You know, I didn't think it was possible for me to think less of Rush Limbaugh. I was wrong.

Book Club tonight - we read a mystery in which the killer (one of them at least - there were actually three cases) was not introduced until the end of the book. He was introduced, in fact, in the same chapter it's revealed he's the killer.

People, don't do that.

I shouldn't talk, however. I am 1/3 of the way through my Seasonal Spuffy fic, so yay! Except I just wrote this scene that I thought that was so cool and original and then while in the car later, it suddenly came to me that it is disturbingly similar to something from... The Breakfast Club. Yes, The Breakfast Club. I can't steal from Jane Austen or Shakespeare or someone like that. No, my big subconscious influence is John Hughes.

I do love that movie though. ;-) But...

::rewrites::

Also, for the "24" fans on my list, there is a great Season 6 trailer here: http://www.24trailer.com/

Spoilers for Season 6, obviously. Is it January yet? :-)

It looks like chrisleeoctaves wonderful summer of love idea is in full swing, because I just received free lj time from an anonymous someone. Thank you! I love you, anonymous!

And hey, here's a segue for you - I just saw (part of, before I feel asleep) Pay It Forward on TV the other night. ;-) Whatever happened to Helen Hunt, anyway? She won an Oscar and then disappeared.... And the main reason I will be seeing the new Superman is for Kevin Spacey. I have no doubt his scenery chewing will be spectacular. ::loves the Spacey::

I went to see "Cars" today with the family. For a movie about race cars, it was awfully slow. ;-) But the animation was, of course, wonderful, and the cinderkids liked it. After we got them sugared up on smuggled in candy at the theater, we took them to the pool to work it off. They had the worst mirror in the changing room. It made me look pretty awful in my swim suit. It couldn't possibly be the fact that I have been eating more and exercising not at all less. ::eats another cookie and resolves to be better...Monday::

I am almost done with the next chapter of the WIP. It just needs a little...something. But I have had zero time to work on it. So. Very. Busy. Please don't hate me. ::ducks rotten tomatoes:: I should be able to work on it tomorrow - it's supposed to be 90 degrees here, which is just unheard of. I plan to lay around in front of a fan and sip cool drinks.

I am also behind in my book for Book Club - see above regarding So. Very. Busy. I have about 300 pages to read in 2 1/2 days. What do you think? Can I do it? We're reading "A Thread of Grace" by Mary Doria Russell, who also wrote one of my all time favorites, The Sparrow. This one is about the Holocaust. Hmmm, guess I'll have to decide between reading and writing... *g*

Okay, now I am So. Very. Tired. Good night, all.

I had book club* last night, and therefore had to dl both Veronica Mars and Lost, neither of which have I had a chance to watch yet. However...

-I did watch Love Monkey when I got home - I found the story line with Jason Priestly amusing (he's worried about being tempted by the new, extremely hot nanny - his wife isn't, telling him that the nanny's way out of his league. Hee. Yes, Jason, you are no longer the hottie that was Brandon Walsh, but I still like you.)

-I was always a Dylan girl, anyway. Speaking of Luke, he has a new show - starting in March, I think - about a group of people who win millions in the lottery, and how that effects them. Luke!

-Oh, and back to Love Monkey for a moment, every time the character of Julia (Tom's co-worker) came on, I got this vaguely negative vibe for some reason. I recognized her from somewhere, and I couldn't figure it out, at first. And then it hit me - compare these pictures:

Julia from Love Monkey

Mystery Guest



Yes! It's Sam Finn. No wonder I was getting those negative vibes. ;-) She looks a lot different sans kevlar, doesn't she?


-And then I swear I saw Kali Rocha in the preview for the next Grey's Anatomy! I love Kali, so I hope it was her. I have somehow become hooked on that show, as well. It's all Sandra Oh's fault. Well, her, and Dr. McDreamy. :-)

-Finally, I opened my college's alumni magazine, and who was smiling back at me but...David Boreanaz! I knew, of course, that he was an alumni (I missed him by a few years, sadly *g*), but they'd never done a story on him before, to my knowledge. And I caught a bit of Bones last night, too. I might have to start watching that show again, as Dave is extremely appealing, despite my continued dislike of the main character. Damn.


*The book for this month was The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich. I liked it quite a lot - it's a story about a Native American family, moving back and forth across several generations.

A layout goddess I am not, so thank goodness there are other generous souls about who are willing to share their talents. I was a bit tired of my basic component layout, and so am now using Robber's Daughter by roniabirk, which is an opal variant, I believe. And very customizable. :-) I'm also really glad I saved this gorgeous Fool For Love banner which _jems_ made for Summer of Spike. And look, it changes images every minute or so! Since I can't even make an icon, let alone a banner, I'm doubly impressed.

There are some cool boxes for favorites which I am still working on, and I've also decided to list all the books I read this year. I'm guaranteed one a month for Book Club, at least. Oh, for the days when I had time to just sit around and read for hours ... Of course, if I recorded every Sandra Boynton and little golden book I've read this month, I'd put you all to shame. ;-)

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P.S. I really love the picture for "accomplished," don't you? Hee.

::is twelve::

What's on your bookshelf? How it works - take someone else's list, Then take off the authors you don't have on your shelf, and add in some that you do. Keep the list at 10 names.

elfgirl's list:

Jane Austen
Douglas Adams
David Eddings
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Laurell Hamilton
JRR Tolkien
Margaret Atwood
Jessica Salmonson
Stephen Burst
Thomas Aquinas

My list:

Jane Austen
Rosamunde Pilcher
Stephen King
John Steinbeck
JK Rowling
Stephen Dobyns
Margaret Atwood
Mary Doria Russell
Michael Cunningham
Yann Martel


I recently finished "The Life of Pi" by Yann Martel. Highly recommended. Very entertaining and insightful. There are elements of magic realism in the story that didn't quite work for me - mostly because they kind of seemed thrown in to just one section of the book. But that doesn't take away from the overall impact, especially the amazing ending.

It's another beautiful day in the Pacific northwest. I live near the coast. Sure, it rains alot in the winter, but there is nothing better than the summer weather. I really love it here. I've been in the area about two years now, and I think it's my favorite of the many places I've lived during my recently nomadic existence. Which probably means it's about time for us to move again. ::sigh:: Hope not.

I recently finished my book club's latest selection, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, first in a series by Alexander McCall Smith. Most enjoyable. Funny, poignant, and very perceptive about human behavior. Plus, I learned a little bit about Botswana and African culture.

The prose is deceptively simple, but very effective. For example, here, the heroine, Precious Ramotswe talks about her country: "To live with this great dry interior, brown and hard, was the lot of the Botswana, and it was this that made them cautious, and careful in their husbandry. If you went there, out into the Kalahari, you might hear lions by night. For the lions were there still, on these wide landscapes, and they made their presence known in the darkness, in coughing grunts and growls. She had been there once as a young woman, when she had gone with her friend to visit a remote cattle post. It was as far into the Kalahari as cattle could go, and she had felt the utter loneliness of a place without people. This was Botswana distilled; the essence of her country."

Lovely stuff.

In other news, my take on the current fandom kerfuffle: Angel pretty. Spike pretty. Wes pretty. Gunn pretty. Lorne...funny, can sing, and is snappy dresser.

Fred lucky. :-)