Annual post
I haven't posted since 1/1/14 and I haven't read my friends page in months, which I feel really badly about. Part of the problem, which I'm rediscovering today, is that my friends feed only shows me the last two weeks of posts and then it jumps to one post from August 2013 and then tells me there's nothing more to show. So if I want to catch up, I have to go to each person's page. I love you all, but I don't have that kind of time and patience. I also find that I've never been good at journaling, which is why posting small tidbits on Facebook is a better medium for me.
I see that the last couple of January 1st posts I've done included recaps of the year that just ended, but I don't have much to say about 2014. I went on that trip with Joe and his mom in the spring, which was equal parts wonderful and frustrating. Joe's mom is not the easiest traveling companion, and though we went to some beautiful places and saw some amazing things, it wasn't the trip I would have planned. I'm looking forward to planning a trip with just Joe, as soon as we both save a little money. We want to go to Cardiff to the Doctor Who Experience.
Yes, my DW obsession continues. I finished watching all the classic episodes last summer, though I haven't yet started re-watching the reboot episodes. I have, however, started reading the comics that came out in the 80s and I've downloaded several of the audio adventures. I've also read all of the Peter Haining books about the show - he put out special anniversary books with history and interviews and episodes guides and behind-the-scenes info.
The summer and early fall were a blur - I was doing my job and that of a co-worker on maternity leave and worked incredible long hours. I feel like I'm still recovering from that, since there were several aspects of my job that just didn't get done and I'm still catching up. I took this week off work, but brought work home with me.
The most exciting thing that's hapening now is that my 40 inch TV is starting to act up - one of the HDMI ports is not working right and sometimes the TV has lost communication with all the ports, which requires that I unplug it and plug it back in. Once I've unplugged/replugged the power cable, or unplugged/replugged an HDMI cable, it works fine until the next time I turn it on. Annoying. So, I took advantage of the fact that I've recently been given Amazon gift cards for birthday and Christmas and ordered a new 55 inch TV, which will arrive tomorrow. This means that I'll need a new entertainment center, since the space for the TV won't accommodate anything bigger than the 40 inch, which means a trip to IKEA tomorrow after the TV arrives. I've spent today rearranging things. My spare bedroom is filled with bookcases, some of which are cheap and not so attractive, so I cleared those off and moved them out of the room. I've then cleared off the entertainment center, which will move to the spare room to make room for the new entertainment center. If anyone needs a bookcase, let me know. I'll probably put photos up on FB, and if I don't get any takers, I'll call The Brown Elephant and schedule a pickup.
And now for the annual list of books I read last year.
I continued to focus on crime fiction plus a lot of Doctor Who stuff.
The Mind's Eye - Hakan Nesser
Borkman's Point - Hakan Nesser
The Return - Hakan Nesser
Woman With Birthmark - Hakan Nesser
The Inspector & Silence - Hakan Nesser
Munster's Case - Hakan Nesser
The Strain - Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan
The Fall - Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan
The Night Eternal - Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan
Deadly Decisions - Kathy Reichs
Fatal Voyage - Kathy Reichs
Grave Secrets - Kathy Reichs
Monday Mourning - Kathy Reichs
Cross Bones - Kathy Reichs
Break No Bones - Kathy Reichs
Bones to Ashes - Kathy Reichs
Devil Bones - Kathy Reichs
206 Bones - Kathy Reichs
Heat Wave - Richard Castle (yes, the fictional novelist played by Nathan Fillion)
Naked Heat - Richard Castle
Heat Rises - Richard Castle
Frozen Heat - Richard Castle
Deadly Heat - Richard Castle
Raging Heat - Richard Castle
The Cockroaches - Jo Nesbo
Police - Jo Nesbo
The Son - Jo Nesbo
Jar City - Arnaldur Indridason
11-22-63 - Stephen King
Mr. Mercedes - Stephen King
Zealot: The Lige and Times of Jesus of Nazareth - Reza Aslan
The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
A Simple Plan - Scott Smith
Room - Emma Donoghue
Drama: An Actor's Education - John Lithgow
Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri
Out to Lunch - Stacey Ballis
The Interestings - Meg Wolitzer
The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman
The Leftovers - Tom Perotta
Yes Please - Amy Poehler
Cool Chicago - Kathleen Maguire
Doctor Who: A Celebration, Two Decades Through Time & Space - Peter Haining
Doctor Who Illustrated A-Z - Lesley Standring
Doctor Who: The Key to Time - Peter Haining
The Making of Doctor Who - Terrance Dicks & Malcolm Hulke
Doctor Who: 25 Glorious Years - Peter Haining
The Doctor Who File - Peter Haining
Doctor Who: The Time Traveler's Guise - Peter Haining
I see that the last couple of January 1st posts I've done included recaps of the year that just ended, but I don't have much to say about 2014. I went on that trip with Joe and his mom in the spring, which was equal parts wonderful and frustrating. Joe's mom is not the easiest traveling companion, and though we went to some beautiful places and saw some amazing things, it wasn't the trip I would have planned. I'm looking forward to planning a trip with just Joe, as soon as we both save a little money. We want to go to Cardiff to the Doctor Who Experience.
Yes, my DW obsession continues. I finished watching all the classic episodes last summer, though I haven't yet started re-watching the reboot episodes. I have, however, started reading the comics that came out in the 80s and I've downloaded several of the audio adventures. I've also read all of the Peter Haining books about the show - he put out special anniversary books with history and interviews and episodes guides and behind-the-scenes info.
The summer and early fall were a blur - I was doing my job and that of a co-worker on maternity leave and worked incredible long hours. I feel like I'm still recovering from that, since there were several aspects of my job that just didn't get done and I'm still catching up. I took this week off work, but brought work home with me.
The most exciting thing that's hapening now is that my 40 inch TV is starting to act up - one of the HDMI ports is not working right and sometimes the TV has lost communication with all the ports, which requires that I unplug it and plug it back in. Once I've unplugged/replugged the power cable, or unplugged/replugged an HDMI cable, it works fine until the next time I turn it on. Annoying. So, I took advantage of the fact that I've recently been given Amazon gift cards for birthday and Christmas and ordered a new 55 inch TV, which will arrive tomorrow. This means that I'll need a new entertainment center, since the space for the TV won't accommodate anything bigger than the 40 inch, which means a trip to IKEA tomorrow after the TV arrives. I've spent today rearranging things. My spare bedroom is filled with bookcases, some of which are cheap and not so attractive, so I cleared those off and moved them out of the room. I've then cleared off the entertainment center, which will move to the spare room to make room for the new entertainment center. If anyone needs a bookcase, let me know. I'll probably put photos up on FB, and if I don't get any takers, I'll call The Brown Elephant and schedule a pickup.
And now for the annual list of books I read last year.
I continued to focus on crime fiction plus a lot of Doctor Who stuff.
The Mind's Eye - Hakan Nesser
Borkman's Point - Hakan Nesser
The Return - Hakan Nesser
Woman With Birthmark - Hakan Nesser
The Inspector & Silence - Hakan Nesser
Munster's Case - Hakan Nesser
The Strain - Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan
The Fall - Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan
The Night Eternal - Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan
Deadly Decisions - Kathy Reichs
Fatal Voyage - Kathy Reichs
Grave Secrets - Kathy Reichs
Monday Mourning - Kathy Reichs
Cross Bones - Kathy Reichs
Break No Bones - Kathy Reichs
Bones to Ashes - Kathy Reichs
Devil Bones - Kathy Reichs
206 Bones - Kathy Reichs
Heat Wave - Richard Castle (yes, the fictional novelist played by Nathan Fillion)
Naked Heat - Richard Castle
Heat Rises - Richard Castle
Frozen Heat - Richard Castle
Deadly Heat - Richard Castle
Raging Heat - Richard Castle
The Cockroaches - Jo Nesbo
Police - Jo Nesbo
The Son - Jo Nesbo
Jar City - Arnaldur Indridason
11-22-63 - Stephen King
Mr. Mercedes - Stephen King
Zealot: The Lige and Times of Jesus of Nazareth - Reza Aslan
The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
A Simple Plan - Scott Smith
Room - Emma Donoghue
Drama: An Actor's Education - John Lithgow
Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri
Out to Lunch - Stacey Ballis
The Interestings - Meg Wolitzer
The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman
The Leftovers - Tom Perotta
Yes Please - Amy Poehler
Cool Chicago - Kathleen Maguire
Doctor Who: A Celebration, Two Decades Through Time & Space - Peter Haining
Doctor Who Illustrated A-Z - Lesley Standring
Doctor Who: The Key to Time - Peter Haining
The Making of Doctor Who - Terrance Dicks & Malcolm Hulke
Doctor Who: 25 Glorious Years - Peter Haining
The Doctor Who File - Peter Haining
Doctor Who: The Time Traveler's Guise - Peter Haining