Spooner by Pete Dexter (9780446540728)

I honestly don't know if I recommend this book or not.  It's an incredibly strange read.  The language at first reminded me a bit of Douglas Adams, a dry hyperbolic voice full of occasionally random details.  He's extremely fond of the phrase "which is to say..."  The book follows the haphazard (which is to say ( Read more... )

The problem with pretending to be a social person is that you get sucked into social events and then you're a nervous wreck ( Read more... )

Is anyone else filled with a sense of disappointment when the alarm goes off in the monring?  As in "wretch, I have to get up...AGAIN."

 Hello!

We now own two cats.  Quyen, the original, gorgeous, mystery cat.  And Nala, an orange Maine Coone cat.

Nala's start with us was as a bit rough.  We originally kept her for two weeks as a cat sitting gig.  However, the original owner was looking for a new home so that she (the owner) could move in with her boyfriend (the bf hated the cat).   ( Read more... )

Dear GA,

Please take your weather back.  I'd like to have it be less than 86 degrees at 10 at night.  Thanks.

Trevor 

( Last few days outside of NJ )

( Friday-Sunday )

Well aware of the attention span of the average person. I'll cut up my vacation posts some.

( Monday through Thursday the First Time )

From vacation. Lots of wonderful times. Lord it was a lot of driving. High sexual tension on the last day (spent driving from Raleigh to NJ) made the drive pass by rather plesantly and gave a nice bang to this weekend. I'll get around to typing more later. Cleaning up clothes and assimilating a new cat for now.

I "normally" sleep in the nude ( Read more... )