i keep thinking of posts i want to make, but the app on my phone sucks and i can't post 'at my convenience' so i figure i'm just gonna write a post about a bunch of different things that have been building up for the past couple of months.
1) there is a certain type of person that eats at panera bread. i am not that type. something about its atmosphere begs for a lower class frasier crane type. i'm just not that stuffy. and i'm not saying that people that congregate there are, necessarily. the people around my age that go there are more the type that are reserved, well-mannered, somewhat well-read type. while i consider myself the well-read type (i've read almost all of stephen king (that's sarcasm. a joke i don't anticipate my panera friends to find amusing)), i'm too loud mouthed and a finger-licker, so i don't quite feel like i fit in, especially with a booming laugh like mine. the same goes for starbucks. i'm eclectic in my own way, but not the starbucks way, and i'm most certainly not studious enough to fit in at starbucks. plus, i'm not a huge coffee fan or a fan of paying $12 for a pre-order coffee that i've altered into something completely different on the menu, resulting in the equivalent of a 14 adjective black coffee. i just don't have it in me...
2) cary elwes in ridiculously under appreciated in the u.s. yeah, the hipsters of today have seen him in Saw, which i've managed to avoid like the plague. however, if you haven't seen princess bride (and you're old enough to be reading my blog, which means you have) and robin hood: men in tights, then your life isn't complete (even though i'm not a crazy fan of princess bride; try as i might, i just can't watch it over and over and over...). and if you haven't invested any time into mel brooks films, then shame on you. and IF, and this is a big IF, you don't find either man's work funny, then you have no soul and are dead. just sayin'. cary elwes has been on a couple of episodes of Psych on u.s.a. and has blown his role out of the water both times. he's an art thief. if you know who cary elwes is and just read that he is an art thief, you should at least chuckle at this. his suave and charismatic way is perfect for that type of role. you should watch his episodes, not just because he drips awesomeness, but because psych is hilarious. it's on netflix. watch it.
3) i've been reading a LOT this summer, more than i have in many summers of recent years. it's because i got a nook for myself for my birthday. if you don't have an ereader (specifically a nook), get one. they're awesome. i chose the nook because it was cheaper than the kindle, and i could go to bn and get it, and have it in my hands immediately (instant gratification is my vice). after i bought it, i found this nifty little memory card that enhanced my nook experience by leaps and bounds, at least. if you're falling behind the curve when it comes to electronics and accessories, i feel your pain. thankfully, i know how to navigate the internet so that helps keep me up-to-date in some aspects. anyway, the nook is essentially an android tablet (which about means that it's just not an apple) and, when rooted (programming changed to do more than what it was programmed to do by the manufacturer), it can be used as an android tablet. the only way i can describe this is that it looks like my phone, which is an android. same apps, same specs, etc. problem is, when the nook is rooted, the warranty is voided. because i'm awesome at navigating the internet, i usually and conveniently stumble over alternative methods to stuff like this, which led me to n2a (nook2android). it is an SD card (memory card that's tiny) that i can put in my nook that turns it into an android tablet (makes it look and act like my phone except for texting and calling), but when i take the SD card out, it returns to manufacturer specs (goes back to how it was before i changed it and acts the same as when i bought it), therefore eliminating the warranty void because it wasn't permanently changed. THIS is awesome because i can put all compatible apps from the android market/google play on my nook! since amazon kindle is an android app, i can get amazon kindle ebook on my bn nook! i feel awesome because i beat the system because there is no way to put amazon ebooks on a nook without this change (competing companies and all). score one for the little (wo)man!
4) i've learned to use a sewing machine, and it's awesome. as soon as i can afford more fabric, i'm totally sewing something!
5) OH! I REMEMBER!! the whole reason i started #3 was to talk about some of the books i've read. this can be my recommendation list for summer readings so far.
books i highly recomment:
-The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. Don't worry, they aren't scary. the story, however, if off the charts awesome, so you need to read them.
-Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (i think is his name). it's different and unusual. you might even say peculiar. and it's a young adult book, but i really liked it.
-The Devil in Pew No. 7 by Rebecca Nichols Alonzo. it's a true story of a preacher and his family that was terrorized by a man from their church who lost some power in the church. it's hard to read emotionally, but you should anyway.
books that are okay:
-I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore. this one rates high on this list because i actually like it quite a bit, but the ending falls off and i was disappointed b/c the library doesn't have the next one in the series, so that may have made me biased.
-Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. it's about a girl who killed herself but left tapes for 13 people telling them why they were partly responsible for her death. it's a cool concept, but the main character is kinda whiny and i spent a lot of times thinking of ways she should change her attitude, so that was distracting. however, the story is interesting and some of the stuff that happens in it are pretty good hooks, so it's worth the read.
-Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and other concerns by Mindy Kalling. this girl is the one that plays kelly kapoor on the office. i expected it to be funnier, but it wasn't bad. she and i have a lot in common, especially our sense of humor, which is why i expected to be laughing through the entire book, so that's probably why i was a little disappointed. however, there's some good stuff in there and she makes her narcissism funny, which i can appreciate b/c i do the same thing, so anyone that has a decent sense of humor should read this.
books to avoid (unless you're just into this type of stuff, which means you're boring and humorless):
-Mr. Darcy Forever by Victoria Connelly. I was soooo disappointed by this book! i loved pride and prejudice (by jane austen, ya loser) and i thought a spin off of the story would be good, and while it may be, this was not it. it was cheesy, about two sisters obsessed with jane austen who had a falling out and were reunited at the jane austen festival in bath, england. yeah, i was over it about half way through, but i persisted and read all of it, and for that i'm proud of myself.
-One Drop by Bliss Broyard. this is another true story of a girl who found out that her dad was black (even though he looked white) a couple weeks before her dad died. she was surprised because her skin was an olive color, for those of you wondering how something like this is even possible. anyway, it's her book revealing the secret to people who may have cared (her dad was a socialite and among the crowd that actually reads and writes for the new york times. she name drops a lot, but i don't recognize any of the names. people who are too good for panera and starbucks, and as we know, i'm beneath those two places). she realizes she has racist tendencies toward black people so she has guilt and tries to fix it, ultimately resulting in her becoming racist toward white people (that's just my opinion). she keeps trying to discover who she is now that she hears that her race is different than what she thought it was, which can be an earth-shaking thing to people, but not something one should obsess over, which is what this book amounts to. i didn't finish it because it was boring and, frankly, i don't care if she 'finds herself' but i was tired of looking with her. so i wouldn't bother with this one.
I think that's it for the moment. i know i have more things to ramble about, but i forgot what they were. lates!
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