holy crap, i’ve been reading

April 30th, 2012 § 0

  1. Hit List – Laurell K. Hamilton
  2. Pale Demon – Kim Harrison
  3. Divergent - Veronica Roth
  4. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
  5. The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty - A.N. Roquelaure
  6. The Fault in Our Stars - John Green

Granted, most of this list is garbagey, minus the YA book Divergent and The Book Thief, but at least I’ve been trying, right?

I’ve been able to read these by forcing myself to take a lunch break every day and by reading every night before bed. This translated over to reading into the mornings before work too, just like I used to routinely anyway.

It felt good, let me tell you. I feel accomplished.

And and… I even started one more that will not be finished before month’s end… Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Found it on my Kindle. Pretty excited about it. Not bad so far (halfway done).

we want light and searing heat

April 16th, 2012 § 0

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you’re too young not to be laughing

April 2nd, 2012 § 0

Last Friday: Leave for camping. Momentarily lose earrings in the parking lot. Set up the tent.  Witness lightning on top of a mountain through dense fog. Sleep through torrential storm outside.

Last Saturday: Hike through the woods & make food over a fire through the rain.  Sleep through the cold.

Last Sunday: Recover and drive home. Do chores. Clean the apartment. Laundry.

Wednesday: Go climbing. Feel a little weak and grumpy, but figure the exercise will make me feel better. Work on a V2 most of the evening and then suddenly find myself on the ground, ankle now ballooning.  They get me ice and make me sign a form that says I won’t sue the gym, and I manage to hobble out of there while leaning heavily on my boyfriend. I go home in pain and take some ibuprofen and prop the foot and somehow manage to sleep.

Thursday: Go to the doctor and am told there’s probably nothing broken. Get an x-ray and a neat boot to bind up my foot with. Come away with 800mg of ibuprofen to take when I feel like it.  Eat lunch at Sweet Tomatoes. Work, then play games the rest of the night and sleep uncomfortably.

Friday: Am told the x-ray is normal. Work from home. In the middle of the day, go to Food Truck Fridays and grab a strawberries & creme pop (King of  Pops). See a dead bat. Have a tomato pie.

This weekend: Begin Diablo II. Go on a search for Coke Float pops. Sit out by the pool. Enjoy life.

 

i know where your secrets lurk

March 22nd, 2012 § 0

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if i didn’t know you, i’d rather not know

March 13th, 2012 § 0

Things I’d rather be doing than working right now:

  • Playing with my camera
  • Reading
  • Listening to new music
  • Writing a letter to a friend
  • Buying stamps (cherry blossom Forever stamps!)
  • Going to Barnes & Noble to look for a Moleskine
  • Running
  • Lifting
  • Watching Another Earth or Scrubs
  • Playing one of several games (Skyrim or HoN)
  • Helping Homan do stuff back at home

Unfortunately, I guess I need to pick just a few of these things that I can do tonight in the limited amount of time I’ll have. Sigh.

our time is running out

March 4th, 2012 § 0

I did Atlanta’s Run for your Lives this weekend on Saturday in Union Point, Georgia.

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if you walk away, will i see your face?

February 21st, 2012 § 0

Well… I’m getting better.  I’ve been stuck on a few longer books and have been lacking motivation in general to read anything else, but this is what I’ve been working on:

  • Mistborn: The Hero of Ages – Brian Sanderson
  • Stranger in a Strange Land – Robert Heinlein
  • Skin Trade – Laurell K. Hamilton

So not great, but not awful either. At least I finished the books I set my mind to, this time. Even if the Heinlein book was a carryover from last month (shh).

Anyone have any suggestions of what to read next?

Dear Katherine,

February 16th, 2012 § 0

Try:

75 minutes of thunderstorms with the Jurassic Park Theme slowed down to 54 minutes long.

All to help you through.

Yours,

K

 

PS: What also never fails to cheer:

Just saying.

this ship is taking me far away

February 13th, 2012 § 0

Even my boss can tell something’s wrong.

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February 9th, 2012 § 0

I wish I was enough.

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