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?
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Woo hoo! Congrats on your second post! *hands Paula a cookie* =)
I'm having a devil of a time exercising too. But yay for you and the purdy pool. I always found that our pools took more work than they were worth to keep clean! Maybe that's where you'll get your exercise?!?!? =P
I haven't seen BBC's Robin Hood. I may have to check it out because you make it sound intriguing! (Eye candy and all. *snerk*) And I won't mock you for the whole Jez from Hex thing. =)
I know what you mean about having to change "book worlds". It's a tough transition and "Gambit" doesn't sound like it's helping any!
Most everyone else I know can read two or more books concurrently. I just can't do it. Hats off to you with "Castle Waiting"... and I say that as long as you like a book, why not read and finish it?!
So, it's good to see that others are blogging some too. I've had a bit of a dry spell with topics this past couple of weeks, but I may be coming out of that.
Looking forward to your next entry! Have a great weekend! =)
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