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What I know about the Acropolis

One of the great things about feeling better is that I can catch up on things on which I’ve fallen behind. One of the bad things about feeling better is that I feel guilty about not yet having caught up on everything. So I’m feeling a bit pressed tonight and haven’t a bundle of thoughts …

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Posted byCynthia CloskeyNovember 13, 2012November 13, 2012Posted inGeneralTags: Britain, funny, QI, video

On the mend

Hand weights

If you’ve been reading this blog to monitor my health and the progress of my lingering cold/cough/lurgy, I have good news: I am feeling much, much better. Yesterday was the first day in weeks that I felt I could go for a proper walk, beyond getting out for scheduled meetings and commitments — indeed, it …

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Posted byCynthia CloskeyNovember 12, 2012November 12, 2012Posted inGeneralTags: exercise, illness

Stand up

Mat under my standing desk

Earlier this year, after reading yet another article about how bad sitting all day is for one, I tried again to set up a standing desk for myself. This time, I succeeded. 

Posted byCynthia CloskeyNovember 11, 2012Posted inGeneralTags: Ikea, standing desk, work6 Comments on Stand up

I dig a pony

Matthew and Cathy and lovely horse

Anyone else tired of infallible men people brought down by hubris?  What a world. I do dig a pony, by the way. Let’s look at this lovely horse with a fine young man on its back, and think of better things ahead.

Posted byCynthia CloskeyNovember 10, 2012November 11, 2012Posted inGeneral

Restorative

Baby spinach

I’m sick again — well, I don’t think I stopped being sick, but I had been feeling better but am now not feeling better. All this staying out late to see Madonna and working long days and such has kept me from healing, I guess. Maybe I just need more vegetables in my diet. For …

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Posted byCynthia CloskeyNovember 9, 2012Posted inGeneralTags: food, Girl Develop It Pittsburgh, GitHub, illness, spinach

Girl gone wild

Apparently I’m going to be parcelling out my little thoughts about the Madonna show over a few days, thanks to schedule and tiredness and *whine whine whine*. I enjoyed the show a lot, as a whole. I enjoyed the pagentry and skill and music and live-ness and being in the space and experiencing things with …

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Posted byCynthia CloskeyNovember 8, 2012November 8, 2012Posted inGeneralTags: concert, Madonna, video

At the show

Fingerless black lace glove plus Hendricks Martini

Jude and I had a brilliant time at the Madonna show last night.

Posted byCynthia CloskeyNovember 7, 2012November 7, 2012Posted inGeneralTags: 1980s, concert, gloves, Madonna, MDNA1 Comment on At the show

Getting ready for Madonna

Here’s me and my brother Jude talking before we headed out to see Madonna in concert.  http://soundcloud.com/ccloskey/getting-ready-for-madonna

Posted byCynthia CloskeyNovember 6, 2012November 7, 2012Posted inGeneral

…In bed

Max not being seen

I’d been sick off and on for a couple of weeks. By the end of last week my last bits of resistance failed, so finally I couldn’t ignore it any longer: I had to rest up and try to recover. I did a lot of sleeping, and when I was awake I stayed in bed.  My …

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Posted byCynthia CloskeyNovember 5, 2012November 5, 2012Posted inGeneralTags: cats, illness, Seinfeld, work

Skylight

Tonight I did some sketching. It turns out to be tricky to get the perspective right on a skylight in a sloped ceiling.   

Posted byCynthia CloskeyNovember 4, 2012November 5, 2012Posted inGeneralTags: Drawing

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