Okay, I feel kind of bad that I haven't posted anything for three months, and even that was a quarterly review of what I'd been watching/reading. The job has kept me busy, but that also means I have stuff to write about (like my crazy first week, when someone sort-of resigned). Once I get home from work I usually spend time reading or watching ( Read more... )

Sometime this summer I stumbled across a Goodreads entry referring to an A-to-Z title challenge for the year. I'd been reading a lot, and I guess I was looking for another project. I'd already met my original 2012 challenge of reading 50 books. (To make it more of a challenge, I had to revise that to disallow short story or essay collections, ( Read more... )

Wow, I spent a full quarter unemployed, and adjusting to living with my mom. I did a lot more reading than movie/TV-watching, but I'm not sure if that's because I'm sharing space or because I have more time to invest in books. It feels more cultured to be able to say that I've been reading, versus going through a long list of movies I've seen ( Read more... )

( Movies & Television... )

I have a kitten! Her name is Mina. She's about 8 weeks old, she's all black, and she's gangly as heck. She's bold. My mom's dog is... exuberant, and I was sure she'd spook the cat. She did, at first, of course, but it's been less than a week and Mina's already tearing around the house without a care in the world. I love watching her spaz ( Read more... )

( In roughly chronological order. * means I've seen it before, bold means I can't believe I haven't. )

My book club sometimes tries to do themes for our monthly selections. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter for October (Halloween); Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain for November/Thanksgiving/food. When February came around, we were asked to contribute ideas for Valentine's Day or chocolate ( Read more... )

( ... and Colin Firth. )

( In roughly chronological order. * means I've seen it before, bold means I can't believe I haven't. )

I am on page 442 of 510 I Will Fear No Evil by Robert Heinlein. I loathe this book in so many ways that my rants are barely coherent ( Read more... )