Ahem. Anyway, figured I'd post again while I'm thinking about it. Exercising? Going about as well as my attempt to cure world hunger. Ah well. At least we opened the pool. Although I gotta say, I think we're going to spend more time working on the pool than swimming in it. At least it looks purdy.
Other Random thoughts:
- Started watching the BBC's new Robin Hood series (well, new to me - it started in 2006). And while I've always been a Robin Hood fan (at least ever since they broadcast it on "Once Upon a Classic" ... and the Disney movie with the foxes), I have to admit it's the humor and the eye candy that keeps bringing me back. Love seeing Jez from Hex as Much (Shut up. I know the show stunk. I still watched it). I really do want to smack Maid Marion though.
- Finished up "Book of Fate" (high recommendation for that book) and am having trouble getting into a new book. That's what I hate about finishing a book - if it's any good at all, I don't want to leave the world that the writer created, and I get resentful and sluggish in trying to read a new book because I don't want to change worlds. It's even worse because the book I'm trying to read ("Gambit") sounds like it was written by my fourth grader before her writing improved. Think I'm lying? Try rolling this line around in you mouth: "She pushed a strand of strawberry blond hair back behind her headband and straightened the skirt of her navy blue suit." What's wrong with it? Um, how about wordy without giving you any information? I don't care what color her suit is - it's not pertinent to the story. "Strawberry blond" is also pretty much guaranteed to make me roll my eyes. And headband? She's a freakin' professional meeting the President of the United States and she wears a headband? Stuck in the 80's much? The prose continues like this, with description of the "plus white couch", "white fireplace" (gee, ya think there's a lot of white in this place), and my personal favorite, the "polished mahogany desk" and "green-striped side chair". Um, besides being hideously decorated, you think the writer could come up with something other than color as a description? I usually give a book 50 pages before I bail, but this one is trying my patience ... and I'm only on page 23!
- Because I'm having trouble with "Gambit", I'm also reading "Castle Waiting." It's a graphic novel based on fairy stories, which I'm a sucker for. I have a feeling I'm going to finish it before I get anywhere near page 50 on "Gambit".
That's about it for now. See, I'm trying to post more frequently. Can I have a cookie?
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Friday, May 09, 2008
The Prodigal Update
Wow, has it really been since November last year since I posted anything? Wow. Why would anyone still visit?
OK, so where am I? What am I? Why am I here? Where is here? *shakes head* Excuse me for a second ... ok, I'm back. Let's see, life in general? Feels a bit rut-ish, rut-like, or to put it another way, nothing's horrid, but I feel like I've been in a rut lately (shocking, eh?). I need to break free from the work-home-sleep pattern. I know I should be exercising, but I just don't feel like it. I recently came to the realization that I really don't like exercise. Nothing about it is really appealing to me. The best I can say about it is that old quote about classic novels - everyone wants to have read them (but nobody wants to read them). Yeah, I know, prolonging life and quality of life and all that, but I still don't like it. That's why I'm fits and starts girl. I get going for about a week and then ... well, let's just say I'm an expert at finding out ways to avoid it. Plus eating? I love. So, well, you know. I'm starting again (again again ...). Might even use this thing to measure progress (at least I'll have something to update). Let's just say right now, I'm at XX7.6 lbs, ok?
Let's see, what else? Girls are ok. I've been doing my best to geekify them - they both look forward to Fridays because they get to see the Sarah Jane Adventures. The younger girl finally started to read ... Fairie books. Have you ever seen the Rainbow fairies? They're very similar to the Weather faires ... and the Jewel Faires ... oh, and lest we forget the Pet Fairies. Stunningly, this group of writers have managed to write four 7-book series that vary only in title. Still, I have to say I have a grudging admiration for them in that they finally got my reluctant first grader to read (even if they do make me want to bang my head against the wall).
As for my tv viewing? Nothing normal. I'd like to get into Lost again, but I'm so woefully behind that DVDs are going to be my only option. I'm watching Supernatural pretty regularly (am I the only one who likes the Ruby character? Of course, I also prefer Sam to Dean, so I guess I'm a bit weird). Fridays on Sci Fi are my latest addiction - though I may give up Battlestar if they insist on making Baltar into Christ. Why do "creative" endeavors feel the need to abuse my faith? If they treated any other historical figure the way they do Christ (think MLK Jr, Mother Teresa, or someone like that), there'd be rioting in the street. But somehow it's ok because it's Jesus. Gimme a break.
Politics? I think I might be turning Republican. Since neither party is planning on doing what needs to be done (like, I dunno, investigate alternative fuels other than ethanol? Balance the budget? Provide true universal health care?), might as well vote my wallet. Yeah, there's a pretty big rant behind this, but I just don't have the energy.
OK, probably enough for one day. See ya in several months (or maybe next week).
OK, so where am I? What am I? Why am I here? Where is here? *shakes head* Excuse me for a second ... ok, I'm back. Let's see, life in general? Feels a bit rut-ish, rut-like, or to put it another way, nothing's horrid, but I feel like I've been in a rut lately (shocking, eh?). I need to break free from the work-home-sleep pattern. I know I should be exercising, but I just don't feel like it. I recently came to the realization that I really don't like exercise. Nothing about it is really appealing to me. The best I can say about it is that old quote about classic novels - everyone wants to have read them (but nobody wants to read them). Yeah, I know, prolonging life and quality of life and all that, but I still don't like it. That's why I'm fits and starts girl. I get going for about a week and then ... well, let's just say I'm an expert at finding out ways to avoid it. Plus eating? I love. So, well, you know. I'm starting again (again again ...). Might even use this thing to measure progress (at least I'll have something to update). Let's just say right now, I'm at XX7.6 lbs, ok?
Let's see, what else? Girls are ok. I've been doing my best to geekify them - they both look forward to Fridays because they get to see the Sarah Jane Adventures. The younger girl finally started to read ... Fairie books. Have you ever seen the Rainbow fairies? They're very similar to the Weather faires ... and the Jewel Faires ... oh, and lest we forget the Pet Fairies. Stunningly, this group of writers have managed to write four 7-book series that vary only in title. Still, I have to say I have a grudging admiration for them in that they finally got my reluctant first grader to read (even if they do make me want to bang my head against the wall).
As for my tv viewing? Nothing normal. I'd like to get into Lost again, but I'm so woefully behind that DVDs are going to be my only option. I'm watching Supernatural pretty regularly (am I the only one who likes the Ruby character? Of course, I also prefer Sam to Dean, so I guess I'm a bit weird). Fridays on Sci Fi are my latest addiction - though I may give up Battlestar if they insist on making Baltar into Christ. Why do "creative" endeavors feel the need to abuse my faith? If they treated any other historical figure the way they do Christ (think MLK Jr, Mother Teresa, or someone like that), there'd be rioting in the street. But somehow it's ok because it's Jesus. Gimme a break.
Politics? I think I might be turning Republican. Since neither party is planning on doing what needs to be done (like, I dunno, investigate alternative fuels other than ethanol? Balance the budget? Provide true universal health care?), might as well vote my wallet. Yeah, there's a pretty big rant behind this, but I just don't have the energy.
OK, probably enough for one day. See ya in several months (or maybe next week).
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