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So last night a group of us got together to watch movies and play games. After a hot game of Scene It, we looked at cards from the game Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus.

We spent about three hours on this game! The guys asking the girls questions and the girls asking guys.

Its funny how much mystery there is between the sexes. One guy admitted that girls make guys much more complicated than they really are; guys are just plain simple. What a relief! Unfortunately, girls aren't.

My biggest hurrah of the night is I found a guy who loves to dance, including country dancing. Ever since our Discovery Time theme of Hoedown I've wanted to go country dancing. This is it!!!! And he's quite a bit younger so he doesn't think I was hitting on him.

P.S. The sweater is not in his car so I must have left it at the restaurant. So much for fate, Branny.

The Word

I have to say that "the word" is gnawing at me. A few weeks ago I decided to start writing in a journal, I've still got this blog, and I just want to read, read, read and am just not satisfied with what I do.

This is a growing obsession. On lunch today, I went home and my hand ached to write, so I turned to my journal. Last night I tossed and turned and turned and tossed and thought I should write the thoughts that kept running through my head, but didn't and so they just kept running until the alarm went off this morning.

As a kid I'd stay up writing stories. I'm missing that now. Perhaps it is time to start again.

Love is Blind

I went on a blind date the other night. Had a great time. The funny thing is that other than talking to him a couple of times on the phone, knowing that he was a musician and where he worked, I didn't know anything else about him.

Needless to say, when I opened the door to greet him I was surprised. Had a great time.

This made me think about how fun (knock on wood) it would be to just go on a series of truly blind dates.

The only problem is I left my sweater in his car--and not on purpose!!! I'm embarrassed to call and get it back.

The Book Thief

My new favorite book is The Book Thief by Australian author Markus Zusak. It is not only extremely well written (truly literary in style, unlike so many adult books these days--what will English majors study twenty/fifty years from now???), but it is cataloged as a Young Adult novel.

Wrought with emotion, suspense, and philosophical thoughts on the dual nature of man, this book is haunting!

Please read what the author's/publishers web site says about The Book Thief:

"It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . .

Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak’s groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement before he is marched to Dachau.

This is an unforgettable story about the ability of books to feed the soul."

Another book by Zusak is getting rave reviews: I Am the Messenger (next on my reading list).

For more information about the author and his novels, please visit Markus Zusak's web site.

Shoot for the Moon (or Nearby)

Forget Egypt, Kenya, China, Rome, or any other country in the entire Earth that I've never been (which is all but three). The best trip ever would be a shuttle to outer space and hopefully it is in the near future. Amazon's founder is shooting for the moon and wants to take tourists with him (see spaceupdate.com).

I used to sit in the front yard at night getting lost in the stars. The heavens--yet another reason why I can't doubt a Supreme Creator. Some things are just too amazing to have happened by random luck. Our very own existence is hard to fathom because there are too many little details to have happened in just the right combination and at just the right times.

Can't Get Enough

My nephew is just soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute! No other kid is as cute as that little boy. He is also the smartest kid in the whole entire world. He also likes me, as my sister was quick to point out yesterday morning. In fact, I think he likes me even more than my brother, Matilda. Yes, Waltzing Matilda, I'm his favorite!!!!

Little Nickie

So finally, here is a picture of my baby Nickie. She is so much fun!!!!

I Love You!

So I've had two guys in my lifetime tell me they love me--both in a matter of approximately a two week period.

This last time is both funny and creepy all bundled up into one. Jer-Bear manipulated me into a date (was first a group activity and then suddenly a date and he didn't even ask!!) and after messages and phone calls from him all week (including invitations to watch seasons of the A-Team), I decided to call and cancel.

He called several times and lefts messages, including one in which he closes by telling me that he loves me.

Freak Out!!!!!

More to come (I'm sure)....

I am soooooooooo tired. Any suggestions as to healthy ways to deal (aside from going to bed earlier because that doesn't seem to work! I just can't get a good night's sleep!)

More Baby Jacob

He is just sooooooooooooooooooooo cute that I have to show him off!

RATS!

I think everyone should consider having a pet rat.

Rats make intelligent, loyal, sweet pets. My pet rat, Nickie, is sooooo cute. She follows me all over the house and loves attention, as any rat does (they are social animals).

Unfortunately, my brother-in-law's rat is stuck in his cage most of the time. I would like to take him home but then neither he nor Nickie could roam freely or else I'll rats coming out of my ears. We could work out a rotation schedule where one gets to roam one day and the other gets to roam the next. I'll have to think about this more.

I'd like to get a puppy sometime too.

Animals are just special. There is something special about them. They are helpful at reducing stress, helping with depression, they have their own individual personalities (just like you and me), and they are innocent creatures (becoming who they are by instinct or training).

Hunting is stupid for Americans to do unless they are truly lacking in money to buy food. There are animals raised and abused purely to satisfy the American's lust for meat. Why kill another innocent life when there are plenty of animals that are forced to eat their fellow species, living in cramped quarters (to say the very least, unable to even reach their prime because the younger the meat the better it tastes?

Celebrity

Bobarino had an interview published in the Salt Lake Weekly. We're so proud!

He is a writer and working on publishing his latest novel about technology in the library. Marsh-mellow Bobarino is contemplative with a subtle sense of humor.

"Think Stephen King sans the blood and horror," says Knavel Orange. "There's just something about him."

"Anything he writes is sure to be thought-provoking and inspiring," adds Weber County's Basque Babe.

This isn't the last you'll here of our friend.

I'm trying to figure out what colors to use for my blog. Summer is coming up so it would be nice to try some summer colors. Maybe some lime greens and yellows. Lavender always looks nice so I went ahead and used lavender and purple.

I had a makeover at the Lancome counter on Saturday. Thats a good place to learn about colors. I found out that despite my pale skin and reddish hair I can use any colors, so long as they're the right shade. We did creams and greens (kind of lime green and emerald). Loved the effect so bought the makeup.

Its funny the whole makeup thing. Putting materials (and sometimes toxic at that) on our faces to change the way we look so we look better. I wonder what aliens would think about that.

I ask this question a lot: What would aliens think about....? Usually I plug in dancing or ice/roller skating. Odd fun once you think about them on the basest levels.

For more information on aliens, check out Alien Central. A patron here at the library gave me this link. He is actually Nordic (check out that link). Thats why he thinks I'm cool--because I have Nordic blood.

So I got in trouble today for putting a picture of my new nephew coming out of my sister's stomach (C-section) on one of the staff computers. Heh, heh, heh. I wanted to see the reaction I'd get and so I did receive one.

But he is so cute and the cutest there ever was at that. Just look at him (sorry Bobarino: its the same blue picture!)

So the United States Supreme Court--the Court with the final say; the Court that is selective in the cases it hears--chose to hear Anna Nicole Smith's inheritance case.

No comment.

You know being alone isn't all its cracked up to be. I thought life would be great if I could just do everything by myself--no disappointments, losses, or betrayals (of any magnitude).

But on the flip side, you miss out on companionship and some really good times. And why should I expect others to be perfect. Part of it has been I know I can't live up to a standard of friendship or acquaintanceship that I hold and felt that I should completely pull back so I don't disappoint anyone. But I'm not perfect either. Its okay for others to mess up and its okay for me to mess up.

The past few weeks have been pretty humbling because I have a roommate now (its been about 8 months since I've had one). I've been in therapy, where I've discussed this issue quite a bit. Now that I've experienced the difference between the life of a hermit and actual living, I prefer the actual living.

For future reference, dmai, it may be hard but its worth it.

So my first post since graduation. I have finally adjusted to my new home in "Zion." Lots of blog worthy material here. I'll have to play catchup.

Meanwhile...

The blockbuster of Summer '06

Get your copy of the player here

Opening day, Baby!

I graduated! I graduated! I graduated!

Ten top reasons to vote for Ralph Nader in 2004:

1.Nader hasn't started a war to impress his Daddy.
2.Michael Moore doesn't want you to.
3.Ralph's rogueish misunderstood-anti-hero charm.
4.Those other candidates are phoneys and also lie too much too.
5.Because you hate liberals and conservatives equally.
6.You're stubborn and ornary and so is Nader.
7.Confuse the terrorists.
8.Nerds should only vote for fellow Nerds.
9.Freak out the pollsters.
10.Nader doesn't run stupid and annoying political campaign tv ads.

From ww.votenader.org

Have you lost your voter virginity, yet?

Apparently this is a real slogan an independent group is using to encourage Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 to vote.

Only five more weeks to go and then another few months to figure out the correct vote count! Will this election ever end????