I took a road trip to visit Acres of Books today. For those who don't know- Acres of Books is an independent bookstore that has become something of an icon in Long Beach. Acres of Books is also the next in a long line of cherished independently owned bookstores that is about to close it's doors. After having recently said goodbye to Duttons in ( Read more... )

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Last night I attended my first writing class since I was a junior in Mr. House's 6th period creative writing class at Quartz Hill High ( Read more... )

Christine is going back to school! Instead of talking about it endlessly and staring longingly at the extension cataloges that come to my house every quarter, I'm taking action! I just signed up for two fiction classes that I'm very excited about. One starts Next Tuesday and lasts 6 weeks and the other starts 2 Thursdays after that and lasts ( Read more... )

De- pressed is a pretty accurate description of how I feel this morning and how I felt yesterday afternoon. I feel as if any elation I had was just pressed right out of me. De- pressed ( Read more... )

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I'm suddenly obsessed with the idea of getting a clitoral hood piercing. Obsessed. Just thought I'd share. Any opinions? Or any of my lady friends that have it done that I don't know about???

This past weekend was the Product Department's trip to Palm Springs. We won department of the year at the Christmas Party and as such we got a two night stay as a group in the desert. The resort was lovely the dinners were lovely and there adventures but what struck me the most was this one 20 minute block of time in which I was simply blissful. I' ( Read more... )

I heart Vampire Weekend. I heart them a lot a lot a lot!

What we have here is the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing’s users. As in, they sit on the shelf to make you look smart or well-rounded ( Read more... )