Dear internet, I am bored.
I must make a confession.
Though I saw it four times in the theater, I have cooled quite a bit on 2005’s Pride and Prejudice. I still think it’s beautiful, the soundtrack is lovely, and it’s a lot of fun . . . but it’s just not right. I know all the things that irritate people about the movie, and even though they don’t irritate me, too, I am aware of them and sensitive to them. And I just don’t enjoy the movie as much as I used to. (I still like the proposal in the rain, even though it’s wrong. I can’t help myself.)
I know, I know. Enough surprising confessions.
I saw No Reservations yesterday, and I had read some bad reviews of it (well, I didn’t really the reviews themselves. I just saw that the overall ratings were mediocre) and I kept waiting for the part where I got irritated with the movie (a la How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days or Sweet Home Alabama) and . . . I never did. I’m not saying it’s brilliant or that it has great things to say about male/female relationships (or women in the workplace) or that I want to watch it repeatedly. Just that, for two hours, I enjoyed myself. There are worse things in life. I took my aunt for her very belated birthday present, and she loved it. So there you go.
I have decided that one of my primary love languages is fresh vegetables. Homegrown vegetables, to be specific. Seriously. Mike and I keep failing at our tomato and pepper and cucumber efforts (WHAT ARE WE DOING WRONG?), and when people give me homegrown tomatoes, it’s like manna from heaven. It means more than I can tell you. I love love love fresh tomatoes. When someone offered me some at church yesterday, I was really touched. I can’t wait to make a salad tonight. Someone should give me some cucumbers, too. Anyone? If I had nice vegetables, I would love giving them to people. I would give them proudly. “LOOK WHAT I GREW!†Also, I would make lots of salsa. Maybe one day.
I was going to make some Afghanistanani treats for my book club tomorrow (A Thousand Splendid Suns), but I forgot to buy the ingredients at the special store. I read the “snacks for Tuesday†as “snacks for Friday.†Chocolate chip cookies it is!
I’m reading an interesting book . . . after I started it, I read a review that said that it would be good for fans of Philippa Gregory and Girl with a Pearl Earring, and I was like, “Great, I like both of those things.” But even then I was finding it a little slow, so I checked the ending. And, wow, it took some twists I did not expect. And I totally ruined it for myself. When I told Mike, he cackled with glee. He hates it when I ruin the end. He was glad it came back to bite me in the butt this time.
Can you tell I’m bored, internet? It’s boring at my house.
July 30th, 2007 at
Hey, Was A Thousand Splendid Suns good? I’ve heard good things about it, just wondering…….
July 30th, 2007 at
Yeah. I wrote about it here.
Did you read The Kite Runner? It’s very good, too.
July 30th, 2007 at
Also, when can we hang out?
July 30th, 2007 at
Darn, I wanted to come to that discussion - I’ve got no time tomorrow - booo. Oh well, we’re doing Suns for Sept book club, so maybe I shouldn’t over-discuss it anyway (is that possible?) - hehe.
July 30th, 2007 at
I did two discussions on The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, and I felt completely out of things to say by the end. hehe. I think the first discussion is probably better than later ones. But I would like to know what your group thinks.
Which one are you doing for August?
July 30th, 2007 at
We’re doing Bel Canto - I’d wanted to read it for a long time, and convinced them to give it a try - I’m ~120 pages in, and I like it so far - interesting story - I know one of the other girls already finished it and liked it, though she thought it was a lot more intense than she thought it would be when she started, especially the end. Hopefully that means it will be good for discussion.
There was another one I wanted to join y’all for, wasn’t there? Oh, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - I’m listening to it on CD right now - is that August’s book?
July 30th, 2007 at
Oh you really should of come into. A customer (regular) brought us home grown veggies! No tomatoes though. I did steal some for a stir fry tomorrow night. Im excited. Also, Jasons brother growns tomatoes and gave Jason SO MANY. Maybe I can get some from one of them. And ask about cucumbers.
July 31st, 2007 at
Maybe the ph in your soil isn’t right for tomatoes. Tomatoes do really well here, but peppers never do.
July 31st, 2007 at
Do your tomato plants flower and then not set fruit? Do they set fruit and then the fruit rots or splits? Do they neither flower nor fruit? I’m sad for you. But I do understand your love for fresh veggies.
July 31st, 2007 at
We get fruit, but it’s not very big. It tastes fine, but the first year we planted, we got big old tomatoes. Last year, after we moved the bed to a different spot in the yard, we didn’t have as much luck. So this year, we put extra-good soil in that area, and we have had better luck, but still not big tomatoes.
Plus, beetles keep DESTROYING our basil.
And we never have any luck with peppers (we get small ones) or squash (doesn’t work at ALL).
July 31st, 2007 at
So sad. I’ll just send you some veggies. But Jason doesn’t grow basil or peppers. How about salad mix and carrots?
July 31st, 2007 at
OKAY! hehe.
July 31st, 2007 at
There are cucumbers in our break room as we speak - Wish I could give some to you!
I know what you mean about the feeling you get when someone gives you homegrown vegetables - It’s so special! I miss not having a garden.
August 1st, 2007 at
I need to watch that P+P again. I’ve only seen it once, but I LOVED it.