January 2010
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Post Cleanse Thoughts
My three day juice cleanse, courtesy of BluePrint Cleanse (I won a free cleanse from a contest on More Than Mary), was largely a success. I never felt dizzy, lightheaded, or starving. Certainly my body missed food, but I think these effects were more mental than physical. The juices were pretty tastey. The green juice grew on me and I continued to love the cashew milk (I must figure out how to...
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a solid four star read. My second Margaret Atwood. I did not find the story as compelling as The Handmaid’s Tale, but I did enjoy it very much. I really like the approach Margaret Atwood takes to storytelling, creating a universe within a universe, making the reader feel as though they’re peeking into real...
Loving a geek
Tim: woot off
Me: Oh snaps!
Me: If there's a digital scale, get it!
Tim: what, i see ipod stuff
Me: No, I mean over the course of the day\
Tim: you can see whats coming?
Me: IF
Me: there is a digital scale.
Tim: ohhhhh
Me: lol
Me: Engrish
Tim: hah
Tim: im pretty sure it isn't my primary language at this point
Me: I guess not!
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Yesterday’s Vital Juice for Fitness (a daily email with fitness tips) featured “a series of 8-minute podcasts packed with perfect dinner party fodder.” Basically, these 8-minute podcasts contained some interesting info about politics, travel, pop culture and history. The concept immediately made me think of the episode of This American Life that features the “modern...
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Team in Training!
A nice benefit of my recent job change has been being around in NYC consistently. Partially because of that (and mostly because I need to get off my lazy ass) I decided to challenge myself in 2010 with a New Year’s resolution of completing a half-marathon (plus I was pretty inspired by Tim and Stef’s recent rockstar accomplishments). Resolutions are great for personal growth, but I wanted...
Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron by Jasper Fforde My rating: 5 of 5 stars
So, let’s preface this by saying that I’m a total Jasper Fforde fan girl. I’ve seen him in person twice, and I have a crush. Plus his books are just really darn good.
This novel is a departure from the Thursday Next and Nursery Crime series, both of which took existing literary characters,...
You know what I'm going to miss?
Bookstores.
I love my nook, and I probably won’t ever go back to reading the “old fashioned” way. But I was in Barnes & Noble last night for a Jasper Fforde book signing (I didn’t stick around to see if he would sign my nook, it was really crowded), and I started thinking about how sad it will be to see bookstores become a thing of the past. I love browsing through...
Delicious looking appetizer recipes make me wanna throw a party.
2010 Resolutions
Take more pictures
Complete a half marathon
Be a better friend
Meditate consistently
Nook: Initial Impressions
First, let me commend Barnes and Noble’s LaserShip operation, the outfit they use to deliver these little bundles of digital joy. Modern day storks. My boyfriend ordered my Nook back in November, but sadly got some news that it would not be delivered for Christmas. Oh well, I can live. It’s coming January 4th. Then on New Years Eve, we get the email that it has shipped. Cool!...
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Wow, I really liked this book. Its vision of the future will haunt me for a long time.
The author gives us a dystopic vision of a world in which religious fundamentalists rule and women are confined to female roles, without property or education. The story is presented as a memoir, with the narrator self-consciously aware...