Posts made in February, 2010

The internet is a scary place. I only went online to look up who the woman was who covered Crimson and Clover (Joan Jett, if you were wondering) and on the same site where I found this info learned that Pat Boone did a cover version of Ozzy Osbourne’s Crazy Train, and it is as horrible as it sounds. Obviously, this was all very important research.

I am so excited about the new Alice in Wonderland movie coming out. I’ve loved the Alice books for a long time, have a healthy collection of Alice in Wonderland crap collectibles, and have always been disappointed that all the movie versions of the book pretty much sucked, but with Tim Burton at the helm and the premise being a return to Wonderland by a 19 year-old Alice, I have a feeling that this new movie is going to finally succeed in turning a couple of great books into a great movie. Dad kindly gave me this article about the film from USA Today, because he knew about my Alice obsession. I already wanted to see the movie based on all the trailers I had seen and buzz I had heard, and well because I think Tim Burton is a genius, but the article only drove...

According to my 2010 edition of A Working Writer’s Daily Planner today is Wilhelm Grimm’s birthday. He is the younger half of the pair affectionately referred to as The Brothers Grimm. According to Wikipedia: The whole of the lives of the two brothers were passed together. In their school days, they had one bed and one table in common. As students, they had two beds and two tables in the same room. They always lived under one roof, and had their books and property in common. I can’t help thinking that they were almost like conjoined twins when I read this description. I’m always intrigued by anyone who can successfully collaborate with another individual on a long term basis. Collaboration can be pretty tricky. I think siblings might have a...

It’s group blog time once again, It’s Monday What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at One Person’s Journey Through a World of Books. I’ve been doing more writing than reading this week, and only managed to get through one “real” book and one audio book. I finished the awesome Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde and listened to the moving Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr. Shades of Grey I’ll be honest, although I like the premise behind Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next series, I had a hard time getting into those books, but when I read the premise behind Shades of Grey, I knew I had to give Fforde another try, and I am so glad I did. The novel is set in a dystopian future where everyone is obsessed with color and society is...

I like weekends. I would like them better if they were longer. I think adding an extra day to every week that was devoted to catching up on everything would make my life so much easier. Then my desk would get cleaned off, my laundry would get put away, my blog would get updated, my taxes would get done, and I would still have time to write. How would you spend your catch-up day?