I'm Remembering...

Oh Haitus…. not exactly over - I've been trying to catch up on books and life and such before I can begin regularly blogging away again… but I'll put in a few new websites to check out.

i'm remembering: Cute - nostalgia in a website. I freaked out a bit when I saw this because of all the memories!

My sister had this exact alarm. I was always confused and amazed.
I still don't understand all of the functions of this pencil holder.
My parents had this game.
Polly Pocket!

Man, Colds Suck.

I'll admit it - I have a bias against mouth breathers. Just the phrase "mouth breathers" alone is a little off-putting. And now, I have become one. I'll skip the snot description (but I could give you a detailed one if you wanted it) - but just know that I have not breathed through both of my nostrils in a few days and I am really starting to get tired of not being able to.

To perk myself up - I strolled through a few blogs, one in particular caught my eye: smart remarks book club. As you well know, I am reading my way through this year, which has actually made the year fly by so far. It's April?! How did that happen? I finished another book: Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen. It was a just okay book… nothing spectacular.

Right! Back to the blog - Smart Remarks Book Club

Likes: I love her picture/icon! I really need to get clever-er and make one myself. Also, duh - she reviews books and gives me great ideas for other books that I should read this year. I'm really trying to borrow and not buy, but she makes it very tempting to go and buy a hoard of them!

Dislikes: Due to her page, I'm quite tempted to indulge in more teen-drama books like the Uglies and Vampire Diaries! Eek. DO NOT BUY. I feel shame. Also, like my own blog - it needs more pictures!

Here is a picture just to have a picture in this post:

Update

Alright - So, I'll admit it has been a busy past month.

Books I've read:

7. Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith

- PASS. Really though, this short book is a snore.

8. See No Evil by Robert Baer

- Interesting enough to make me Wikipedia about public facts about the CIA

9. In the Woods by Tana French

- SO good. And sad and mysterious. Dark and twisty that makes you keep turning those pages.

10. Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

- Great. Really great, I hope the movie wasn't completely botched.

11. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

- Eh. Kind of boring and slightly… weird. Not my time of book.

This means that yes, I'm 3 books behind! How did that happen? I blame the Japan trip, which was awesome but has made me falter in my reading. I will really have to be diligent to catch up… or maybe read shorter books?

Also, here's a blog for you to check out: the animal blog -soooo adorable!

Favorites:

I've turned into a gross person who likes looking at photos of cute animals. What next, putting them up in my cubicle? (I don't actually have a cubicle… but let's just imagine that)

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Rar.

Want.

Inspiration Just found:

These are part of a series of books published by Penguin Classics and the fabric covers designed by Coralie Bickford-Smit. I'm sure you've seen them on all the blogs sometime in the last year and a half… but that does not quiet my desire to have them. They are so pretty! And I need to re-read most of these books anyway. Speaking of that, I'm about 5 books behind right now. I'm planning on catching up very soon, schedule and motivation pending.

Mikao's World

I found this somehow… I don't really remember and it isn't really important. What I find fascinating about mikao is that I like so many thing about this website but I also disagree with most everything. How can I have so much in common and yet the polar opposite taste in lots of things. Example:

1) Her list:

Movies I Can Watch Again and Again

- Serendipity
- Elizabethtown
- Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
- Back to the Future II
- Finding Forrester
- The Lakehouse
- A Lot Like Love
- P.S. I Love You
- Brokedown Palace
- The Bourne Identity
- Kate & Leopold
- Catch and Release
- August Rush
- The Holiday
- Little Women
- Enchanted
- The Blind Side

I can agree with 4 movies on this list. The others - I hate with a burning fiery passion.

2) Super cute necklace she has:

Well - I think you know my pros and cons of this website now.

Bad blogger

So, I'll admit that I've been slacking on the blogging front. To make up for it I will list three blogs in this post.

Numero Uno: gofugyourself

Likes: Hilarious (most of the time) and catches me up on celebrity news

Dislikes: Sometimes tries too hard to be funny.

Numero dos: joythebaker

LIkes: She makes unusual things and takes those pretty food pictures I always adore. She seems pretty down to earth and like-able.

Dislikes: Sometimes the posts can be a little "eh" and the formatting can be odd sometimes. Who needs a huge COMMENTS font?

Numero trois: lagrace

Likes: In honor of my friend Grace who lives in LA! Also, gives me good ideas for beer to give to my special man friend.

Dislikes: I think she might have given up on this blog… also the colors are atrocious. I hate hate hate light font on super dark backgrounds.

In other news, I'm going to Japan next week… so if I don't update this again over the weekend… it probably isn't going to happen until the week after next. Whoops!