i just finished arkham asylum.  it was strange, to say the least, and the joker is one scary motherfucker.  i don't know much about batman outside of the framework of the movies and the animated series that came out in the early/mid-90's, so i didn't recognize some of the characters.  i have to say, though, it is pretty interesting.  i'm looking ( Read more... )

animal farm only gets better with each successive read.  when i briefly explained the plot to stella before we started reading it, she remarked that it was just like charlotte's web.  i told her there were talking animals living on a farm and that's about where the similarities end.  every time i read this book i'm left with the same impression: a ( Read more... )

so, i've been married a little over a year. our anniversary was on monday. it struck me as funny because on that day last year, everything was super important and stressful. this year and every year thereafter, it's just one more day in a string of uninteresting days. funny how a change of perspective can make everything shift, even the value ( Read more... )

well, i haven't posted for the entire month. hooray for leap year. let's make a list out of the last month, shall we ( Read more... )

my parents get here tomorrow. they are staying for three weeks and leaving on the 30th. it should be fun. i've scheduled meals and outings for the entire time they are here, being the anal, control freak that i am. we must not deviate from the schedule. i'm taking them to various christmas markets (these are supposed to be really amazing). ( Read more... )

so here is another gem from the latest novel i am reading. i am currently enjoying haunted by chuck palahniuk. it goes a little something like this:

here, anything that looks like a window, draped with velvet and tapestry, or fitted with stained glass, it's fake. it's a mirror.

the only thing absent was a dumb drunk bitch exclaiming: DUMBASS ( Read more... )

whilst reading the cell by stephen king today, i came upon a section that actually caused me to laugh aloud at the gym. the only goal of this post is to share the excerpt with everyone:

the lunatic tried to get up. clay's new friend scurried forward and kicked him in the neck, quite hardanything with a throat kick included works for me. a page ( Read more... )