holiday break activities
Lately I have had trouble writing LJ entries. I haven't posted in nearly 2 months. I think of things I could write about, but when I sit down to actually do the writing, I almost always erase instead of post. I guess my life has been sort of uninteresting lately.
I am home now for the holiday break. This is the first time that I have really felt like this place is my parents' house, not mine. I have no place anymore; I literally sleep on an air mattress on the floor. My mom guilts me for doing things like drinking too much pop or watching television. It doesn't help that my mom has been off of work the entire time I've been home, so there hasn't been much time to myself. I still like my parents but I now actually feel more comfortable at my apartment than my house. Or, my parents' house, I guess.
I haven't been doing much, just relaxing and enjoying my break. I got "The Office", season two, for Christmas, and I have been trying to convince my family that it is the greatest show ever. My sister and I watched the entire thing in 2 days. However, she doesn't like it as much as I do. She is only interested in the Jim and Pam storyline.
My mom also got me seasons one and two of "Moonlighting" which is a show from the 80s that she loved. This is "the show that made Bruce Willis famous" apparently. I am not the biggest Bruce Willis fan (I have nothing on Michele and Laynie) but seriously - it is completely impossible not to fall in love with his character on the show. He is so delightful, sly, and charming. I am really enjoying this show, especially knowing that this show meant something to my mom and now 20 years later, I get to enjoy it as well.
My brother got himself a Wii about a month ago and I have been spending considerable time playing "Twilight Princess." It is so fun, but I feel like it might be kind of easy. I am having no trouble beating the first few dungeons. However I really like the art of this game - like the way Link looks, the enemies, and especially the Zora suit and all things dealing with swimming.
I have also been spending my time attempting to read a book for my book club at work. I am having a lot of trouble, though, because it is one of the worst books ever written. It is written by this woman who I guess considers herself a feminist. But her definition of it seems to be all "girl power" and "DIVAS!!! woo!" and things like "...and she felt it in her heart, felt the pain as only a woman can feel, women are SO EMOTIONAL, the power of SISTERHOOD" etc. This is really bothering me, not only because this sort of comes in conflict with my definition of feminism, but because I don't know how I am going to convey this to my fellow book club members, all of whom are women. I'm afraid they are going to love this book and not understand my problem with it. Basically I feel like I am not going to be able to explain why this book is bothering me in a convincing way. Help, anyone? By this I mean help, Robin???
I am home now for the holiday break. This is the first time that I have really felt like this place is my parents' house, not mine. I have no place anymore; I literally sleep on an air mattress on the floor. My mom guilts me for doing things like drinking too much pop or watching television. It doesn't help that my mom has been off of work the entire time I've been home, so there hasn't been much time to myself. I still like my parents but I now actually feel more comfortable at my apartment than my house. Or, my parents' house, I guess.
I haven't been doing much, just relaxing and enjoying my break. I got "The Office", season two, for Christmas, and I have been trying to convince my family that it is the greatest show ever. My sister and I watched the entire thing in 2 days. However, she doesn't like it as much as I do. She is only interested in the Jim and Pam storyline.
My mom also got me seasons one and two of "Moonlighting" which is a show from the 80s that she loved. This is "the show that made Bruce Willis famous" apparently. I am not the biggest Bruce Willis fan (I have nothing on Michele and Laynie) but seriously - it is completely impossible not to fall in love with his character on the show. He is so delightful, sly, and charming. I am really enjoying this show, especially knowing that this show meant something to my mom and now 20 years later, I get to enjoy it as well.
My brother got himself a Wii about a month ago and I have been spending considerable time playing "Twilight Princess." It is so fun, but I feel like it might be kind of easy. I am having no trouble beating the first few dungeons. However I really like the art of this game - like the way Link looks, the enemies, and especially the Zora suit and all things dealing with swimming.
I have also been spending my time attempting to read a book for my book club at work. I am having a lot of trouble, though, because it is one of the worst books ever written. It is written by this woman who I guess considers herself a feminist. But her definition of it seems to be all "girl power" and "DIVAS!!! woo!" and things like "...and she felt it in her heart, felt the pain as only a woman can feel, women are SO EMOTIONAL, the power of SISTERHOOD" etc. This is really bothering me, not only because this sort of comes in conflict with my definition of feminism, but because I don't know how I am going to convey this to my fellow book club members, all of whom are women. I'm afraid they are going to love this book and not understand my problem with it. Basically I feel like I am not going to be able to explain why this book is bothering me in a convincing way. Help, anyone? By this I mean help, Robin???