Assorted Ramblings...
Ok- the first thing I want to mention is that I got a call last night. It was at 10:30pm- I was in bed and at that point NOTHING was going to get me out of bed...
I played it first thing this AM- part of me thought I should wait to wake up JUST IN CASE it was my dad... But it was my bro's finacee. She's trying to help me search for a job and expand my horizons about using my degree.
What amazed me was- she put her eldest daughter on... The daughter thanked me for giving her the 3rd book in the Golden Compass series. And she said she LOVED me. And this made me go Oh... and Huh?
Part of me feels I should have a warm fuzzy because this 11 year has shared her love with ME. Part of me is like huh? because I've met this girl like twice... and she's declaring her LOVE for me- and she and her younger sister I think do call me Uncle Drew...
I don't know. I guess I'm just not used to children's 'pure' love. Just like I was surprised that my 5 year old nephew was looking forward to seeing ME. Part of me chalked that up to mental development- he remembers Uncle Drew bought him the batmoblie for X-mas... and part of me was just glad that he seemed to like me.
I guess I think I'm thinking too much about this stuff- so wanted to share...
I spoke to my Dad on Monday morning- and was amazed at how easily I let him press my buttons. I really do think I overthink what he says sometimes- but other times it's clear that we're having two different conversations as it's clear he's not listening to MY half.
My brother and his gal are still pissed that my dad blew us off last Wednesday. I told my bro that considering I got worked up JUST with a phone call, maybe it was better if I didn't see our dad. I have also admitted to being a tad petty and NOT sending my dad any pics I took of my niece... as I just feel if he wants to SEE his grand daughter he should MAKE TIME for her.
And lastly gonna put the two books I've read since my last book post:
Book 5- Miss Pym Disposes- by Josephine Tey. I bought this book on vacation last July. I loved Tey’s Daughter of Time, so I thought I’d try another one of her books. I was greatly disappointed with Miss Pym Disposes so it took me a bit to finish it. This book is SUPPOSE to be a murder mystery but considering that the only murder takes place on page 181 of a 240 page book; I don’t think it was that much of a ‘mystery’. Actually to be honest- page 181 is when we know there’s a VICTIM, we don’t find out that she dies until page 216.
Yes, I will admit that there was a twist ending to the ‘mystery’ but I really didn’t care- I was just glad to finish the book off.
Book 6- Inventing A Nation by Gore Vidal. This was book talks about the formation of the United States’ Federal Government. Vidal starts just prior to Washington becoming President, and ends with Washington’s death in 1799…It does talk about Washington and Adam’s presidency but main focus is Hamilton’s Federalist ideas Vs. Jefferson’s Republicanism. Or to put it another way- Federal Government V. State rights.
It is a short book so it only gets the reader’s feet wet with these ideas… And even then, Vidal goes out of his way to talk about ‘current events’- such as the republic’s electoral college leading to the 2000 Florida Supreme Court Decision . Vidal also mentions that Franklin feared that the government that he was trying to help found, would only end in despotism- like other governments that have come before, and then in the next paragraph Vidal says “Now, two centuries and sixteen years later, Franklin’s blunt dark prophecy has come true; popular corruption has given birth to that Despotic Government which he foresaw as inevitable at our birth.” So Vidal colors the book about the founding of our federal government with the current state of the federal government.
That's it for now... have to do job search- esp as I've been spending WAY TOO MUCH time this am on Facebook's superpowers... They released a new power and I was like a kid in the candy store just attacking a zillion times it seems
I played it first thing this AM- part of me thought I should wait to wake up JUST IN CASE it was my dad... But it was my bro's finacee. She's trying to help me search for a job and expand my horizons about using my degree.
What amazed me was- she put her eldest daughter on... The daughter thanked me for giving her the 3rd book in the Golden Compass series. And she said she LOVED me. And this made me go Oh... and Huh?
Part of me feels I should have a warm fuzzy because this 11 year has shared her love with ME. Part of me is like huh? because I've met this girl like twice... and she's declaring her LOVE for me- and she and her younger sister I think do call me Uncle Drew...
I don't know. I guess I'm just not used to children's 'pure' love. Just like I was surprised that my 5 year old nephew was looking forward to seeing ME. Part of me chalked that up to mental development- he remembers Uncle Drew bought him the batmoblie for X-mas... and part of me was just glad that he seemed to like me.
I guess I think I'm thinking too much about this stuff- so wanted to share...
I spoke to my Dad on Monday morning- and was amazed at how easily I let him press my buttons. I really do think I overthink what he says sometimes- but other times it's clear that we're having two different conversations as it's clear he's not listening to MY half.
My brother and his gal are still pissed that my dad blew us off last Wednesday. I told my bro that considering I got worked up JUST with a phone call, maybe it was better if I didn't see our dad. I have also admitted to being a tad petty and NOT sending my dad any pics I took of my niece... as I just feel if he wants to SEE his grand daughter he should MAKE TIME for her.
And lastly gonna put the two books I've read since my last book post:
Book 5- Miss Pym Disposes- by Josephine Tey. I bought this book on vacation last July. I loved Tey’s Daughter of Time, so I thought I’d try another one of her books. I was greatly disappointed with Miss Pym Disposes so it took me a bit to finish it. This book is SUPPOSE to be a murder mystery but considering that the only murder takes place on page 181 of a 240 page book; I don’t think it was that much of a ‘mystery’. Actually to be honest- page 181 is when we know there’s a VICTIM, we don’t find out that she dies until page 216.
Yes, I will admit that there was a twist ending to the ‘mystery’ but I really didn’t care- I was just glad to finish the book off.
Book 6- Inventing A Nation by Gore Vidal. This was book talks about the formation of the United States’ Federal Government. Vidal starts just prior to Washington becoming President, and ends with Washington’s death in 1799…It does talk about Washington and Adam’s presidency but main focus is Hamilton’s Federalist ideas Vs. Jefferson’s Republicanism. Or to put it another way- Federal Government V. State rights.
It is a short book so it only gets the reader’s feet wet with these ideas… And even then, Vidal goes out of his way to talk about ‘current events’- such as the republic’s electoral college leading to the 2000 Florida Supreme Court Decision . Vidal also mentions that Franklin feared that the government that he was trying to help found, would only end in despotism- like other governments that have come before, and then in the next paragraph Vidal says “Now, two centuries and sixteen years later, Franklin’s blunt dark prophecy has come true; popular corruption has given birth to that Despotic Government which he foresaw as inevitable at our birth.” So Vidal colors the book about the founding of our federal government with the current state of the federal government.
That's it for now... have to do job search- esp as I've been spending WAY TOO MUCH time this am on Facebook's superpowers... They released a new power and I was like a kid in the candy store just attacking a zillion times it seems
Labels: 50 book challenge, Dad, FB Superpowers, Uncle Drew
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