С НОВЫМ ГОДОМ!

... just 'cause it's cooler to say it in Russian.

I don't have anything particularly profound to reflect upon from 2007. I made some questionable (as per usual) life decisions; got a new stamp in my passport; oh, my divorce went through and I got my name back; made my personal goal of reading 24 books this year (in another post). I don't yet know my grades from the fall semester, which is somewhat nerve-wracking, but I think I did okay... ?

Similarly no great aspirations for 2008, other than looking forward to meeting Alan's family and friends (in two weeks, eeeee!). Hopefully we can manage to scrape together enough money and/or airline miles to get us to Britain to see David Tennant and Patrick Stewart in Hamlet in the late summer/fall. Johnnie wants Morgan for the entire month of October, which, yeah, no. I might trade him Christmas if Alan and I are able to get down to NZ to spend Christmas with his family for once.

С НОВЫМ ГОДОМ!

... just 'cause it's cooler to say it in Russian.

I don't have anything particularly profound to reflect upon from 2007. I made some questionable (as per usual) life decisions; got a new stamp in my passport; oh, my divorce went through and I got my name back; made my personal goal of reading 24 books this year (in another post). I don't yet know my grades from the fall semester, which is somewhat nerve-wracking, but I think I did okay... ?

Similarly no great aspirations for 2008, other than looking forward to meeting Alan's family and friends (in two weeks, eeeee!). Hopefully we can manage to scrape together enough money and/or airline miles to get us to Britain to see David Tennant and Patrick Stewart in Hamlet in the late summer/fall. Johnnie wants Morgan for the entire month of October, which, yeah, no. I might trade him Christmas if Alan and I are able to get down to NZ to spend Christmas with his family for once.

Book #24 - Ink: The Not-Just-Skin-Deep Guide to Getting A Tattoo

Just barely made my goal here. Yay! And finally something that wasn't assigned! This book is on loan from silverflight, after she got her beautiful magpie tattoo and I expressed my thoughts for someday getting one, she suggested I read this. It's exactly what the title says, and goes over the process (both modern and historical), things to consider and questions to ask when choosing an artist, different styles of tattoo, picking your design, aftercare, even touch-ups, cover-ups and removal. Just the whole works in layman's terms with realism but no scare tactics, demystifying the whole phenomenon for someone considering getting a tattoo.

Titls: Ink
Author: Terisa Green, PhD
Pages: 205

24 / 24 books. 100% done! Woot!

So the distribution looks like this:

Fantasy 33%
Hist. fiction 17%
Romance 13%
Drama 46%
Classic 42%
Nonfiction 8%
Assigned 42%
Play 25%

Not a bad spread. I wish I could have fit more "fun" reading in, but such is the life of an English major.

Book #24 - Ink: The Not-Just-Skin-Deep Guide to Getting A Tattoo

Just barely made my goal here. Yay! And finally something that wasn't assigned! This book is on loan from silverflight, after she got her beautiful magpie tattoo and I expressed my thoughts for someday getting one, she suggested I read this. It's exactly what the title says, and goes over the process (both modern and historical), things to consider and questions to ask when choosing an artist, different styles of tattoo, picking your design, aftercare, even touch-ups, cover-ups and removal. Just the whole works in layman's terms with realism but no scare tactics, demystifying the whole phenomenon for someone considering getting a tattoo.

Titls: Ink
Author: Terisa Green, PhD
Pages: 205

24 / 24 books. 100% done! Woot!

So the distribution looks like this:

Fantasy 33%
Hist. fiction 17%
Romance 13%
Drama 46%
Classic 42%
Nonfiction 8%
Assigned 42%
Play 25%

Not a bad spread. I wish I could have fit more "fun" reading in, but such is the life of an English major.