Hey, help a girl out! I just got bombarded with Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com gift cards for my birthday yesterday. Turning 35 wasn’t so bad after all! Can you recommend some good books? I just read Mystic River and LOVED it. Not too chicky just good reads.
Non chick-lit books I highly recommend:
Anything by Harlan Coben (Fred loves the Myron Bolitar series; I think his non-series books are better, though I liked the Myron Bolitar books, too), Andrew Vachss, Lisa Gardner, Margaret Maron, Karin Slaughter, Carol O’Connell or Lee Child has an automatic two thumbs up from me. Andrew Vachss, Carol O’Connell and Lee Child all have series that have total ass-kickers as protagonists, and I like that in a character.
I Love Everybody (and other atrocious lies), by Laurie Notaro. I finished reading that yesterday, and it had me laughing out loud many times.
Hostage, by Robert Crais.
Brimstone, by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
I like the Repairman Jack books, but they have an element of science fiction to them that isn’t for everybody – I usually am not into science fiction at all, but for Repairman Jack I make the exception.
Those are all that come to mind at the moment, but I know there are more. Everyone else, join in – what have you read lately that is really good? Leave a comment!
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So, I don’t know that I’ve mentioned this before, but Fred and I absolutely love Scrubs. We look forward to watching it every week, and it always makes us laugh.
A few weeks ago we were watching an episode we’d recorded, and there was this short bit at the beginning of the show that pretty much captures why we love this show so much.
Because I love you, I made Fred turn it into a .mpg so that those of you who haven’t checked out the show can enjoy it, and those of you who have checked out the show and like it can be reminded why this is such a great show.
Don’t be lickin’ me no mo’.
Fred and I sing this song CONSTANTLY and we’ve watched the clip about a thousand times; it’s just addictive.
I’ll leave the clip up for the rest of the month; if it’s April and you’re just now reading this and the clip’s no longer there, I’m sorry you missed it.
You may need to watch it in Quicktime. As always, right-click and save it to your hard drive if you’ll be watching it multiple times.
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Ooh, look! Another meme!
This one stolen from
Miz Jolie.
the scar you’re most proud of The scar on my back where I had the mole removed. It’s totally badass.
your favourite condiment Ketchup! I love love love ketchup.
if you have freckles Tons.
your preferred method of cooking Ordering out! Heh.
what shoes you’re wearing I’m not wearing shoes right now; the last shoes I was wearing were black leather Keds.
how many children you have Just the one.
the first person you french kissed My first boyfriend, John B0wi3. Ugh. It was horrifying.
your preferred breed of dog Oh, those big messy friendly dogs who galumph around excitedly if you so much as look at them sideways. As long as they’re not galumphing around
my house, that is.
where you were born Bangor, Maine.
what colour underwear you’re wearing Er… black.
where your keys are right now In my purse, which is right next to my desk.
if you have split ends Nope; I just had my hair trimmed a couple of weeks ago.
when you last got laid Um. None of your BUSINESS.
your opinion on airline food I know I’m supposed to say that it sucks, but honestly? It’s not bad. The snacks are better than the meals, but the meals aren’t usually all that horrifying.
what cosmetic surgery you would consider Just about anything that didn’t require having foreign substances inserted into my body and left there – so that rules out any kind of implants. Also, Botox? Never ever ever. Also, I probably wouldn’t have much plastic surgery on my face, because I hate the unnatural plastic look that comes from too much plastic surgery.
best kiddie playground equipment to have sex on Uh, GROSS. Kids PLAY on that equipment, you know.
your worst malady Ongoing: my eczema. One-time: the tumor on my right knee.
if your mum loves your dad I’m sure she does.
if you can sing well I couldn’t carry a tune if I took sixty years of singing lessons and had a bucket to carry it in.
what your olympic event would be Is there a “Reading” event?
someone you admire Stephen King.
which country would be hardest for you to locate on a map Paraguay.
the last time you cried I don’t remember what it was, but Fred and I were watching something last week and I got all teary-eyed and he laughed at me, and I said “I can’t help it! I feel bad for them!” (And yes, getting teary-eyed counts as crying – because I get teary-eyed all the time, but I can’t recall the last time I boo-hooed.)
your most interesting sexual congress location Damn, what’s with the sex questions?
part of the Sunday papers you read first The classifieds, followed by the real estate section.
the languages you speak Just English.
the religion you were raised in “Protestant”. When I was growing up on Air Force Bases, there were two religions: Protestant and Catholic. I had no idea until I was mostly grown that there were different kinds of Protestant.
if you can draw well Not in the slightest.
your favourite photograph Of the cats:
one of the last pictures of Tubby. That involves me:
the picture of Fred and I from the quarry last year. The spud:
Her school picture from last year, where she was wearing a hooded sweatshirt. Otherwise: The picture of my parents and Brian floating in innertubes in Hawaii last year, and the picture of Debbie and Brian doing the same.
what you should be doing instead of this Cleaning the upstairs.
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Watching the birdies…
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