A blog tracking my journeys, both physical and mental…
I’ve discovered (nothing new, I promise) that there is a psychological difference between books that are given to me as mandatory reading vs. books that are recommended to me vs. books that I pick up on my own.
This comes as a surprise to absolutely no one, I’m willing to guess. Continue reading “Mind Games”
Finished: The Lost Painting. Next up: The Naming.
The Lost Painting was an adventure, through and through. Though it filled my Non-fiction Book requirement, it was presented in a unique format that read much more like a mystery than a mere statement of facts. Continue reading “This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things”
Finished: The One Thing. Next up: The Lost Painting.
I don’t really have the time to write an entire blog post. I finished #17 – A Book Recommended by a Friend, The One Thing. Continue reading “Weeeeelp…”
Finished: The Martian. Next up: The One Thing.
So, I started The Martian. The intention was that I’d finish it before Saturday at 8:35pm when I go see the movie with Polo.
Turns out, I finished it in under 24 hours. So I moved it from #13 – A Book in Another Country to #27 – A Book You Can Finish in a Day. Ba-boom. Roasted. Continue reading “Casual Victim of a Bait and Switch”
Finished: Armada. Next up: The Martian.
So where we last left, I was going to read A Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling. Well that didn’t happen. I read about 30 pages and couldn’t get a single bit further. Continue reading “Whoopsie Daisy”
Finished: Ready Player One. Next up: The Casual Vacancy.
Anyone who knows me or has spoken to me (or read my Facebook posts) at all in the last two days knows exactly how much I struggled with #5, A Book with a Number in the Title — Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. That is to say, I didn’t struggle at all to get through it, no, not at all. I struggled because I had to put it down to go to sleep, go to work, go to my other work, and eventually made the decision to simply stay up to finish. Continue reading “Half a Jar of Salsa Later…”
Finished: Naked Heat. Next up: Ready Player One.
Fire. That’s really it. Fire.
For the past two nights, I have had the fortune of trying something new. I assisted a friend in the production and execution of the RoughRider’s Fireworks show. The first night was a hot mess. I didn’t know what I was doing. Silly n00b. It took us the majority of the game to get the product wired and ready. Continue reading “The Theme of the Evening Is…”
