Some times I wish I could be a better person. But it is harder than it looks and I think it takes a lot of effort.
When I was a kid my brother once told me, "Girls who are ugly as kids will be beautiful as adults. I think you are going to be really pretty one day." I'm still waiting.
I think Out of Africa is my favorite movie ever.
On April 11, I am going out to breakfast where I will celebrate the end of not spending money and the end of Lent. So it will be cheese plates and cheese beer and cheese cookies all around.
This morning I drank coffee and stood on the porch watching the cat try to aclimate to being out of doors. The wind scared him and he ran back in the house.
I think cilantro is a little bit of heaven right on earth.
I'm tired of reading and I'm tired of being tired.
My plans for the evening include a nap, some sweet potato fries and possibly texing AG in Wyoming. I live an exciting life.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Dear Vampires:
You scare the shit out of me.
Not the posh fancy label whore fast car driving types that live in Forks, WA.
The real vampires. The kind that will tear your throat out so fast the only thing you see is the concrete rushing towards your face.
Now some may say "Bry, Vampires don't exsist."
To them I say, I don't care. The kinds I read about in books are scary enough.
Last night I was sitting in the park waiting for the bus. It was dark and the bench was not seated near a light but I had about 25 minutes to wait so I decided to read and it is hard to read while holding two grocery bags and my huge ass purse. So I sat down in the dark park and read. A book about vampires.
Yes vampires! Books about you! Do you ever read a book about your self and think, they are getting it all wrong! And then sue? Well you should sue in London because it is easier to get a settlement there where you don't have to prove emotional distress like here in the states.
Anyways, I digress.
So sitting in the park reading about scary little child vampires is not a good idea. I'm talking about Let the Right Ones In which is not my normal cup of tea for reading material. However, vampires are the new black, the new Crocs, the new Louis Vuitton clutch purse.
I should mention that I am a bit afraid of the dark. Not in a juvenile sort of way. I don't have a night light and actually prefer to the bedroom to be as dark as a mining cave at night. But I get scared easily when I'm wandering about in the night. You never know what's out there. I think I am more afraid of aliens than the dark. When was the last time someone reported seeing an alien in broad day light? I don't like wierd, gross looking stuff. This is why I don't watch Star Trek, Star Wars or any other space related nonsense.
But I digress, again.
The point here being, I am scared of you. I will not be inviting you in for tea. I will not stare into your eyes so that you can draw me in before eating me. I will probably be a little rude, which is not the way I was brought up.
I am asking you to keep walking when you see some nerdy looking girl sitting on a bench in the dark reading. That nerdy girl could be me. And I am pretty awesome and I think people might miss me.
Warmest Regards,
Bry
You scare the shit out of me.
Not the posh fancy label whore fast car driving types that live in Forks, WA.
The real vampires. The kind that will tear your throat out so fast the only thing you see is the concrete rushing towards your face.
Now some may say "Bry, Vampires don't exsist."
To them I say, I don't care. The kinds I read about in books are scary enough.
Last night I was sitting in the park waiting for the bus. It was dark and the bench was not seated near a light but I had about 25 minutes to wait so I decided to read and it is hard to read while holding two grocery bags and my huge ass purse. So I sat down in the dark park and read. A book about vampires.
Yes vampires! Books about you! Do you ever read a book about your self and think, they are getting it all wrong! And then sue? Well you should sue in London because it is easier to get a settlement there where you don't have to prove emotional distress like here in the states.
Anyways, I digress.
So sitting in the park reading about scary little child vampires is not a good idea. I'm talking about Let the Right Ones In which is not my normal cup of tea for reading material. However, vampires are the new black, the new Crocs, the new Louis Vuitton clutch purse.
I should mention that I am a bit afraid of the dark. Not in a juvenile sort of way. I don't have a night light and actually prefer to the bedroom to be as dark as a mining cave at night. But I get scared easily when I'm wandering about in the night. You never know what's out there. I think I am more afraid of aliens than the dark. When was the last time someone reported seeing an alien in broad day light? I don't like wierd, gross looking stuff. This is why I don't watch Star Trek, Star Wars or any other space related nonsense.
But I digress, again.
The point here being, I am scared of you. I will not be inviting you in for tea. I will not stare into your eyes so that you can draw me in before eating me. I will probably be a little rude, which is not the way I was brought up.
I am asking you to keep walking when you see some nerdy looking girl sitting on a bench in the dark reading. That nerdy girl could be me. And I am pretty awesome and I think people might miss me.
Warmest Regards,
Bry
Monday, February 16, 2009
Dear Sir:
I recently read your latest hardcover release The Associate and wanted to write you regarding a few items of note.
I believe we can both agree that you write courtroom dramas for the masses and are in no way shooting for a Pulitzer Prize in literature. So it was with an open mind that I read The Associate.
This may have been a mistake. It is though you woke up one morning and said, “I think I will write a book today. A books about lawyers.” Then, eight hours later, sent the book to your publisher who ran it through Microsoft Word to spell-check it and published it sight unseen.
My only hope is that James Patterson actually killed you, made a suit out of your skin and wrote the book (or paid one of his assistants to write it) and published under your name.
First, a book is supposed to have a beginning, middle and end. There is supposed to be a conflict and a resolution. This is a formula you have stuck to in the past and it seems to work. Perhaps we could revisit this for the next book? Unless you already wrote it?
Second, if you want us to have sympathy for your characters, perhaps you shouldn’t make them date rapists.
Third, Let us revisit my first point in which I reminded you of the basic skeleton of a novel, specifically an ending.
Let us imagine for one moment that you didn’t write this book in one day. Even if you spent two years on this book, the ending definitely reads as though you realized your Hot Pocket was about to be done in the microwave and just gave up on any real conclusion.
In short, I was very disappointed and now when people ask me if the book was any good and worth buying the hardcover, I will have to lie and say yes.
You are not making it any easier for a bookseller to sell your books.
Though I bet you are okay with that as I imagine you are sitting on your private yacht while some intern reads this letter and files it under S for shred.
Sincerely,
Bry
I recently read your latest hardcover release The Associate and wanted to write you regarding a few items of note.
I believe we can both agree that you write courtroom dramas for the masses and are in no way shooting for a Pulitzer Prize in literature. So it was with an open mind that I read The Associate.
This may have been a mistake. It is though you woke up one morning and said, “I think I will write a book today. A books about lawyers.” Then, eight hours later, sent the book to your publisher who ran it through Microsoft Word to spell-check it and published it sight unseen.
My only hope is that James Patterson actually killed you, made a suit out of your skin and wrote the book (or paid one of his assistants to write it) and published under your name.
First, a book is supposed to have a beginning, middle and end. There is supposed to be a conflict and a resolution. This is a formula you have stuck to in the past and it seems to work. Perhaps we could revisit this for the next book? Unless you already wrote it?
Second, if you want us to have sympathy for your characters, perhaps you shouldn’t make them date rapists.
Third, Let us revisit my first point in which I reminded you of the basic skeleton of a novel, specifically an ending.
Let us imagine for one moment that you didn’t write this book in one day. Even if you spent two years on this book, the ending definitely reads as though you realized your Hot Pocket was about to be done in the microwave and just gave up on any real conclusion.
In short, I was very disappointed and now when people ask me if the book was any good and worth buying the hardcover, I will have to lie and say yes.
You are not making it any easier for a bookseller to sell your books.
Though I bet you are okay with that as I imagine you are sitting on your private yacht while some intern reads this letter and files it under S for shred.
Sincerely,
Bry
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
I have been thinking of moving my blog elsewhere but have yet to do it. Mainly because I have not been blogging much as it is and because I would not be able to move my previous blogs (two years worth) to the new blog because MySpace really sucks balls about blog archiving. So for now, you can continue to read my blog here on MySpace.
I am in the midst of Day 10 of not spending money. So far it is going okay because I don't have money so there is no money to spend.
The sad part of Frugal February is not seeing your friends. I pretty much have seen only people I work with and MB since the end of January. No one wants to hang out with you if you can't go anywhere because going to the places people want to go to costs money. Which sucks. So it is a little lonely.
Frugal February is turning into Miserly March because EB and I have decided to extend our not buying it into March as well. Really, I won't see any real results of this experiment unless I do it for two months. Because I am so broke right now and I will not have any money until I get paid at the end of the month.
Also, I am giving up cheese for Lent. So February through mid-April is shaping up to be a real ball buster.
As previously predicted, my reading has slowed this month. So far I have read three books: The Reader, Beastly and A Quiet Adjustment.
And that is really all I have to report.
I am in the midst of Day 10 of not spending money. So far it is going okay because I don't have money so there is no money to spend.
The sad part of Frugal February is not seeing your friends. I pretty much have seen only people I work with and MB since the end of January. No one wants to hang out with you if you can't go anywhere because going to the places people want to go to costs money. Which sucks. So it is a little lonely.
Frugal February is turning into Miserly March because EB and I have decided to extend our not buying it into March as well. Really, I won't see any real results of this experiment unless I do it for two months. Because I am so broke right now and I will not have any money until I get paid at the end of the month.
Also, I am giving up cheese for Lent. So February through mid-April is shaping up to be a real ball buster.
As previously predicted, my reading has slowed this month. So far I have read three books: The Reader, Beastly and A Quiet Adjustment.
And that is really all I have to report.
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