Life is a mystery...

As most of you probably know, I meant to do the Read-a-Thon today. However, my day has been messed up just a little. I planned on driving back to Muskegon last night, then spending all day reading today. Here's what really happened:

I was at work until after 1:30am last night. Then I dropped a co-worker off to get his car that had just gotten fixed. So, I made it home a little after 2am. I got the dog out, and stayed up with her until about 3am. Not having slept well the night before, and having been at work until 10:15pm, I was tuckered out.

I finally crawled out of bed today around 1pm. Took a shower, packed up, and drove to the library, picked up some stuff, and drove back to Muskegon. Now I'm here and ready to go back to bed, but I think I'm going to continue with The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. I brought tons of books with me, but I just might have to make tomorrow my full day of reading.

Things about today...

This is just going to be a list. I am trying to stay up a little bit so the dog can be out of her cage. Poor thing was in it all day.

1) Which reminds me, not a big fan of being at work for 13+ hours.

2) I hate humid weather. Especially because I sweat like a pig lately.

3) I hate mosquitos. Though, I did just kill one, but too late - it still bit me.

4) I love Wendy's chicken nuggets - I couldn't resist on my way home from work (at 10:30pm).

5) Some people take things too personally, and I am not a big fan of dealing with their drama.

6) Seriously, why did you choose frozen chicken?


Currently Reading: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

Did someone say "Read-a-Thon"?

Oh yes, they did! After reading Sean's blog, I decided to participate in this Read-a-Thon. I am asking everyone to donate to Reading is Fundamental (RIF), as it is the charity that is benefiting from the Read-a-Thon.

Now, I know I will probably start a little late, but look for updates throughout the day on Saturday!

I should do this more often...

In my yoga class on Friday, we did a shoulder stand for the first time. When I mentioned this on Saturday, I was asked to demonstrate. Little did I know that my picture was going to be taken.

Ahhhhh. Mariska Hargitay.

Quite the stretch, but I'm going to try it...

I'm sure many of you have heard of the Obama "fist-bump".

Now, did you hear it is a "terrorist jab"?

I just want to point out a VERY dangerous person who does this same motion -

That's right - HOWIE MANDEL.

He of Little Monsters fame. The voice of Gizmo (those Gremlins were quite freaky). And, worst of all - DEAL OR NO DEAL!

Wait - wasn't someone famous on Deal or No Deal lately?

Yup - that's George W. Bush - associating himself with a dangerous Howie Mandel.

I'd like to thank Fox News for pointing out the dangerous "terrorist fist jab".

Now, that was fun, wasn't it?

Do my eyes deceive me???

I ran across this article today on the New York Times Book Review. Liberals and books??? Someone finally put together my two loves...

So, here is the actual webpage. The selection isn't huge, but it's a good start. I've already found one book, Mudbound by Hillary Jordan, that sounds interesting. There's also your typical non-fiction fare that you would expect to see.

Liberals just can't let the conservatives have the market on books now, can they? ;-)

Pop Culture, Books, and Productivity

While recovering from whatever I have that's making me croak more than speak, I'm currently watching AFI's Top 10 Films in 10 Genres. So far, I've seen all of the Animated films, but there are quite a few of the fantasy ones I haven't seen, including "Field of Dreams". I know, I know, it's in my pile of movies to see. Sometimes I feel like I missed out on so many movies in my early years, that I will just never be able to watch everything that I would like to.

But of course, that's the same with books for me - my to read list is so long, it's ridiculous. I have read 20 books since the beginning of the year, but is that enough? Heck no. I've got 4 going right now, and three of them are on my list of 50 books I made at the beginning of the year. Luckily, there's a neverending flow of books coming in front of me...

And, I'm pretty sure I'm feeling this way because I'm sick, but I'm not feeling very productive lately. It's rare that I go home from work, and I did that today. But, the nap that I took this afternoon really helped, I think. It was getting hard for me to stay awake - it felt like I had taken meds, but I hadn't taken anything! Hopefully, I'll sleep much better tonight, and will be better tomorrow.


Currently Listening: To anything by Prince!