I really really really love Emma Watson's new haircut.  I worry that my ears are too big.  Chris says they definitely are.  My mother says I should embrace the ears, and just make sure to wear lots of makeup.  *muses*


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Made chocolate covered Oreos for Chris.  This may not sound exciting, but it turned out well.  Also, it was unusually domestic for me, so I'm pleased.  Other than that, Halloween, yay!  Also, I lost three pounds this past week, which Chris announced was due to me shaving my legs.  He's a jerk.

Holy crap!  I haven't posted in forever.

So, update on my 50 Book Challenge.  Since my last update, I've read Lirael and Abhorsen, in the Garth Nix trilogy.  The trilogy was fantastic, in case you were wondering.  I also re-read HP5 and HP6 as part of mmy bid to re-read the whole series before the movie comes out.  Finally, I read Catch-22, which ( Read more... )

Since my last update on my attempt to take on the 50 Book Challenge, I have read Bored of the Rings, Mostly Harmless, by Douglas Adams, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and The Red Tent, by Anita Diamant.  I was a bit disappointed by Bored of the Rings, which wasn't nearly as funny as I expected (although the Tim Benzedrene character did make ( Read more... )

So, now that everything has settled, I can finally post an update.  Chris and I finished our big move, and now are literally within walking distance to work.  Not "walking distance" as in a really ambitious person might choose to walk a mile or two to work, but walking distance as in I can drag my chubby butt, and Chris can drag his smoke-filled ( Read more... )

Finished Heart of Darkness.  I'm not sure I was smart enough to understand it.  Also, after having watched Apocalypse Now, I kind of expected Kurtz to be the epitome of evil, whereas he was only somewhat evil.  It was more like the heart of early evening.  Alas.

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Lately I've been doing a lot of reading and packing, and that's about it.  Chris and I start moving next weekend, yay!  I've also been working a ton of overtime,

Anyway, so I finished Dracula, which was actually quite good.  I didn't find it as sexist as  lot of people did, given that Mina is the heroine.  On the other hand, I was a little annoyed ( Read more... )

I have just watched Dead Snow.  This movie has confirmed two things for me.  First, that I will never go skiing or anywhere there is lots of snow and an isolated cabin, because, really, you're just setting yourself up.  Second, that I hate Nazis.  And I don't think that's because I'm Polish and distantly Jewish or even because I'm an American and ( Read more... )

On Wednesday I was sitting on the couch in the living room.  Chris announced that he was going out front to smoke a cigarette, and grabbed the umbrella because it was raining.  As he picked up his lighter and turned to go, I noticed something small on brown on the floor.  Assuming it was a leaf or a bug, I asked Chris about the thing on the floor ( Read more... )

No, I'm not kidding.  It's a sort of family legend that we're distantly related to Richard Nixon, through my mother's father.  I have postulated that this is where the crazy comes from.   So, on that note, I've been reading All the President's Men, by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward.  And ohmygod, I cannot put it down.  I KNEW what Watergate was, ( Read more... )