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Since bratling mentioned it in the relatively recent past and I found it while digging books out of boxes and rearranging our bookshelves, I've started reading Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty. I'm not really far enough into it yet to give any sort of coherent review, so for now I'll settle for repeating Cindy Crawford's review from the back of the dust jacket: "Although I did not enjoy being called a 'genetic freak', I did find Nancy Etcoff's book thought-provoking and a good read--yes, we can read too. Her writings explore the existence of aesthetic beauty, without placing judgements upon it. Rather, she looks at our reaction to it." It makes a nice contrast to Naomi Wolf's The Beauty Myth, as Etcoff is (at least it seems to me so far) more concerned with how we react to what we consider "beauty" and why we react in that way, rather than grinding an ax about the diet and cosmetics industries. I'll maybe write more about it when I'm finished with the book, but so far it's pretty interesting.

finally some good news

I talked to the person who's going to do the actual hiring for this job, and she said that her goal had been to get me hired by the end of this year, but the president still wants to speak with me first. So I think I can be pretty darn confident that I'm going to have a job next month, woohoo! That will start off the new year in a good way, and after this year I really want a good start to next year. This will also put me in a particularly good mood this evening, not that I was planning on being grumpy or anything. I'm feeling the need to dress up since I've been in my pajamas for the last three days with a few brief exceptions for purposes of grocery shopping, but I think for practicality's sake I won't wear one of the corsets. Either my floor-length velvet dirndl skirt with the velvet top with long drippy lace sleeves and my pointy-toed multi-buckle boots, or a slim velvet skirt and top with a purple crushed velvet coat dress worn as a duster. Or maybe jeans and a sweater, depending on when my motivation level crashes. =) Must remember to get batteries for my camera when we go to Radio Schlock.