I started to update my book post, but then I realized that there were a good 20 books I hadn’t put on the list. Instead, here is the link to my Goodreads “read in 2010” shelf.
(If you’re not yet my friend on Goodreads, go ahead and add me!)
I was profiled in an article in my hometown newspaper this past weekend, which was written by my dear friend Vicki!
😀
I seriously need time to slow down, or days with more hours in them or something…I seriously love my job, and I love my second job (the college teaching thing), but entire weeks go by when I barely have time to breathe, let alone blog or read a book that’s not school-related. I see everyone posting about NaNoWriMo, and I get a little wistful…ah, maybe someday I’ll get there again.
So anyway, here’s a bunch of random stuff:
1. School is going well. Busy, of course…but not in a bad way. I have taken on some new responsibilities this year that eat up a little more of my time (junior class moderator, trying to get a creative writing club off the ground), but am generally enjoying it all.
2. I am already hopelessly behind on grading. I think I just have to accept the fact that I will never be at zero.
3. Schedule makes it hard to find social time, me time, even internet time beyond scanning mail/twitter/facebook updates. Brain gets swiss-cheesy at times, so I apologize if I’ve neglected to answer a message!
4. Yet somehow managing to play Words with Friends on my new iPod. (join me! I’m eringoblog)
5. Have assigned my AP Lit classes an outside reading project. They have to read at least one AP-worthy book per quarter and complete a project. I am pledging to knock some books off of my to-read list by making time to read at least one of the listed books per quarter as well. The Namesake is first on my list.
6. Saw this excellent post on LJ which is what prompted me to log in and actually post. I’m going to do a linky, ala Kelly:
7. I STILL haven’t gotten around to writing proper reviews, but I’ve read two amazing books by my dear, dear friend (and Campbell Award Winner!) Seanan McGuire:
FEED (as Mira Grant), and An Artificial Night. Both were amazing, and I can’t recommend them highly enough. 🙂
8. I don’t remember what number 8 was. Maybe another time.
I know I have blogged about this poem before, but it seemed like a good time to post it again. It’s one of my favorites, and it was read at my wedding.
Looking for Your Face
From the beginning of my life
I have been looking for your face
but today I have seen it.Today I have seen
the charm, the beauty, the unfathomable grace
of the face
that I was looking forToday I have found you
and those who laughed
and scorned me yesterday
are sorry that they were not looking
as I didI am bewildered by the magnificence
of your beauty
and wish to see you
with a hundred eyesMy heart has burned with passion
and has searched forever
for this wondrous beauty
that I now beholdI am ashamed
to call this love human
and afraid of G-d
to call it divineYour fragrant breath
like the morning breeze
has come to the stillness of the garden
You have breathed new life into me
I have become your sunshine
and also your shadowMy soul is screaming in ecstacy
Every fiber of my being
is in love with youYour effulgence
has lit a fire in my heart
and you have made radiant for me
the earth and skyMy arrow of love
has arrived at the target
I am in the house of mercy
and my heart
is a place of prayerby Rumi
Rumi was a Sufi poet who lived from 1207-1273. His “love” poems are really about God, but I see them as celebrating human love as an expression of the divine.
Last year, I purchased a super cheap subscription to Real Simple magazine. Seriously, it was like $5 for a year or something. As it got close to the renewal date, they kept sending me invoices, but their offers were nowhere near as good. I think they want me to pay $10 for six issues now, which I’ve been kind of meh about.
I just got this notice in the mail:
4TH REQUEST FOR PAYMENT
Your subscription payment is 90 days PAST DUE and we’ve had to suspend delivery. This is one more reason you need REAL SIMPLE. Each issue gives you time-saving solutions for everyday tasks, like how to pay your bills on time. Return the invoice above with payment no later than 8/31/10 so we can reinstate your service.
I hate to break this to you, kind folks at Real Simple, but I don’t owe you anything…I don’t resubscribe, you don’t send me the magazine. Are people really gullible enough to fall for this???
Every once in a while, I realize it’s been like two weeks since I posted anything, and decide to info-dump a bunch of random stuff. This is one of those times.
Stuff about Books:
I’ve actually gotten a lot of fluffy, just because I want to, reading done in the past couple of weeks, and it’s been very enjoyable. You can find me on Goodreads (feel free to friend me, but if I’m unlikely to recognize your name, just drop me a line or two telling me who you are!)
If you’re my facebook friend (and if you aren’t, why not?), you’ve already seen my plug for PaperBack Swap…but for those of you who haven’t, here’s where you can find me. I’ve found PaperBack Swap an incredibly useful source for trading used books. I have a bunch of books posted right now, and I’d love to find them homes!
Stuff about TV
Rand and I just finished watching the entire run of Sports Night on dvd (again), and I’m reminded of how ridiculous it was that it got canceled after two seasons. Sigh.
I’m trying desperately to catch up on episodes of So You Think You Can Dance, which I got behind on when we went on vacation. Since writing that sentence, I am caught up UP TO this week, which means I have not watched the performance or results shows that aired this week.
We just got the first disc of Castle in the mail from Netflix, so that’s on our to-watch list. Finally. 😉
I swear that when I started this post, I had more than two categories of things to write about…but *whoosh* whatever it was is gone now. I guess I’ll post again later if I remember!
I don’t think I have any other words to describe how I feel about this video. Watch it and see if you can come up with some.
Anyone who has known me for any length of time has probably at one time or another heard me talk about my fear of The Wet. I understand that just exactly what constitutes The Wet can be confusing, so I decided to put together this handy guide.
First, things that are wet, but not The Wet:
Things that are The Wet:
Disclaimers/exceptions
On hand washing…I can’t stand to wash my hands with my rings on. I must set them down or put them in my pocket, and put them back on only after my hands are totally dry, otherwise, water gets trapped underneath them. OMG, the WET. Also, I hate those stupid blowy air dryer things. I keep hand sanitizer in my purse for such occasions.
I am nearly certain I’m forgetting something, so I will add on if anything else comes to mind…
I tried multiple posts of varying lengths, and I got the same result every time. 😀
