Bookish (and not so Bookish) Thoughts

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1. Last Saturday I saw a camel (in a field by the freeway) and an Oompa Loompa (in a parking lot) on the same day. Can it get any better than that? Should I try?

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2. I think BBQ places should offer some sort of option to build your entree full of just sides. I still don't eat read meat and sometimes chicken is just so boring. But mac & cheese, mashed potatoes, steamed broccoli, and baked beans? Let's do it.

3. I bought tickets to see Helen Fielding talk to Princess Mother Effing Leia November 1st through Writer's Block. I pretty much hate chic lit, but I see Fielding as the mother of the modern genre, so I give her props. Plus I read the first Bridget Jones when I was in eleventh of twelfth grade, so I feel a definite nostalgic pull.

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4. I think all employers should have suggestion boxes.

5. Why are we not hearing more about the boat that crashed outside of Lampedusa? Hundreds of people have died and those that were rescued are sitting in a facility meant to house half as many people as are there. Augh! If these were rich white people, rather than African refugees, we'd be freaking having telethons in support. Lampedusa in general is a place that warrants more attention.

6. John Boehner is such an asshole. Right now everyone in Washington are assholes, but he's King Asshole in my book.

 7. New guilty pleasure: Scandal. I'm working on this ridiculously time-consuming Christmas wreath and decided to give it a try last weekend and was slightly sucked in. We're also watching season two of Fringe, so I think the two balance each other out. 

8. I saw someone post on Twitter today that they saw on someone's email signature a "currently reading" line. How fantastic is that? I'm seriously tempted but am worried people will either be confused, or no one will ever notice and it'll be sort of lame (but do I care?).

9. My husband is obsessed with the new Grand Theft Auto and has had to train his fake dog Chop on a phone app (think Tamagotchi style). When he plays with it on the actual videogame Chomsky goes ape-shit. Whining, barking, running toward the screen. It's the most entertaining part of the game, in my opinion.

10. By the time this posts, the Nobel Prize Winner in Literature will have been announced. Very exciting. I'm hoping for Murakami.