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Friday, 10 July 2009

  • Summer TV

    Here's what I'm watching this summer:

    Merlin-
    This show is about Merlin, Arthur, Guinevere and Morganna when they were younger. Arthurs dad, the King of Camelot has forbidden magic of any kind and punishes those who practice. The catch? Merlin has powers. He's not sure why he has them, and is just learning how to use them. He almost gets caught using magic every week. This storyline could get old fast, but I'm still enjoying seeing how he gets himself out of trouble so far. The characters are slightly annoying, but I love this show despite that or because of that quirk. I'm not sure if it's John Hurt's voice as the dragon, Arthur and Merlins cuteness or the fact that there isn't anything else on during its timeslot, but I've fallen in love with this show.

    Warehouse 13- This is just a sad version of a Sanctuary/Torchwood rip off, but I just know I'm going to be suckered into this show. Two Secret Service agents are recruited by the mysterious Mrs. Frederick to work at Warehouse 13 in South Dakota. I'm guessing it's supposed to be like Area 51 or the lesser known Hangar 18 at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. (Hanger 18 is where they took the Roswell Aliens. I know this because I grew up right near the base and grew up on this lore.)

    My Life On The D List- My sisters and I think we are the only straight women who watch this show. I've liked Kathy ever since she was on NewsRadio, Suddenly Susan and the little watched reality show The Mole. (She won the celebrity version.)

    WipeOut- Is it wrong that I enjoy laughing at people who could quite possibly get hurt wiping out on this show? It's hilarious! My middle sister got me watching this she and her husband love the show. They say they started watching it because her husband knows the brother of Jon Henson, but I'm not so sure about that...

    Ghost Hunters International-Another show on the SciFi channel. (I refuse to call it SyFy.) I started watching the Original version of Ghost Hunters right before season 2 started. They had a marathon of shows on day, and I loved how they worked to disprove a haunting rather then prove one. We're on season three of this spin off, and I don't know why but this show has trouble keeping cast members. While Robb and Dustin are no Jason and Grant, they are still fun to watch!

    Excited to watch:

    TORCHWOOD
    , Children of the Earth!!!! This is my favorite show on tv right now. July 20th can not come fast enough for me! I hope I'm not disappointed by the long wait we've had after season 2...

    Big Brother: Every summer I swear I won't watch this show..and have only been successful twice in succeeding. What can I say, the Chen Bot draws me in with her inability to remember contestant names. (Good thing she's dating the boss of CBS.)
    Currently
    Jane Austen Ruined My Life
    By Beth Pattillo
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Thursday, 09 July 2009

  • A re-introduction (For Featured Grown Ups)

    There is a new host for Featured_Grownups who asked that we re-introduce ourselves. It's been longer then I care to admit since I've done a featured_grownups post, and for some reason I've had trouble trying to write this post.

    I've been on Xanga for what seems like forever-2003. I got my username because I'm a huge fan of Ohio State Football and 31 was the age I was at the time I started my Xanga. To answer your question-no, I did not go to Ohio State for college, but I think they put something in the water here that makes you an Ohio State fan. I found Xanga from a reality tv message board that I used to go to all of the time. Some one asked the question: Do you blog? I didn't, and checked out all the sites that were listed. I liked Xanga the best-it had a lot of features that the others didn't. I've seen Xanga grow and change a lot over the years.

    When I first started they had guestbooks, and review sections-I miss those! There were no footprints, and friends didn't start until Myspace appeared on the scene. There was a lot of drama when the friends module appeared on the Xanga scene. When I started blogging the only way you knew someone had updated their site was to go there..the universal inbox had yet to exist, and there was no reply, edit or delete keys on posts. All of which are great improvements, but I wasn't too sure of them when they appeared. 

    I've somehow gotten off track-back to who I am. Much to the chargin of my mother and grandmother, I am still single and am the oldest of 2 sisters-both of whom have gotten married within the last 2 years. Dealing with boys in the family has been a hard adjustment, even though I couldn't ask for better brothers in laws. I've learned this important lesson: My sisters will defend them till they are blue in the face over the stupidest things. I'm learning to keep my mouth shut in my critcisms of them. 

    I work in what was my familys supermarket-we sold it 5 years ago for a variety of reasons. Another independent grocery store owner bought it, and is a pretty good boss. My dad is the store manager, and for some reason people seem to think that I'm second in command-first when he's gone. I still see myself as one of the guys. My official title is Receiving Manager. Most of the time I love my job, but some times the drivers make me crazy. The supermarket industry is still a male dominated world. About a year ago I got the title of Wine Manager. This was by default-the old manager quit, and since I checked in the wine and did the pricing it somehow became my area. It's been a slow, but interesting learning process.  

    I'm a huge fan of reality tv and an avid reader. I've recently started really getting more involved in the online world of book reviewing-there are a lot of talented reviewers out there! Right now I'm involved in an Everything Jane Austen Reading Challenge. The goal is to read 6 Jane Austen books or themed books/movies by January 1st. I had no idea there were so many books based on works before this challenge! My books are: 1. Persusasion 2. Tea with Jane Austen 3. Jane Austen ruined my Life 4. Confessions of A Jane Austen Addict 5. What would Jane Austen do? 6.Austenland. To further torture myself I've added these books to the list in case the others don't work out: Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor. (This is a Jane Austen mystery series!) and Seducing Mr. Darcy. This book just arrived from the library-and honestly, I'm not sure if I'm going to get through it all...

    I feel like I'm forgetting something else, but I think this will do for a start on my re-introduction.

    Currently
    Tea with Jane Austen
    By Kim Wilson
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Wednesday, 08 July 2009

  • July book for the book club:)

    On my Water for Elephants post I gave everyone the option to choose what book they wanted to read from a selection of books.....I only had one person answer the questions and do a review for it so far.  Have I missed your review? If so, let me know!  Next month instead of doing the question thing, I thought that we could all just write a review of what we thought of the book.  So, with one vote in our July read will be: The Thirteenth Tale. I haven't read this book yet, but am excited to!!  The description is the following:

    • The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield From amazon.com: Former academic Setterfield pays tribute in her debut to Brontë and du Maurier heroines: a plain girl gets wrapped up in a dark, haunted ruin of a house, which guards family secrets that are not hers and that she must discover at her peril. Margaret Lea, a London bookseller's daughter, has written an obscure biography that suggests deep understanding of siblings.  She is contacted by renowned aging author Vida Winter, who finally wishes to tell her own, long-hidden, life story. Margaret travels to Yorkshire, where she interviews the dying writer, walks the remains of her estate at Angelfield and tries to verify the old woman's tale of a governess, a ghost and more than one abandoned baby. With the aid of colorful Aurelius Love, Margaret puzzles out generations of Angelfield: destructive Uncle Charlie; his elusive sister, Isabelle; their unhappy parents; Isabelle's twin daughters, Adeline and Emmeline; and the children's caretakers. Contending with ghosts and with a (mostly) scary bunch of living people, Setterfield's sensible heroine is, like Jane Eyre, full of repressed feeling—and is unprepared for both heartache and romance. And like Jane, she's a real reader and makes a terrific narrator. That's where the comparisons end, but Setterfield, who lives in Yorkshire, offers graceful storytelling that has its own pleasures. (Sept.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier

    The date to read this book by is: August 8. Heidenkind has a wonderful review up of Water For Elephants!
    Currently
    Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict
    By Laurie Viera Rigler
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Monday, 06 July 2009

  • Courage is...

    Courage is having the strength to walk when you are in so much pain you can barely stand. (my mom.)

    Courage is having the strength to love your spouse even though he may not remember your name. (my grandma)

    Courage is having the strength to show your face at work when your face has been plasted all over the local news for a possible felony. (co worker)

    Courage is having the strength to be different in a town that isn't known for accepting diversity of any kind. (Countless co-workers)

    Courage is showing up to work after being demoted and knowing others are laughing at you. (arch rival at work)

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    Just a few things I've learned the last couple of weeks from family, friends and co-workers.

Sunday, 05 July 2009