For all the similarities of our day-to-day life here in the South, there are distinct differences. Unfortunately, not all of them are quaint or quirky. But one that is quirky is the koozie. Oh yeah, that foam sleeve that fits over beer cans and bottles (that is just not used in California) is standard operating procedure here in Columbia, SC. ( Read more... )

I experience sleeping like as though I leave this reality and travel to another plane of existence. When I can't stay most of the night in a different place, where time has no meaning and anything goes, it isn't a good night's sleep. Aaron has to give me a double wake-up call: the first is more like a 5 minute warning where I can hear him, but ( Read more... )

Surprise, I'm an Austen-ite. I'm actually not sure that I can go by that title, since I haven't read all of her books. I've read four of the six, and the reason why I tarry is because I don't want to hurry through all of them. I picked up Vanity Fair because it's huge and describing a similar time-period, but it's somewhat tedious. It was ( Read more... )

Do you ever look back at your younger self and wonder what the heck you were thinking? Sometimes I just shake my head and chalk it all up to be young. Music we liked, people we liked, movies we liked, etc.

This is not one of those times! My favorite author during my first few years of college was Jorge Luis Borges. I had to read his stories in ( Read more... )

I just finished reading the fourth Harry Potter book and I am blown away by how good it is. I had not regarded it as one of my favorites, but I am more impressed with Rowling's writing in this one than any of the rest.

The book begins in the town of Little Hangleton, and the way she describes the murders of the Riddle family and the suspicion ( Read more... )

Adieu, Harry Potter. I must not read you anymore. I must join the world of other books. But it is so hard! I've read Deathly Hallows twice: the first time was in less than 24 hours because well, I HAD TO KNOW. Then I reread the last third. And I just finished my second full read-through. Obsessed much? I don't know, I wouldn't say so. I ( Read more... )