Not feeling too motivated to write much the last few days, but I figured I could handle a list. This is a list of some of my favorite books... in no particular order. And this is by no means a diffinitive list... these are just ones that came to me while writing this post. It could change tomorrow. Or even this afternoon.

k

• Running With Scissors  by Augusten Burroughs


• Naked   by David Sedaris


• Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers  by Mary Roach


• Memory, Sorrow, & Thorn #01: The Dragonbone Chair   by Tad Williams


• Good omens  by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett


• I'm a stranger here myself by Bill Bryson


• Griffin & Sabine Series by Nick Bantock


• Lucky You by Carl Hiaasan


• Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith  by Anne Lamott


• Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883  by Simon Winchester


• The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary  by Simon Winchester


• Anne of Green Gables  by LM Montgomery


• Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chobosky


• Youth in Revolt by CD Payne

It has been a long time since I did my first 100 things about me list and some of the things changed. I didn't really feel like doing much work this afternoon so I decided to revise it. Enjoy.

k

1. Birth name Kathleen Marie


2. My mom wanted to name me Margaret so she could call me Maggie.


3. My dad said no, so she came up with Katie. He said I needed a real name. (love my dad)


4. Family tends to call me Katie, friends Kate, creditors Kathleen


5. No one calls me Kathy more than once.


6. Except my 6th grade science teacher Mr. Bogren... he refused to call me anything else since that was what he wrote down in his book.


7. I was happy to turn 30.


8. 31 was even better.


9. Have one tattoo and another one planned.


10. Only piercings are my ears, 2 holes each.


11. Have never smoked.


12. If the book is good I will sit and read until I am about to pee my pants.


13. Have gotten rid of over a 1000 of books over the last 5 years.


14. They now all fit on my bookcases.


15. Not a big fan of seafood. Except beer battered fish-n-chips


16. I have been trying it more often lately.


17. Daydream a lot


18. Love word games.


19. Love words in general.


20. Love hearing people talk.


21. Love discovering people's quirks.


22. Only own 1 pair of jeans


23. Before I bought them I hadn't owned jeans in 3 years.


24. Got my first new car last summer.


25. I had been without a car for 4 years before that.


26. Cry at movies


27. commericals


28. books


29. obituaries of strangers


30. stories on NPR


31. things that aren't even sad.


32. Can talk to almost anyone anywhere at anytime.


33. Often have strangers start telling me their life stories without asking.


34. Not easy with physical affection


35. but getting better.


36. Not traumatized by my parent's divorce.


37. Not close to 90% of my aunts, uncles or cousins.


38. Many of them could probably be guests on Jerry Springer.


39. Love love love music of almost all types.


40. Listen to music the whole time I am at work.


41. Love trivia


42. cheese


43. (especially the melted kind)


44. bread


45. storms


46. dinner with friends.


47. Don't like rude people


48. liars


49. feeling rushed


50. squeaky shoes.


51. I have to be early for everything.


52. Have had many personal ads online.


53. Met the last 2 men I went out with online.


54. They weren't homicidal maniacs.


55. If I get married it is going to be in Vegas.


56. Don't want a diamond.


57. Or the big white dress.


58. Thinks a costume wedding would be fun.


59. Have to fight a tendency to collect too many things;


60. Purses


61. Books


62. Movies


63. Craft materials


64. Useless information


65. Lists.


66. Have a camera with me 90% of the time.


67. Find it easy to become obsessed with things.


68. Will replay situations where I wish I had done something different  over and over in my head.


69. Getting better about that.


70. Don't like gore in movies.


71. Will walk away from the tv if a movie is too suspensful.


72. Love watching forensic and surgery shows on tv.


73. Still no cable... and happy about it.


74. Love laughing


75. and hearing people laugh


76. Like to be surrounded by color and texture.


77. Don't understand people spending $1200 on a purse.


78. Wish people were nicer to one another.


79. Wish we weren't all in such a big hurry to get places.


80. I get sad when I read about people who have died and no one realizes it for days and weeks.


81. That happened to one of my neighbors.


82. An old classmate asked if I was still a "nature girl". Made me laugh.


83. Love office supplies.


84. Don't like bugs.


85. Love clean sheets


86. But am lazy and don't change them as often as I would like.


87. Love sleeping in on Sunday mornings.


88. Waking up without the alarm is one of the best things ever.


89. Waking up and realizing you are late one of the worst.


90. Love peanut butter toast.


91. My favorite flavor of ice cream at the moment is Mint Chocolate Chip.


92. Prailine Pecan comes in a close second.


93. Miss seeing butterflies during the summer.


94. Horrible with names


95. and birthdays.


96. Love buying gifts for other people.


97. Talk too much.


98. Trying to break myself of the habit of talking over others.


99. Art makes me happy.


100. Have my own creepy club.


101. This list was easier than the first.

There was a photography exhibit here at U of M in April, but I didn't know about it until it was over. Now I am kicking myself for missing it, but I didn't find out about it until today. Rick Guidotti takes photos of people, mainly children, who have genetic diseases such as Albinoism. Some of them are stunning. You can tell he isn't trying to exploit these people, that he truly has an intrest in helping people to see the beauty of those with these diseases. He isn't just interested in getting the "red eyes" as one woman put it.  I think it is worth checking out.

k

• Friday after work I took the bus to the commuter parking lot. Took a few steps off the bus and fell. Sort of like a tree.  Landed with my camera bag up under my chest. I am suprised I don't have a lens cap shaped bruise on my breast.  I am covered in bruises, my tricep area hurts from where I caught myself. I even ripped my shoe. Went to dinner at Bennigans and almost fell again... the tile there is really slick. (Honest.) Had a couple drinks and walked fine.


• Worked at LSV by myself for 7 hours. It was slow the first 5 but the last 2 were crazy busy. I set up an account for a minister... got him to rent the 6-6-6. Am I going to hell?


• Saw "Mad Hot Ballroom" with Lynne. It made me very happy. IT was very uplifting.


• Sunday came in to town to show a woman my melted record bowls. She owns a custom lamp shop in town and I thought she wanted to see if she could make a lamp from the bowls. Turns out she wants to carry them in her store. She wants 15 to start!!


• Was walking back to my car when it started to rain. It felt good so I didn't mind. Well, I didn't mind until I ran in to Creepy Foot Fetish Guy. Who told me I look good wet. I went back in to the rain to try and wash away the "Eww" factor.


• Went for ice cream with my neighbor which is a great way to end the weekend.

The heat had made thinking hard... so here is another list for you to enjoy, or not. I wil let you decide

k

1. No more Buttered Noodle Girl... she is leaving LSV to go back to school.


2. Decided to straighten the office at LSV and found 3 boxes of clamshell cases (like the ones Disney movies come in) ... we don't even get new vhs anymore. And when we do we don't use this type.


3. Was pricing mats for photos. And wondering how many photos I want to have ready for art fair. Do I go with 50 5x7 (8x10 w/mat) or 100? The same for 4x6 (5x7)?


4. Trying to figure out prices too... my least favorite part of the gig.


5. Had my yearly review... it never changes. I will be lucky to get a 1% raise this year.


6. Really have to clean my house before my mom comes up on the 24th.


7. I am feeling pretty alert for having gotten 3 1/2 hours of sleep.

Have a headache due to changes in the weather so here are just a few things I have entered my mind...

1. I am happy I was able to con Lynne in to going to see "Mad Hot Ballroom" with me this Saturday.


2. Trying to figure out why bread I bought a week ago was already really moldy. This is the second loaf in a month.


3. That I really need to do dishes tonight...


4. But will probably end up watching old episodes of Angel


5. and making jewelry.


6. I have 70.5 hours of vacation time saved up!!! Wish I had the money to go somewhere.


7. But I am going to see Verlaine in September which in the scheme of things isn't that far off.


8. I love Diet Coke. (Not a new thought, but I was reminded of it this morning...as I am every morning.)


9. The Basil seeds I planted are starting to sprout!!!


10. None of the other seeds are and I wonder if I messed up some how.

1. Hate it when my food mingles... I am like LL Cool J in Toys


2. Can't read or watch anything where the main theme is adultury


3. Eat Jalapeno Poppers minus the Jalapeno


4. Eat only the breading when it comes to Onion Rings


5. Order most things "on the side"


6. Buy countless cards and gift cards never to send them


7. Get really nervous before every party I am hosting, convinced that no one is going to come


8. Hate wearing socks


9. Have to know trivia facts for movies I didn't like

Decided to be a rebel and stop at 9 instead of doing the usual 10. I am sure there are more, but it is friday and my mind is mush.

k

If you want to that is, I wouldn't want to pressure you in to doing something you don't feel is right. I put a photo up on Photo Friday and would appreciate your vote. I would bribe you with tbucks, but they are worthless, so if you vote for me I will think you are really cool. If I all ready think you are cool I will have to think of something else. Anyway, my photo is #160, the theme was symbol and here is the photo I put up

Thank you for your support.

p.s. I hate tblog sometimes

• Going to my sister's 8th grade graduation this weekend. Where have the years gone?


• Also planning a trip with the family to Cedar Point. It will be fun to go with my sisters who are still young enough to enjoy everything. And I am a roller coaster junkie.


• I am tired of hearing about Brittany Spear's sex life. Ick.


• Lots of press on Lyndsey Lohan being too thin, but what do you expect when they shave inches of a person or elongating them so they are thinner?  We live is a sad twisted world.


• I did like the of the British couple who had been married 80 years and still seemed to be very much in love. It gives a girl hope.


• The Dukes of Hazzard movie frightens me. But then so does the idea of Herbie Fully Loaded.


• I don't make the rules, I just enforce them. Yelling at me isn't going to make me want to bend them for you.