Does it to Me Every Time April 17, 2009

Exactly 8 months until my birthday today, just in case anyone needs to start making any monetary saving arrangements. One would think that my birthday excitement would fade as I age. But no, apparently I’m like a little kid that likes to make everyone aware. On the actual day however, I just like to sit back and see how many people remember. I know all this because my darling brother-in-law Ryan told me this past year how I make my birthday a “big deal”. Well, excuse me for wanting to celebrate life, jerk. To make matters worse, he forgot to call me until the evening to tell me happy birthday. Seriously, how rude. I’m hoping to heal from my bitterness by the time my next birthday arrives. 8 months from now (please make note). (ps No brother-in-laws feelings were hurt in the writing of this blog)
As far as reading goes, I have read a bit more in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. I’ll be honest, I think I probably would have stopped reading it by now if I weren’t blogging about it. A big turnaround from my brownie comments, I know. Where was the collapse? It’s non-fiction! It does it to me every time. Anyway, I’m not giving up on it yet. Kingsolver still has a beautiful way of putting words together that I do enjoy. So I will continue on, although I may need to find some other novel as my reading escape. I am so a nerd.

-Shay

Just Wanna Take a Bite 4/13/09

I know that nobody wants to hear about how I accidentally threw up on myself today in the car, but for humor purposes, I must share. Imagine driving next to someone, you look over, and they are throwing up. Ugh. Gross and funny. My life is drawn to these predicaments. Blog fodder. Anyway, I got a day off work because of it, so I think it was worth it.
I started reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Kingsolver today. I was a little hesitant because I thought it just might be some hippie BS, (semi-related to an episode of 30 Days called “Off the Grid” about some Vegans) but the first chapter has been enjoyable. I have read two other books by Kingsolver called The Poisonwood Bible and Prodigal Summer. I immensely enjoyed both of those novels. She has this way of putting words together so richly that reading her work is like taking a bite of a delicious freshly baked brownie that is actually good for you. Although this is my first time reading her non-fiction, it has the same feel. Mmmm…brownies.

-Shay

Brsinger Thighs 4/9/09

Oy, my head. It aches. Ah, but that is neither here nor there. Today I felt like I looked nice at work. I wore my pencil skirt. And boots. I was unstoppable. Little did everyone know that I was having difficulty walking up and down the stairs because the skirt was constricting my leg movement. Don’t even get me started on the leg chafing. Fortunately, I have worn this skirt before, so I remembered to put on leggings this time. My thighs are very much grateful. It’s not like I’m huge or anything. Just an average girl with average thighs. Now that we’ve got that straightened out…
So I think Tash and I are really going to do this blog thing. I thought of 2 names: The Adventures of Tash and Shay (and after Tash reminded me about Casey’s contribution), Two Girls, a Guy, and a blog. I think its cute. Then Tash busted out this awesome design for our page. I told her that we really have to do it now. My area of expertise shall be on books. I love me some reading time. Right now I am reading Brsinger, the 3rd book in the Eragon series. It was slow going when I started the first started them, because I don’t usually read fantasyish type stuff. But it really caught ahold of me. I really like the escaping part of reading. In Brsinger, the author creates a whole other world with creatures and customs that are unfamiliar to this world of ours. I am really in awe of his imagination. Paolini I think, something like that.

-Shay