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If you follow me on Bluesky, you've already seen this, but not all in one post. I've decided to share more of my content from over there, but not everything of course, because that would be, well, rather odd. So I'll be sharing a modified form, and will only include content that feels "journal-ish" to me. Any Bluesky installments that I think are pertinent to the time when I originally posted will be back dated to their original posting date.

20 Books That Have Stayed With Me/Influenced Me

The Little Brute Family, Russell and Lillian Hoban
Tam Lin, Pamela Dean
A Candle In Her Room, Ruth M. Arthur
Rose Madder, Stephen King
Frog and Toad are Friends, Arnold Lobel
Grass, Sheri Tepper
The Lorax, Dr. Seuss
The Dispossessed, Ursula LeGuin
Taran Wanderer, Lloyd Alexander
The Outsiders, SE Hinton
Alcoholics Anonymous
Are You There God, It's Me Margaret
Weave-World, Clive Barker
Harvest of Hope, Jane Goodall
Amongst the Dolls & House of Stairs, William Sleator
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat, Alvin Scwartz
The Riverside Shakespeare
The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell
Mr. Rogers' Songbook
Grass, Sherri Tepper
Winnie-the-Pooh, AA Milne

As you can see, I lost count, I broke the rules, and I repeated a book.

I've never been good at following directions.

Titles from this place, as usual. If I am going to start journaling, and I think I am, and I continue here at LiveJournal, I will have to go with a paid account. Pondering...

Other stuff:

Word well has been dry for, well, I don't know how long the word well has been dry. I need to find my words and start writing with them again.

I also need to go back to focusing on no more than 5 tasks a day. I've been wanting to get so much done, that I get nothing done. Professional procrastinators and folks with ADD/ADHD will totally get that.

For those who are also friends at Facebook (which would be most of the people who know that this journal exists), the grandparents saga continues. While my brother-in-law found them a semi-assisted living facility 15 minutes away from his home, my mother-in-law recently had another major health event -- heart failure. The doctors were unable for perform a bypass surgery due to poor lung function, which might actually be a good thing, from a purely selfish basis. That means that they are putting in stents, and she will be able to return to the apartment at Jordan Oaks. Which means Grandpa won't have to move back in with us while she goes through at least 4 weeks of recovery and physical therapy. But that still could happen in the future. I feel like I should feel more guilty about being somewhat glad that they couldn't give her the surgery she ought to have.

Movies, books, all that stuff? While the grandparents lived here, none of that happened with any conscious engagement. I know I've watched movies in the past 4 months, but really, I don't remember what I've seen. If I had any time at the end of the day, I would zone in front of the TV, usually to The Big Bang Theory. Not too challenging, but also not your typical dumb as dirt sit-com. I do feel a strong desire to own the entire series so that I can watch them order. The first book I've read since...well, like visits to the word well, visits to library had halted for so long I'm lucky I remembered where it was. But I found it, and checked out Sunshine by McKinley and Ink & Steel by Bear. Picked up another McKinley (can't remember which one now) and another entitled Forest Daughter, but can't remember the author. An entry regarding books, both those on the shelf and those on my nook will be prepared in the relatively near future.

That's all for now, because 13 minutes ago I was supposed to go to a friend's house and keep her company while she makes a King Cake. Which, by the way, she makes very well.

books

Welcome to your brain, Wang & Aamodt
Daphne Deane, Hill
The Botany of Desire, Pollen
Persuasion, Austen
Omnivore's Dilemma, Pollen
Northanger Abbey, Austen
Westmark, Alexander
Pride and Prejudice, Austen
Darcy's Story, Aylmer
Another Faust, Nayeri, Daniel & Dina
Dogs, Kress
Feel Good Naked, Redmond
Food Rules, Pollan
What the Dog Saw, Gladwell
Gone, McMann
The Kestrel, Alexander
Ever, Levine
The Power of Less, Babauta
59 Seconds, Wiseman

Currently reading:

By the Mountain Bound, Bear
World Without End, Follett

On Hold:
The Beggar Queen, Alexander
The Cleaning Encyclopedia, Aslett
Clutter's Last Stand, Aslett
Green, Lake
Your Money: The MIssing Manual, Roth

words

Haven't written in 10 days. I reported to

novel_in_90 for mocking. I will return to writing tomorrow. I did write my summary last Saturday, but that doesn't count towards word count.

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Um, I'll have to check and see what books I have lying around and what books are on my queue at the library, and figure out what I've read and what I haven't read it. I talked to Jenny the other day, and she jogged my memory about the book that was missing from my list, Ever, by Gail Carson Levine. I'll update the list later.

I probably have something else that I should be saying, but I can't, for the life of me, remember what it is.

words
10812 if them so far. I'm a bit ahead of the game, which is good. That means over the next couple of days I can do some more rearranging, then "seed" plot points to tie together what I have so far (this is definitely a group of related scenes right now), then start fleshing out the rest of the part. I know where I want this go, I think, but I don't quite have the words to summarize it. It makes me feel a bit like Anana.

movies
Still haven't watched Identity. Did see Looney Tunes: Back in Action. Next up for Tiger Claw is Bedtime Stories. Not sure what is up for home next...it's Jenny's pick, so it might be Bride and Prejudice.

life
I've realized that I'm spending way too much of time on Tiger Claw. I need to find the right boundary. Master J is a friend, and I want to do what I can to help his business, but it's not my business, and I don't have to give as many "free hours" to Tiger Claw as I do. I'll still donate time and stuff, because that's just what I do, but if I keep doing it at the rate I am now, I'll burn out.

On a very positive note, I've finally got around to putting lounge chairs on the small deck (really, it's more of a balcony or lanai in stature). I also actually mulched the front garden and planted some annuals. If I ever get around to figuring out how to upload pictures from my phone to the computer (it came with a USB connection, I just haven't played with it yet), I'll share.

books
I have a lot of unread and partially read books lying around. Color me a pale shade of ADD. In various corners of the house you will find Elizabeth Bear, a handful of health and organization nonfiction tomes, KenFollet, Orson Scott Card, and some kid-lit lying around.

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words: 775

It's

novel_in_90 time, and I've decided to participate. I'm brushing off something that I started when

novel_in_90 was new.

Apparently, Live Journal does not like to cut a portion of a list. Let's fix this...

movies:

Jesus of Montreal * * * * *
Immortal Beloved * * * *
Lost in Austen * * * *
Bridget Jones' Diary * * *
Then She Found Me * *
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen * * *
Step Brothers * * *
Bram Stoker's Dracula * *
10 Things I Hate About You * *
Avatar * * * *
Godspell * * * *
The Royal Tenenbaums * * * *
What Dreams May Come * * * *
Up * * * *
Ink * * *
Paper Clips * * *
A Fish Tale * * *
Alice in Wonderland * * * *

Alice in Wonderland would have been a three-star instead of a four star if it hadn't included the talents of Johnny Depp and Alan Rickman. I fully admit that I am partial.

movies yet to be seen:
Looney Tunes Back in Action
Identity

books

Welcome to your brain, Wang & Aamodt
Daphne Deane, Hill
The Botany of Desire, Pollen
Persuasion, Austen
Omnivore's Dilemma, Pollen
Northanger Abbey, Austen
Westmark, Alexander
Pride and Prejudice, Austen
Darcy's Story, Aylmer
Another Faust, Nayeri, Daniel & Dina
Dogs, Kress
Feel Good Naked, Redmond
Food Rules, Pollan
What the Dog Saw, Gladwell
Gone, McMann
The Kestrel, Alexander

books yet to be read:
Ender's Shadow, Card
World Without End, Follet
To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee

or "damn, livejournal ate my entry, let's start all over"

Title courtesy of this place, the subtitle is all my own.

books, not necessarily in order

Welcome to your brain, Wang & Aamodt
Daphne Deane, Hill
The Botany of Desire, Pollen
Persuasion, Austen
Omnivore's Dilemma, Pollen
Northanger Abbey, Austen
Westmark, Alexander
Pride and Prejudice, Austen
Darcy's Story, Aylmer
Another Faust, Nayeri, Daniel & Dina
Dogs, Kress
Feel Good Naked, Redmond
Food Rules, Pollan

currently reading
What the Dog Saw

on deck
World Without End, Follet
Ender's Shadow, Card

Dang it. I read a couple more books, which were in the post that livejournal ate (and no, they weren't saved in a draft, I checked), which I already removed from my library queue. And the library doesn't maintain a history of checked out books. I also read at least one of Jenny's library books, and the title and author escape me right now. So I might re-update tomorrow with the titles which are eluding me right now.

title courtesy of this place

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8. Bram Stoker's Dracula * *
9. 10 Things I Hate About You * *

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3. The Botany of Desire, Pollen
4. Persuasion, Austen

currently reading:

Omnivore's Dilemma, Pollen
Northanger Abbey, Austen
Westmark, Alexander

on deck
Pride and Prejudice, Austen
Darcy's Story, Aylmer

Title courtesy of this place.

movies

Jesus of Montreal * * * * *
Immortal Beloved * * * *
Lost in Austen * * * *
Bridget Jones' Diary * * *
Then She Found Me * *
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen * * *
Step Brothers * * *

books

Welcome to your brain, Wang & Aamodt
Daphne Deane, Hill

currently reading:
The Botany of Desire, Pollen
Persuasion, Austen

on deck
Omnivore's Dilemma, Pollen
Northanger Abbey, Austen
Westmark, Alexander

dinner tonight

Grilled Tuna Steak
Mixed Greens with vinegar & oil
Mashed Potatoes with Cheese
Banana Cream Pie

I've never made homemade banana cream pie before, but I'm off to do so momentarily. I'll be putting it in a graham cracker crust, instead. Wish me luck!

Title courtesy of this place.

books
I have a pile of books from last year to return to the library, and have a couple waiting for me. I'll be swinging by the library on my way to work tomorrow. I need to find a good book bag. I used to have a great back that had a replica of an old map of the world on it, but somewhere along the way, I've lost it. I need a replacement.

journaling
I'm still thinking about changing the name of this journal, still unwilling to commit. Maybe it's not worth changing.

movies
I still have Juno and From Hell at home. I don't know if I'll ever get those two movies watched. I've had them home since November 18. Life without late fees makes me tend towards the pathetic.

words
Um. I think I've forgotten how to wax poetic.

order
I've been easily distracted of late, so life hasn't been exactly orderly lately. I need to work on this.

Title courtesy of this place.

2010 movies which I may or may not see this year

(The Netflix Queue is much longer than what I can watch in a year, and things drop on and off the "Watch Instantly" catalogue, and sometimes I am fickle.)

On the Instant View Queue:

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DVD Rental Queue

Some of these are movies I want to see; others are movies that kids have requested. I also have movies on her for the Friday movie for Tiger Claw (TC), but I haven't prioritized then yet so that every other movie is a TC kid flick. I also have to add more kid flicks.
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At Home:
From Hell
Juno

Recently viewed:
Jesus of Montreal * * * * *

projected books for 2010
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I have a lot of McCaffrey, many of which are rereads this year, along with a solid dose of Pollan and Bear. If the reading goes quickly due to the rereads, I might add some of the classics which I've been meaning to read, but just never get around to reading.

books

Dragonsong, McCaffrey
Dragonsinger, McCaffrey
Dragondrums, McCaffrey
According to the Pattern, Hill
The Fast Food Diet, Sinatra
The Great Physician's Rx for Weight Loss, Rubin
The Perricone Weight Loss Diet, Perricone
Outliers, Gladwell
Beggars in Spain, Kress
The Ship Who Sang, McCaffrey
The Hunter's Moon, Melling
The Summer King, Melling
The Last Olympian, Riordan
Labyrinth, Mosse
7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Covey
The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton, Merton
The Light-Bearer's Daughter, Melling
Oaths and Miracles, Kress
There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem, Dyer
The Greener Shore, Llywelyn
House of Echoes, Erskine
The Miner's Daughter, Laskas
The Crystal Skull, Scott
Happy Housewives, Shine
Lady of Hay, Erskine
Agent to the Stars, Scalzi
Old Man's War, Scalzi
Ghost Brigade, Scalzi
The Last Colony, Scalzi
Zoe's Tale, Scalzi
The Sagan Diary, Scalzi
All The Windwracked Stars, Bear
The Android's Dream, Scalzi
Sepulchre, Moss
Dreaming the Eagle, Scott
If I Pay Thee Not in Gold, Anthony & Lackey
Little House in the Big Woods, Wilder
Little Town on the Prairie, Wilder
On the Banks of Plum Creek, Wilder
By the Shores of Silver Lake, Wilder
The Long Winter, Wilder
These Happy Golden Years, Wilder
The Little House Cook Book, Walker
Steal Across the Sky, Kress
Jane Eyre, Bronte
You on a Diet, Oz & Roizen
Master Your Metabolism, Michaels
Wake, McMann
Fade, McMann
Whiskey & Water, Bear
The Hero's Journey, Campbell & Cousineau
By the Way of Silverthorns, Hill
Rainbow Cottage, Hill
Home Comforts, Mendelson
Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook
Martha Stewart's Healthy Quick Cook
The Martha Stewart Cook Book
The Eat Clean Diet, Reno

I think that's everything. This year's highlights in reading were the Scalzi books. I should have read them sooner. Now, I need to see what I planned to read this past year, what I still want to read next year, and update my library queue. This year, I will not delete books from library queue until I posted my final 2010 summary. I think I'm forgetting something from this past year, but I'm not sure what.

Edited to add...I read most of the Little House books this year, so I've edited the list to include those which I read. Not sure how I forgot those, since the library said that the Cookbook was overdue, when I actually returned it. I found it on the shelf, and they removed it from my card. That was about the same time as the book hiding in Jenny's sparring gear bag.

The library book was hiding in Jenny's sparring gear bag.

also lifted from

matrinka

Each year, the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom records hundreds of attempts by individuals and groups to have books removed from libraries shelves and from classrooms.

According to the Office for Intellectual Freedom, at least 42 of the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century have been the target of ban attempts.

The titles in bold represent banned or challenged books. For more information on why these books were challenged, visit challenged classics and the Banned Books Week Web site.

Titles in italics are books I have read.

1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
3. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
4. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
5. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
6. Ulysses by James Joyce
7. Beloved by Toni Morrison
8. The Lord of the Flies by William Golding
9. 1984 by George Orwell
10. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
11. Lolita by Vladmir Nabokov
12. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
13. Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
14. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
15. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
16. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
17. Animal Farm by George Orwell
18. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
19. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
20. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
21. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
22. Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
23. Their Eyes are Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
24. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
25. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
26. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
27. Native Son by Richard Wright
28. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
29. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
30. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
31. On the Road by Jack Kerouac
32. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
33. The Call of the Wild by Jack London
34. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
35. Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
36. Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin
37. The World According to Garp by John Irving
38. All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
39. A Room with a View by E. M. Forster
40. The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
41. Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally
42. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
43. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
44. Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
45. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
46. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
47. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
48. Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence
49. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
50. The Awakening by Kate Chopin
51. My Antonia by Willa Cather
52. Howards End by E. M. Forster
53. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
54. Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
55. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
56. Jazz by Toni Morrison
57. Sophie's Choice by William Styron
58. Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner
59. A Passage to India by E. M. Forster
60. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
61. A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor
62. Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
63. Orlando by Virginia Woolf
64. Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence
65. Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
66. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
67. A Separate Peace by John Knowles
68. Light in August by William Faulkner
69. The Wings of the Dove by Henry James
70. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
71. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
72. A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
73. Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
74. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
75. Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence
76. Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe
77. In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway
78. The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein
79. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
80. The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
81. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
82. White Noise by Don DeLillo
83. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
84. Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
85. The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
86. Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
87. The Bostonians by Henry James
88. An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
89. Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
90. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
91. This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
92. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
93. The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
94. Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
95. Kim by Rudyard Kipling
96. The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
97. Rabbit, Run by John Updike
98. Where Angels Fear to Tread by E. M. Forster
99. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
100. Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

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The top 100 challenged books of '90-'99. Books in bold, I know I've read. Books in italics, I think I might have read

1. Scary Stories (Series), by Alvin Schwartz
2. Daddy's Roommate, by Michael Willhoite
3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
4. The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
6. Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
7. Forever, by Judy Blume
8. Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
9. Heather Has Two Mommies, by Leslea Newman
10. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
11. The Giver, by Lois Lowry **
12. My Brother Sam is Dead, by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier -- One of my all time favorite books. I have no idea why it's on the list. Additional triva: my mother dated one of these two guys in college; I think it was Christopher, but don't quote me!
13. It's Perfectly Normal, by Robie Harris
14. Alice (Series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor -- Well, not the whole series, just one of the books.
15. Goosebumps (Series), by R.L. Stine -- Again, not the entire series.
16. A Day No Pigs Would Die, by Robert Newton Peck
17. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
18. Sex, by Madonna
19. Earth's Children (Series), by Jean M. Auel
20. The Great Gilly Hopkins, by Katherine Paterson
21. In the Night Kitchen, by Maurice Sendak
22. The Witches, by Roald Dahl
23. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle
24. The New Joy of Gay Sex, by Charles Silverstein
25. Go Ask Alice, by Anonymous
26. The Goats, by Brock Cole
27. The Stupids (Series), by Harry Allard
28. Anastasia Krupnik (Series), by Lois Lowry
29. Final Exit, by Derek Humphry
30. Blubber, by Judy Blume
31. Halloween ABC, by Eve Merriam
32. Julie of the Wolves, by Jean Craighead George
33. Kaffir Boy, by Mark Mathabane
34. The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
35. What's Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters, by Lynda Madaras
36. Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers
37. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
38. The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton
39. The Pigman, by Paul Zindel
40. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
41. We All Fall Down, by Robert Cormier
42. Deenie, by Judy Blume
43. Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes
44. Annie on my Mind, by Nancy Garden
45. Beloved, by Toni Morrison
46. The Boy Who Lost His Face, by Louis Sachar
7. Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat, by Alvin Schwartz -- I have a signed copy of this one!
48. Harry Potter (Series), by J.K. Rowling
49. Cujo, by Stephen King
50. James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl
51. A Light in the Attic, by Shel Silverstein
52. Ordinary People, by Judith Guest
53. American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis
54. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
55. Sleeping Beauty Trilogy, by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
56. Bumps in the Night, by Harry Allard
57. Asking About Sex and Growing Up, by Joanna Cole
58. What's Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons, by Lynda Madaras
59. The Anarchist Cookbook, by William Powell
60. Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume
61. Boys and Sex, by Wardell Pomeroy
62. Crazy Lady, by Jane Conly
63. Athletic Shorts, by Chris Crutcher
64. Killing Mr. Griffin, by Lois Duncan
65. Fade, by Robert Cormier
66. Guess What?, by Mem Fox
67. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
68. Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
69. Native Son by Richard Wright
70. Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies, by Nancy Friday
71. Curses, Hexes and Spells, by Daniel Cohen
72. On My Honor, by Marion Dane Bauer
73. The House of Spirits, by Isabel Allende
74. Jack, by A.M. Homes
75. Arizona Kid, by Ron Koertge
76. Family Secrets, by Norma Klein
77. Mommy Laid An Egg, by Babette Cole
78. Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo A. Anaya
79. Where Did I Come From?, by Peter Mayle
80. The Face on the Milk Carton, by Caroline Cooney -- Lili read this one, too.
81. Carrie, by Stephen King
82. The Dead Zone, by Stephen King
83. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain
84. Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison
85. Always Running, by Luis Rodriguez
86. Private Parts, by Howard Stern
87. Where's Waldo?, by Martin Hanford
88. Summer of My German Soldier, by Bette Greene
89. Tiger Eyes, by Judy Blume
90. Little Black Sambo, by Helen Bannerman
91. Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett
92. Running Loose, by Chris Crutcher
93. Sex Education, by Jenny Davis
94. Jumper, by Steven Gould
95. Christine, by Stephen King
96. The Drowning of Stephen Jones, by Bette Greene
97. That Was Then, This is Now, by S.E. Hinton
98. Girls and Sex, by Wardell Pomeroy
99. The Wish Giver, by Bill Brittain**
100. Jump Ship to Freedom, by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

**Lili is reading one of these two; I think it's The Wish Giver; I'll be reading it when she is done.

There is a second half to this which I will post later, but I have something else which needs attending at the moment!

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I did take both before and after pictures of the secretary desk; I just haven't uploaded them to the computer yet. I also should have taken pictures before I rearranged the living room and the family room. It's hard to take pictures of an entire room, though, so that might not be a loss. Just know that my living room and family room are rather tidy. I need to attack the desk area of the family room, however. Moving a mess from the living room to the family room does not solve anything, it just moves it. Oh, well.

words
I haven't written in ages; I've been too busy reading, I think. I did notice that I have recorded something on my mp3 player -- I'll check it out later.

time
I've decided that at least one day each week for the rest of the summer to do something with substance with family members. Tomorrow, I'm planning to go to Cunningham Falls with Jenny and Jack. If I remember to pick up batteries for the camera, I'll take pictures.

I am temporally challenged. Always have been. Most likely always will be.

This time, we ended up celebrating Father's Day a week early. Better early than late, right?

We went to see a movie, DH's choice: Angels and Demons. While neither Jenny nor Jack are scarred from event, the PG-13 is justly earned...some scenes are rather grisly. After the movie, we went to eat at the Fuddruckers in Ashburn, which nearly ended very badly. It was overcrowded, but that was not obvious from the counter where you order. We place our order, but there is no place to sit. DH wasn't pleased. A manager sort of person (I think) ended up finding a table for us just as DH was about to find someone to hand in the receipt and get our money back. The burgers were good, but not good enough to return to that Fuddruckers...DH has little patience with poor management.

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I still haven't worked on the scrapping pile or the small secretary desk. Today I need to get some general tidying done, because Lili has invited a small horde of friends to go to Wednesday Night Live with us tonight.

words
...are still waiting patiently for me on the very full voice recorder.

movies
I saw Twilight this weekend on pay-per-view. What an uninspired and boring movie. While the books were not paragons of literature, I wouldn't describe them as deathly boring (well, some of the extended teen/vampire angst did become wearying). After the movie, I checked my pulse to see if I was still alive.

books
Several partial reads are still floating around the house. I'll hit the 50 page rule on some of them, give up and not bother listing a few others, and actually finish Foreigner (though that will be a speed-read/skim sort of thing...I just want to refresh my memory before I read the other books in the series). I'll post an updated list this weekend.

time
Facebook is now a short internet interlude, instead of time consumer search for friends who use the platform. I'm enjoying, but not obsessed. Many of my Delphi contacts are there, so I may be dropping Delphi completely in the future. In terms of time management, that would definitely be a good decision.

words
I have a voice recorder that is literally full of snippets. Can't record another second. Not even a nano-second. Full. To the brim. Filled it a few weeks ago, actually, and haven't taken the time to listen to it. I will do that tonight. Or tomorrow morning. I also have the pile of the November project poetry sitting next to my desk, waiting patiently for me to do something with it.

books
I have checked out many books from the library since my last book update. I've started to read them, gotten side tracked, renewed them, remained side tracked, and still didn't finish them. I currently have Foreigner at home which I will read this week, and I have a Deepak Chopra's attempt at fiction (the title eludes me for the moment) which I am declaring unreadable. He needs to stick to non-fiction. I will update my book list once I actually read something.

movies
Several movies have been viewed, and I will actually post an update on this one today. Yay me:

Hellboy II * * *
Brothers Grimm * * *
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull * * *
The Mummy * * * *
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed * * *
Chocolat * * * * *
The Other Boleyn Girl * * * *
Light of My Eyes * * 1/2
Journey to the Center of the Earth * * *
The Mummy Returns * * * *
Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock? * * * *
Mrs. Winterbourne * * * *
Encino Man * *
The Last Time * *
With Honors * *
The Air I Breathe * * *
Journey to the End of Night * * *
Becoming Jane * * * 1/2
In the Realms of the Unreal * * *
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor *
Meet the Robinsons * * * *
W * * * 1/2
Spiderwick Chronicles * * *
The Astronaut Farmer * * *
Shiloh * * *
MST3K: The Touch of Satan * * *
Night at the Museum * * * *

On Deck:
Smart People (an instant view...not great, but I'm more than 1/2 way through, so I'll finish it)
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Enchanted (for Tiger Claw)

order
My next two tasks are my small secretary desk, and the scrapbook/photo album pile. I've taken the before pictures, but do not have the time to upload them now...I need to cook our not-so traditional St. Patrick's Dinner of meatsauce in the crockpot to go with pasta.

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