Stereo: Teng Geer alternating with Classic Yo-Yo Ma
Feet: Cleaning slippers (slip-ons with mop type sole -great for floor cleaning while you wander around)
Skin: great jeans with embroidery I bought in Urumqi, boring T-shirt, plus knock-off Northface coat (it's 18 and raining here)
In glass: Warm water and Lemsip (I have a sore throat)
Bowl: Potato and leek soup.
Tomorrow: Teach "Basic issues of International Law for MNC's" plus take a 1st year class for the first time - introductions and assessing English speaking levels.

desultude · Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 614

denise · Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 3419 Location: finally home-ish

I think I replied to this a long time ago, but the answers have changed.

book: at school--Katharine Graham's autobiography; at home--Hillary Clinton's autobiography

tv--nothing now, but I just rented "Hedwig and the Angry" (something-er-other)

stereo--right now, The Cure's Disintegration; just before that, The The's Burning Blue Soul

on my feet--worn-out vegan slippers (I know because I forced my wacky ideology down their innocent little man-made throats!)

on my skin--gym shorts and a tank top

in my glass--after a weekend of girlie drinks, it's time to go back to good ol' rose petal tea

the weather--kinda overcast, probably about 20ish degrees, humid

teaching tomorrow--mostly independent study for my writing class, except for me blabbing for a few minutes about plagiarism/paraphrasing/citing; student presentations and a quiz in my TOEFL class; guessing vocabulary from context in my reading class (featuring an activity using Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky" that I found right here on dave's, in the "ideas cookbook" section)

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Celeste · Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 12:16 pm Post subject: