Best book ever for young girls, no matter what color...
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Monday, February 6, 2012
Friday, November 11, 2011
Zone One by Colson Whitehead
I LOVE reading... particularly if the title or description has the following words:
mystery
post-apocalyptic
zombie
witch
mystery
plague
ghost/ demon/ spirits
murder
I think you get the point. Give me a good old- fashioned horror monster-ghost who is worshipped by witches who get eaten by zombies who then dies because of a deadly plague and I am happy. I am even happier when there are stories with ethnic or minority lead characters. My love of "science fiction/ fantasy" genre has prompted a long love affair with Tananarive Due (The Good House) and Octavia Butler (Fledgling, omg so good).
mystery
post-apocalyptic
zombie
witch
mystery
plague
ghost/ demon/ spirits
murder
I think you get the point. Give me a good old- fashioned horror monster-ghost who is worshipped by witches who get eaten by zombies who then dies because of a deadly plague and I am happy. I am even happier when there are stories with ethnic or minority lead characters. My love of "science fiction/ fantasy" genre has prompted a long love affair with Tananarive Due (The Good House) and Octavia Butler (Fledgling, omg so good).
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Heavy D....
I miss you already. Your music is on my greatest hits playlist.
PS: Jam is the sh*t. I listen to it while washing dishes....
I am so sad....and sending prayers and well wishes to your family...
PS: Jam is the sh*t. I listen to it while washing dishes....
I am so sad....and sending prayers and well wishes to your family...
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Halloween: Sheriff Izzy in the house!
In 2009, we went to the West Hollywood parade as vampire and victim a la Interview with the Vampire.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Book clubs are for losers like me....
I recently decided to take my search for friends to the internet....
I figured, "I like reading and I like wine... why can't read and drink wine with someone and then talk about what we read...."
So far my craigslist post in the city of Los Angeles had generated 3 responses. Three. I am bummed.
This is a list of books that I desparately would like to read and add to the post to give a sense of what type of books I typically read.
Zone One by Colson Whitehead
The Liquid City by Curtis Hopfenbeck
The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Poetzsch
The Abby by Chris Culver
Black like me by John Howard Griffin.
Some of these book were just added to my list recently, while others have been on there for a while.
I also started reading a lot of the "classics" as defined by Penguins.
Any other good ones I should know about?
I figured, "I like reading and I like wine... why can't read and drink wine with someone and then talk about what we read...."
So far my craigslist post in the city of Los Angeles had generated 3 responses. Three. I am bummed.
This is a list of books that I desparately would like to read and add to the post to give a sense of what type of books I typically read.
Zone One by Colson Whitehead
The Liquid City by Curtis Hopfenbeck
The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Poetzsch
The Abby by Chris Culver
Black like me by John Howard Griffin.
Some of these book were just added to my list recently, while others have been on there for a while.
I also started reading a lot of the "classics" as defined by Penguins.
Any other good ones I should know about?
Thursday, October 20, 2011
An open letter the Occupy Wall Street Protesters:
Dear Protesters:
I get it. I really do. You are angry and fed up and unsure of the future. You showed up on time everyday. You never took a sick day. You missed your kid's violin recital to meet that deadline. You did everything right and where are you now? Nowhere. Or at the very least not where YOU think you should be. And on top of everything, it seems like nothing will make the slightest difference in the amount of indifference the world has for you.
I am frustrated too. While I am lucky enough to have a job, there are several people in my family who do not. They were not bad employees or lazy, they were just victims of the financial state of their employers. I am sure that they wish that they could be the ones who kept their jobs, but sometimes staying on is just as difficult. When the economy started to tank, many employers did what was necessary to cut costs in the most direct way possible. For most, they got rid of their most costly expense: employees. Some companies had no choice but to severely cut their workforce by half or more. I saw it happen at competing firms. "Oh did you hear that So-and-so is down from 50 to 22 people?" "Well I heard that they were going to a 4 day work week and taking a 20% pay cut."
And at first, as a surviving member of your company you are thankful for your job, period. You might take a pay cut and you might work more hours but you will be making more than unemployment and you will still feel like a positive member of society.
I get it. I really do. You are angry and fed up and unsure of the future. You showed up on time everyday. You never took a sick day. You missed your kid's violin recital to meet that deadline. You did everything right and where are you now? Nowhere. Or at the very least not where YOU think you should be. And on top of everything, it seems like nothing will make the slightest difference in the amount of indifference the world has for you.
I am frustrated too. While I am lucky enough to have a job, there are several people in my family who do not. They were not bad employees or lazy, they were just victims of the financial state of their employers. I am sure that they wish that they could be the ones who kept their jobs, but sometimes staying on is just as difficult. When the economy started to tank, many employers did what was necessary to cut costs in the most direct way possible. For most, they got rid of their most costly expense: employees. Some companies had no choice but to severely cut their workforce by half or more. I saw it happen at competing firms. "Oh did you hear that So-and-so is down from 50 to 22 people?" "Well I heard that they were going to a 4 day work week and taking a 20% pay cut."
And at first, as a surviving member of your company you are thankful for your job, period. You might take a pay cut and you might work more hours but you will be making more than unemployment and you will still feel like a positive member of society.
Monday, October 17, 2011
5 Thoughts...
1) As I approach the ripe old age of 30, I can no longer stay out late, stay up late, or wake up late. My body is less and less capable of changing its routine.
2) Washing my make up off at night (on the rare occasion that I actually wear some) is the most difficult part of may day... because all I want to do is dive into bed and go to sleep.
3) Sharing a bed with your spouse is can be seriously over rated. Yes, its sweet to spoon and whisper I love you's into each other ears just for falling blissfully asleep, but all the other nights when he's hot and I'm cold or he wants to face one way and I want to face the other. Or when I really, really want to sleep diagonially in bed, its a just a hassle.
4) The IPAD is my husband's most seductive mistress... after that comes: the dog, the blackberry, the office, and the golf range....
5) I need a hobby. I need something else to do with myself besides working at the office, working at home, cooking dinner, and taking care of the dog. I am going to go ahead and declare that working out does not count. I don't enjoy it and when I don't do it, I feel guilty. I want to join a wine club where I sit in someone's living room and taste wine and eat good food. I tried to start a supper club of sorts with some friends and no one wanted to actually cook the food as much as they just wanted to eat it.
2) Washing my make up off at night (on the rare occasion that I actually wear some) is the most difficult part of may day... because all I want to do is dive into bed and go to sleep.
3) Sharing a bed with your spouse is can be seriously over rated. Yes, its sweet to spoon and whisper I love you's into each other ears just for falling blissfully asleep, but all the other nights when he's hot and I'm cold or he wants to face one way and I want to face the other. Or when I really, really want to sleep diagonially in bed, its a just a hassle.
4) The IPAD is my husband's most seductive mistress... after that comes: the dog, the blackberry, the office, and the golf range....
5) I need a hobby. I need something else to do with myself besides working at the office, working at home, cooking dinner, and taking care of the dog. I am going to go ahead and declare that working out does not count. I don't enjoy it and when I don't do it, I feel guilty. I want to join a wine club where I sit in someone's living room and taste wine and eat good food. I tried to start a supper club of sorts with some friends and no one wanted to actually cook the food as much as they just wanted to eat it.
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