Every year my brother and I strive to read as many, if not more, books
than we see movies. I wanted my book number to be higher by one, but I’m
only 3/4 of the way through George R. R. Martin’s A Clash of Kings. How
was your year?

( Movies )

Not much to say up-front. My lists this year are incomplete. Somewhere in the middle I stopped writing down the books I'd read and the movies I'd seen. These two lists are not in order either, but it's a good chunk of the truth ( Read more... )

With the introduction of Netflix to my life, my book to movie ratio is almost one to one (it used to be two to one). As a quick aside: I don't care for Netflix streaming movies because you can't turn on the subtitles (sometimes I like to watch movies in English and see how they translate in French or Spanish. Sometimes I can't hear what they're ( Read more... )

There are many of you on my flist who are posting lists about the past decade. I'm simply AMAZED! I can hardly remember what I did last week, let alone a DECADE's worth of events (both big and little, exciting and mundane). I have highlights (mostly travel), but even those I remember the year's wrong. My memory is really, really liquid. For good ( Read more... )

1. My taxes are done! I elude jail time for another year!
2. My refrigerator is completely empty! Except for those taste-free noodles at the back. *eyes them suspiciously*
3. I submitted my first grant today! YAY!
4. A friend of mine came over tonight and made the most excellent salad. She put lemon grass in it. LEMON GRASS! I kind of want to bathe in lemon ( Read more... )