Blatherings of an Extroverted Bookworm

Haha, I love this book!


The GashlyCrumb Tinies - You have a terribly wicked
sense of humour and people are drawn to your
wit. Children beware of the thin, pale man
with the black umbrella!


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OK, tried posting this picture the other day, but goofed.
To waste some time in a silly way, go to http://www.ugo.com/channels/comics/heroMachine2/heromachine2.asp, have fun!

So, spent Thanksgiving with fings and his family in "the wilds of Hunterdon County" (as he puts it, haha) and thankfully it all went smoothly. Everybody was very nice and made me feel welcome (I got a big kick out of his Uncle Carl). Met his parents and an assortment of uncles, aunts and cousins (I'd already met his brother on Election Day). I'm not sure how I managed to not be nauseous from nerves at the prospect, but I'm glad I wasn't. In fact, I was more of a wreck when I had him meet my parents over dinner back in August. Anyway, after Thanksgiving lunch, we spent some time at his aunt & uncle's place, then we spent a little while at his parent's place before they drove us to the train station. Got to drive by their farm and see the room that was his when he was growing up. Oh, and according to the growth lines his mom penciled over the years on one of the walls, he was a couple of inches taller than I am now on 11/29/76, when he was 11 1/2 and I was 2 1/2. Damn, I'm short. And I was shown various and sundry photos. What a chubby, blond, adorable baby he was, awwwww!!

I finally finished Stephen King's Dark Tower series. Sigh. When I put it down, I have to admit to being a little teary eyed. I was/am a bit heartbroken. The last 2 books of the series were self-indulgent claptrap! I can't believe I waited half my life too see this series end in the manner it did. He wrote in his afterword things like "hey, if you don't like how it's ended, don't blame me I'm just the messenger, it might not the ended I expected but it's the *right* ending, blahblahblahblah". Yeah, right. It was crap. You can tell he just gave up, he'd lost his passion for it. No sense of humour. And the *bitterness*, whoo! So bitter at his fans for actually wanting some closure. So bitter than we actually breathlessly anticipated the series living up to all of the promises of the first few books. Accusing us of basically being poopy-heads that were so focused on the ending, we did not enjoy the journey of the tale. King can *Bite Me*. I enjoyed the journey just fine, until he started writing a pile of BS.

The mounting for the lighting fixture in my living room has looked suspicious for a while. Well, now it's hanging about 3/4 off the ceiling! My dad is trying to search for someone to come replace the area, possibly the whole ceiling. Peachy! Well, I guess it's all ok as long as the ceiling doesn't crash down on my head. Or the computer.

OMIGOD, a woman in TX cut off her baby's arms?!?!?!  What in the hell!?!  I swear I'm almost trembling from the horror I feel.  Hearing shit like this makes me want to hide under the bedcovers. 

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html

My top 5 results from the Belief-O-Matic:

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (97%)
3. Liberal Quakers (95%)
4. Secular Humanism (86%)
5. Neo-Pagan (80%)

This is interesting. I'm a bit surprised to see the 2nd result, but oh well. The others make a lot more sense. I've been curious for some time about the Unitarians. Perhaps I should delve a little deeper sometime in the future. :)

Saw "The Incredibles" yesterday. Now I was expecting a good movie, but was floored but how *great* it was. So much fun, amazing to look at visually, and there was actually a great story to boot. Left me wanting to see it again, and wanting a sequel ASAP. But alas, fings made an excellent point: with the Pixar/Disney relationship soon coming to an end, and with Disney basically owning the rights to "The Incredibles", that puts the kibosh on a sequel. Too bad, because even if a sequel were to be of a slightly lesser quality, it would still be pretty good! Can't help but wonder if Disney will try and capitalize on this success with some garbage "The Incredibles" Saturday morning cartoon, or some such thing. Hopefully there's something in the contracts with Pixar that would prevent something like that from happenening. So, if you haven't see it yet, go see it, you won't be disappointed.

Feeling all right now, but boy do I hate when I get caught up in the things that make me crazy. Need to focus more on the things that make me happy; cause while life isn't perfect, it's still pretty darned good.

What is your favorite word? thessaly
What is your least favorite word? pus
What turns you on? yummy smells
What turns you off? dealing with assholes
What sound or noise do you love? rainfall
What sound or noise do you hate? people screaming in anger
What is your favorite curse word? any permutation of the word "fuck"
What profession, other than yours, would you like to attempt? pre-k/kindergarten teacher
What profession would you not like to attempt? sales
If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates? "Hey, not only does this place *exist*, you **qualify**!"