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Saturday, February 26, 2011

You might be addicted to books if...


thanks picaresque. i like that her url means pen name. :)


  1. You buy your purses based on how many books you can fit inside. {Yes, yes, yes! Although, now that I have a Kindle, I don't need a big bag...}
  2. The Fed Ex and UPS carriers, know you by name. [Well...not because of books. Usually because of the strange things I buy off of Etsy. But, that's a different post.]
  3. Your family refuses to buy you books because they don't want to support your habit. [My family is full of enablers.]
  4. You own multiple versions of the same book. [I do. But, usually because I lose them. Then find them. Then lose them again. Or ruin them with bathtub water or sand.]
  5. You dream about books. (Getting them... meeting the authors that write them.) [Not sure about this one.]
  6. You always have at least one book on you at all times. Even if it's just a quick trip to the dollar store. [Kindlegarten is with me at all times. Everywhere I go. Work, mall, car wash...]
  7. You usually help shoppers at the bookstore, because you are more knowledgeable than the staff. [Noo...I did that once a Sephora though and I thought the girl working there might stab me with a makeup brush. Go Makeup Forever!]
  8. You've been known to skip family functions or outings with friends because you can't stop reading. [Yes. I like books more than you.]
  9. There are books in every room of your house. [Everywhere.]
  10. If you are within five miles of a bookstore, you find yourself drawn to it like a homing device from the mothership. [I work by Barnes and Noble. I have to tell myself to look away.]
Thursday, January 27, 2011

Eight Moments in the Life of the Writer: Number 7

As an avid reader, I tried fervently to emulate those writer whom I loved.  As any girl who grew up in the 90s was want to do, I loved Ann M. Martin and Paula Danzinger.  My friend Ashley and I were determined to write a book based on letters, just like our favorite characters Tara*Starr and Elizabeth.  The characters in our own novel were deep and complex.  My character’s name was Albany.  Like the city in New York.  Apparently great literary works tend to have girls with stripper names.  We saved our stories on a floppy disk and passed it back and forth to each other.  Ashely irritated my creative genius by balking at a chapter I wrote in which Albany fell from a fourth story window and was miraculously unharmed.  Slipping in the floppy disk, I noticed she commented, “um. This isn’t realistic.” Forget realistic!  Did this girl want a story or not!?  Would the great Ann M. Martin let such a pesky thing as realism hold her back?  No!  Her characters were always doing ridiculous things like getting stranded on islands after competing in sailboat races.  Stories needed drama.  They needed excitement.  “Fine.  Maybe it was a second story window,” I conceded.  We never did finish the story, but with a name like that, I’m sure Albany goes on to fall out sixth story windows, is hooked on drugs and rides a Harley.  In her stripper heels.  I learned to add creative flair, but not to be ridiculous.  I mean, what kind of name is Albany?
Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Eight Moments in the Life of the Writer: Number 5

Next, I immersed myself into the world of a writer further still as I grew accustom to brooding in isolation.  While other fourth graders gathered with their friends to play kickball, four square and wall ball, I hunkered against the hot asphalt and cool orange-red bricks.  I fancied myself Harriet the Spy or Amelia as I scribbled furiously in my Amelia notebook my mom bought for me at the Bookfair.  The playground duty thought there was something oddly wrong with me.  Repeatedly, she tried to engage in conversation with me.  Asked what I was writing or reading.  After a few curt answers as I glowered at her through my bangs and hair-bow, she stopped trying.  Of course, there wasn’t anything wrong me!  Well, at least not because I was a skinny, scowling, quiet ten year old. Sitting contentedly in 15 minute intervals carving out, “I HATE WHEN MADDIE writes SCRIBBLES IN MY NOTEBOOK!  SHE THINKS SHE CAN WRITE AND IT’S SO ANNOYING!” I learned another lesson of writing: It’s important to be comfortable alone with your thoughts.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Old and Young

Apparently, I am really sixty years old. My varied interests include eating at diners, reading anything and everything (especially on my kindle), cooking, museums, long cardigans, travel, NPR, jazz music and waiting to retire.

My mom calls me "boring."

As in, "Why did you put my Pandora on all this Old People Music. I listen to Top 40."

I call it "classy."

What else is classy? A mix of old and young? Fancy and a little bit rock and roll?

The Section Quartet and The Vitamin String Quartet.

Both groups specialize in turning popular rock songs into all string versions of fantastic-ness. They've covered The Postal Service, Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Oasis, to name a few. If I was hip enough to know how to embed a movie, I would do it. I want the soundtrack of my life to be Black Hole Sun as played by Section Quartet. It sounds dramatic and awesome. Like the soundtrack to a dark, Gothic novel. I think I just ceased to be cool with that reference. Sorry Mom. Guess I'm not cool enough quite yet.


Section Quartet Plays The Postal Service

Section Quartet Plays Black Hole Sun

String Quartet Plays Wonderwall!

String Quartet Plays Smells Like Teen Spirit!!
Friday, August 20, 2010

new favorite things

Budget Bytes

delicious food all at delicious prices

♥ Weardrobe

i'm sure i'm all sorts of behind on this and this
Lookbook

mariannan

this girl is super cute.  super cute clothes and super cute pictures

plink

LOVE this girls hair.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Kindlegarten: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

In which I believe my mind has been...poisoned?

Those of you who know me...and maybe even those of you who don't...know that I am not by any means prudish. Some might even say I am a little more prone to Humor of the Male Variety. My sophomore year of college I was Queen of That's What She Said jokes. HOWEVER, I do have a heart. And my heart doesn't enjoy reading about certain subjects. Might I explain:

I am obsessed with Kindlegarten. I spend more time with My New Boyfriend than anyone else. I love that I can read basically any book in the world. After hearing all the hoopla surrounding The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, I finally downloaded a sample. I approached it half-heatedly. I didn't really want to like it. I read the sample though. I was hooked. I really enjoyed the book. I was absorbed by the pure strangeness of the whole situation. Mikael Blomkvist is a financial journalist turned murder detective when his journalism career turns south. Lisbeth Salander is an outcast computer hacker with a strange past. How would the two of them become intertwined in the plot? Who really was behind the murder? Would Blomkvist get his revenge? And why does everyone in Sweden have a last name that starts with a B?!!?

I read pretty much every second I got. Until last night. I couldn't sleep. I powered up my Kindle (yeah, I sleep with it). Big mistake.

SPOILER ALERT:

3 AM is not the best time to read about some perverts awful sexual assault on a girl. Especially in such detail. I can handle a little bit of grisly detail a la The Kite Runner. But, this book (originally titled more appropriately in Swedish Men Who Hate Women) is rife with gruesome sexual assaults and murders. The disgusting thing is, these accounts of assault were presented in such a way that it felt like the female characters were so hardened by their circumstances it didn't really affect them. And the author? I think it takes a sick mind to write in such a detached way about so many horrible events. The dialogue was creepy and twisted. Although Salandar is a fiercely independent woman, the way her Advokat speaks to her is like he is a pedophile addressing a small child. Although she tries to act, she is only acted upon. Disgusting. Men Who Hate Women really is a more appropriate title for this book. Not one male character is this entire book has one redeeming quality.


I really wanted to enjoy this book. I was thoroughly disappointed with the content and graphic nature. Too many women (and men and children for that matter) are abused each day for me to even remotely enjoy reading a fictional account of such events.


No thanks. I'll pass. Deleted from Kindlegarten.
Thursday, April 29, 2010

Things I ♥ ♥







♥ google docs
♥ grace for the moment
♥ dresses
♥ flip-flops
Napoleon Perdis primer
♥ blogstalking
♥ yoga
Real Simple magazine
♥ feeling loved
♥ getting ice cream with my dad
♥ MY KINDLE
♥ cooking classes
♥ CHEESE
♥ pine nuts
♥ {pasta}

and how much are y'all loving the SNOW? STILL.
Thursday, April 22, 2010

Things I ♥


grappphic


sunshine and 77 degree weather
{and then 40 degree weather and SNOW}
♥ Scrub Your Nose in It by Soap and Glory
{seriously gave me theeee smoothest skin EVER}
♥ bright pink nail polish
♥ yoga pants
♥ flower headbands
♥ chunky necklaces
♥ RED
♥ skirts in warm weather
♥ my kindle (love, love, love, love, love)
Life is a Verb
{(love this book. author Patti Digh wrote it to her daughters after she learned her dad only had 37 days to live. What would you do with only 37 days left? At the end of each chapter she gives an assignment to do for 37 days and then an experience to free write about. She has a blog too!)
♥ san francisco with b
the anthems Smile On from the San Diego commercial. Thanks TV.
Sunday, March 28, 2010

I spend all my time reading....

This is to remind myself of new blogs I've found.....since I don't have enough to read already!

♥ Promise Tangeman is amazing! She's so creative and talented!

Promise....

Jasmine Star Photography

Soundtrack to My Day

Petite Anglaise
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Life After College

"There is no there, or better state. Make the most of this one – it is right where you should be – and the only place that’s real"

-Jenny Blake

Jenny Blake runs the website lifeaftercollege.org. A whole website dedicated to my state of being! Perfect. She's super smart and give great advice.

Tonight, my little sister and I are going to see Legally Blonde! I'm excited, this is one of my favorite movies. Plus, then I get to go to the theatre which is way better than the theater.

I feel like buying a pink dress....but it's too cold in this stupid state to wear one. Weather, where do you get off SNOWING on the fourth day of Spring? Snow thanks.

As part of following my inner bliss, today I am downloading my new and improved resume.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

M.Y.L..aaaaaa


I know, I'm so far behind on the Make Your Life train. My apologies. I went to California for a little while and was too busy soaking up the sunshine. I'm going to miss going every now and again....a lot. Really a lot. I think I'll keep up with M.Y.L.A., but I don't know how often I'll blog it.

Today was all about managing your time. Not just for planning and organizational purposes, but planning each day with meaning. In other words:

" ♥ Making the most of our time requires consciousness and awareness"



I think one of the biggest lessons I've learned from doing Megan's M.Y.L.A. series is that happiness is a conscious thing. Life isn't going to come and smack your over the head and demand you be happy. You guys? Sometimes. Life. Sucks. I've been feeling that way lately even though I have all kinds of great things going on around me. I've accomplished a lot. But life takes all kinds of weird turns and twists. And right now, I'm not all that enamored with it. However, I'm trying to have a better outlook even though it is far from what I want to be doing. Although, I don't have all that solid of a grasp on what I want to be doing.

Giving each day a purpose will help. I hate the feeling of ninetofiveandhometobed. But, that's what I do every. single. day. I hate it. This M.Y.L.A. came at a perfect time. I need my days to have a purpose now. At least one little thing that's planned to look forward to and break up the days.

So, I joined a gym. With classes! Also, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, I watched American Idol. Haha. And, I'm going to try to go on adventures like I did in L.A. Any cool spots in the SLC I should know about? Yelp has become my new best friend. Anyone want to be my spinyogapilatesadventurenewbestfriend? I'm really good at planning adventures, I promise!
Friday, March 12, 2010

Things I Love Thursday

I am such a slacker! Due to some strange work related shenanigans, I completely forgot to do Things I Love.....so, without further ado...what is "ado" anyways?

♥ musicovery.com.
♥ E.L.F. makeup...it's only one dollar people.
♥ Jeffery Campbell
♥ Badgley Mischka
♥ Indian music
Adriana Trigiani
♥ Beauty Rush lipgloss
♥ My $9.50 jeans from Forever21
♥ NPR
Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Day 17


Follow, follow me to charadestyle.com and M.Y.L.A.!


♥ As a social species, we benefit from regular, friendly interactions

Unless you're Whitters and are therefore inclined to avoid people because you're a nut case, but at the same time, want to have more friends. This makes no sense. I realize this. I get in these moods where pretty much everyone bothers me and I want to be alone. Then, I want to have more friends. Typical of my indecisive nature. I think...just kidding. The funny thing is, even when I'm in my anti-social moods (more often than not), I always have a good time once I'm actually out of the house.

Homework:

♥ Take action on your friendships

In your notebook, write five things you could do to improve your friendships.

♥ Be proactive! Make an attempt to get together with people.
♥ More importantly, follow through with these plans.
♥ Be a better listener.
♥ Seek out new friends. Anyone want to be my friend?
♥ Keep in touch with friends better. Make an effort to see how they are doing!
Thursday, March 4, 2010

Things I Love Thursday



♥ sunshine...when it lasted...
♥ skirts
♥ a clean room
♥ bbm's from Bear
♥ Rosi Golan
♥ my Juicy Couture pjs from B.
♥ weheartit.com
clothedmuch
♥ my red flats
♥ valentine's bracelet from mom
♥ coffee garden
♥ good customer service (i'm looking at you Cerra from qqest)
♥ coming home from work to find that my mom has made my bed for me
♥ fresh, clean sheets
♥ SLEEP! *EDIT: This proves how much I love sleep...my coworker said to me, "I know your two hobbies: reading and sleeping!" YES!
this. best.thing.ever.
Sunday, February 28, 2010

I spend all my time reading....

I'm kind of obsessed with reading blogs. Ask me what I'm doing and the answer will probably be..."reading..." or maybe..."sleeping." BUT, I keep adding new blogs to my feedburner and I really liked a couplemillion, and thought I'd share them:


♥Charadestyle.com-home of the fabulous Make Your Life Amazing series. Plus, Megan is just so cute!

Secret Society of List Addicts - this one is for you Willis. I know you like lists.

Galadarling.com - amazing style and life advice. I'm really into life advice at the moment.

Not That Kind of Girl - Each day TKOG tries something new. And it's always funny.

YesandYes - I love Sarah Von. She's always so positive and she loves to travel. And she gives fantastic - my favorite - life advice.
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