Friday, May 27, 2011
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bearshortyI had my Doctor’s appointment in the morning. The test was quicker than I thought it would be and not too uncomfortable. I’m just glad to get that done. And the time waiting in the office passed quickly with a book.
On the walk home I did some food shopping. I’m having guests over on Sunday and Bear is staying here from Sunday until Tuesday so I’m thinking up food menus. I’m definitely going to bake banana bread and maybe make baked ziti on Monday. For Sunday I’m thinking stir fry with Thai Red Curry Sauce and a fresh salad and bbq in the afternoon with burgers. I do love having a kitchen to myself.
I do love modern technology. I called parents in France this afternoon from Skype and talked with them for more than 20 minutes for less than a dollar. They are doing a bus tour of Switzerland and French Riviera and visiting a lot of cities. They wanted me to come with them and part of me wishes to visit all those places (I only been to Zurich and Nice) but I’m enjoying my solitude.
Our government newly renewed ability to look up library records and other personal information like that for ‘suspected terrorist activity’ makes me very uncomfortable. Patriot Act is so creepy.
Very true Cracked article: 5 things nobody tells you about being poor.
It is 1:40 in the morning and I just finished reading “Hunger Games.” I think I read half the book just today. After 8pm, I did something I haven’t done in a long time – I turned off the TV and closed my laptop and went into the computer room to its nice couch to read. And I kept reading and reading. It has been a while. But I just did not want to stop. I did take a break to talk to Bear on the phone and then wash the dishes (when I lived by myself I always wash all the dishes right before I go to sleep, it is soothing and I reverted to old patterns) but otherwise I just read.
This book is fracked up – disturbing on many levels. And so much tension. I think reading it on Kindle without the ability to peek ahead actually worked in my favor this time because I really did not know what was coming. And the author is really good with cliffhangers and keeping the narrative interesting. I’m glad she did not take the easy way out and had Katniss actually kill some people. And while I realized about the bow and the cheese before Katniss did, I did not see the berries coming. And when the announcer said that only one must remain at the last stage of the Games, I was actually tearing up because the writer totally established that all characters can be killed, even main ones. I don’t usually get that emotional over fictional characters. (Harry Potter was a big exception). And I felt sorry for Peeta even then because we as the audience knew how much was a strategy on Katniss part. Although I do think Katniss is more emotionally involved than she thinks and partly because of the mutual experience and survival. It has been a very long time since I didn’t want to put the book down. “Harry Potter 7” comes to mind since I read it straight through from midnight to 9pm the next day without a break and a long time ago “Name of the Rose.” Can’t wait for the next two books. In the beginning the narrative style of first person present was a bit jarring but then I got used to it and I think it reflects Katniss well.
On the walk home I did some food shopping. I’m having guests over on Sunday and Bear is staying here from Sunday until Tuesday so I’m thinking up food menus. I’m definitely going to bake banana bread and maybe make baked ziti on Monday. For Sunday I’m thinking stir fry with Thai Red Curry Sauce and a fresh salad and bbq in the afternoon with burgers. I do love having a kitchen to myself.
I do love modern technology. I called parents in France this afternoon from Skype and talked with them for more than 20 minutes for less than a dollar. They are doing a bus tour of Switzerland and French Riviera and visiting a lot of cities. They wanted me to come with them and part of me wishes to visit all those places (I only been to Zurich and Nice) but I’m enjoying my solitude.
Our government newly renewed ability to look up library records and other personal information like that for ‘suspected terrorist activity’ makes me very uncomfortable. Patriot Act is so creepy.
Very true Cracked article: 5 things nobody tells you about being poor.
It is 1:40 in the morning and I just finished reading “Hunger Games.” I think I read half the book just today. After 8pm, I did something I haven’t done in a long time – I turned off the TV and closed my laptop and went into the computer room to its nice couch to read. And I kept reading and reading. It has been a while. But I just did not want to stop. I did take a break to talk to Bear on the phone and then wash the dishes (when I lived by myself I always wash all the dishes right before I go to sleep, it is soothing and I reverted to old patterns) but otherwise I just read.
This book is fracked up – disturbing on many levels. And so much tension. I think reading it on Kindle without the ability to peek ahead actually worked in my favor this time because I really did not know what was coming. And the author is really good with cliffhangers and keeping the narrative interesting. I’m glad she did not take the easy way out and had Katniss actually kill some people. And while I realized about the bow and the cheese before Katniss did, I did not see the berries coming. And when the announcer said that only one must remain at the last stage of the Games, I was actually tearing up because the writer totally established that all characters can be killed, even main ones. I don’t usually get that emotional over fictional characters. (Harry Potter was a big exception). And I felt sorry for Peeta even then because we as the audience knew how much was a strategy on Katniss part. Although I do think Katniss is more emotionally involved than she thinks and partly because of the mutual experience and survival. It has been a very long time since I didn’t want to put the book down. “Harry Potter 7” comes to mind since I read it straight through from midnight to 9pm the next day without a break and a long time ago “Name of the Rose.” Can’t wait for the next two books. In the beginning the narrative style of first person present was a bit jarring but then I got used to it and I think it reflects Katniss well.