Animal’s People – another Booker Prize listed book from last year that I thought I had already read. I hadn’t. I have now. It’s a jarring book. Very troubling. Very depressing. I’m a little surprised that it didn’t win the prize. Actually, I’m a lot surprised. Kite Runner-ish is all I can think to describe it.
Very troubling.
We’re listening to Haven Kimmel’s The Used World and something about it is driving us nuts…
There are “letters” at the beginning of chapters and even in the middle of chapters. WTF are those?
At first, I thought the letter referred to a memory or an experience one of the characters was having “H” for “Hazel” or “C” for “Claudia” but that doesn’t fit because what the heck is the “P” about? And there’s no “R” for “Rebekkah” as far as I have heard.
TW is thinking the letters are related to the “address book” that is in Hazel’s room in the Emporium but still, that isn’t making sense.
Who has the print copy in hand? Did we miss something that clarifies what the heck these letters are about?
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I agree with Senator McCain and fully support his belief that gay folks should be able to create legal contracts and partnerships that give them the same legal rights as hetero couples. I think that Ellen and other gay folks who are all bent out of shape because they aren’t allowed to sit at the special “married” table are asking to sit at a table that’s not worth sitting AT.
Marriage is screwed up. It’s been screwed up for centuries.
What we need are the same legal protections, the same tax breaks, the same insurance opportunities and the same RIGHTS as heterosexuals. From there, you make your own “celebration”, just like Ellen says she was planning to do long before it became “legal” to celebrate.
Quit getting all bogged down in the word “marriage”. You’ve got a Republican who agrees that you should have the same legal rights as heteros.
Yep, I could vote for McCain and I just might. (Thanks for tweeting Lelonopo!
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You probably want to know more about the Wii Fit than the fact that TW tried to kill us getting to the UPS to accept delivery and that she sniffed it and that I laughed my ass off during her first run through of the various exercises. Since TW is Wii Fitting again right now, I figured this would be a good time for a bigger post on the topic. I had videos that were significantly more amusing than the ones I have up on youtube right now. But, I was an idiot and deleted them from the Flip before I actually uploaded them. The videos that came later, not quite as funny because we knew more about what to DO. Oh well.
Anyway, the Wii Fit – fun and funny also it makes you sweat. And, it’s obviously flawed since it suggests TW is more “fit” than I am. But then again, she barely MOVES unless she’s falling off of the thing so maybe it’s not the Wii Fit’s fault? It does indicate Michelle is more fit than both of us, so it’s accurate in that respect.
In the beginning, when choosing a trainer. I insisted she choose the female. Obviously. Duh. And as soon as the chick opened her mouth, TW started to giggle and I started to laugh and I said “OMG She sounds like Anne Pearce Ornish” and I’m listening to the trainer’s voice now, and she STILL sounds like Anne Pearce Ornish. I find it hard to focus when listening to Anne Pearce Ornish and I don’t even want to think about what TW is thinking while listening to Anne Pearce Ornish….
That push up thing, damn. I was impressed with my six repetitions even if I did do “girl” push ups.
The tree – I can do that for hours, but when it comes to standing ON the Wii Fit and doing it, something goes wrong. I blame the texture of the Wii Fit. Or maybe the little thing that tells you whether you’re keeping your balance or maybe the blue circle trying to force me to breathe on command. Whatever.
Michelle is awesome at the Step Dancing thing. TW is awesome at hula hoop.
TW wants to take the darn thing with us to Miami this weekend. Umm no. I don’t think I want Anne Pearce Ornish in my hotel room.
For those of you who do not know what I’m talking about… re Anne Pearce Ornish, check out her align your breath video – the one I was really thinking about is on the DVD in Ornish’s new book but this is a good example.
Now I’m going to fold some laundry and turn on some music to block out the Wii Fit trainer. Sheesh
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I would normally be twittering this stuff but twitter is down… it’s too good NOT to share so I’ll publish for posterity right here:
We were at our desks, and suddenly TW leaps out of her chair and barrels through the boxes and the furniture and the dog running toward the door.
I’m like WTF? And then I realize, the UPS truck is here. The Wii Fit has arrived.
She’s opening the box, not listening to a word I’m saying about MR Obama and his misogyny and suddenly… she SNIFFS the Wii Fit. Yes, she SNIFFED IT.
What in the hell will this thing cause her to do next? (Besides log off of her computer for the day…)
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The first book in what I hope will be a very long series, The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden was fantastic. It should not have taken me a week to read it. I wanted to read it all the way through, from the moment I picked it up. Maybe before I picked it up because TW loved it and I’ve read a lot of blog posts about other people loving it. I loved it.
But then again, I would.
I have a fondness for fairy tales and an even bigger fondness for creation stories.
Now I’m off to reserve the next book and hope it arrives before we move.
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