Nothing else matters ...

Oh.My.Fucking.God. Today was the longest day EVER! *cue dramatic flailing* I was computerless all day and I literally had nothing to do at work. Everything I could have done required a computer so I sat there and read. All day. I finished two books. And part of another one. I made plans with oddmonster to read The Iron Duke by Meljean Brook on Monday. I'm not quite sure how we're going to work the reading together thing when we're a couple of time zones apart but I believe in the power of Twitter! I do believe in Twitter! I do! I do!

Yeah. So I'm looking forward to more uninterrupted reading time tomorrow since I still won't have a computer. I already have the next 2 1/2 books picked out.

Anyway. Books.
Book #102 - Kiss Me, Kill Me anthology - Decent enough (especially for the under-a-buck price) but the story that made it all worthwhile was Impulse Control by Susan Bischoff. I'm ready to go buy the rest of that series right now.
Book #103 - How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire (Love at Stake #1) by Kerrelyn Sparks - Definitely on the fun end of the spectrum, but the thing that stood out for me were all the Highland warriors. Delish!
Book Blogger Hop, Follow Friday & Tagalong Friday - What I'd do with $80, the essential me and how many erotic books I buy a month. Once again, malkovich03 gets a shout out. Those that read my book blog are going to feel like they know her with all these Lacey references I'm throwing out there.

I have one more review to write and it's just not going to happen tonight. Because a day of doing nothing leaves me sleepy. For real.
I'm out.
Later.

Rough night last night, guys. Roooough night. I got a few hours of sleep before I hauled my butt off of Lacey's couch and dragged myself home. Then I slept for 3 or so hours. I took a shower first, though, so I had a serious case of bedhead from falling asleep with my hair wet. Awesome.

Anyway, since I slept most of the day away, I really don't have anything fun and exciting to write about. I didn't even do much bookish stuff today. Well, actually I finished a book, but I haven't written the review yet, so... yeah. We'll just save that for tomorrow.

Book stuff:
In My Mailbox (01/16/11) - It was a slow week on the free download front. *is sad*

I'm done.
I'm thinking about getting something to eat, but that seems like a lot of work right now.
Later.

Okay, guys. I have a story to tell you. It's not terribly, terribly exciting unless you know how awful I am at directions. If you do know, you'll be laughing your ass off because this is so classic fucking me that it's hilarious.

Here goes: I had what you could call a job interview today. In Palo Alto. This is about 45 minutes away from where I live. My best friend (lj user="malkovich03"> happens to work in Palo Alto so I *kinda* know my way around. Oh, who am I kidding? I can find my way from the freeway to her work. If the planets align and if I'm lucky.

So I talked Eric into going with me because I really do have a horrid sense of direction and I didn't want to get lost and end up being late to an interview. We're cruising along in Palo Alto and I'm like... "LOOK! That's Lacey's bank! This is so exciting! Maybe if I flail my arms like an idiot and shriek loudly she'll know I'm nearby!" For the record, she didn't know. Apparently I didn't shriek loud enough.

I think I need to add at this point that I didn't have actual directions to the place we were trying to get to. I has the address and a page of hand scrawled directions consisting of left on El Camino, rt on whatever. I kinda figured that as long as I had my phone, which has GPS in it, everything would be fine.

Yeah. No. That's not what happened. We ended up in some janky part of town and had to turn around and the street we turned down to turn around on had some guy sleeping in the back of his truck with his legs sticking out. I'm like... "Dead body. Dead body. Dead body." It was weird and off-putting.

Anyway. I cranked up my GPS (FINALLY!) and we had to backtrack to the street that Lacey's bank is on. Because the guy's office is right down the street from the fucking bank. I kid you not. I was so excited that I recognized a landmark that I totally didn't check the street name. *face palm*

I made it there in plenty of time, in case you're wondering. I was even able to go score a cup of coffee, which was sorely needed at that point. I also got to see the delectable Lacey and she made me laugh so hard I think I almost cracked a rib. damnyouautocorrect.com ... that's all I'm going to say about that.

As for the interview. I think it went well. It's something very different than what I did before so there's that. Otherwise, I won't know anything until next week. No, I'm still not thrilled to be diving back into a normal job, but I'll get over it. I have a plan, you know. A good plan that involves working for myself eventually. I'll just have to make it happen.

After all that... Book stuff!
Book #24 - Personal Demons (Personal Demons #1) by Lisa Desrochers - I had a lot of fun writing this review. I was able to wax poetic about my love of bad boys. Yum.
Book Blogger Hop & Follow Friday (01/14/11) - I don't even know how I rambled as much as I did. *shakes head*

As a random aside, I've had several of my reviews linked by some of the authors who wrote the books and it's such a thrill to have someone I admire thank me for reading their books. It makes me giddy.

My dog is snoring. Ha!

Okay. I'm done now.
Later.

I did a big fat lot of nothing today. Seriously. I made a run out to the mall with Amber to help her with the rest of her Christmas shopping. I finished a book, read another and picked up an ARC for review. I actually finished the ARC but I don't want to review it until the cover is finalized. Hopefully that'll be soon, but if not I'll just have to read this delightfully naughty book again.

So, yeah. A whole lotta nothing. I have oodles of wrapping to do and absolutely no urge to do it. I have a few movies I want to watch. I should really, really get back to looking for a job or finding a writing job that makes me money. The second one is the one I'm leaning toward, in case you're wondering. Because holding down a real job makes my insides quiver in a nauseous debilitating way. Not cool.

So. Books.
Book #273 - Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble (Jolie Wilkins #1) by H.P. Mallory - Total shout out to malkovich03 half way down. Because I'm cool like that.
Book #274 - Club Shadowlands (Masters of the Shadowlands #1) by Cherise Sinclair - While I'll be the first to admit that I like books that explore the kinkier side of sex, especially the Dom/sub relationship, I thought this book was absolutely outstanding. Sexy and full of heart. Wonderful!

Okay. I have things to do. Like hunt down another candy cane.
Later.

Okay. Cole and I met up with Bff #1 and her husband to see Tron last night. I liked the movie. I'm going to say that first off. I liked it. However, I did think that it was a little too long. Maybe that was just because we saw a 10:15 showing and we didn't get out of the theater until 12:30. I was tired at that point. There were some slow talky-parts in the movie that really dragged it down. Once again, that might just have been the lateness of the evening talking. I loved the light cycle/light flyer scenes. Those were just fun. I thought the ending was LAME. If I was going to see my first sunrise, I hope it would look better than that piece of crap one there. Over all, I liked the movie. They could have edited out a good 20 minutes of it to keep me a little more engaged but I'm not complaining too much. I was also happy that I didn't get a headache watching the 3D stuff. Always a bonus.

Anyway. Book stuff.
Book #271 - Ill Wind (Weather Warden #1) by Rachel Caine - It took me a while to get into it, but I ended up enjoying it.
On My Wishlist (week 15) - Liz Maverick's Crimson City series and Gini Koch's Katherine "Kitty" Katt series.

I'm sleepy. Perhaps I will go bust out my yummy coffee so I don't conk out too early.
Later.

Things of note: I did not have a wardrobe fail today. In fact, I dressed completely (including ALL my underwear) and went out to do some Christmas shopping. I even wore shoes. Guys, this is like the most epic thing ever. I wore shoes and underwear AT THE SAME TIME! No, no, hell didn't freeze over. I checked.

I also managed to fire off an email to jenah, kimbrchick and malkovich03 about our annual holiday gathering. WHICH IS THIS SUNDAY AND I WAS SO DAMN SLOW GETTING THE EMAIL OUT THAT I FEEL LIKE A TOOL! So, uhh, guys, if you haven't checked ye olde email yet, you might want to do that. Okay? Thanks.

I have a little bit of the book stuff:
Book #264 - The Ghost Hunter by Lori Brighton - I really liked this book and yet my review is so short. I don't get it. I liked it. I promise.
I finished another book this morning but I'm not feeling the snark at the moment and the review was like reading bad fanfic. You know, stilted and wooden. So I saved it to finish tomorrow. I am all about being flexible. Or something.
Teaser Tuesday - Ghosts and Witches (a book I'm not 100% behind at this point), Magic (read 2 pages so don't yet have an opinion) and Djinn (I think I like it).

So, yeah. I've been way tired lately and I'm trying to keep myself awake just a tiny bit longer. Although I don't know why. It's not like I'm doing anything tonight that I need to stay up for. I confuse myself sometimes.

Right. So I'm off to bed.
Later.

Guys, it's Friday. Yeah, that pretty much means absolutely nothing to me except that my sister wants to go shopping tomorrow and the kids are underfoot for the next two days.

Have I mentioned that I need to finish my NaNo novel? Because I do. I hit that 50K plateau and immediately slacked off. This is despite vowing that I would finish the entire novel by the end of November. I suck. But I still have great plans for it and my read through a week or so ago convinced me that it's actually very good. Or at least I think so. But I wrote it, so I'm a little biased.

Hey! Do you guys remember when I was reviewing the Vampire Academy books for that re-read challenge at the end of November? Well, I won the grand prize for that which is ABSOLUTELY FUCKING AWESOME! I won a copy of Last Sacrifice (the last VA book), the Soul Screamers series by Rachel Vincent, some other books, bookmarks, and VA inspired jewelry. I'm sure I'll take pictures once I get it.

I also won another book through another contest earlier in the week that I forgot to mention. Is this is best book week ever or what?!?!

Tomorrow, I'm dragging the lovely and talented malkovich03 out to the tree lighting ceremony for my little town. Apparently it's big deal. There's a parade and everything. We're going to either go to dinner, lunch or drinking at some point. All I know is that I want a Snakebite at some point. Mmm. Snakebite.

Okay. Book stuff.
Book #247 - Sons of Lyra: Slave Princess by Felicity Heaton - A nice, sexy sci-fi romance. I've been digging Felicity Heaton's books lately. Part of it is the extremely attractive price ($1-$3) and part of it is just the sexy. Yum.
Book #248 - The Vampire Queen's Servant (Vampire Queen #1) by Joey W. Hill - Oddly, it isn't the type of book I would have normally picked up, but I'm very glad I did.

Book Blogger Hop & Follow Friday - My answer to both parts of the post cracked me up. And they're all true. That's the funny part.

Okay. I'm out. I have to watch those Winchester boys heat up my screen.
Later.

Today is the birthday of two of my favorite people.
My BFF malkovich03, who is beyond awesome!
neversince, who is next to awesome and deserves cake!
Happy birthday, darlings!

I'm trying to finish up the 4th Vampire Academy book. And by trying I mean that I'll have it done tonight. The point in me mentioning this is that I didn't do a whole lot of anything today. I opened up Word and re-read the first 20 pages of my novel. I pretty much love it! Of course, that means I didn't do any actual writing but I can work around that.

Okay. Book stuff:
30 days of books... Day 71 - Sandman Slim. Boo-yah!

And that's all for tonight.
Later.

Ack! The day got away from me and now I have to rush to get ready for the awesomeness of malkovich03's birthday dinner in San Francisco.

I'll undoubtedly be drunk tweeting at some time tonight. Because that sort of stuff always happens when Lacey and I get together. Here I am - Soulswallo.

I'll also have my eyes out for sexy vamps and werewolves wandering the streets! Boo-yah!

I'll post the shit out of you tomorrow. Whether you want me to or not.
Later!

I've got the whole Halloween party thing going on today. I shanghaied jenah, kimbrchick and malkovich03 for an afternoon/evening of food, movies and fun. We watched Predators and Predator because after watching the Adrien Brody movie, we had a hankering for the original. Plus, Kim had never seen the original and, well, it's just a good movie. Now we're watching Paranormal Activity. Now, this isn't my favorite movie but it definitely has its moments. Also, I think it's scaring the pants off of the ladies. Ha! I love it when that happens.

Before the festivities, the kids carved pumpkins. Which means that I have pictures.

Cute kids, huh? I especially like the one with the bowl of pumpkin guts. Guts!

Okay. Books. Stuff about books.
Book #230 - Torment (Fallen #2) by Lauren Kate - As the second book in a trilogy, it doesn't end the way I want it to but it does give me that epic tingly feeling. That epic, lovely, tingly feeling that comes from a well-crafted story.

30 days of books... Day 48 - Werewolves!
On My Wishlist (week 8) - Gothic YA, Faeries, and creepy maids. Nice.

Okay. Time to finish the movie.
Later.