I have a new book obsession!
50 Books in a Year Update:
22-28. Fool Moon, Grave Peril, Summer Knight, Death Masks, Blood Rites, Dead Beat, and Proven Guilty
*dances with joy* I've been reading The Dresden Files like a maniac, which isn't really all that hard to do because they're not monster-sized books like Harry Potter got to be at the end. But there's still 10 books, and I read through the 8th book. I haven't gotten my hands on 9 & 10, but I will. Soon. And I will probably finish those just as quickly, in spite of the fact that school will have started by the time I do.
I even went and got the season 1 DVD of TDF, even though the series is supposedly not as great as the books and I generally dislike film/TV adaptions. I watched the first episode, and it wasn't bad, but it didn't really grab my attention.
In other news, I move back to UW on Tuesday (at....some point in the day). I am trapped between regret by how much stuff I have and how far away UW is, which is sad because UW is only a little more than an hour away (on a good day). As it is...I may have to leave behind my books or my DVDs for another trip, because it might not won't all fit in the car. *sigh*
I think I've also pinned down on one reason I get.....let's say "anxious" living at home during the summer. This morning my mother asked me to locate a park for her, and I presume it's because she wants to go with a friend of hers. And while I think my mother's friend is wonderful....it doesn't necessarily mean I want to go. But my mother has this irritating habit of deciding she's going somewhere with a friend, and in that same decision choosing what I'm going to be doing with my day, i.e. going with her and her friend. At the same time as that, she doesn't tell me what she's planning. I'm supposed to just tag along, a dutiful daughter, smile and enjoy myself, even if I don't know A) where we're going, B) how long we'll be out, C) what the hell I'm supposed to do while she and her friend are gossiping.
I love my mom. I love hanging out with her, especially when I'm gone for 9 months out of the year, usually. But I hate it when she does something like this. And usually she does this maybe once a month, maybe a little more in one month and not the next.
I'd just sort of wish my mother would actually talk to me about these sort of things. Tell me what's going down, ask me if I even want to go.
So, yeah, I'll probably be gone for most of the afternoon today to a park, being semi-bored out of my skull. And then I'll come home and try to organize my room somewhat better for the move.
Oh! And small towns are great. Especially when they host parades and a little fair kind of deal in the parking lot of WalMart. It was something to support the troops, so yay, but...really? Couldn't they have found a better place? Like....Not in a parking lot?
Dr. Foreman: Occam's razor. The simplest explanation is always the best.
Dr. House: And you think one is simpler than two?
Dr. Cameron: I'm pretty sure it is, yeah.
Dr. House: Baby shows up. Chase tells you that two people exchange fluids to create this being. I tell you that one stork dropped the little tyke off in a diaper. Are you going to go with the two or the one? --House, M.D.
22-28. Fool Moon, Grave Peril, Summer Knight, Death Masks, Blood Rites, Dead Beat, and Proven Guilty
*dances with joy* I've been reading The Dresden Files like a maniac, which isn't really all that hard to do because they're not monster-sized books like Harry Potter got to be at the end. But there's still 10 books, and I read through the 8th book. I haven't gotten my hands on 9 & 10, but I will. Soon. And I will probably finish those just as quickly, in spite of the fact that school will have started by the time I do.
I even went and got the season 1 DVD of TDF, even though the series is supposedly not as great as the books and I generally dislike film/TV adaptions. I watched the first episode, and it wasn't bad, but it didn't really grab my attention.
In other news, I move back to UW on Tuesday (at....some point in the day). I am trapped between regret by how much stuff I have and how far away UW is, which is sad because UW is only a little more than an hour away (on a good day). As it is...I may have to leave behind my books or my DVDs for another trip, because it might not won't all fit in the car. *sigh*
I think I've also pinned down on one reason I get.....let's say "anxious" living at home during the summer. This morning my mother asked me to locate a park for her, and I presume it's because she wants to go with a friend of hers. And while I think my mother's friend is wonderful....it doesn't necessarily mean I want to go. But my mother has this irritating habit of deciding she's going somewhere with a friend, and in that same decision choosing what I'm going to be doing with my day, i.e. going with her and her friend. At the same time as that, she doesn't tell me what she's planning. I'm supposed to just tag along, a dutiful daughter, smile and enjoy myself, even if I don't know A) where we're going, B) how long we'll be out, C) what the hell I'm supposed to do while she and her friend are gossiping.
I love my mom. I love hanging out with her, especially when I'm gone for 9 months out of the year, usually. But I hate it when she does something like this. And usually she does this maybe once a month, maybe a little more in one month and not the next.
I'd just sort of wish my mother would actually talk to me about these sort of things. Tell me what's going down, ask me if I even want to go.
So, yeah, I'll probably be gone for most of the afternoon today to a park, being semi-bored out of my skull. And then I'll come home and try to organize my room somewhat better for the move.
Oh! And small towns are great. Especially when they host parades and a little fair kind of deal in the parking lot of WalMart. It was something to support the troops, so yay, but...really? Couldn't they have found a better place? Like....Not in a parking lot?
Dr. Foreman: Occam's razor. The simplest explanation is always the best.
Dr. House: And you think one is simpler than two?
Dr. Cameron: I'm pretty sure it is, yeah.
Dr. House: Baby shows up. Chase tells you that two people exchange fluids to create this being. I tell you that one stork dropped the little tyke off in a diaper. Are you going to go with the two or the one? --House, M.D.