October 2012
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I’m tired of being an afterthought.
July 2012
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February 2012
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New Eisley Song Stream →
January 2012
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December 2011
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New Year's Resolution #4
Keep writing. And get the balls to query.
New Year's Resolution #3
Read more nonfiction books.
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New Year's Resolution #2
Continue to avoid white flour products and sugar!! Avoiding that crap has helped reduce my migraines and lose 39 inches. Shooting to continue in 2012!
christietank:
“The point is, He wants you to know Him: wants to give you Himself. And Him and you are two things of such a kind that if you really get into any kind of touch with Him you will, in fact, be humble - delightedly humble, feeling the infinite relief of having for once got rid of all the silly nonsense about your own dignity which has made you restless and unhappy all your life. He is...
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New Year's Resolution #1
I don’t normally like doing new year’s resolutions because they always end up being broken. But I’m actually going to shoot for some goals this year.
Goal #1: Learn to meditate. And teach my brain to shut down so I can actually get some sleep!!
melodyofyourlife:
No One’s Gonna Love You by Band...
October 2011
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September 2011
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August 2011
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July 2011
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Assuming the weather cooperates, lazygirl and I plan to photograph fireworks and sparklers again tonight. Right now, though, it’s raining and making me all kinds of sleepy. Hopefully, the rain - and the sleepiness - will be gone by 9:00 tonight!
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June 2011
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April 2011
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Songs like Rebecca Black’s “Friday” and that awful “Jeans” song really make me question the taste of teenagers these days.
We had awesome shows like Saved by the Bell (cheesy, yes, but it’s STILL on TV today.) and they get stuck with crap like Miley Cyrus and Disney shows that I never would’ve watched.
They like crap music like Justin Beiber. We had...
February 2011
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I’m ready to be able to say “I’m okay” without crying again.
I’m ready to stop feeling sad.
I’m ready to be able to talk to my mom or think about my uncles without crying.
I really am okay. But grief doesn’t go away overnight.
January 2011
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Loss
This week has been the longest freaking week EVER. One of my employees died on Saturday.
Never in my life did I ever think one of my employees would die. Never in my life did I think I would have to deliver news like that to others at work. And I never thought I would miss her so much.
I’m so ready for work to feel normal again. I’m ready for the room to stop feeling so smothered...
Read 2 books this week that I can’t get out of my head. SOME GIRLS ARE by Courtney Summers, and STOLEN by Lucy Christopher. Both novels have characters that I should hate that I ended up really liking. That is so freaking impressive to me. I kind of suck at writing villains, and these two authors managed to write villains (or mean girls) that I ended up liking by the end of the book. More...
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I’m not making any new year’s resolutions this year. I always break them anyway. Plus, I’m pretty content with what I’m doing right now, anyway. I’m writing. I’m reading a lot. I’m eating better. I need to exercise more, but I think pretty much everyone says that. So, yeah. Skipping over the resolutions this year. And I’m totally okay with...
December 2010
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I’ve been reading Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly this week. I don’t usually read books like Revolution. Usually, when a book ties in a person from the past with a person in the present… I don’t know why, but I usually have trouble keeping myself interested.
But this book?
I think I’m in love. It’s the best book I’ve read in a really long time.
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lazy girl: I just spent the weekend attending the... →
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I just spent the weekend attending the funeral for a family member. He killed himself December 1, and our family will never be the same.
I’m not usually serious about things, but I want to ask anyone who reads my words or looks at my pictures to do me a favor. If you know someone who is…
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The Mockbirds - Book Review
Normally, I try not to be too critical of books. It’s scary, having other people read what you write, and it has to be scary for an author to go through the query process, and then the publishing process, and then still stress about getting negative reviews.
But books that get a lot of hype that don’t… deliver, I guess, I feel I have to say something about. (Kind of like...
November 2010
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Misfits
I have a crush. On a TV show. Season 2 of Misfits started a couple of weeks ago (well, in the UK, anyway) and I seriously love this show. It’s like Heroes for delinquents, except it’s doing everything right, and Heroes did everything wrong.
I LOVE the characters:
Nathan’s an asshole.
Alisha’s a whore.
Kelly’s a chav that talks so funny I have to rewind...
October 2010
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Lazygirlblogging and I (and me? Whatever.) were talking (about a ton of random crap, including Wholahay, which caused me to laugh so hard that I almost busted a blood vessel.) last night about how pretentious names annoy us.
I’ve already discussed my annoyance with the names in Matched. (Ugh. Cassia, Ky, and Xander.) But what I realized while talking is that the names in The Hunger Games...
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Book Review - Matched by Ally Condie
I read an ARC of Matched by Ally Condie this weekend. I was really excited about this book because it’s been hyped up so much in the publishing world. (It was auctioned off for a million bucks. With the publishing industry struggling the way it is these days, that doesn’t happen very often, especially with debut authors.) So anyway, I went in expecting great things.
And 50...
September 2010
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Am I the only one who is annoyed—and a little insulted—by NBC’s Outsourced?
How could anyone consider outsourcing American jobs to India funny? It’s not. Those Indians that do it in real life? Yeah, they’re getting paid practically nothing. So the idea of companies sending their call centers to India because they’re too cheap to pay decent wages in America...
Soooooo crabby today. Got to work at 7:00 this morning and worked nonstop until 5:15. Spent the entire day fixing someone else’s mistake because they were apparently incapable of team work or following directions. Actually felt appreciated by my boss, though, when I was finally done.
Now I have loud company at my house. He doesn’t understand the concept of an inside voice, he always...
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Oh, wow. I’ve neglected you for 2 weeks, tumblr. Oops. Sorry about that. Haven’t really had the time. Or the words. Or the motivation.
August 2010
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Okay, I have to vent.
I don’t get the hate for eReaders. “How could you stand not to hold a traditional book?”
Has it ever occurred to you that some people get eReaders out of necessity? I like traditional books just as much as everyone else. I love the smell of books, the feel of books in my hand, the book jacket, the cover, etc. I LOVE books. I love everything about...
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Sex & Profanity in YA Novels
I stumbled upon this discussion thread today while I was browsing books to buy add to my wishlist on amazon.com, and it got me thinking. Are adults really so delusional that they think teenagers aren’t exposed to sex and profanity on a daily basis? I was cussing like a sailor in 8th grade—I remember it very clearly. I went to band camp (yes, band camp. I am a dork.), had...
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The thing I hate most about my job—pretty much the ONLY thing I hate about my job: firing people.
I don’t understand why people can’t just do their jobs correctly. Why do they have to lie about their productivity? Looks like I’ll be firing someone tomorrow… Not my ideal way to start a Friday.
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My original plan was to finish reading the 2 library books I have checked out, and then I was going to reward myself with Mockingjay. Now I’m thinking there’s no way I’m going to be able to wait. I’m afraid I’ll accidentally spoil myself if I do. Looks like I’m going to the bookstore tonight!
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I’ve been MIA lately because I’ve been drowning in work. Work has finally slowed down a little, so now I can breathe again. And after working here for 4 1/2 years, I’m ready for a new job. I don’t like change, so it’s really surprising that I’m actually actively seeking something new and even more surprising that I’m looking forward to it. This is...
July 2010
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