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avoid the Nook
Currently Reading: Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead ~Sara Gran
Last Book Given to Me: Delivering Happiness ~Tony Hsieh
Last Book Finished: Improving Substance Abuse Treatment: An Intro to the Evidence-Based Practice Movement ~Michele Eliason (for school)
Last Book Purchased For Someone Else: You Only Rock Once ~Steve Oskie
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turn the page
Currently Reading: Incendiary by Chris Cleave
Last Book Finished: ?
Last Book I Started But Didn’t Finish: A Little Bit Ruined by Patty Friedmann
Last Book Purchased: Beginner’s Greek by James Collins
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Tragically Hip(ster)
A friend of mine called me a hipster the other day. He didn’t know I would take that as an insult. I am not a hipster, as hipsters follow a code of conduct. To not look like they are trying to hard. To wear certain things (Tom’s shoes for one). To like esoteric things because they are esoteric, not because of any intrinsic value in liking said ( Read more... ) -
B double-O K S
Currently Reading: A Little Bit Ruined by Patty Friedmann
Last Book Finished: The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (finally, I think I started this book in 2005)
Last Book Purchased: sadly it's been so long I don't recall ...sigh
Last Book Given To Me: Dirty Blonde by Lisa Scottoline
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flowers for algernon
An observation:
When riding the subway with a bouquet of flowers everyone seems to smile at you, and perhaps look at you differently.
Posted via LiveJournal app for iPhone.
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thematic
Currently Reading: Code of the Street by Elijah Anderson & Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh (both for school)
Last Book Finished: No one belongs here more than you. Stories by Miranda July (for fun)
Last Book(s) Purchased: Restorative Community Justice by Bazemore & Schiff and The Little Book of Restorative Justice by Howard Zehr (also for ( Read more... ) -
Laugh Now, Cry Later
I think one of the secrets of happiness is to stop waiting for that moment to come.
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Although I didn’t have a drop to drink all night….
I went to bed last night smelling of wine, with cuts on my fingers and jam on my feet.
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eh
I have had tender emotions lately. I think it has to do with the anniversary of my brothers death looming in the not to distant future.
I need comfort, and comfort food. But there is a lack of sun and a diet that keep me from either of those things.
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Dewey Decimal System
Currently Reading: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Last Book(s) Purchased: The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano; No one belongs here more than you. Stories by Miranda July; The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
Last Book Given to Me: Old Mr. Boston De Luxe Official Bartender’s Guide (Copyright 1935)
Book I would Barter ( Read more... )