Some Random Stuff I'm Thinking About

I know the post should be called, "Some Random Stuff About Which I'm Thinking."  I wish that didn't sound so awkward.  Prepositions, you are funny things.

• I love to classify things, including myself.  For example, I'm a white, middle-class, liberal female Democrat.  I work with some people who also fit this description, and yet we are very different.  This is fascinating to me.
• People can be jerks.  Pretentious, arrogant, obnoxious jerks.  Turns out that walking quickly on the treadmill helps me get rid of my anger.  This is good because I would undoubtedly be fired if I treated said jerks as I wish to treat them.
• I don't know why I've never read Bram Stoker's Dracula.  I'm reading it now and enjoying it, although I admit to putting it aside to read a couple other books.  I pretend that's because I needed to read library books before they needed to be returned, but that's only partially true.  Although I'm enjoying it, the sexism in the book is making me crazy, and I am stunned by the characters' stupidity.  Of course Mina is going to get bitten.  You're living next door to Count Dracula and he knows you want to kill him, you morons.  
• Are there other classics I really should read because they're actually good?
• It's September 1, and this is the busiest month at my work.  This makes me anxious and sad.  I may not completely exhale until September 28 at 2:30.  I look forward to that moment.
• I'm halfway down the foot of the second sock for my m-i-l's bff.  I'm planning to start a pair of socks for Andrew when the current project is finished.  We have two days' worth of family stuff this weekend, and I hope to knit at both.