4 posts tagged “andy mcdonald”
Is it Tuesday already? Time is passing so very quickly. Maybe this bodes well for all the books coming out that seem so far away right now. I did meet with Jamie on Sunday at Kamal Palace in LB. I should have had D get a picture of us together. I didn't think of it at the time. I wouldn't mind seeing more of her. It's nice that she drives now. Maybe we can go for sushi after she and D get off work one of these days. A Monday maybe.
I had therapy yesterday and we talked about something that I am starting to feel terribly bad about and it's not very funny although for a while I was laughing about it. Dr. Moore made me realize how wrong I was to share the thought and now I just don't know how to take off the table. I think I'm going to avoid it and see if it won't go away. She'd be really proud of me taking that route too. Damn, what a mess.
I finally got my big Christmas present hung and displayed in my bedroom. I like it very much. D done good. I love my poster. My only wish is that I had had one of the 11.21.08 posters too. I would have put them right next to one another. But that is probably a greedy thought. I love what I have. Thank you Puppy.
So I was up all night reading Rachel Caine. I finished Lord of Misrule and found the first three chapters of Carpe Corpus on her website. I liked many many many things about Misrule. I did think it needed more Shane but I would probably think that regardless of how many pages he graced. It was strange that the entire books spans about 3 days. It feels like it should be many more. A lot happens. And just when I start grumbling that it seems she will never turn 17, I see that her birthday is the first day of the next book. So it then staggers me to realize that months pass between Misrule and Corpus. My favorite character out of Misrule isn't Shane, it is Myrnin who has some of the best lines in the entire book. My least favorite part of the book is the ending. I would really like to have them have a week solid of peace. And there are 5 more Morganville books. I can't even fathom the sexual tension between Shane and Claire in book 10. Unless she starts writing cut scenes. Come on cut scenes. Shane deserves some nookie.
The book I'm going to be starting soon is Sunshine by Robin McKinely. D spotted it at the bookstore because of the cover. When he read the backcover he knew I would be into it because there are vampires. So we will see what it's like. Although I haven't read any of it today. I slept late and then have been playing on the KMM message board. I always feel like a twit on message boards. But I have been sporting my love for Barrons and explaining how I think making Jericho be a vampire or a werewolf would be so mundane and wrong. I hope the story doesn't take that road. Some girl suggested that he will be something unique and I hope she is right. Something unique and powerful. Hello, is it August 25 yet? Only 230 days. I think that it was longer when I started counting down Twilight. See not long at all.... and the wait until City of Glass? Just 76 days. I can't wait. I'm vibrating with anticipation.
This week Possession comes out. It has Lee Pace and Sarah Michelle Gellar and I'm really looking forward to it. I love me some Lee Pace, although he forgives me for not watching Pushing Daisies this year. I don't know where it is opening yet but I think the boy will be taking me to see it. I would also like to go and see Twilight sometime this weekend. It would make easy if we could movie hop but Twilight isn't up in a lot of different places anymore. So we will just have to wait and see.
Thursday night D and I are going to the Staples Center to see the Ducks play the Kings. Go Anze and Raitis. I would like to be able to stay up the entire game. We'll have to try it out as a new thing. There is just something embarassing about falling asleep at a sporting event. A year ago I would have been all for the Ducks but then they traded Andy. I have man-loyality. And Teemu and Beauchmin aren't playing. It leaves little to be excited about. Hell, they don't even have Bertuzzi for me to be excited about someone hitting. But it will be a good game. We will have fun.
I had therapy yesterday and we talked about something that I am starting to feel terribly bad about and it's not very funny although for a while I was laughing about it. Dr. Moore made me realize how wrong I was to share the thought and now I just don't know how to take off the table. I think I'm going to avoid it and see if it won't go away. She'd be really proud of me taking that route too. Damn, what a mess.
Thursday night D and I are going to the Staples Center to see the Ducks play the Kings. Go Anze and Raitis. I would like to be able to stay up the entire game. We'll have to try it out as a new thing. There is just something embarassing about falling asleep at a sporting event. A year ago I would have been all for the Ducks but then they traded Andy. I have man-loyality. And Teemu and Beauchmin aren't playing. It leaves little to be excited about. Hell, they don't even have Bertuzzi for me to be excited about someone hitting. But it will be a good game. We will have fun.
Yesterday was a day full of surprises. I wore my green sweater with my green converse. They aren't grass green, more of a gem colour and it looked really good. It isn't often that I like what I wear. So it was a good start. I went to the bookstore to get Faefever and found Lord of Misrule was out on the shelves early. I whooped and jumped up and down. I have little self respect when it comes to books. I haven't started it yet but I plan to start it today. Oh where for art thou, Shane? I went to a hockey game. Kings vs. Flyers at the Staples Center. I found myself routing for the Flyers... and that is just not acceptable. I have never liked Philadelphia. Even when Mclaughlin was making me watch every game. But I do like Braydon Coburn and D has Scott Hartnell on his fantasy hockey team. It was a hard hitting game. I imagine they will be feeling it today. Although the Kings won in the end, I didn't see it because I fell asleep on D's shoulder and we left early. Hopefully I'll have a better time of it this Thursday when we go to see the Ducks play. I can route for the Kings that game. I never have gotten over them trading Andy McDonald.
And as is if yesterday wasn't good enough I found that when I turned on
the images in my KMM newsletter that it had a pic of the cover of
Dreamfever! I can't wait for it. I found all the books in hardcover so
I can have a nice set of them. I'll have to re read the set once I get
them. And it's not long now until the end of March and City of Glass. I'm listening to City of Ashes at the gym and it just keeps those fires burning. I
think that it is just what's newer in my mind but I want Dreamfever much more. It could be that horrible end where the world is folding in on itself and Barrons isn't there to save her. I'd die for him is a terrible way to end a book about surviving. Back to City of Glass... Cassandra Clare had a contest for ARCs of the book and one person made Magic Cards with the characters on them and they were so neat. Of course my favorite is Jace Wayland. Then I loke the Alec Lightwood one. I wish these actually existed.
I'm of half the mind to watch some TV today. This is highly unusual. I have the gym today so anything I would want to watch gets cut into by that. And then we are going to go and meet Jamie in LBC for some Indian. By then this idea will have burned off. Tomorrow I'm meeting Nicky online at 11:30 so it is out then too. Then I have Dr. Moore. I have plans to read Lord of Misrule sometime in the next 24 hours too so that leaves me really short on time. But I have Sinchornicity, which D found for me and Lost in Austen. D is going to have Hex come through on Netflix this week. I will have to readjust my mental thinking to work on this.
New Years Resolutions!!
I made a few... alright more than a couple. I was generous with my resolve and not doing so great on a few of them. But I will list them here so that I can look back and know which ones I need to work on.
On one of the feeds I have someone capped the Twilight movie and unfortunately they didn't have the end credits. I badly want the bite that is in black and white at the end of the movie. There is a bit of DVD release info around the internet on how there will be a regular, special and Blu-Ray edition. I will want one that I can see all the extras with. I can't wait until New Moon goes into production. Also in March. A lot will be going do in the month of March.
I'm of half the mind to watch some TV today. This is highly unusual. I have the gym today so anything I would want to watch gets cut into by that. And then we are going to go and meet Jamie in LBC for some Indian. By then this idea will have burned off. Tomorrow I'm meeting Nicky online at 11:30 so it is out then too. Then I have Dr. Moore. I have plans to read Lord of Misrule sometime in the next 24 hours too so that leaves me really short on time. But I have Sinchornicity, which D found for me and Lost in Austen. D is going to have Hex come through on Netflix this week. I will have to readjust my mental thinking to work on this.
New Years Resolutions!!
I made a few... alright more than a couple. I was generous with my resolve and not doing so great on a few of them. But I will list them here so that I can look back and know which ones I need to work on.
- Go to the gym three times a week. 3 hours cardio and 1.5 weight training.
- Lose 15 lbs and keep it of.
- Be more mindful of my hygiene.
- Do something social each week.
- Read 5 books a week.
- Walk more.
- Clean the house one a month.
- Keep on top of the kitty litter.
- To let my hair grow. No cutting it.
I am happy to say that my Pens made a sweep of their series and made it
past round 1 and tonight my Rangers beat the Devils and made it too. I
was a bit disappointed that the Maple Leafs weren't good enough to make
it to the playoffs. If I'm honest they pretty much sucked this season.
Vesa was their only saving grace. I do miss seeing Leafs games though. D, who knows the Sharks schedule by heart, tells me that the next Sharks game isn't until Sunday. For his sake I hope they win their series. Although, as a Phaneuf fan I can't be sad when he plays well. As for the Ducks, I have never got over the betrayal of them getting rid of Andy Mac. I want them to lose. I'm just black at heart like that.
Battlestar tonight was nerve wracking. I want to know what is happening with the Sixes and the Eights. I was very happy with the end of the Chief and Callie story. I never liked her. Kara as a little bit crazy is par for the course. I love seeing her on the edge. I sort of hope she and Lee are reunited. I want the happy ending. There was a lack of Baltar which I was a little disappointed by, but that just means there will be a ton of him next week.
I started a new book last night. Heather brought to my attention last week and I BookMooched it. It's called A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray. I don't know if I'm liking it. The main character is sort of a brat and I can't say I regret the bad things that happened to her. It feels like it moves really slow and I feel like I'm waiting for something that hasn't paid off as of yet but I'm only 50 pages in. I'm going to try to stay patient and stick with it. I even added the next two books to my BookMooch Wishlist, so I am trying not to get down on it so early. I'm sure that it's just that I'm used to the pacing and style of Stephenie Meyer and Twilight. I'm sure that I'm just not adjusting well. I also hated the small romance novel, My Wildest Ride by Isabel Sharpe, that I read yesterday. I think I'm just being a petulant reader. It's not the Twilight Saga or a Dark-Hunter novel, so it's just not good enough.
Tomorrow D and I are going to see Forgetting Sarah Marshall. I guess I am still mildly Veronica Mars fan-ish. Kristen Bell is part of why I want to see this movie. I also loved Knocked Up and it's by the same people that made it. After D has promised me a trip to the bookstore. He's going to get Belladonna, the next book after Sebastian. I want to look for a copy of the Iliad. I'm not sure I'm buying it. I could BookMooch it, but I think if I get it, I want it to be a nice edition. I have yet to get my 2nd issue of the Iliad in comic form so I haven't started reading the comic yet. Although, note to self: the 5th issue came out on Wednesday and I haven't got it yet.
I spoke with my father yesterday. He wasn't expecting her to make it through the night. I am assuming, as I haven't heard from him as of yet, that she is still fighting. I was hoping that this would be fast. He tells me she isn't suffering, that they have her on pain medication so she isn't feeling anything. But he also tells me her respiration is shallow and at only 6 breaths a minute, so she's slowly suffocating. That still is an awful way to die.
Battlestar tonight was nerve wracking. I want to know what is happening with the Sixes and the Eights. I was very happy with the end of the Chief and Callie story. I never liked her. Kara as a little bit crazy is par for the course. I love seeing her on the edge. I sort of hope she and Lee are reunited. I want the happy ending. There was a lack of Baltar which I was a little disappointed by, but that just means there will be a ton of him next week.
Tomorrow D and I are going to see Forgetting Sarah Marshall. I guess I am still mildly Veronica Mars fan-ish. Kristen Bell is part of why I want to see this movie. I also loved Knocked Up and it's by the same people that made it. After D has promised me a trip to the bookstore. He's going to get Belladonna, the next book after Sebastian. I want to look for a copy of the Iliad. I'm not sure I'm buying it. I could BookMooch it, but I think if I get it, I want it to be a nice edition. I have yet to get my 2nd issue of the Iliad in comic form so I haven't started reading the comic yet. Although, note to self: the 5th issue came out on Wednesday and I haven't got it yet.
I spoke with my father yesterday. He wasn't expecting her to make it through the night. I am assuming, as I haven't heard from him as of yet, that she is still fighting. I was hoping that this would be fast. He tells me she isn't suffering, that they have her on pain medication so she isn't feeling anything. But he also tells me her respiration is shallow and at only 6 breaths a minute, so she's slowly suffocating. That still is an awful way to die.
My heart was broken this weekend when I found out the Ducks had traded my favorite player to the Blues. I was shocked and didn't want to be a Ducks fan anymore because they totally are stacking their team with thug style players. Alas, I watched the Blues game today and Andy Mac got a goal and an assist and played with Boyes and Kariya on the first line. He should do really well there and I'm happy for him. The Ducks really weren't the right fit for him anymore and this move may mean he gets the opportunity to play the sort of hockey that is made for him.
David kicked my ass this week in fantasy hockey. He said he was due a win. It feels crappy to lose and I don't like it. I did make a bunch of changes this week. I added Vesa and I hope that doesn't doom him to bad play. I also added Daniel Carcillo for his PIMs but he got me a goal and no penalties the first time I played him. I think that I might make one more move in the next week or so. We shall see. I do love me my fantasy hockey.
The next game that we will be going to is the Sharks at the Kings on the 26th. David loves his San Jose Sharks. I had hoped to get him a jersey for Christmas but by the time I started looking they were sold out of large sweaters. Now with Andy in St. Louis though we will each get a jersey in the new year. Mine will just be a Blues jersey and not a Ducks one. And we will go see the Kings when the Blues play them to see Andy play then.
