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I'm feeling particularly lethargic today, which is annoying me because I don't feel like doing anything productive.

I hope karma is really a thing.

Man, this guy at work was so freaking rude to me tonight. I still can't stop replaying it in my head. I really, really hate being a bartender sometimes. Basically, he was mad because I wouldn't hook him up with extra alcohol in his drink, so he began insulting my competence and implied that I am not a bartender at some high-end place because I'm not skilled enough. (I've worked at other bars, and have had many compliments on my skills from customers. In fact, I have been told by management on numerous occasions that I am the best bartender at my bar.) It just made me so mad. Also, I know that I didn't short-pour him because I remember making his drink, and I generally don't short-pour people. And then he called me a name! I had to have my manager toss him out.

Sigh. I can't wait until I'm done with all my internships and I can quit working in the service industry. What makes it worse is that somehow I'm supposed to stand there and listen to condescension, or name-calling, or criticism, or downright rudeness, and not react. I'm just not zen enough for that. I think anyone would react if a person was questioning their competence. Grrr, I HATE the service industry.

Does anyone else sort of not like audiobooks, because you can't skim or speed-read?

People who lament how unfair their lives have been, never taking responsibility for themselves. I get it - you've been through hell. But when do you decide to stop making the actions of others your entire basis of living? When do you start living for yourself?

That meditation I did before work really improved my mood and focus.

So I have another story. Not so much annoying as it was awkward.

 

There's a guy from my school that I hang out with a bit sometimes. I kind of liked him but I was definitely getting mixed signals from him. Flirty sometimes but not so much other times. The other week he invited me to go to a concert with him. Some of his other guy friends were going to come but I guess they decided they didn't want to. I didn't know if all of his friends had bailed or just some of them. Before the concert I mentioned I was going to Uber it so I could have a few drinks & not have to worry about driving. He said not to & that he could pick me up so I agreed.

 

Day of the concert, he texts something like "So I'll meet you there?". Ugh, fine whatever. So I get there & who else did he bring? His ex girlfriend and one of her friends, both of whom I've never met before. Oh also, he gave them a ride so I guess that's why he decided to rescind his offer of giving me a ride. So throughout the concert and the rest of the night, they get more & more flirty & are basically acting like a couple by the end of the night. And I'm just kind of like... why am I here again? Not that I expected it to be a date but I also didn't expect to spend the evening like that. And I couldn't even drink.

 

At least the concert was good.

 

Awkward. Never again.

That sucks! I'd be so pissed!

I watched The Sixth Sense for the first time. I actually really liked it!

Anyone seen Crimson Peak? I was unsure if it would be any good or not.

"The Discoverers" by Boorstin.

In other book news, I just started The Grand Design by Hawking/Mlodinow and it's pretty terrific.

Yes, my book club members and I have been all over this story, ha ha.

I don't know if Harper Lee is being exploited or not, I think it's pretty hard to tell. I mean, yes, she has been reclusive all her life and said she didn't want the manuscript published, but there's the fact to consider that she's getting old and probably will die soon, and maybe she wants to get it out there before she dies.

I don't think we'll ever be able to figure out if she's been strong-armed into publishing. I think the best for all involved would probably be if the estate executor publishes it after she dies. The only other thing that would make people feel better about this is if Harper could give a FTF interview, which by all accounts is not possible in her condition.

Anyone excited about the sequel to To Kill A Mockingbird???

I am reading "Damned" by Chuck Palahniuk.

Oral sex on giantesses . . . oh, Chuck. I think you're so gratuitous sometimes I lose track of what you're trying to say.

Next up: "The Grand Design" by Stephen Hawking.

I just read The Giver by Lois Lowry and really liked it. Want to get the whole series.

Has anyone read Digital Fortress by Dan Brown? Just started reading it yesterday and I'm a bit disappointed. I feel like he's babysitting me and repeating stuff a lot, and the main character is badly written IMO.

Just picked up the entire Chronicles of Narnia at Goodwill for $0.99. Yeeeeahh!

Exit Ghost by Philip Roth.

It's really bumming me out. But I can't put it down.

I thought it was engaging and only noticed a couple of typos, as mentioned by others. I also imagined her as older than 12 - I was thinking 15 or 16. So how much older was the guy, cause he seemed 19-20 to me?

In this part,

Her mother was outside the door waiting to go in. Kimberly passed without speaking, on her way to the waiting room.

You effectively communicated the tension between mother and daughter. I think "on her way to the waiting room" is unnecessary - we know where she's going. The scene in the car also communicates the tension well.

I'm reading a biography of Darwin by Niles Eldredge. It's pretty interesting - I had no idea Darwin waited twenty years to publish his theory!

James Lee Burke - Light of the World

Made me double-check the locks on my doors a few times. I think it's really one of his best.

Daemon by Daniel Suarez

I love that one! Read it a couple times.

I'm reading A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan.

"A Great Deliverance" by Elizabeth George.

I can read whatever I want right now, so I SHALL glut myself on glorious detective mysteries!!! Yesssss!!!

The Book Thief. I'm having a bit of trouble getting into it, maybe because of the style of writing . . . not sure . . . anyone else read it?

I'm not reading much fiction now since school started back up.

Next on my list is "The spy who came in from the cold". Anyone read it?

Oh, cool! Gaiman is one of my top four all-time favorite authors, and Anansi Boys is one of my fave books of his.

 

I'm finishing up the final book in Stephen King's Dark Tower series. As a huge King fan, I'm not sure why it took me until now to read this - but I love it! Actually, I'm sitting here at work wearing a Dark Tower t-shirt that my boyfriend got me.

I'm curious what you'll think about the ending . . . I finished that series a few years ago.

I would totally sport a Dark Tower t-shirt!!

If you like a good detective novel, I'd recommend anything by Jo Nesbo. I've been hooked on him lately. I especially loved "Phantom" and "The Devil's Star".

I like Neil Gaiman a lot so far too . . . so far I've read "Starlight" and "Coraline" and liked them both. I'll have to check out "The Graveyard Book".

It was one of the first books with a female lead that wasn't about men (either wanting to or wanting not to get married to them).

I like the strong female leads in this series as well.

The last book I read in which the female point of view was very well represented was "The Mists of Avalon". Have you read that one? Author is Marrion Zimmer Bradley. I'd love to do this one for book club but it's too long.

in the middle of reading "Attached" by Amir Levine. Pretty insightful on attachment theory.

I thought this one was very interesting, and it gave me a new perspective on behavior in relationships.

I'm re-reading the Dragonriders of Pern trilogy right now. Just finished "Subliminal" by Leonard Mlodinow - that was very interesting! Highly recommend it.