In the land of eclairs and minature rubber duckies

[	Current Mood	|	groggy	]
[	Current Music	|	In My Life (The Beatles) [in my head not on the radio or cd or anything, in my head-blech]	]

I loathe the SD Transit system. I dislike how I got home an hour late yesterday because the bus I catch likes to pass by my stop 15 min early. I am outside at 4:01 the bus is supposed to come at 4:16. Y'd think I am there in time, but nooo...Yikes. So I spent the first 3 hours of freedom yesterday waiting or on a bus. Then my wonderful hubbie took me out to dinner (yummy). We went to Claim Jumper cuz I wanted a hamburger and yummy soup. My hubbie ended up ordering dessert to take home and got the eclair. It came back to us in a bag with many containers. Two whip cream bowls, one hot fudge bowl, one ice cream bowl, and the eclair. Very interesting. The whip cream is super yummy- btw. I came home and watched Gilmore Girls, read a little and then went to sleep. That was my night. Gilmore Girls was very interesting not terribly good in the spectrum of the show. I loved the Michel parts with the whippersnappers that was hi-larious. The rest was needed plot movement and some was really cute and cool (the Lorelai and Luke parts and the Lane/band memeber parts). I love how the word loathe is stronger in meaning than hate but since it is not used that often or known it has less emphasis than hate. Strange. Maybe it is just me anyways. I am kooked up like that.

I heart the keytar and wish that I had one. Please do not point out that I don't know how to play the guitiar or the keyboard. I don't think it is really necessary. I should learn how to read music. That might be useful. Anyways. I am mentioning all of this, so in case someone is reading this and wants to send me keytar parapehenaila email me at lushrain@gmail.com.

Reading:
Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi (started reading 9/29/04)
Interesting. Looking up the exact title and author I found that it was an Oprah book. I got it because I read somewhere it was a banned book and this is Banned Books week. So read a book that is banned and share it with someone. Go to the ALA website to find out more I think it is www.ala.org Hopefully that isn't some freaky sex organization. Oh the book. It is good so far. Kind of slow and kind of sad. I am going to give it two more chapters and then I might just put it down. I am actually reading another book today. (I skip from book to book- i am freakish like that).

How I love the odious mimicry

[	Current Mood	|	chipper	]
[	Current Music	|	Air America Radio	]

You know how you hear a word and you think you know what it means but you really don't. That is how I felt this week with two words odious and mimicry. I am a kung-fu master at determining meaning of words from context and I kind of know what those words mean. But I feel left out of the inside joke because I don't fully understand what they mean. If you have read my prior entries you know that I have consulted the dictionary before and here wa go again. My favorite lexicon is the OED. Mimicry: The action, practice, or art of copying or closely imitating, or (in early use) of reproducing through mime; esp. imitation of the speech or mannerisms of another in order to entertain or ridicule. Odious: Regarded with hatred; hated. I have seen/heard the word odious at least 4 times in the last week. Mimicry just last night. So taking those two definitions would odious mimicry be imitating Gilbert Gottfried or imitating Mother Teresa? or both? Interesting.

Yes my life has been filled with doubt about my vocabulary. There are certain things I never want to admit. And not knowing words is one of them. (I teared up just typing that). Elsewhere in my brain, I have been reading again (yeah!). Checked out books from the library. So there will be a book that I am reading segment on these entries now. I am also trying to be a good girl now and more spiritually aware. That is ultra cool. Hopefully I can stick to my commitments and goals.

Reading:
The Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes (started reading 9/27/04):
First Impressions- Interesting concept of we are all connected through 7 women. (Limited to the Europe "we") I feel that the author (the book is written in first person) is a bit arrogant and snotty. I had one quote that could be borderline snotty and then the general language of the book is also questionable. I don't like his style. He is trying to combine scientific information with storytelling and trying to make the book interesting for the masses. But I don't think he is effective. I will try another chapter or two and see. Maybe I will even give out concrete evidence to his snottyness and lack of writting skills. Cuz you know girls dig guys with skills (like Bowstaff and computer hacking skills)