Thursday, August 22, 2013

It's Time to READ!!!



I have recently finished American Gods by Neil Gaiman, and I think the completion of that book has started a veritable book binge. I just listened to an entire audiobook I download a couple months ago, The Tao of Martha by Jen Lancaster. In preparation for my upcoming vacation, I have requested 11 books from the library, downloaded 2 e-books and 2 audiobooks (all from the library) and mined my own shelves for 3 more books. Something tells me I can cross 'reading material' off my list.

From the library:
  • Mort by Terry Pratchett [ebook]
  • Equal Rites by same [ebook]
  • Weekend Knitting by Melanie Falick (possible baby sweater)
  • More Last-Minute Knitted Gifts by Joelle Hoverson (possible baby sweater)
  • It starts with food by Dallas & Melissa Hartwig 
  • The spectacular now [sound recording] / Tim Tharp 
  • Dyer consequences / Maggie Sefton
  • Everything I needed to know about being a girl I learned from Judy Blume / edited by Jennifer O'Connell
  • Forever ... / Judy Blume
  • The chessmen of doom / John Bellairs ; frontispiece by Edward Gorey
  • The happiness project : or, Why I spent a year trying to sing in the morning, clean my closets, fight right, read Aristotle and generally have more fun / by Gretchen Rubin.   
  • Chapter & hearse / Lorna Barrett.
  • Needled to death / Maggie Sefton. 
Advance Reader Copy of REMOVED by S.J. Pajonas

My books to read that I own:
  • Never Let me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
  • The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer(in progress)

Quick check-in

I'm working on a few posts, and I'm cramming a lot of work in this week in preparation for my VACATION that starts tomorrow, so I shouldn't even be on here typing this post, but I had to share a link to a super cute Dr. Horrible costume. And if you don't read SewTara's blog, well, you should! I don't sew and I find her very entertaining. Read on!

Monday, August 5, 2013

False starts

I've been experiencing a lack of focus on all fronts for months now - blogging, dating, fitness, organization, blah blah blah. It's not important - there are too many to name.

In terms of blogging, I have 10 draft posts sitting behind the scenes that span the last year and half. I start writing a post and then get all perfectionist about it, save it for later, and never return to review it.  Most of them are 80-90% finished. A few are one liners on topics I thought I wanted to write about here.

This blog is really for my own thoughts anyway, so what does it matter if it's organized? I think I struggle with wanting to have a blog and also wanting a written journal, filled with art and momentos. It's hard to include the content I want in a virtual format - my ticket stub from the Neil Gaiman reading is a tangible thing. I suppose I could scan it in and toss it, but that added level of work just won't fit in to the limited free time I have. Besides, I love paging through overstuff books, seeing my handwriting in different inks and with things sticking out of the pages.

Perhaps I should keep a physical journal and then scan and upload the pages here. But how much of that journal is private? The struggle continues.

For the meantime, here's what I'm doing lately:
  • I joined Boston Sports Club - I go back and forth with gyms, but this one is a BLOCK from me and I did a trial 30 day pass last summer and loved it. I have been thinking of joining since then, and last week I took the plunge
  • I've started running. I haven't run lately, since I was without an indoor space to run, and it was hot and humid, but now that I've got the gym it's time to start up run/walk intervals again.
  • Penpals - I joined The League of Extraordinary Penpals to try and reconnect with letter writing
  • I participated in Tour de Fleece, a spinning competition/motivation event and spun a little over half of the fiber I started with, 2.2 of 4 ounces.