Sometimes I wonder if my son thinks I abandoned him or if he “feels” like I did. Sometimes it doesn’t matter why you do the things you do nor does your motivation matter, but rather the outcome of your decision making process is all that is left and that is all that can matter.
I just don’t know how he feels. If I’ve hurt him, I’m so sorry. But is being sorry enough?
I have more questions than I have answers and that sucks because I’m supposed to be the parent.
She’s pretty and she’s red, like my car. She has white tires and I bought her from craigslist yesterday from a nice older gentlemen named Rick. Actually his first and middle names are Patrick Rodrick….which really kinda makes me grin. I got a good deal. I took her for a ride yesterday along Fort Desoto’s Bike path. (miles and miles of beautiful)
Yesterday I kept singing “I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike!” Rick was clueless. If you are clueless please see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68Ze1ZcqnO0 (warning there are boobies in this video….you’re welcome Rick…and Keith….teehee..yes my son those are boobies…and some random butts!!)
And why did I buy a bike…..hmm….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D99n9f3vU4
I must get a bicycle bell. Must. Thanks for inspiring this fat bottom girl boxx9000!!
Soooo much stress this week but its coming to an end. I’m at sears auto getting new brakes. I have read blogs on my new cool sidekick.
Yesterday we got an estimate for termite treatment. $600. Not as bad as my imagination was fearing.
Things are looking up. The sun is shining. I’m going to make a stop at the bookstore and go home and write that big huge paper due on Monday.
Because I’m trying to delay working on a paper for my first masters course I did this book meme I saw online somewhere.
What author do you own the most books by? Jodi Picoult is the single author I own the most books by because most authors that I read have only written one or two books or I have a few of their books but damned if I can remember their names instantaneously.
What book do you own the most copies of? Alice in Wonderland. I know I have 3 copies but I bet I might even have 5.
Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions? They did?
What fictional character are you secretly in love with? The dead husband from A kept man by Jamie Attenberg. I would highly recommend that novel because the entire storyline in it has stayed with me for months now and that’s the true test for me.
Which book have you read the most times in your life? A tree grows in Brooklyn. I’ve read it about 6 times.
What was your favorite book when you were ten years old? Judy Blume Peter Mack was pretty sexy when I was 10.
What is the worst book you’ve read in the past year? The Guernsey Literary and Potato Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. Total shit…and it got such great reviews. I hated it.
What is the best book you’ve read in the past year? The Reader. Seriously I loved that book because it was a love story, pure and simple. And yet it was so much more.
If you could force everyone you know to read one book, what would it be? The Bible because it seems that so many people like to preach about a document they have never read. Read it or shut up. I haven’t read it but I don’t try to save anyone based on it either.
Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature? Who cares? When Nobel Prizes go to Al fucking Gore who cares anymore?
What book would you most like to see made into a movie? Infinite Jest, just so I can not torment myself about never reading any of the 3 copies I own.
What book would you least like to see made into a movie? Stop with the Twilight movies now please…you’re not doing a good job with it at all. I had to explain everything to my husband because the producers didn’t.
What is the most lowbrow book you’ve read as an adult? Sophie Kinsella’s entire Shopaholic series. Total crap really but I read it just the way you eat chocolates that are just slightly stale because they’ve still not gone bad. And I was sick and only had half use of my brain so it was the only thing I could stand to read.
What is the most difficult book you’ve ever read? Ulysses it’s a fucking buggar of a book and I have only read two chapters to date
Roth or Updike? Who? Oh and who cares? I haven’t read a damned book by either of these people.
David Sedaris or Dave Eggers? Eggers.
Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer? None….I won’t pretend I read any of them.
Austen or Eliot? Austen.
What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading? Gap? As in what am I missing out on? Nothing. I don’t worry about what I haven’t read, I only try to enjoy the things that I do.
What is your favorite novel? I really don’t have one singular favorite that immediately comes to mind. I also hate this question. A true reader doesn’t have a favorite because it changes with the wind as we read new things. My favorite is always the last good book I have read. Right now…it’s Duma Key. Next week something else…
Favourite play? A Doll’s House by Henrik Isben
Favourite short story? “A rose for Emily” by William Faulker, the one about the velvet Elvis painting by Tod Goldberg, and “Theft in a Pastry Shop” by Italo Valvino (its about 3 burglars who break into a pastry shop and get distracted eating all of the yummy pastries, talk about job satisfaction..yummy) Also love Pet Milk by Stuart Dybek because of www.iwilldare.com’s jodie.
Favourite work of non-fiction? Still Alice by Lisa Genova..stayed with me like a ache in my soul.
Who is your favorite writer? I hate this question. I have no one absolute favorite writer. Writer…oh wait Paul Westerberg writes and I love him. I like Ali Smith and Tod G. and tons of other good peeps….
Who is the most overrated writer alive today? Danielle Steele
And … what are you reading right now? my first John Irving book and Bag of bones by Stephen King..I have a new King fetish….somebody save me!!
First I got confirmation from my pest control guy. They are in fact termites. He doesn’t handle termites but I feel confident I got a great reference for a good termite control company from my friend Theresa. I estimate it will cost us upwards of $1500 to have the house eradicated/treated.
Then my brake light in my car came on.
Then last night I dropped my sidekick in the bathtub. By accident, but same end result. Dead phone. No phone. This is a pain in the ass because we don’t have a home phone and I rely on this phone a lot. Ordered a new one since their insurance doesn’t cover water damage and I’m told they can tell by taking the phone apart and checking some water color changing indicator. Without phone until it arrives. *sigh*
I hope these are my 3 events in this train of bad shit. I really hope so. Blah!!
