Stuperhero Extraordinaire

25/08/2007

Long Way to Go

My life has been so uneventful, I don't even know what to say. It's been school, the kids, and meetings all week. Nothing very exciting. I'm settling into a routine with my meetings and have one for every day of the week except Wednesdays. My favorite ones being on Mondays and Tuesdays. Those are my home groups.

 

I've been reading like crazy, lots of good books on Recovery. Right now I'm reading A Place Called Self, which is really good so far. Other than that, not much going on. Just working on myself and trying to keep my head above water.

 

School is really getting to me, my classes are so very boring. I'm hoping that for next semester I have some more interesting ones.

 

In a couple more weeks I see my therapist for the first time. It's a man, I've never had a male therapist before, so we shall see how that goes. If I don't like him I can always switch to another one. I'm anxious to get in and see him and get started working on my issues, I have quite a few of them. It's going to be a long haul, but it will be worth it. I just wish I didn't have to wait so long to see him.

 

I'm feeling very tense and agitated this morning. I'm trying to be mindful and just enjoy the peace and quiet of my morning, but I'm having a hard time doing that. I have so much running through my head, I can't seem to quiet my mind. I have a long to do list, and I don't want to do any of it. You should see my pile of laundry, it's HUGE. It's going to take me forever, and cost me a fortune to do it all.

 

So, I'm on steps 2 & 3 in my program, which have to do with turning my life over to my Higher Power. I'm still struggling to figure out what I believe about God. I don't adhere to any particular religion, I'm taking bits and pieces from many different ones, mostly Paganism and Buddhism.

 

I feel kind of lost spiritually. I sort of miss the absolute black and whiteness of Christianity, but just can't stomach a lot of what is in the Bible. I feel like a woman without a spiritual home. I don't know exactly what I believe about God, and I think a part of me is afraid to follow a particular religious path because I'm afraid it will be the wrong one and God will let me down again. Does that make any sense at all?

 

But I'm spiritually hungry, and I don't know where to turn. I have this void in me that I used to fill with chemicals, but now it's just there, waiting to devour me. I feel empty and long to be complete. So, I'm just taking it day by day and praying that God will reveal herself to me and grant me faith.

 

Well, I'm off to read some more.

 

Laters!

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13/07/2007

Undead and Unwed

I've never been one for a book I found in the Romance aisle, but this is a whole new breed of romance novels. MaryJanice Davidson writes a series about Betsy, the Vampire Queen and she does it with wit and style. I'm only a chapter or two into it and I already love it. Here is what other people have to say about her book, Undead and Unwed:

 

"What can you say about a vampire whose lotalty can be bought by designer shoes? Can we say, outrageous? ... A hilarious book."  -The Best Reviews

 

"Undead and Unwed is an irreverently hilarious, superbly entertaining novel of love, lust, and designer shoes. Betsy Taylor is an unrepentent fiend-about shoes. She is shallow, vain, and immensely entertaining. Her journey from life to death, or the undead, is so amusing I found myself laughing out loud while reading. Between her human friends, vampire allies, and her undead enemies, her first week as the newly undead is never boring... A reading experience that will leave you 'dying' for more from the talented pen of MaryJanice Davidson." -Romance Reviews Today

 

"A hilarious book.: -Paranormal Romance

 

"This book is fantastic. These vampires are different from any I've read about... The lead characters are strong and independent, the action fast and furious... This is one of the most erotic books that I've read in years." -Escape to Romance

 

I especially like that last one.... erotic eh? Mmmmm....  

 

The next books in this series are Undead and Unemployed, and Undead and Unappreciated.

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12/07/2007

Just Some Stuff

I am exhausted. I slept for about three hours last night after which I tossed and turned for two hours and finally gave up around four and got out of bed. Then I went to babysit for my gf D, who had some appointments. I got to see her son S, who is a cutie, and her son B, who is a great kid.

 

Now I am home and hot and tired and sore. The youngest Drunken Midget is complaining cuz she's so bored but I'm too damn tired and sore to entertain her. Maybe we'll go up to the mall, I'd like to buy a new book, even though I have about ten of them I haven't read yet. But they are all suspense thrillers and I want to try out that series by MaryJanice Davidson about Betsy the Vampire Queen or whoever the hell she is. It looks like a really good series.

 

Of course, I still need to pay my phone bill, get my Dad a bday present and card, and get a haircut, but damn it, I want those books! They are paperback it won't cost much for the first two. And then in August Lian Hearn comes out with another book from the Tales of the Otori series, which I'm very excited about, though I have yet to finish the last book I bought in the series. It wasn't that it wasn't good, I just couldn't read anymore at the time my head was stuffed full of shit for school.

 

Oh, and I need to get dinner for my bro and sister-in-law on Saturday. That shouldn't cost too much though.

 

Well, I suppose I'll take the Drunken Midgets up to the mall.

 

Laters!

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24/06/2007

Driving Me Insane!!!!

Just five more days before we head up to the cabin for a week. Yay!! I just wish I had someone to come do all this damn laundry for me!!!

 

My nice quiet morning was ruined when I woke up to find my youngest and her friend up and awake already. At four in the morning. So, I'm all tense and bunged cuz I didn't get any time to myself this morning. And they are out on the deck being loud and they are going to wake up the neighbors. I keep telling them to be quiet and whisper. But that only lasts about two seconds before they up the volume again. They are already driving me crazy and it's only 5:15 am.

 

So much for a relaxing Sunday morning.

 

If I had known they were going to be up this early, I never would have let her friend spend the night.

 

Did I mention they are driving me nuts?

 

K, just checking.

 

And they drank all my coffee. Grrrrrrr

 

In other news, I finally finished False Memory since I was too sick yesterday to do anything but lie in bed and read. It was a phenomenal book! Koontz's writing is amazing and I only hope I can write as well as him someday. His plots are so imaginative and riveting, it is amazing.

 

I'm not sure what I'm going to move onto next. I have so many books on my summer reading list. I've got two more books by Bapsi Sidhwa, The Crow Eaters, and The American Brat, a bunch more Koontz books, Rules of Prey by John Sandford, and a whole bunch of Buddhist oriented books such as Surfing the Himalayas, and The Gods Drink Whiskey. And then there is Dead and Loving It by Mary Janice Davidson. Plus, I found a website, Bewitched by Books, that has a bunch of books I want to buy but they are all pretty new and aren't at the used bookstore yet so I'll have to go to Barnes and Noble if I want to purchase them.

 

Oh, and I have The Plutonium Files to read too, about all the testing the U.S. Gov't did on its citizens during the Cold War Era. I mean, they did some sick stuff like feeding pregnant women plutonium-laced prenatal vitamins without their knowledge in a free clinic down south. And then there were the disabled kids on the east coast that they fed oatmeal filled with radioactive substances to without the knowledge of their parents. I heard an interview with the woman who wrote it, Eileen Welsome, on Democracy Now! and there's a whole lot more she said that I don't remember. And we say Saddam was a monster cuz he was experimenting on his citizens. Hypocracy at its best.

 

I'm telling you, if these kids don't quiet down I'm going to put muzzles on them. Damn it.

 

I can't wait to get up to the cabin and out in nature. Living in a large suburb, there isn't much nature around and I miss it. I can meditate on the beach, commune with nature, and be One with the Universe. Maybe it will stir something in my spiritual side and I'll get back on track with practicing my beliefs. It's been so long since I've done a ritual or spell, mainly cuz I've been in so much pain and I find it hard to concentrate, and I'd like to get back into it again. Although, with the kids home for the summer it's hard to find the peace and quiet to do a ritual.

 

At the very least I'm going to clean up my altar sometime soon when I'm feeling better. I love my altar. I found an old steamer trunk discarded by the trash, and it was in really good condition, so I snagged it and set it up as my altar, it works perfectly.

 

I suppose that's enough rambling for now.

 

Laters!

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22/06/2007

Blah, Blah, Blah

We had a pretty good day yesterday. The eldest Drunken Midget got in a good hour or two of driving practice, which went pretty well, with the exception of being run off the road by a dump truck. She loves driving and wants to do it everytime we leave the house, but it is so exhausting to take her driving cuz I have to be extra vigilant in watching out for her. Plus, I won't let her go on any roads with a speed limit above 35 until she has some behind the wheel training with her teacher.

 

In other news, I have added two new links to my link list. Eyes on Darfur and Save Darfur. You can go there to learn about the violence that is happeneing there, keep caught up on news regarding Darfur, and sign petitions to help put a stop to the violence.

 

Other than that there isn't much going on. I've been procrastinating as usual and have so much to do to get ready for our vacation and the youngest's birthday party next week. Not to mention all the laundry that I have to do. I swear it reproduces while I'm sleeping.

 

I'm still in the middle of False Memory with a whole bunch of other books to read on my summer reading list. I just haven't had it in me to sit still and read lately. But, I figure once I get to the cabin, I'll be able to relax a bit and get a few books knocked off my list. I read pretty fast so when I have the time and am not too restless I can go through a book in two days, so I'm going to bring a bunch of books with me when we go on vacation. Mostly Dean Koontz, as I am on a Koontz kick this summer, and Rules of Prey by John Sandford. I heard that one was particularly good.

 

I suppose I'll stop babbling now and go see if there isn't anything on tv.

 

Much love to all my friends out there, I'm very lucky to have you! Blessed be!

 

Laters!

 

 

 

 

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20/06/2007

AHHHHHHHH!!!!

Last night was a mixed bag of events, both good and bad. We had some family time for the first time in a long time. We were going to have a picnic on the deck with hamburgers and corn on the cob, but there were too many bees so we ended up on a blanket on the living room floor, which was still fun. Then we went to Half Price Books, where the evening took a turn for the worse with a flat tire and running into an old friend of mine, a very unsavory character, that I've been trying desperately to avoid for the last two years.

 

My poor mother had to come out to us with her AAA card so we could get the tire changed. She looked so tired and I felt so bad, but very thankful she was able to help us, otherwise we would have been screwed. My mom believes my eldest's father would have come out and changed it for us, but I'm a bit more skeptical on that one. I don't think he merits that much credit. If it was just my daughter, he would have helped her I'm sure, but I doubt he would have come out to help me, even though my daughter was with me.

 

And, if he did his bitch wife would surely have something to say about it, and it wouldn't be good. She used to be so nice to me and my daughter, but once they got married she turned into a troll and has been openly hostile to me ever since. And she can be a bitch to my daughter a lot of the time, which pisses me off.

 

So far today has been a good day. Of course it's only 8:30 in the morning and the kids aren't up yet, so that could change at any moment. I'm not sure what we're going to do today. I'm going to try and overcome my laziness and dye my hair, but I don't know if I'll be able to do defeat the extreme unmotivation I'm feeling right now. The Drunken Midgets will probably want to go to the pool as usual. I don't mind that so much, but can only go there for so long.

 

I have to call today to get Sally in for a tune up, which means I have to clean her out cuz I'm embarrased for anyone to see the inside of her, she's a mess. And I have to get that tire fixed too. Then we'll be all ready to head up to the cabin for the week of the 4th. I am so excited!

 

Of course, I have so much to do between now and then, cleaning, laundry, packing, getting ready for the youngest's birthday party on the 28th (which I'm dreading), and all that fun stuff.

 

The youngest is very excited for her bday party, however, like I said, I'm dreading it. Five Drunken Midgets hyped up on sugar and running loose in my mom's immaculate house filled with white carpet and very breakable things, not my idea of a good time. But, my place is just too small to have more than one kid over. My mom is being very gracious in allowing us to use her home, I know she thought she'd be done with having bday parties for kids by now.

 

Despite the flat tire at the bookstore and running into the spawn of Satan, the evening was not a total waste as I got some good books. Three by Dean Koontz, and one by John Sandford, who is a Minnesota author. I've heard his books are really, really good so I'm looking forward to reading that after I finish False Memory.

 

That's about all I got for now!

 

Laters!

 

 

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16/06/2007

Feelin' Groovy

Despite the amount of complaining that I've done about the heat, the Drunken Midgets, and being broke, I'm actually doing pretty okay considering. I'm used to dealing with those things on an everyday basis and thank Goddess there's no huge drama going on. I have a lot to be thankful for and Goddess knows my life could be so very much worse, I know, it has been before. I'm at a pretty calm, stable point in my life, and I'm dealing with the ordinary stresses much better than I did even two years ago. So, I guess I'm growing as a person, or maybe just getting older and wiser, but whatever the reason, I'm thankful to be where I am in life, even if it really sucks sometimes. But, I know I won't be here for much longer, so that helps too.

 

In other news, I finally was able to stay awake long enough to finish Dragon Tears and have started False Memory, also by Dean Koontz. I only got a few pages into it before being interrupted by the Drunken Midgets, but like all of his books, it hooks you right away. After this one, I have Eyes of Darkness to read, and then Watchers again. As you can see, I'm on a Dean Koontz kick this summer.

 

I also have a couple more books to read by Bapsi Sidhwa and eventually I want to finish The Namesake, which I started, but decided I wanted something with a bit more action. Don't get me wrong, The Namesake is a great book so far, but I was in the mood for a thriller.

 

Have I mentioned lately how excited I am to go to the cabin? Okay, just checking. It seems like it's going to be forever before the 4th rolls around, but I know it will go by pretty fast.

 

The youngest is having her birthday party on the 28th of this month. I am not looking forward to that. Five screaming, squealing, prepubescent Drunken Midgets, all spending the night at my house, well actually my mom's cuz it's bigger, but still, not my idea of a good time. I'm waiting to dye my hair until after the party cuz I'm sure I'll acquire a few more greys by the end of that night!

 

So, my grandma and my favorite uncle are coming to town July 20th, and we are all looking forward to that. I wish I wasn't going to be in school those days, but maybe I can miss one of the days to be with them. My grandma might even be here for my birthday, which would be nice. And, it also means I'll get to see the baby a whole bunch cuz they will bring him over to see my grandma and uncle. Yay!!

 

I have just been dying to get my hands on that baby again. I don't want to push them though, cuz I know they are still adjusting to being new parents so I want to give them some time alone. Oh, and I guess I've been spelling his name wrong, it's Will, with two l's, not one. Oooops.

 

K, well I'm off to watch Dharma and Greg.

 

Laters!

 

 

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06/06/2007

Monkeys on Acid

Oh, my head, my head, my head is throbbing! And I have to go downtown today to do some tax stuff. Damn it.

 

So, I have decided that the Drunken Midgets and I are going on vacation. Either the week of the 18th, or the week of the 25th, depending on when my sister-in-law has her baby. We are going to head up to my parents cabin and we'll spend the week up there and they'll come up to meet us on the weekend.

 

We are very excited about it. It will be a fortune in gas as it is a three hour drive and I'll have to get Sally tuned up and get her an oil change before we go, but it will be worth it. In case you hadn't guessed, Sally is my car, my 1995 Geo Prizm. She isn't much to look at and she's small, but she's dependable. Hardly ever breaks down and she has almost 150,000 miles on her. I bet we get over 200,000 out of her.

 

We love Sally.

 

In other news, my eldest comes home early today, at 11:15, and I just remembered that I'm supposed to leave at eleven. Ooops. I'll have to call my worker and tell her 11:30. She's taking me downtown to do my renter's rebate and they close at 1:00, so hopefully we will get there in time and it won't be too busy. Usually I go early in the morning when hardly anyone is there, I don't know how it will be that late. I hate doing this kind of thing. I wish I could cancel again. But, I did that last week, so I'd better go this week.

 

I finally got the books I ordered from Amazon.com. I'm looking forward to reading The Plutonium Files, that book I was talking about that reveals the testing the U.S. gov't did on its citizens during the Cold War era. It looks really interesting. I haven't started it yet, but once I do, I'm sure you'll hear all about it. I also bought the book Dead and Loving It by some woman I can't remember. It's a book of short stories about wherewolves (is that how you spell that?) and vampires and stuff. It looks pretty good. She has a bunch of other books I want to buy if this one turns out to be good. I wanted to go to Half Price Books today to get Bapsi Sidhwa's other books, but I have no money until tomorrow. Plus I have that other thing I have to do today. Oh well. I have plenty of other books to read anyway.

 

Okay, well, I'm going to watch the rest of Charmed.

 

Laters!

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05/06/2007

The Namesake

I have finished Cracking India and have moved on to The Namesake, which is a novel about the Ganguli family who have moved from Calcutta to New York. It is their struggle to assimilate to a new world, while not forgetting the old. I'm only a few chapters into it, but it is very good so far. Like I've said before Jhumpa Lahiri is a superlative writer and her books are very poigniant and her characters alive and colorful.

 

I guess they made it into a movie too, but it's playing at obscure theatres that are nowhere near my house. I'd like to see it, I might buy it when it comes out on DVD. The movie looks pretty good and the lead male is very cute too. 

 

Well, that's all I got for now.

 

Laters! 

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03/06/2007

Here We Are Now, Entertain Us

I am so bored. Won't somebody please come and entertain me? I've been up since about four when the cats attacked the bird and she freaked out and I've been up ever since. I'll probably put the X-Files on in a minute, or read, but for now I'm just bored.

 

I've been reading a book called Cracking India by Bapsi Sidhwa, which is a novel that deals with the partition of India, something I don't know much about, but I'm learning in this novel. It's a very interesting book. She does a wonderful job of bringing the characters alive and spinning a tale of life during the partition. I'm really liking it so far. She has two other books, The Bride, and The Crow Eaters, that I'm going to pick up next time I'm at Half Price Books. I got this one there for six bucks, and its even hardcover and a First Edition.  

 

But, next I'm going to read The Namesake by Jhumpha Lahiri. She is also a phenomenal writer and her book, Interpreter of Maladies, is on my list of great books to read.

 

I love reading books that are international in scope. Growing up we learned so little about World History at school, other than to learn of the two World Wars. Most of the history we learned was American History and the teachings were very ethnocentric. I love learning about other countries and cultures through their fiction. I just wish I had learned more World History in school so that I knew about the events that transipire in these books, like the partition of India. I think it would make the books much more colorful for me as there are nuances and symbolism I probably don't pick up on since I don't know much of the history or culture.

 

Other religions fascinate me as well. I love learning about them all, Buddhism, Hinduism, Wiccan, Native American religion, etc. etc. etc. Obviously the one I know best is Christianity since I was a die hard born again for several years and read the Bible cover to cover twice. Or was it three times? I don't remember. But, I'm learning about other religions now that I'm no longer a Christian and it is fascinating to me.

 

Well, I'm off to read for a bit. All this talking about books and learning is making me want to pick up a book.

 

Laters! 

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30/04/2007

Busy and In Pain

I have been a busy little beaver this morning. I've cleaned up most of my house. Thank Goddess the cleaning lady called and said she isn't coming until tonight cuz that means I can leave the rest for the girls. Which is a good thing cuz I am IN PAIN!

 

It's going to rain sometime today. I don't know what the weather forecast is, but it's going to rain. My pain always quadruples when it rains. I wouldn't mind putting up with the pain so much if we would get a good thunderstorm. I love thunderstorms. We haven't had a decent storm for a long time.

 

In other news, I am getting closer and closer to starting at MSB in July. I register next month provided all goes well with my financial aid. I can't wait to start, I am starting to get very bored during the day. Although, I did find a new series to read, The First Norht Americans series, which takes place during the last ice age and such. I'm reading People of the Wolf right now and it's pretty good so far. I'm going to try writing in a bit and if I can't get anything down I'm going to read. That will get me through most of the day.

 

Well, I'm off to write.

 

Laters!

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26/03/2007

Monday Again

Yay, it's Monday again and I have the house to myself all day long!!

 

I'm waiting to hear from the school I want to transfer to. Hopefully they will call sometime today. I want to get enrolled and all ready for fall semesmter.

 

I am so very bored right now. I've seen every ER rerun on TNT that there ever was and I'm too antsy and tense to read. So, I'm blogging and listening to Marilyn Manson. I know, it's not My Chemical Romance, but they are next, don't worry.

 

I'm so happy, I fixed my VCR so it can record so now I can record The Riches. I've been waiting and waiting to see that show but I always end up falling asleep too early to watch it. So, I'm going to tape it tonight. I was going to tape last weeks rerun last night but I was too lazy to find a tape to record it on.

 

The commercials look so funny. One episode, when The Riches first took over the dead people's lives a bunch of women from the Jewish temple came to welcome them. They made a comment about Mrs. Riches' necklace looking like a cross and she's all, "No, it's a X. It's one of them X marks the Jew necklaces from Wal Mart" I laughed my ass off on that one, but maybe you have to have seen it to fully appreciate it.

 

Minnie Driver looks like she is fantabulous in that show and of course Eddie Izzard is funny as hell.

 

I am so happy, Spring is finally here, it's going to be 75 degrees (F) and sunny today. The grass is starting to turn green, the birds are a chirpin' and it's all good. I love this time of year.

 

So, what else is going on here? Not much, just been doing a lot of reading. As I mentioned before I'm into The Spiral Dance right now, and then it's onto Drawing Down the Moon. And I'm still trying to keep up with the mess the kids make and get on them to pick up after themselves, which any mother knows is a never ending battle.

 

Okay, I'm off to find some way to entertain myself.

 

Laters!

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01/12/2006

Kids and Books

Okay, I love my children dearly, but right now they are getting on my last fucking nerve!! Especially the youngest. I'm tellin' ya, when she grows up she's going to do great and fantabulous things in this world, but right now, she's driving me to the edge of insanity!!!!

 

In other news, I very eagerly embarked upon reading Augesten Burroughs' book Running With Scissors cuz someone told me that if I liked David Sedaris I would really love this book. Granted, I had already bought it before they told me that but I wasn't eager about reading it until I heard that as I adore David Sedaris. I love his books.

 

I have to say that I am a bit disappointed with it. I mean, it's not awful, I wouldn't advocate burning it or anything, but it's just not as good as I had hoped. In fact I'm considering putting it down and moving onto why I'm like this by Cynthia Kaplan. Or maybe I'll move onto Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress by some woman I don't remember. Or maybe I've already read that one. I don't think so though. I think I started it but got overwhelmed with homework and didn't finish it. The really sad part is that I don't remember if I've read it or not. I blame that on being braindead from too much homework.

 

Or maybe I'll can the whole memoire thing and move onto Jonothan (or however you spell it) Strange and Mr. Norrel, again by and author I can't recall at the moment. Of course, I still have the rest of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books to read too. But then this whole subject could be moot as I probably won't have time to read anything for pleasure after tonight. I'll be too swamped with the homework I put off until tomorrow.

 

K, I'm off to beat my children. Okay, so I'm not going to beat them but there may be a whole lot of yelling going on!

 

Laters!

 

 

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06/11/2006

New Books

In case you didn't notice I added two new books to my book list: California Demon and Carpe Demon, both by Julie Kenner. They are the adventures of a demon fighting soccer mom and they are hilarious!!

 

Laters!

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Hugh Jackman, Movies, and Books

What a yucky day. It's cold and raining and just plain bleck. But, I'm in a pretty good mood. I'm enjoying my day off with no kids home as I didn't get to have that on Friday with one of the Drunken Midgets home sick. Actually, she was only sick until about 1:00, at which point she kept bugging me cuz she was bored.

 

The weekend started out to be pretty shitty as the youngest was in a foul mood on Saturday and did her best to ruin the day for everyone cuz you know if she's miserable then damn it, everyone around her must be miserable too. But, she snapped out of it, thank Goddess, and we went and saw Flushed Away. That was a really cute movie, mostly cuz Hugh Jackman was in it and I love the sound of his voice. He is so very sexy, even as a cartoon rat. I could listen to his voice from now until the apocolypse.

 

I also want to see his other movies that are out, The Prestige, and The Fountain. Well, The Fountain isn't out yet, but it's coming out soon. I absolutely adore Hugh Jackman. He was my favorite as Wolverine, so damn brutally sexy (grrrrrr), but he's good in everything I've ever seen him in too. My eldest was all, my friend Nicole thinks he's hot, to which I replied, yeah, but he's old enough to be her father so she can't have him he's mine!! Okay, so technically he's not mine, but who knows, maybe someday he'll be shooting a film here in Minnesota and lay eyes on me and fall totally and hopelessly in love. Hey, a girl can dream can't she?

 

In other news, I did absolutely no homework this weekend. It was heavenly. I only  have one assignment due this week on Thursday which shouldn't take me too long.

 

I can't wait until Christmas break, I'm so damn tired of school I could scream.

 

So, I finished Grass For His Pillow this weekend, which was phenomonal. I started the third book in the Tales of the Otori trilogy, Brilliance of the Moon. It's shaping up to be a damn good book too. Then, we went to Half Price Books over in St. Louis Park and I bought Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrel, by Susanna Clarke, and Freedom in Exile, the Autobiograhy of the Dalai Lama. They both look like really good books.

 

I don't have a lot of time to read with all the homework, but I'll be set for the three weeks I get off for the holidays. I also have Running With Scissors to read, and The Gods Drink Whiskey, which I got in the Buddhist section of the bookstore. Oh, and I have some books left to read in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series as well. Those books are absolutely HILARIOUS!

 

Well, I suppose I should actually make an attempt to get something done today.

 

Laters!

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21/10/2006

Tales of the Otori

Thanks to Clever Girl Assassin, I found the best series of books called Tales of the Otori by Lian Hearn. The first book in the series is called Across the Nightingale Floor and it is fantabulously phenomenal (or however you spell it.) Here is an excerpt from the back cover:

 

In his black-walled fortress at Inuyama, the warlord Iida Sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. Constructed with exquisite skill, it sings at the tread of each human foot. No assassin can cross it unheard.

The youth Takeo has been brought up in a remote mountain village among the Hidden, a reclusive and spiritual people who have taught him only the ways of peace. But, unbeknownst to him, his father was a celebrated assassin and a memeber of the Tribe, an ancient network of families with extraordinary preternatural skills. When Takeo's village is pillaged, he is rescued and adopted by the mysterious Lord Otori Shigeru. Under the tutelage of Shigeru, he learns that he too possesses the skills of the Tribe. And with this knowledge he embarks on a journey that will lead him across the famed nightingale floor--and to his own unimaginable destiny.

 

Phew, that was a lot to type!

 

I bought the first two books yesterday (the second one is called Grass Upon His Pillow) and within a couple hours I was already halfway through the first one. It is so good it is beyond words to describe. There are few things in this world that bring me as much pleasure as a good book, and I'm loving this one.

 

I'd like to spend most of the weekend reading but I have a ton of homework to do. Yuck. I am so damn sick of homework. But, I am enjoying only having to be in school two days a week. It doesn't sound like a lot, but it is killing me. By the end of lab I am in so much pain I am near tears each day. I'm not looking forward to working full time during my clinicals. I'm afraid of how I'm going to handle that.

 

In other news I somehow managed to survive the first half of the slumber party last night. It was hell, but I managed to get through it. Now I just have to get through the morning from when they wake up till their parents come at noon. One would think they'd sleep in, having been up till four am, but they will be up by eight, they usually are. Teenage girls are so unbelievably loud it's...well, beyond belief. I can't wait until the days of slumber parties are over!!!

 

 

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27/08/2006

Books and Boredom

It's been a pretty quiet weekend. Went to Clever Girl's yesterday for a couple hours and went through some clothes and chatted for a while. Came home, watched tv, read, went to bed. It was so extraordinairily exciting let me tell you. The kids come home today. I can't wait for the fighting to commence. (In case you didn't catch it, that's commonly known as sarcasm.)

I'm almost done with Carpe Demon, then it's back to hypocrite in a pouffy white dress, which is hilarious!!! Here's a small excerpt from one of her essays:

"Karl Marx once said that religion was the opiate of the people. What he hadn't counted on was that this observation actually made religion much more attractive to my grandmother, who had no use for God, but thought the world of opiates. Thanks to communism my grandmother discovered religion could be worthwhile, provided you regarded it as one giant bartneding opportunity."

hypocrite in a pouffy white dress is written by Susan Jane Gilman, you should check it out.

In other news, that's about all for now.

Laters!

 

 

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07/08/2006

Fantabulous Books

I found three really amazing books at Barnes and Noble yesterday. They were even on sale, buy two get one free, and I think I picked the best of the bunch. I bought, The House on Mango Street, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, and Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure.

I read the first chapter in each of them and they were all so good I agonized over which one I should read first. I started with A Heartbreaking Work but it's kinda intense in the beginning as his mom is dying of cancer and I can only take it in small doses, so I've been going back and forth between that one and Holy Cow. They are both brilliantly written and I only hope I will be able to write as well some day.

In another post I will tell a bit about each of the books but I don't have time to do it right now as Buffy is about to start. Plus I want to read some more in each book before I 'review' it. I'll also be adding each title to my list of books soon.  

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13/07/2006

Finally

So I've been desperately tryin