snowy weeks
So this recent onset of snow, snow and OMG MORE SNOW?!?!?! left me with little to blog about because my face has been pressed against the glass watching these mysterious fluffy fat flakes of white stuff drift down from the sky. This is Texas; we get anorexic pieces of hail and dare call it snow maybe once a year. The last twenty-four-hours have provided a rare glimpse into what a real winter-wonderland is and the change on the landscape has been mystical - though it hasn't been without it's problems. Had to cancel plans for the theater last night, wound up using my broom to literally sweep a foot of snow off my Jeep, and just getting out of the apartment complex was tricky simply because no one had been attempting it. A silly person on the way into work decided to drive in all the turn lanes and then swerve in front of me several times; one time I was sliding because I was driving on snow and couldn't get traction to stop. Idiot. Oh well. I drive a nice, big Jeep. He would have been squashed had the light not turned green!
Okay, so Valentine's Day is coming up this weekend. I belatedly realized that I'm already planning on spending it with some of the most wonderful people I know; my parents. We'll probably while away the afternoon just being in the same room, have dinner and then I'll go home, but it's what we do. We aren't really an exciting family-time type of family, but they're my family and I love them.
I think that Valentine's Day doesn't really bother me - it's the people who feel that a day pledged to celebrating love is an excuse and a right to bemoan their singleness. I think that's silly. I think that people should really take advantage of V-Day and take the opportunity to tell people in their lives that you love them and that they're special. Those are my thoughts. There are more than a few people I'd like to tell them to stop being so selfish but I know it won't do any good.
I recently subscribed to John Scalzi's blog, Whatever. I stumbled across his first chapter of his new book, God Engines. I read it. I need to read all of it. Why didn't I see this yesterday when I would have been at Borders? Boo! And here I am pleading to not buy any more books until I read a good chunk (5-10!!!! I promise!). I'm grumbling about this decision but I'll stick to it for a little while longer. I'm so intrigued by the idea behind the book that the first chapter reveals! But I can wait. I read Zeus yesterday, finished the Glass Castle last night, so now I want to read McKinley's Sherwood book and I'll probably go ahead and read Touch of Evil .... and then I have a whole shelf of stuff to pick from!
Ug. Blogger lost the last bit of my post. So lets see.... I plan on writing some this weekend. Surprise, surprise. Get my bangs trimmed most likely. Hopefully see The Lightning Thief and Wolfman. And that's all I'm saying.
Friday, February 12, 2010
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- Grew up traveling to rodeos with my parents. I've gone across the world thanks to my gypsie feet. I feel sometimes like I've done everything & nothing. I've played roller derby, traveled parts of the world, have four degrees. I've done some things most people will never do in their lives & still I want to do more. I want to work with orphans & teenagers again. I'm a Christian. I have a lot of tattoos. I like art therefore I want to be art. I love people. I started writing years ago when I was a kid. I think at the time it was an outlet for me; I found escape in my word & the worlds I created. Eventually I just started to like creating stuff & that's when I started sharing it with other people. Now I think I write every day. I want to do NaNoWrMo this year. I'm also learning how to knit. I think I'm on my way to being an eccentric old woman who runs around the world doing silly cazy things and knitting while she does them. Be on your guard I have knitting needles!
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