Well, this update is a long time in coming, eh? Like I said in the beginning, my blogging attention span is somewhat short. I'm also going to blame the long days at work, a recently-developed compulsion to watch this on DVD from start to finish, and my inclination to do this:


No, not turn into a cat. (Although maybe?) But wow, if I could get through winter by sleeping 20 hours a day and using the other four hours to eat and lay in the sun, I think I would be a lot happier. Winter has sapped my initiative to do anything but the most basic of things: eat, sleep, work, repeat.

In spite of the winter doldrums, we've still managed on occasion to get out and about. Most recently, we went and saw this exhibit the first day it opened, and our reviews are largely positive. While Shepard Fairey has gained a lot of notoriety from his contribution to the Obama campaign, I was impressed at the depth and range of his work. Particularly amusing was the experience of watching a group of little old ladies view Fairey's renderings of famous punk rockers. Billy who?!!!, indeed.

Sadly we have no photos from the exhibition, but we did get some nice shots of the new (to us at least) ICA.




An impressive building, with an even more impressive upstairs view of the Harbor:


We definitely enjoyed the Fairey exhibit, but both of us were in agreement that the rest of the ICA's exhibitions were mostly "meh." If their collection development improves I'll visit again, but for now, I'll take a visit to MassMOCA over the ICA at any chance I get.

And so, we wandered back toward downtown Boston.
In truth, we were quickly driven indoors to the Silver Line due to the ridiculously cold winds. (Insert another wish-to-hibernate reference here.) Nevertheless, it was a nice way to spend an afternoon, especially if you were lucky enough (as we were) to score reduced-cost admission passes, courtesy of the public library. You can say a lot of things about this recession, but one upside has been rediscovering the wonders of the public library...

Otherwise, we are both living right now in a state of routine that could, at any moment, give way to total chaos. I'm working for a company that is struggling (like most these days) to stay afloat, and CP is interviewing for jobs both near and far. It's both petrifying and probably completely healthy to live your life in such a way that you never really know where you might end up in a day, week, or month, but such as it is: we both hate it. In terms of where we are, and where we want to be, this picture pretty much sums it up:

Where we will actually end up remains to be seen. Stay tuned.