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À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for January.

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Bought:

  • Hunger, by Jackie Morse Kessler
  • The Sentry, a Joe Pike novel, by Robert Crais (iphone/kindle)
  • Across the Universe, by Beth Revis

Read:
  • Hunger, by Jackie Morse Kessler
  • The Sentry, a Joe Pike novel, by Robert Crais (iphone/kindle)
  • What the Librarian Did, by Karina Bliss (borrowed from the laundry room)
  • The Old Devils, by Kingsley Amis (library)

À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for December.

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Bought:

  • Vampire Academy 5: Spirit Bound, by Richelle Mead (iphone/Kindle)
  • Vampire Academy 6: Last Sacrifice, by Richelle Mead (iphone/Kindle)

Read:
  • The Adoration of Jenna Fox, by Mary E. Pearson (borrowed from Natalie’s classroom)
  • Halo, by Alexandra Adornetto (gift)
  • Worth Dying For: A Reacher Novel, by Lee Child (iphone/Kindle)
  • The Dead-Tossed Waves, by Carrie Ryan (gift)
  • Doors Open, by Ian Rankin (library)
  • Vampire Academy, by Richelle Mead (electronic)
  • The Tell-Tale Horse, by Rita Mae Brown (library)
  • Hounded to Death, by Rita Mae Brown (library)
  • Vampire Academy 2: Frostbite, by Richelle Mead (electronic)
  • Vampire Academy 3: Shadow Kiss, by Richelle Mead (electronic)
  • King Hereafter, by Dorothy Dunnett (re-read)
  • Vampire Academy 4: Blood Promise, by Richelle Mead (electronic)
  • Vampire Academy 5: Spirit Bound, by Richelle Mead (iphone/Kindle)
  • Vampire Academy 6: Last Sacrifice, by Richelle Mead (iphone/Kindle)
  • The Girls with Games of Blood, by Alex Bledsoe (library)

À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for August.

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Bought:

  • Mockingbird, by Suzanne Collins

Read:
  • Midnight Falcon, by David Gemmell
  • The Eye of the Storm, by Jack Higgins (borrowed from Dad)
  • Within the Frame; The Journey of Photographic Vision, by David duChemin (gift)
  • Memory in Death, by Nora Roberts writing as J.D.Robb (laundry room pickup)
  • White Teacher, by Vivian Gussin Paley (laundry room pickup)
  • Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins

À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for July.

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Bought:

  • All Mortal Flesh, by Julia Spencer-Fleming (iphone/kindle)
  • I Shall Not Want, by Julia Spencer-Fleming (iphone/kindle)
  • Sword in the Storm, by David Gemmell
  • Stormrider, by David Gemmell (used: $2.50!)
  • The Lyre of Orpheus, by Robertson Davies (used: $5!)
  • Curse of the Wolf Girl, by Martin Millar
  • Midnight Falcon, by David Gemmell
  • Ravenheart, by David Gemmell

Read:
  • In the Bleak Midwinter, by Julia Spencer-Fleming (borrowed from mom)
  • A Fountain Filled with Blood, by Julia Spencer-Fleming (borrowed from mom)
  • Out of the Deep I Cry, by Julia Spencer-Fleming (borrowed from mom)
  • To Darkness and to Death, by Julia Spencer-Fleming (borrowed from mom)
  • All Mortal Flesh, by Julia Spencer-Fleming (iphone/kindle)
  • I Shall Not Want, by Julia Spencer-Fleming (iphone/kindle)
  • The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger (re-read)
  • Sword in the Storm, by David Gemmell
  • Curse of the Wolf Girl, by Martin Millar
  • Slut Lullabies, by Gina Frangello

Bad month for slipping up and buying books. ;(

Late-Night Grocery Shopping

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  • 1 pint butter pecan icecream.
  • 1 bag sweet hawaiian onion potato chips.
  • 1 box rootbeer/lemon-lime/banana popsicles (three of each, NOT mixed).
  • 42 packets of black cherry Koolaid mix.

It was still 88 degrees when I was walking home at 2 a.m. Can you tell?

One can see the appeal of disposal cook/eat ware.

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1. One washes all the dishes.
2. Dinnertime! One cooks, creates some dirty dishes, puts leftovers in tupperware.
3. Breakfast. More dirty.
4. Oh, lunchtime! Take out tupperware (now dirty), heat up food in pan/pot/etc. (now dirty), and eat off plate/bowl/etc. (now dirty!)
5. Oh, dinner! Cooks. More dirty.
6. One washes all the dishes.
7. Breakfast! More dirty.
8. Lunchtime. Take out tupperware (now dirty), heat up (dirty), eat (dirty.)
9. Dinner. More dirty.
10. One washes all the dishes.
Ad nauseam, ad infinitum.

The Comfort Food of DVDs

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So I like to have movies on in the background when I’m crafting but they generally have to be movies I both like and have seen a million times. I once had a friend come over and ask:

Her: “What do you do with all these DVDs?”
Me: “What do you mean? I watch them.”
Her: “You rewatch movies?”
Me: [Stunned Silence.]

Wednesday

  • Tristan & Isolde – Mmmm James Franco mmmmm.
  • In the Line of Fire – One of my all-time favorite movies. Unfortunately it appears to be time for a new DVD as this one kept mysteriously skipping scenes!
  • Three Days of the Condor – An old espionage favorite. I love her photographs.
  • The Other Boleyn Girl – The only one I hadn’t seen before (I needed a break in my crafting!). I remember this getting seriously panned but I thought it was decent. Portman and Johanssen really playing against type here.
  • Chariots of Fire – Oh Yes. Watching this counts as exercising, right?

Thursday

  • Garden State – Music and laughter.
  • Laurel Canyon – Music and angst. And Alessandro Nivola being very sexy.
  • Iron Man – RDJ has never been more fun.
  • Hot Fuzz – This will never get old.
  • Point Break – How can you watch Hot Fuzz and NOT follow it up with Point Break? But in all seriousness, this might be my favorite movie of all-time. And it is definitely my favorite Keanu movie of all-time.

And I’m off to the theater to see Avatar today. I actually think the previews make it look really, REALLY DUMB, but Steve keeps SWEARING it’s good and Carlos suggested it. So we’ll see.