Sonosing-off

So, I don't really do the reality-contestant-talent shows.  But I might have to after hearing about this.  I think Sonos is great.  I love how inventive their covers are.  Seriously, check out "I want you back."  It's truly haunting and will give you a whole new perspective on the song.

I wonder if it'll show up on my on-demand menu? Or hulu?  There's very little (if anything) I actually watch the night of broadcast.

Great Excitement!

from Amaryllis in Blueberry, pg 10

Just to set the record straight, envy is not green.  And rage isn’t red hot, and the blues have nothing to do with blue.  Envy is more dust colored, a transparent sort of gray.  It quivers, like heat rising.  Rage itself is not any shade of red – it’s not any color at all.  It’s a smell, like fried-up fish.  Melancholy? The blues? Melancholy’s more of a shimmer than any color.  And it creeps: blues on the move.

This quote makes more sense when you read the book.  But alone, I find it mesmerizing.

S's first official knitting project

Some women knit there men sweaters.  Some knit their men scarves.

Me?  I knit my man a bracelet.  Yes, a bracelet.

So far, I haven't quit endeared my DH to the charms of knitting.  I think he thinks it's too country or vintage for him.  But I did find a loop hole.  See, DH has a tattoo around his wrist, and it's against the dress code at his job.  Since we were at the state fair, we looked for items that could cover his tattoo and still be practical.  No dice.  Sexy leather cuffs would be too hot.  He didn't like the bracelets that you adjusted by pulling of the strings (which incidentally were my favorite when I was the friendship bracelet queen, but whatevs).  And then it occured to me:  What if I knit him a cuff?

So I did.  It's not my best piece of work.  I think I'm actually going to knit a few more so that he has a wardrobe of them.  Goodness knows I have enough yarn.  But I find it kinda cool that he's going to wear something of mine to work with him every day.  Let's him know I care.

Love ya, babe x-*

my 2012 reading challenge

After I’ve finished the books I’ve set out to read this year, these are books left on Shmoop’s best seller’s list that I will have not yet read:

 

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen

The Hobbi by JRR Tolkien

Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

The Lightning Theif by Rick Riordan

Little Bee by Chris Cleave

The Lovely bones by Alice Sebold

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Shining by Stephen King

The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Wicked by Gregory Maguire

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin

But I think most of them will have to wait for 2013.

Since I’ve proven I can be a rather prolific reader, I decided to up things a notch.  I’ve picked 12 authors of classics (modern and otherwise).  Each month, I will pick an author from my list, and read one of his/her works.  I hope this challenge will expose me to greater literature and expand my horizons beyond best sellers, chick lit and fantasy.  My 12 authors are:

Jane Austen

Charlotte Bronte

Lewis Carroll

Charles Dickens

Alexandre Dumas

William Faulkner

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Ernest Hemingway

Jack Kerouac

Jack London

Ayn Rand

Mark Twain

If this is not sufficient to keep me busy, I’ve made an addendum list to explore:

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Aldous Huxley

Joseph Steinbeck

Harper Lee

James Joyce

 

Beyond all the reading I have listed, I still have a significant list of books waiting to be fulfilled from my library list.  This should make for an interesting 18 months of reading.

clash

She spotted me before I saw her.
I smiled.  Should I have?
Her acrylic nails were fresh, along with the bruise on her left cheek.
Did I have any cash?
her wallet was stolen, her ID gone, her bus leaving for home, from outta state, her dog died
blah
blah
blah
Do you have any cash?

Do I?
Do I tell the truth, or do I lie?
I have cash in my pocket, but not enough to make it to pay day.

Cup of cold water in christ's name?

Am I doing a good deed?
Am I being hustled?
How different are they?  Why do they feel so similar?

I've made my decision.  My noes crinkles up and I grimace.
She knows that face; what I'm about to say
She turns away before two small, sad letters can pass my lips.

She walks away; she sees someone else.

34 weeks in; 18 weeks to go; 37 books read so far*

So, with 18 weeks to go, and trending slightly ahead of one book/week, the question remains, what books will I read for the rest of the year?  So far, I've just been reading whatever drew my fancy, but now I find myself wanting to plan what I'll read to finish out the year.

I have 25 items out of my 100 requested items that are not suspended.  I'll let that sink in for a second.  THus my great desire to clear out some items ready to go off my request list that may have been on there a bit longer than they should.

Here's what I have planned so far
currently reading:

1. Traffic
2. Eclipse (just started) (I know, I know)

Next few books coming to me from the library:

1. Amaryllis in Blueberry
2. Hunger Games
3. I Remember Nothing
4. The Happiness Project
5. Catching Fire

Hmm, so we have two series represented with only the last books to go.  So I guess those should be included in my list of 11 yet-to-be-determined list

1. Mocking Jay
2. Breaking Dawn

But what else?
How about:

1. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress
2. The Curfew
3. Blood Bones & Butter
4. Matched
5. 365 ways to live cheap
6. Magician King
7. Half a Life
8. The Uncoupling
9. Maine

Can she do it?

*I reserve the right to change my list, my goal and anything else I feel like, dagnabbit.

things I need to do to get my apartment in shape:

• wash the dishes I promised I'd do tonight, but, psssht, like any of us really believed that
• sweep kitchen floor
• sweep bathroom floor
• find floor in bedroom

Not extensive, right?

Good news?  The living room is pretty ship shape, so really, if we have company or something, only three things really need to be done.  Ta da!