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Tuesday, July 12, 2005
  Back in the saddle...
Ok.

It's been a while.

I realize this.

A great deal has transpired in my life since school ended. Some good, some ok, some bad, and some devastatingly painful.

Things I learned on my summer vacation so far, in no particular order:
  1. The demise of an 8-year relationship is not easy.
  2. You don't need much fingerprint dusting powder in order to lift a good print; in fact, the less powder you use, the better.
  3. Shakespeare was probably gay.
  4. I need to invest in a raincoat for next year's car parking job at the Festival--just in case.
  5. Apparently, there is an enclave of American expatriates living in Costa Rica and teaching in the schools--and it just grew in number by one.
  6. A Prayer For Owen Meany is quite possibly THE BEST BOOK I HAVE READ IN YEARS.
And, that pretty much brings us up to date. :)

I shall be attempting to "get back into the swing of things" around here now that I am officially on vacation. This week is the first week that I have had COMPLETE FREEDOM--no obligations whatsoever. Therefore, I shall post an updated version of my summer reading list from last year, with a few additions, as well as some more cross offs from the list.

As far as books that I have already read so far this summer, here's the list for you...

  • The Stranger by Albert Camus--I wanted to read it because...well, just because. Robert Smith wrote a song about it, and the kids going to 12th grade AP English have to read it, so, I thought I should, too.
  • Go Tell It On the Mountain by James Baldwin--what an amazingly great book
  • A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews--a story of a young, rebellious Canadian Mennonite girl and the ways she deals with life after her mother and sister leave her and her father; funny, yet poigniant--an excellent book
  • Crow Lake by Mary Lawson--this was recommended to me by our department head last year, and I finally got around to reading it; the story of a family as recollected by the young daughter (now an adult) who was raised by her older brothers after their parents were killed in an auto accident--not a bad little novel
  • Eleven On Top by Janet Evanovich--the latest in the Stephanie Plum series; cute and entertaining as usual
  • A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving--I don't know what else to say about this book other than I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT
I am also currently reading...
  • Anyone You Want Me to Be: A True Story of Sex and Death on the Internet by John Douglas and Stephen Singular--I just love reading about the science of Behavioral Psychology, more commonly known as "profiling"; so far, so good with this book, but then again, I love all of Douglas's books.
And, of course, in just a few short days...




...this is what half the globe will be reading (myself included).
 

Ξ PDawg Composed at 12:06:00 AM
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