going around, coming around

A co-worker was telling me that she is collecting items for a holiday pot luck party her team is having where they will do a Yankee swap. With the budget cuts, there is no money for food or gifts this year, so she is scouring our offices for items that the owners no longer want.

i told her about the green heart shaped paperweight, and she asked to have it. i opened the drawer that has held it in limbo for the last two months and handed it to her without pause.

It was only when she left did i take time to wonder if i was done with it.

Someone will like it as a present, in spite of its bad karma.

christmas shopping

Took a day out of work to do some Christmas shopping, and found that it was really nice being in downtown Providence. My destination, Craftland, produced as always...i came away with about ten gifts. Next stop, Symposium Books, but came away with nothing. It did make me wish i read more graphic novels, as they always look so well done.





On my way back to the car, noticed an aspect of the Conrad building that i hadn't noticed before:


The turret, especially with the green spired roof, is just beautiful. How many times have i walked past it? A few hundred?