book love

So I'm a big time book lover. I usually go to the library, but I've discovered that you can rent books Netflix-style. Pretty cool, huh?

exhausted

Waking up at 1:30am to go to work is so not fun. I can't even begin to explain how awful it was to hear the alarm go off. Even the cat thought I was crazy, though she did get up with me. At least I get to enjoy a bit of sunshine when I get home from work. Though right now I'm trying to decide if I should take a nap or just try to stay awake so I can get to bed early.

losing weight

I happen to be one of those fortunate skinny people, but many in America are not. In fact, we actually ran a story about the possibility of creating government subsidized housing for obese people! I could't believe that was even something that would be considered, but apparently it would actually save taxpayers money because it would move people out of nursing homes and into their own places. I don't know if it's a good idea or not, but it's quite obvious that something needs to done. When regular exercise and dietary changes don't work, one option can be surgery such as a conroe lap-band. It may not be for everyone because some people have health risks (often related to their obesity) that make surgery too risky, but it can be something worth looking into.

a bad idea

I'm very disappointed that someone is trying to cash in even more on Gossip Girl. A spinoff for a young Lily is in the works. The pilot will actually be incorporated into Gossip Girl as a flashback type scene. I'm so not interested in that though. Fine to show a bit of Lily/Rufus to give us some background (especially since that's not the book storyline), but the spinoff isn't going to be that. Instead it's going to show Lily and her family, mostly the sister and father who totally aren't a part of Gossip Girl. Ridiculous.

time for paintball

So I've talked about maybe going paintballing before, but of course I never end up getting around to it even though I do think it'd be lots of fun. Now that I'm in a new city, I think I might actually do it. I wonder if you can rent? If not, I just might buy a spyder paintball gun.

broken door

I hate all closet doors that are not like regular doors--you know, the kind that you find for the bedroom or bathroom. The bedroom closet doors of my last apartment broke when one slipped out of the hinge. I never did have that fixed since I had no place to hide the cat. Now in this apartment nearly the same thing has happened with the door in front of the dryer. This I am having fixed though because it's really annoying (and that cat's allowed here).

something new

This isn't my usual, but it's good to explore other ideas, right? So here's a link to a site that's all about Reinventing America. The authors of the site may not share my views, but I do believe this country needs to experience some change. Maybe 2009 will be the year.

working

So my schedule went haywire. I actually like this one better, but it makes for another adjustment. And of course, it isn't lasting. In fact, it's just about over. I will switch to yet another new schedule and that one is going to be very early morning and thus, very painful. I am so not a morning person!

weird

I filed a change of address, but twice now people have told me that the mail is being returned to them. Furthermore, I'm getting tons of mail for someone else. I'm used to receiving catalogs and that sort in someone else's name right after a move, but this is mail that looks to be important. Based on the envelopes I'd say it's about child support. Which does make me wonder. It's a one bedroom apartment. Did this woman really live here with a child? I live here with my cat and it's not really enough room.

tragic

From the Spokane Public Library newsletter, "...if you read seven books annually, like the average reader." Really? The average reader only finishes seven books each year? A book every 1.7 months. I'm more like 1.7 books each week. And apparently I did even more than that in 2008. I kept track of every book that I read and it appears I reached 97. So 90 more than the average.