TODAY’S THE DAY. THIS RIGHT HERE IS THE TIME. CARPE-ING THAT DIEM. YES INDEED. NO LONGER WILL I LANGUISH IN THE ICY SHADOWS OF A LOVE UNSPOKEN, PINING FOR THE GENTLE TOUCH OF MY OBJET D’AMOUR. NO, THIS IS MY MOMENT. I AM GOING TO MARCH RIGHT UP TO MISS PATRICA WHISKERFRITZ, THE GIRL OF MY DREAMS AND ANNOUNCE IN A BOLD, FIRM VOICE, “PATRICIA! I HAVE LOVED YOU SINCE WE WERE CUBS! YOU ARE-“
… OH.
OH, OKAY.
THAT’S … UNFORTUNATE.
MIGHT HAVE TO UPDATE MY SPEECH.
“PATRICIA, I SEE YOU ARE ENGAGED IN SOME RATHER SERIOUS HEAVY PETTING WITH CHAD FURBISH, JOCK EXTRAORDINAIRE, UP AGAINST THE VERY SAME TREE I GNAWED OUR INITIALS INTO JUST LAST WEEK. AND DON’T YOU TWO LOOK TO BE HAVING A LOVELY TIME. SO SORRY TO BOTHER YOU. CARRY ON.”
MAYBE I CAN THROW IN A “HEY, CHAD. HOW’S IT HANGING? YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY MUCH BETTER AT DIEM CARPE-ING THAN ME. TRY NOT TO GET LITTLE BITS OF MUD AND BARK ALL OVER MY SHATTERED DREAMS.”
…
… PLEASE LET ME GO BLIND RIGHT NOW.
Month: February 2013
Romance Novel Reader Workout #4 is up, y’all! Courtesy of SB Sarah at Smart Bitches Trashy Books, who is on tumbler as well.
Susanna Kearsley, “Why Read Romance?”
Susanna Kearsley, “Why Read Romance?”
“Choose a romance novel, though, and eyes will roll, the implication being romance is a lesser form of fiction, not deserving of a place at the big table of ‘real’ writing.
When I disagree—when I point out I write romantic fiction, and that I have friends who write for Harlequin, and that the genre is a broad and varied one, like any other genre, filled with writers who are brilliant at their craft—I only get the rolling eyes again. And if I name specific books as evidence, I’m often told, ‘That book transcends the genre.’(If you want to set my teeth on edge, just tell me that a book “transcends the genre”. What that tells me, plain and simple, is you haven’t read enough books in that genre).”
Nice score by Atli Örvarsson.
OK movie. This music, however, makes my heart soar.
It’s time for Scotland to bring out her dead | Kevin McKenna | Comment is free | The Observer
It’s time for Scotland to bring out her dead | Kevin McKenna | Comment is free | The Observer
I love that there’s a documentary, but isn’t it time for a sweeping epic film about James Graham? Yes, I’m a Graham, and thus possibly biased in his favor, but his story would make a such great film! It’s got huge swaths of drama, romance, action and tragedy. (Although, judging from his poetry, I suspect he might have been a bit of a bossy husband.)
The Covenanter’s Tomb, Greyfriars Churchyard, 1846
David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson
My Valentine’s Day
Husband’s (not that old) Prius broke down. Had to go rescue him and wait for the tow truck. Valentine’s Day. Woo hoo.