It’s
still busy and I really should be concentrating on what I’m getting paid to do,
but I don’t think it will hurt if I take a few minutes here and there as what
I’m doing is pretty routine and my mind is once again taking flight.
The
snobby snob in me can’t help but chuckle at the flogging of the dead horse and
the utter ridiculousness that is the FOURTH installment in the 50 Shades
phenomenon. For those who pay
attention to such things, I haven’t read the books, will never read the books,
haven’t seen the movie, will never see the movie. I’m annoyed at the fact that so many have
read these books and the buzz has been out of this world for, from what I’ve
read, is poorly written fan fiction.
There are so many fabulous authors out there who write well written
books that will pass by completely unnoticed by the general masses who then
read garbage. To me it’s not unlike
Keeping up with the Kardasians winning a Golden Globe for best acting.
It’s wrong, it’s just wrong.
So I
couldn’t help but laugh at the indignation of so many who are discovering that
book 1, from Christian Grey’s POV is just one of three and the author has 2
more of the exact same book planned. Good grief - talk about flogging a dead horse!!
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This
has nothing to do with anything to do with romance but it is a real bug-a-boo I
have. I’m on the phone a lot anymore at
work. And I can tell when the person is
speaking on a cell phone. Cell phone
reception/quality is TERRIBLE a lot of the times. I’m constantly adjusting my phone’s volume,
calls cut out, they are mumbled and I can’t hear what they are saying, they are
calling while in traffic and all I hear is background noise. A lot of the nurses who call in have been
issued cell phones and I think the company they worked for must have ordered
the cheapest cell phones they could get.
It makes me so cranky (and then I have to change my mood calendar)
whenever I get one of these calls and chance are when I’ve had to ask for the
fourth time for them to repeat something that I can’t hear, an impatient tone
in my voice may come through – not at the person I’m talking to, but the cheap
piece of equipment they are using. I’m
cranky enough as it is since I don’t like talking on the phone, but talking on
the phone and not hearing what the other person is saying, well, many of those
kinds of calls a day and I really need to de-stress at the end of the day.
Anyway - that's all I have for now
'til later
I
read some reviews on GoodReads and word is – it’s garbage. I can’t help but hope the author plummets
down to earth where she never should have risen anyway. I tell you, I am such a bitch some days.
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I’ve
been designing – sort of – my own calendars for a number of years now through
Vista Print. Every month was a different
scene from North and South each and every time the calendar ended in August
with “The Train Scene Kiss”. I brought
it into work and as more and more people from work watched and loved it, I
began to order more calendars for coworkers – just to share the love.
Well
people, we have come to the end of an era I’m afraid. For the first time since 2011, North and
South screen caps no longer grace the months.
Nope, I’m figuratively doffing my cap and passing the calendar torch
onto Outlander.
These are a different
kind of calendars. Instead of starting
in January, as most do, mine start in September so it’s getting really close to
time to order them. Because we often
plan schedules 2 weeks to even a month ahead of the current date, I have 2 of
them on my desk, the current month and the next month. So I’m needing September soon. A few other people do the same thing and some
of these happen to be fellow fans of Outlander.
So I’ve designed the calendar – just have to hit that pay button and the
order will be winging its way to VistaPrint.
I just hope Richard/John will forgive for leaving him behind as I move
on to Sam/Jamie. I will love you always John
Thornton and at least we have 2013.
Bet you all thought you'd never seen the day.
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I know
I’ve bitched about this before but I will continue to do so until JUSTICE IS
SERVED!! They have a thread again at AAR
for freebie or ebook sales. There are a
couple lately for books I would love to get and they are on for a great price
at Amazon. Amazon –dot COM that is! It’s an entirely different story at Amazon.ca. And of course it’s through my favourite
publisher (not) Harper Collins/Avon.
Sex,
Lies and Online Dating by Rachel Gibson (love her books)
Amazon.com
- $1.99
Amazon.ca
$8.99
Secrets
of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas
Amazon.com
- $1.99
Amazon.ca
$8.99
Your
Scandalous Ways by Loretta Chase
Amazon.com
- $1.99
Amazon.ca
- $7.99 (squeal of a deal there she said sarcastically)
GRRRrrrrrr
I
received a mood calendar as a gift a while ago and I brought it to work. I love this calendar and changed it every day
to reflect my mood. Coworkers are
starting to check my mood before checking how I am. Lately it’s mostly been on the negative side
of things, but starting Thursday, July 2 (Wednesday is a holiday here in
Canada) the calendar mood will be starting to change. Why you ask?
Well, it’s cause then we will be into the actual month I head once again
to RWA – this years in New York, to meet up with my people again. I think anticipation is even higher this year
as I missed last year, mostly because of the depression but also because I had
another big project, new bathroom that I had to pay for. This year I’m getting new siding but that’s
not going to stop me from RWA. There are
SO many people I’m looking forward to seeing, but a special shout out to Wendy,SuperLibrarian. We will be roomies again
after several years apart and my first question will be “Wendy, Wendy, Wendy,
what do you have against Jon Snow that you are glad he’s dead????”
Mind
you I haven’t watched Game of Thrones for a few seasons now, it became just to
bloody bloody. I have tried a couple of
times over the other seasons since and then there would come a scene where
someone got stabbed in the eye and that was all she wrote. But from the first season that I was an AVID
watcher, Jon and Daenerys and Tyrion were my favourite characters with Jon
being #1. AND THEY KILLED HIM OFF! As if Ned and Robb and Catelyn all dying
wasn’t enough. As if what’s happened to
Sansa and Arya isn’t enough? I’ve lost
track of the little boys. So did they
then have to go and kill of Jon??? Why, Why, Why?
Then I can hardly wait to see Lisabea and
Rosie – I hope Rose is going again!! Of
course there are so many other too, but the four of us seem to hang out the
most.
Now
back to the point – see how I ramble and get off topic? So now that I will be in countdown mode, my
mood will be picking up until I’m up to daily bouncy
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Anyway - that's all I have for now
'til later
