Filed under: Time Spent | Tags: AWESOME, Books, Hulu, Middle Grade, Musical, Netflix, Reality, Trailers, Young Adult
I love days when I can leave work after a shitty, shitty day, read the whole way with out disturbance (and in a seat!) and then come home, change into my pajamas and watch some goddamn tv.
So, I fiiiinally finished The Case of the Case of the Missing Identity. It was everything I could have hoped for and more. I now cannot wait to read the next one: Ghostwriter. Someone needs to finish it first though, cough. Any how, so I’m thrilled that CASE didn’t disappoint (boyfriend, remember?) and I no longer mind that people realize I’m laughing at a book written for fifth graders. Because you know what? It was funny. Hilarious, even! Now that I’m finished, I plan to move on to the fantastically titled Hold Me Closer, Necromancer. (A quick Google search brings up this as the first result, which incidentally, has nothing to do with the book – but distracted me for a good 15 minutes.)
I also continued on my angelic path with Fallen. Sadly, it has gotten no 
better. It is now more ridiculous and insulting than Twilight. Depressed Indian is deeeepressed. While Michael still thinks they’re vampires, and they haven’t said the word “angel” yet – I’m still fairly certain that they are angels. You know, because it’s called Fallen. And we all saw City of Angels. What did Nic Cage do for Meg Ryan? He fell. Literally, if I remember correctly. Off a building. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
So far, my biggest frustrations with this book is from the awful, awful mess that is the main character. Think Bella, but with even less independence and emotional stability. Sigh. I’ll finish it though, because I just have. to. know.
On to TV!
Thanks to Hulu not sucking, I was able to watch this week’s Glee episode. I’m not sure I’m ready to rehash it yet – Jesse St. James’ betrayal may just be too fresh. In my mind, Jesse + Rachel = 2gether 4ever. Shut up, I’m a girl. I ship. I enjoyed a few of the numbers, Another One Bites the Dust and Loser were my favs this time around. I can do without ever, ever seeing dbag schooface hitting on Sue Sylvester ever again. Most awkward four minutes of Television ever. Gives me the shakes.
Also! IT’S SUMMER! WHICH MEANS! A brand new (hopefully not as awful as the last one) season of So You Think You Can Dance. Squee. No really, no sarcasm there. Squee. I refuse to apologize for enjoying the awesomeness of people dancing. It’s already made me cry like four times.
Lastly, I spent some time with my favorite catering team by watching the newest episode of Party Down. Thank you Netflix Instawatch. If you are not watching Party Down, you need to stop what you’re doing and watch the hilarity that is this show. It’s a great replacement for Arrested Development (since we all know how Fox dicked us over there). This week, they catered an Actor’s party, and Roman got his bacchanal. Words cannot describe the funny. Go watch it.
So there you have it. Day 3 covered! See you kids tomorrow. If I’m not too busy getting married off to some dude in Queens.
I read 69 pages of fiction.
I watched one episode of Glee.
One episode of So You Think You Can Dance.
One episode of Party Down.
Two trailers: Gulliver’s Travels and Mao’s Last Dancer. (The latter of which I desperately want to see.)
Filed under: Time Spent | Tags: Books, Hulu Fail, Middle Grade, So New It Hurts, Young Adult
Yesterday my roommate left to move back to California, so I spent most of my time at a beer garden eating bratwurst. 
… It was, of course, delicious. This delicious bratwurst, however, did not allow me much time to actually get involved with my current media of choice.
I’m still a liar who hasn’t finished The Case of the Case of the Mistaken Identity. But, I have gotten much further thanks to subway reading. I’m about thirty to forty pages from the ending and I for one cannot wait to see how this kid is going to solve the mystery without accidentally killing himself. I am also looking forward to not being judged on the train for boisterously laughing at what is obviously a book written for fifth graders.
I’ve also gotten a little further in Fallen, and it surprised me by taking quite the Twilight-esque turn. I’m hoping against hope, wishing against wish that this won’t be the case for the entire book, but just until I get through Chapter 10. And then it will go back to being a normal-paranormal YA novel. (I am not embarrassed. Not at all.)
Sadly, my television is sorely lacking. I tried watching Glee yesterday morning, but Hulu wasn’t having it. They were just not having it at all.
So:
I read 132 pages of fiction.
Filed under: Time Spent | Tags: Books, Defunct WB, Editor, Middle Grade, Old School, So New It Hurts, Young Adult
I’ve had a relatively uneventful day so far – stayed up far too late reading The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud (… for work!) I can’t lie, the only thing that kept me going was the gratuitous descriptions of the main character’s body.
… Don’t look at me like that, he asked for it. What with his “deltoids visible through the thin material of his shirt” and his “trunks [hanging] low on his hips” – Ben Sherman knew exactly what he was doing.
Ahem.
Anyhow. Let’s move on.
I started the Harper manu for Fallen on my reader this morning on the train – I’m only about 15… er, 52 pages in so far (of 330 odd), but I don’t think it’s going to take me long to finish. I’m looking forward to all the fallen angel books we have coming out … Angels are the new Fairies which were supposed to be the new Vampires dontchaknow. That “we” was deliberate and royal, as in We, the Royal Publishing Companies of the Americas.
So far, I think Ellie is an angel, and Michael is an angel, but they’re enemies – BUT DON’T KNOW IT YET. Let’s see if my suspicions pan out.
Once I got home, I took a break from reading to watch two episodes of Veronica Mars with my soon to be ex-roommate. I’ve seen the awesomeness that is this series already, but I’m always ready to do a rewatch with a fresh pair of eyes. We may yet do two more eps tonight just to finish the season before this roomie (lamely) moves off to California – only time / my ability to stay awake will tell.
Now: A break from blogging to read (again for work!) The Brixton Brother^s and The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity. I am super excited.
… Mostly because my boyfriend wrote it.
An hour later, I still haven’t quite started Brixton yet – I will! Rest assured, it will be read by tomorrow. Instead, I spent a a bit of time going over a 7x20x21 post-pre-post for my friend at Happy Hour Lit.
I am a horrible, horrible liar. I read about 30 pages of Brixton Brothers – not because it isn’t good. It’s great so far, this fantastic throwback to The Hardy Boys – well, Nancy Drew for me, since those brothers Hardy didn’t do it for me unless they were working with the girl detective. So, it’s a throwback, but it is still has this lovely modern humor and a modern take on old fashioned art, thanks to the ever impressive Adam Rex.
Speaking of sleuthing and girl detectives, I did end up watching the last two episodes of Veronica Mars season 1 – the payoff’s just as good the second time around. She is definitely one of my favorite girl detectives – had a little more spunk than the early Nancy Drew. Though, ’80s Nancy Drew could maybe give Veronica a run for her money.
Okay, so a summary!
I read 82 pages of fiction.
I read / soft edited 2 pages in a Word document.
I watched 4 episodes of Veronica Mars.
I don’t think I’m going to count the amount of time I spend on blogs unless it’s got a ton of video – it just seems like too, too much. And while I need a project, I don’t need the mundane project of counting up exactly how many minutes I waste on other blogs and journals, ahem, thank you very much.
Well, it’s 12:15, so I’m out. Goodnight my future readers, goodnight.
