- Finished Did You Ever Have a Family and Thirteen Ways of Looking. Picked up Jesse Eisenberg’s book of short stories and also started Who Do You Love. Thanks to everyone who joined us for the one year anniversary of Show Us Your Books and there’s still time left to enter the giveaway! Next linkup is November 10. Second Tuesday of the month, per usual.
- Completed 1 of 10 fall projects, the TBR Jar. Because of course I started with the one about reading. I made some modifications to Heather’s version. For instance, instead of a Mason jar, I used an old pencil cup I had on hand as well as popsicle sticks for the titles rather than scraps of paper. I took to ye old Goodreads list for what to add, and it’s color coded only for nonfiction. I used different Sharpie colors for the rest mostly because it was pretty.
- Watched almost nothing because my TV time has been exclusively devoted to baseball. First of all, fuck you, Chase Utley. Second of all, the Mets are making me crazy. I’m used to a certain level of frustration being a lifelong Mets fan, but this is ridiculous. As of this writing (Thursday morning), we’re going into a game 5 that shouldn’t even exist. And they need to win because I don’t want staying up WAY past my bedtime to be for nothing. Edited on Friday AM–THEY WON!! Daniel Murphy, I heart you.
- Watched the child land her back handspring. I can’t even express what a victory that was (no joke. She’s been working on it for months. MONTHS. Many tears have been shed from not being able to do it). Now we just need her to stick the landing every time so she doesn’t look like a big heap of cheerleading mess. Or get hurt or break something.
- Stopped keeping track of my cat’s body count. It’s too high and also, it’s gross. My cat is a serial killer.
- Went all fangirl crazy when I saw that Dean Bakopoulos left a comment on one of my posts. Yes. That guy. The one whose books I am always cramming down your throats because they’re just that good. #authorsaremyrockstars And since he followed me back on Twitter a few weeks ago, we’re clearly besties now.
- Downloaded The List App. I know that no one NEEDS another app in their life but trust me, get this one. Especially if you love lists. Also, it’s BJ Novak’s project. So that’s cool.
- Read some pretty interesting stories around the interwebs. This one about a guy who lives in his car (it’s not what you think). Two stories on gun violence, the first an open letter to Congress from a mass shooting survivor, the second is an analysis by Malcolm Gladwell of how school shootings have spread. And also this list of 18 academic papers about 90s TV shows (why didn’t I think of this in grad school?!)
- Laughed at this
That’s all for this week. Busy weekend ahead, between cheerleading and the husband’s birthday. I mean how can you not celebrate the man behind this:
You know, if I opened a hot dog restaurant, I would just tell people to go home, cook a hot dog, take $10, set it on fire, and then eat the hot dog.
Have a great weekend everyone! See you on Tuesday!
lol the hot dog restaurant. hilarious. that quitter strip makes me laugh all the time. i don’t own any bookmarks. i rarely use them, and when i do it’s normally a random receipt or something.
and omg how exciting about Dean B! You guys are definitely besties now.
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I will check out The List App.
YAY E on your back handspring! You go girl!!!! That’s awesome.
I have been waiting on a Dean book from the library for what feels like 10 years. No lie. In other news, I read three books this week. Boom.
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I’ve always wanted to be able to do a back handspring! That’s awesome! Hope you have a great weekend.
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I’m glad the kid got her move down, I hate seeing my child frustrated over things.
Happy weekend!
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Cool that she landed her back handspring! Hope she can perfect it. Very cool that Mr. Bakopoulos left a comment on your blog post!
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LOL!!!!!! at the hot dog comment. That is hilarious! Yay for landing the back handpsring!!!! That is an amazing moment in every cheer girls life. I hate when I have to book mark a book and leave it for something stupid. Like work. Happy Weekend!
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My dad & stepmom give me a sizable Amazon gift voucher every Christmas. I’ve come to the conclusion that I will be getting your bestie’s books then. I shall now root for the Mets since my ‘stros are out of it.
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Congrats to your daughter on the back-handspring! I remember how frustrating it was trying to land it. I was a gymnast but still either way, the back-handspring is like the one thing all tumbling is hinged on. In no time she’ll be tucking I’m sure!
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Rock on that she managed the back handspring. That is hard. Clearly you and Dean B is now your bestie!
Bahahah… serial killer cat! My mom has outdoor cats and when I lived at home… ugh… the bloodbaths were legendary. *dry heave*
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Awesome job on the back handspring! I did gymnastics when I was younger, and I know how exciting it can be to finally land something you’ve been working on for a long time! (Unfortunately, I wasn’t amazing at gymnastics and twisted my ankle more times than I’d care to admit … So I quit. But it was fun while it lasted!)
That hot dog comment and “quitter strip” meme are awesome!
And the Dean Bakopoulos thing is amazing! You two are definitely besties. (And I definitely need to read his books soon!)
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My daughter is still working on her back handspring. Most of the time she falls into a heap on the floor.
I LOVE when authors connect with me.
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After your recommendation I picked up my first Dean Bakopoulos book Please don’t come Back From The Moon this weekend from the library. Super cool that he commented on your post and follows you on Twitter!
Congrats to your daughter on the back handspring! That’s a major achievement! Growing up I did gymnastics and was so afraid and could never do it.
Love the quitter strip meme! Unfortunately, I have to use my quitter strip way too often!
Hope you had a great weekend!
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