Friday, April 24, 2009

Help Me Solve This Week's Misery...

I don't know where I've been this week. I've had trouble falling asleep. I can't sleep for more than a couple of hours at a time and then I'm up for a glass of water or to close the windows on an unanticipated storm. And when I wake, it's a slow-to-come clarity that is laden with eye-rubbing. The day's best intentions have been subject to distractions and, once off course, getting back on track has been impossible. I've been forgetful... like when I went to the coffee shop and forgot my power cord... like when I forget to attend a function on Monday night... like when I booked travel not realizing that it was over a holiday. Naps. Yesterday, I took TWO naps. My exercise has been on a sub-par level the past few weeks, meaning it's been tough to get through that first mile. Headaches galore.

What gives?

No. 1: The twins on tricycles have finally gotten into my condo. I accidentally left the door unlocked the other night. redruM. I'm quite sure that slipped in and hid in the books of horror books in the closet; the closet that I don't ever enter anymore because each time I go in there everything has been moved around. redruM. When the developer asked me to tour the property the other day, I found their tricycles abandoned in the empty condo next door. I think the girls stand over my resting body at night, telephathically argueing over how best to end me.

No. 2: "She's gone, Oh I. Oh, I'd better learn how to face it. She's gone, Oh I. Oh, I'd pay the devil to replace her. She's gone. What went wrong?" No no no, don't read into this... I've just had this Hall & Oates song stuck in my head. It'd keep you awake, too, ya?

No. 3: There's not enough alcohol in my blood. Detox? After two weeks in Chicago and then last week in KC (what the hell was that last week?) where it seemed every night was something, somewhere, somehow, surreal.

Oh, I just figured it out while writing this...

No. 4: This week has been punishment because @tessk refused to spin The Wheel of Destiny.

Dammit.

What do YOU think?

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

16/52: "Divided Allegiance" by Elizabeth Moon

Book 16/52: "Divided Allegiance" by Elizabeth Moon, 3/5 Stars
Book Two of the "Deeds of Paksenarrion" trilogy was slightly more of a struggle than the first book. Why? Paks transformed from self-denial of her dreams--disbelief so to speak--to being impatient, over-anxious and impulsive. And then, when given everything that she needed to be what she dreamed, she lost it all and fell flat on her face; nothing in her pockets, in her heart or in her soul (Well, check the heart and soul part, since I already started book three).

I suppose she's like the rest of us, human. Once we have accepted our destiny, then were in a damn rush to get there quickly. People want to help us along the way, but in order to truly be what we dream, we have to earn it every single step of the way or we attain something fragile instead of strong. The book that I'm writing about a man's journey to find true love is on point with the concept of earning:
"Anything good in the world must be earned; anything truly great must truly be earned. Unfortunately, the concept of earning has been lost."
Buh-leee dat.

GOAL: 52 books in 52 weeks!

Book #15 = "The Curious Incident of the Dog..." by Mark Haddon, 2/5 Stars
Book #14 = "The Sheepfarmer's Daughter" by Elizabeth Moon, 3.5/5 Stars
Book #13 = "Love Is The Killer App" by Tim Sanders, 4/5 Stars
Book #12 = "Fight Club" by Chuck Palahniuk, 4.5/5 Stars
Book #11 = "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger, 5/5 Stars
Book #10 = "The Finder" by Colin Harrison, 3.5/5 Stars
Book #9 = "Veronika Decides To Die" by Paulo Coelho, 1/5 Stars
Book #8 = "By The River Piedra I Sat Down & Wept" by Paulo Coelho, 3/5 Stars
Book #7 = "Stiff" by Mary Roach, 2/5 Stars
Book #6 = "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, 1/5 Stars
Book #5 = "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy, 3/5 Stars
Book #4 = "Eleven Minutes" by Paulo Coelho, 2/5 Stars
Book #3 = "The Good Guy" by Dean Koontz, 3/5 Stars
Book #2 = "My Ishmael" by Dan Quinn, 2/5 Stars

Book #1 = "The Zahir" by Paulo Coelho, 3.5/5 Stars

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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Binary Bliss

My thought on the evolution of stars...

"Last night, I stared into the sky and said good words for the stars that were falling all around me... hoping that they would go to a place where they too could meet someone like you. After their fall from the sky, I dreamed that they moved into a love-laced heaven, from singular shine to binary bliss--two stars that revolve around one another--two stars that shine more brightly because of their love for each other."

My thought on the evolution of love.

Monday, April 20, 2009

15/52: "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" by Mark Haddon

Book 15/52: "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" by Mark Haddon, 2/5 Stars
Ummm, okay. Sure. Whatever. Although it might be wonderful insight into the mind of an Autistic teenager, it never struck me as having much interesting about it at all, aside from the near incident with the subway train. If you take it as wonderful insight and leave it at that--and that does it for you--then super. But, if you want something more from a book, then it really was 221 pages of randomness that leads up to the last seven words, "...and that means I can do anything." There's your message, folks. You can do anything. Fortunately, I already knew this, so it kinda made the 221 pages rather ho-hum.

GOAL: 52 books in 52 weeks!

Book #14 = "The Sheepfarmer's Daughter" by Elizabeth Moon, 3.5/5 Stars
Book #13 = "Love Is The Killer App" by Tim Sanders, 4/5 Stars
Book #12 = "Fight Club" by Chuck Palahniuk, 4.5/5 Stars
Book #11 = "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger, 5/5 Stars
Book #10 = "The Finder" by Colin Harrison, 3.5/5 Stars
Book #9 = "Veronika Decides To Die" by Paulo Coelho, 1/5 Stars
Book #8 = "By The River Piedra I Sat Down & Wept" by Paulo Coelho, 3/5 Stars
Book #7 = "Stiff" by Mary Roach, 2/5 Stars
Book #6 = "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, 1/5 Stars
Book #5 = "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy, 3/5 Stars
Book #4 = "Eleven Minutes" by Paulo Coelho, 2/5 Stars
Book #3 = "The Good Guy" by Dean Koontz, 3/5 Stars
Book #2 = "My Ishmael" by Dan Quinn, 2/5 Stars

Book #1 = "The Zahir" by Paulo Coelho, 3.5/5 Stars

READ MORE!