http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JulieYoung/ Where work progresses? en-us 2005-02-02T12:06:10-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JulieYoung/007234.html As you may have noticed, I'm taking a break from all sorts of blogging while I figure out my job, my freelance stuff, and, in general, what it's like to be a grown-up. Yes, I realize that could be good... Misc. Julie Young 2005-02-02T12:06:10-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JulieYoung/004299.html I'm going to be trying out life at Blogger for a while to see if I might like it permanently. So, I'm back at the old blog: Black Sharpies and Gel Pens.... Misc. Julie Young 2004-09-09T21:07:35-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JulieYoung/003950.html This was just too weird to not post: professional rat killers. I quote: Armed with a long stick in one hand and a torch in the other, they go out six nights a week to earn 240 rupees ($5.17) per... Misc. Julie Young 2004-08-25T23:05:03-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JulieYoung/003863.html When it comes down to it, I'm a big TV fan. I especially love channels not offered by basic cable. I enjoy the Food Network, HGTV, Bravo...these are channels that provide programming that can fill in the blanks of otherwise... Misc. Julie Young 2004-08-15T23:12:34-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JulieYoung/003860.html Ah, the first post in a long time....my first week of work is over, my Internet is finally hooked up, and I have moved from the lovely confines of my parents' home to a new apartment. That is my excuse... Misc. Julie Young 2004-08-13T23:21:14-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JulieYoung/003795.html Because we all want to pop up naked in the Newberry Library. This most recent installment of "Julie's Book Club" has us reading The Time Traveler's Wife, which turns out to be absolutely mesmerizing and unlike anything I've read in... Misc. Julie Young 2004-07-23T23:03:53-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JulieYoung/003794.html Excellent news! I'm gainfully employed by an interactive marketing agency! I'll be a proofreader in quality assurance (that's a much more fun term than "quality control," isn't it? I'm just "assuring" not "controlling." More positive, really). Anyway, they do print... Misc. Julie Young 2004-07-23T22:47:37-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JulieYoung/003769.html I think I'd be much happier if I'd just stop having bizarre dreams -- for the past few days, I've been waking up in some pretty terrible moods that can't be calmed by a nice dose of morning talk-show banter.... Misc. Julie Young 2004-07-18T23:02:04-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JulieYoung/003753.html I feel like a traitor to the entire female gender for not enjoying Kate Chopin's The Awakening. My thought on it? Awake me when it's over. Yawn. That's about all I can muster about that.... Misc. Julie Young 2004-07-14T23:14:09-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JulieYoung/003733.html It took just under a week to read Anna Karenina, in all it's 800+ page glory. It was a fantastic page turner! I was an addict! I even read the explanatory notes the entire way through. It was that good.... Misc. Julie Young 2004-07-11T00:51:18-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JulieYoung/003687.html I was in WalMart the other day, searching for a book. I know, it's strange to go to such a store for a book, but the previous week I purchased a book at our town's bookstore, which is rather tiny.... Misc. Julie Young 2004-06-30T23:44:48-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JulieYoung/003640.html Oh, you've got to love the Allegheny National Forest, and all its little surprises. It all started with my love of hummus (hummos?). Naturally, I can get either Tribe brand (eh) or Prince Omar brand (yuck) in the lovely supermarkets... Misc. Julie Young 2004-06-22T23:55:33-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JulieYoung/003636.html What is a "Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation?" It's the subtitle to Eats, Shoots & Leaves, but its kind of vague -- maybe "The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation Errors" is more appropriate. I have great feeling for Lynne Truss'... Education Julie Young 2004-06-22T20:37:38-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JulieYoung/003619.html It all started with watching the occasional episode of Queer Eye....then, I noticed that they replayed the West Wing four or five times a day (and it's the Aaron Sorkin episodes -- as far as I'm concerned his last episode... Misc. Julie Young 2004-06-18T17:55:28-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JulieYoung/003596.html Every time there is a major storm up on top of the mountain peak that I call home, we lose cable. And, if it's like tonight, we lose cell phone reception. So, how do I spend my time? Why, on... Misc. Julie Young 2004-06-15T00:10:20-05:00