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the not so amazing adventures of jess
Aug. 26th, 2003 01:50 amMy friends and I have decided to start a little book club, and since I am a selfish, selfish girl, I spoke up, all "Hey! I have books I've purchased and have not yet read! Let's do one of those first! I don't care if they're not to your taste or liking at all!" And so we decided that our first month would be September, and the first book would be The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon. Which was all good, except I went away for the weekend and decided to get an early start on the book and! I finished it! It's done! And I want to TALK about it but! It was supposed to be the book for September, meaning we wouldn't talk about it until October! Has anyone out there read it? Does anyone have thoughts on it they want to share? Mine aren't that in depth or intelligent and are, at this point, limited to the "OMG! You know that part? When that thing happened? Just, holy crap!" level, but I'd love to read what other people have to say about it.
In other news: Just got back from the briefest of vacays to Cape Cod with the fam. It was good, but too short, the main feature of the vacation being the fact that our room seemed to be directly next to the septic tank so that when we left, my brother shut the door behind us saying, "Goodbye, PortaJohn we called a hotel room." It was pretty funny, almost as funny as the moment when my mother discovered the fake cockroach my brother put on her pillow. Good times!
Anyway, it was a nice trip. I got my traditional completely uneven tan/sunburn, and bought a new pair of sunglasses that look either cool or ridiculous -- I can never tell with sunglasses. I seriously need a fashion angel on my shoulder at all times, someone like my friend Joanna, who can gently steer me in the right direction when making important decisions like sunglass purchases.
In other news: I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but my DVD/VCR player was killed by the Great Blackout of Great Annoyance! Cut down in its prime! I have been working through the stages of grief and I think I've finally accepted the fact that no matter how many times I sit here sending FixIt Mind Rays at the DVD/VCR (you laugh but I have actually done this, as recently as forty minutes ago), it is not going to magically fix itself. Will have to bring it to the repair place tomorrow and hope that they can fix it (cheaply!), or if they can't fix it, then at least crack it open because my Shanghai Knights DVD is in there! Along with my tape of at least one episode of The OC! These are very important things!!
Tomorrow I have to do several things I have been putting off. I would list them, but doing so would likely only demonstrate how lazy and procrastinatory I've been and I don't feel like doing that! Just being vaguely aware of this fact is enough for me, don't need any concrete typewritten proof. Suffice it to say that tomorrow must be my Brave, Motivated, Go Get 'Em Day! Or at the very least, The Day I Send In My Parking Pass Stuff For School. And ooh! I must get my immunization intel. That too.
In other news: Just got back from the briefest of vacays to Cape Cod with the fam. It was good, but too short, the main feature of the vacation being the fact that our room seemed to be directly next to the septic tank so that when we left, my brother shut the door behind us saying, "Goodbye, PortaJohn we called a hotel room." It was pretty funny, almost as funny as the moment when my mother discovered the fake cockroach my brother put on her pillow. Good times!
Anyway, it was a nice trip. I got my traditional completely uneven tan/sunburn, and bought a new pair of sunglasses that look either cool or ridiculous -- I can never tell with sunglasses. I seriously need a fashion angel on my shoulder at all times, someone like my friend Joanna, who can gently steer me in the right direction when making important decisions like sunglass purchases.
In other news: I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but my DVD/VCR player was killed by the Great Blackout of Great Annoyance! Cut down in its prime! I have been working through the stages of grief and I think I've finally accepted the fact that no matter how many times I sit here sending FixIt Mind Rays at the DVD/VCR (you laugh but I have actually done this, as recently as forty minutes ago), it is not going to magically fix itself. Will have to bring it to the repair place tomorrow and hope that they can fix it (cheaply!), or if they can't fix it, then at least crack it open because my Shanghai Knights DVD is in there! Along with my tape of at least one episode of The OC! These are very important things!!
Tomorrow I have to do several things I have been putting off. I would list them, but doing so would likely only demonstrate how lazy and procrastinatory I've been and I don't feel like doing that! Just being vaguely aware of this fact is enough for me, don't need any concrete typewritten proof. Suffice it to say that tomorrow must be my Brave, Motivated, Go Get 'Em Day! Or at the very least, The Day I Send In My Parking Pass Stuff For School. And ooh! I must get my immunization intel. That too.
