That's the thing about an English Major

Finals are upon us, 2009 is drawing to a close and I had a moment today where I realized that it will still be another two years before I graduate. I realized that after christmas I will have to make all of the leftover x-mas stock somehow fit onto two small risers. Then I will have to deal with people complaining about the price and wondering why it isn't 90% off here when it is down the street.
Then after that lovely revelation, I had another. I'm not sure what I want to do when I graduate. I know I have two years to figure it out, and it's not like I haven't a clue what I would be interested in, I do. But it is so hard to narrow the list. I want to work for the Navy, or work in publishing, or work for the Library of Congress, and at this point I would rather be a realtor that stay at CVS.
The other downside to all of these finals is my lack of reading time. All of the studying also seems to be destroying my reading mojo. I've only been able to get into a couple of small romances, none of the sci-fi epics that are stacked on my bookshelf. Hopefully, once finals are over, my reading mojo will magically reappear and the next time I disapear for months will be because I have been reading the dusty "new" books on my shelves.

"Time's glory is to command contending kings, to inmask falsehood, and bring truth to light."

- Shakespeare

Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) - A.R. Rahman

I Am An All Powerful Amazon Warrior

I'm going through a feminist/ folk music phase. My favorite internet radio station, Pandora, has been able to introduce me to some new-to-me artists such as Dar Williams, Tracy Chapman and Patty Griffen. I'm loving the sound of these musicians, it's acoustic with a hint of a band in the background and AMAZING lyrics. These artists discuss everything from personal battles to the unfairness of the labels people put on life. I can hardly decide which c.d. to download from Amazon!
I'm also very excited about my trip to the Opera next Saturday! I'm going to see The Flying Dutchman. It's a love story gone wrong, like so many operas are and I think someone jumps into a fire at the end but its sure to be great!

Quote of the Week:
So the Christians and the Pagans sat together at the table
Finding faith and common ground the best that they were able
And just before the meal was served, hands were held and prayers were said
Sending hope for peace on earth to all their gods and goddesses
- Dar Williams, "Christians and the Pagans"

Song of the Day:

Unrequited - Ani Difranco

In which I return from the dead.

I have been failing in keeping you up to date with my life lately! But in my defense I have had much to do.

On Friday was my BFF, Victor's, 20th birthday! We went to the Melting Pot, a fondue restaurant of epicness. I love going there for Cheese and Chocolate. We had Fiesta, Quatro frommagio and Spinach and Artichoke cheese fondue. Then we had Bananas Foster, Tiramisu, and the Original Chocolate fondue to finish. I would like to take this moment to say that my favorite was the Bananas Foster.

Then on Saturday I went to a drag show sponsored by the Pride Alliance at Kennesaw. Several of my friends performed and they were SPECTACULAR!!!!! All of the money raised went to PALS. It is a non-profit organization that helps the elderly and severely ill take care of their pets.

THEN, I was finishing the latest Lora Leigh book, Maverick. It was just as good as her previous books.
Maverick is the second book in her Elite Ops series which is an off-shoot of her Temting SEALS series.
Tiny sum up: the main characters are Micah and Risa. It you have read the Tempting SEALS series then you recognize Risa as the young girl who was kidnapped, raped and held hostage for almost two years before being rescued. So naturally she's freaked where men are concerned. While kidnapped she was given a drug called Whores Dust, which attaches to pleasure receptors in your brain and makes you beg for sex, it also makes you black out and lose memories. So Risa can't remember alot of events from her kidnapping, but has started dreaming about some events (with me so far?)
In walks Micah. He and Risa have been sort of passing each other in the dark, so to speak. They have mutual friends and Micah has seen her while she was leaving and he was going to some ones house. And he's become enthralled with her.
In a surprising turn of events, Risa is being hunted by the same assassin that killed Micah's Mother and Father, so now the Elite Ops team is going to use her as bait, with Micah acting as her bodygaurd, posing as her lover.
As you can imagine, things get pretty steamy from there, and I hate to ruin an ending so here I stop.

So you can see I've been very busy.

Quote of the Week:
Ultimately, Darkness will meet its end. Our choice lies only in the form of its demise. If we meet nothing but success in every stage of our mission, Darkness will helplessly surrender. When we fail, however, we have taken upon ourselves to wrestle it face-to-face to its utter destruction.
Rabbi Tzvi Freeman

Song of the Day:

Baby, Now That Ive Found You - Alison Krauss

It's still kinda gross outside... perfect reading weather though. I continue my sabbatical from Sookie Stackhouse, but I recently finished two very good books.
One was Heart of the Dragon by Gena Showalter. It's about Atlantis and the creatures that live there. Darius is the King of the Dragons and guards one of the portals from this world to his. Ever sense the death of his family he has buried emotions and senses, the only thing he lives for is the protection of the portal. Enter Grace. Darius can't keep his hands off of her, even though she is the enemy. She gives him a world of color and beautiful emotion. As their adventures begin it becomes clear that they were meant to be together.
The other book was a change from my paranormal romance. It was Kiss Me While I Sleep by Linda Howard.
CIA contract agent Lily Mansfield has been a ruthless, professional assassin for nearly 20 of her 37 years, but her work takes a personal turn after the young girl she rescued from war torn Bosnia as a baby, and the friends that were raising her, are killed. Lily turns renegade and avenges their deaths with a brilliantly executed murder, nearly killing herself in the process, but she soon finds herself hunted by an evil family, embroiled in a plot that threatens the safety of the world, and chased by handsome CIA agent Lucas Swain, who has been charged with bringing Lily back by any means necessary. I liked the change from paranormal romance. There were no fangs and no magic. It was really bery refreshing but I'm back to paranormal again.
I've bought the next book in the Atlantis series and it's just as good as the first.

Quote of the Week:

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
- Helen Keller

Song of the Day:

Citizen Soldier - 3 Doors Down

Happy Sunday!

The weekly quote:
To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will certainly be wrung and possible be brokenIf you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrapit carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin ofyour selfishness. But in that casket - safe, dark, motionless, airless - it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. The alternative to tragedy, or at least to the risk of tragedy,is damnation. The only place outside heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all dangers and perturbations of love is Hell.
C.S. Lewis

and the song of the day:

Gloomy Sunday

Well, it's Sunday... and while I would normally be entertaining customers at the local drugstore, I had better plans for today... and then it started to snow:( Now I like snow, and sense I live in Georgia snow is a rare treat; But I had PLANS for today! I was going to go to the Booth Museum of Western Art for my history class then hit the bookstore to use my Borders bucks! but NOOOOO..... it had to start snowing and sticking and making the roads slippery when wet!!!!!

*sigh* So I thought up some themes for different days of the week.

Starting today pretty much every Sunday I will post a quote. Sometimes funny, other times thought provoking, but hopefully it will get us through the week!! I'm also going to start posting a song a day! I think this will be easy enough for me, sense I love music and enjoy finding new artists!

SO... today's Sunday quote:

Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath.

Matt Groening, "Life in Hell"
US cartoonist & satirist (1954 - )

AND the song of the day:

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Digitally Remastered 98) - Dean Martin