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Random things on a Saturday night
Aug. 30th, 2008 10:57 pm1. Corn syrup is evil. And it's in everything. Even innocent cans of chopped tomatoes.
2. Walmart is expensive, no matter what they claim.
3. If I stand on my front porch I can listen to the whole football game. We've been connected to more than one Big Ten school, and I did grow up in a town where football and funerals were the big social events, but I have to say I've never seen quite the fervor of opening night for the Arkansas Razorbacks. Game traffic for hours before the game. Given the school colors and the mascot (a razorback hog), I now have a whole new interpretation of the phrase "paint the town red." I suppose I should be grateful to live here now, seeing as one of my characters has decided to play football, and I am the least sporty person I know.
4. I just finished Does This Make My Head Look Big? and am now reading The Night Tourist, by Katherine Marsh, which is a nice book that I'm actually liking, despite the underworld-in-New-York theme. I'm actually also reading The True Meaning of Smekday, but my husband and TWO sons keep stealing it from me. So far so good--some MGs can be a little too quirky and out there for me, but this one is suiting me just fine.
5. Forced vacations from writing can be good. I can see my ms SOOO much clearer now! I'm working with a hard copy while we get the computer situation remedied, but having a clear head and some distance makes it so much easier to pick out what needs to go where. I like it more now that I've had a rest, and I have ideas for making it even better. I've got to get that one out of my hair so I can get back to the football character.
2. Walmart is expensive, no matter what they claim.
3. If I stand on my front porch I can listen to the whole football game. We've been connected to more than one Big Ten school, and I did grow up in a town where football and funerals were the big social events, but I have to say I've never seen quite the fervor of opening night for the Arkansas Razorbacks. Game traffic for hours before the game. Given the school colors and the mascot (a razorback hog), I now have a whole new interpretation of the phrase "paint the town red." I suppose I should be grateful to live here now, seeing as one of my characters has decided to play football, and I am the least sporty person I know.
4. I just finished Does This Make My Head Look Big? and am now reading The Night Tourist, by Katherine Marsh, which is a nice book that I'm actually liking, despite the underworld-in-New-York theme. I'm actually also reading The True Meaning of Smekday, but my husband and TWO sons keep stealing it from me. So far so good--some MGs can be a little too quirky and out there for me, but this one is suiting me just fine.
5. Forced vacations from writing can be good. I can see my ms SOOO much clearer now! I'm working with a hard copy while we get the computer situation remedied, but having a clear head and some distance makes it so much easier to pick out what needs to go where. I like it more now that I've had a rest, and I have ideas for making it even better. I've got to get that one out of my hair so I can get back to the football character.
