End of Fall Update

10.15.2012

I’ve failed to keep up with this blog. You probably already got that from the absence of links on facebook. I mean I kept up my daily updates in my own journal but nothing that I felt like I wanted to take the time to bring my computer to the local laundry-mat and get post on the internet.

I’ve had some big things that happened. I mean I now have the house in my name. I’m paying mortgages. I have a possible second small part-time job lined up in November to fill in gaps with my first job. I had a birthday. My mom moved out to Minnesota for two months so I have the house to myself again. Lastly I got a sort of promotion at work; I’m now being trained in night audit.

Actually my first night was yesterday. I was nervous all day. I don’t know why I was nervous. I knew that I 

was just going to have a few new responsibilities. At least I knew the base work from working the afternoon and morning shifts. On night audit, there will be less people that I will have to handle, which I will admit I love the idea. I can be a people person. It’s just sometimes a touch and go thing. There are some good things that come with night audit. Maybe the one that is the most important, I'm doing something that I have the most experience in doing. I think I will like it very much except the switch to being a night person might be the hardest thing.

I really hate being at this house at night time. It freaks me out. I’m scared at every noise and I hate that I can’t see out the windows with the lights on in the inside. Yes I’m admitting I’m afraid of darkness but only because I can’t see what could be creeping in it. The wind keeps giving me heart attacks. It keeps blowing so hard that I think people are trying to get in. Not a nice feeling. Freaking wilderness. I really have to get some blinds on the dining room door. That really freaks me out and when I can cover them I can at least pretend. I just don’t have money yet for that. Wahoo! Another positive to working night audit is I won’t be here at night ;)

I don’t really have observations about the world right now. Nothing meaningful. I was hoping I wrote something in the past month in my personal journal but that was a lot of griping and gibberish that was an outlet for me. I won’t talk politics. That is just stupid. Though there is an election coming up. Will I say who I’m voting for? Heck no. I can tell you everything about me but that one tidbit would be too personal. Besides, might make someone angry. I saw a cute picture or meme that I’ve attached here. It is my sentiments exactly for political viewpoints.

I’m going to do the something I’ve never done before. I’m going to review a book I’ve recently read. It isn’t a new release anymore thought it was released this year. Books are a traveler’s best friend. I even think you can tell if a child/young adult will be a traveler by their reading habits. Books are the poor man’s world. Isn’t that a saying already? I think that I’ve heard of that before.

Me and my childhood best friend

If you don’t want to read my thoughts on Kiss the Dead then skip this last paragraph.

I just want to say a few sentences for this particular book because it is by an author that is my absolute favorite, Laurell K. Hamilton, multiple series writer. Usually she doesn’t disappoint. Her books are amazing and thrilling. They are also very stimulating. This last book had something missing though. It wasn’t written as well as her others. It could be because it is hard to get so many books out in such a short span. I think that sucks that she is needed to do that and then her book fell beneath par. There were actual parts where she repeated ideas from earlier in the chapters of the same book. It wasn’t just once. I know that she remarked on the look men give for sex and the idea that women have them as well but the main character couldn’t look in a mirror to verify. There was also the difference between pure-blood were-people and then the pureblood were-people’s eyes. Do I have page specifics? Nope. I mean I understand having repeat explanations from book to book so any reader who is just picking up the book won’t be so lost. Though I really think you have to start at the beginning of any series. I don’t think there should be repeating in the same book. I’m not talking about a reminder from the beginning. No, there was definite repeating. Near word for word from one end to the other. Well that’s the end of my negative things I’m going to say. It still was amazing. I busted out laughing a few times. One is relieved the character isn’t fighting so hard not to be in love with all the gorgeous men but, see, you really have to read more in the series to know how what I’m talking about.