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March 2014 Moms
The Randomest Thread
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Re: The Randomest Thread
Born 2/4/14
Weighing 6 lbs 10 oz and 20 inches long
WTF!!! I cant right now with this... :-O
Married : ** 09/09/2011 ** BFP : 07-18-13 ** Baby #1 is a GIRL , Born 03/12/14 **
** BFP 2 : 01- 05-15 ** EDD 09-11-15 **
Has anyone mentioned this? Did the link work?
Not going to lie, it's starting to creep me out.
I JUST GOT MY FIRST PAY CHECK IN 11 WEEKS
<:-P
... THAT IS ALL
Married : ** 09/09/2011 ** BFP : 07-18-13 ** Baby #1 is a GIRL , Born 03/12/14 **
** BFP 2 : 01- 05-15 ** EDD 09-11-15 **
@Futuremrstonyasmith woo hoo for money!!
@WoodShopGirl tell me more about what you like to read?
Yea I just had to decide which one to go to lol
As far as books, mostly fiction with a non-fiction business or philosophical book thrown in every now and then.
For fiction I like complex story lines with in-depth character development. Usually the longer the better, as I blow through books fairly quickly.
I usually avoid any type of murder mystery and most science fiction.
Then I'll stop asking questions and get to the advice!
Most of the philosophy I have read is in Asian studies. Shinto and Buddhist influences. But I would love to expand.
I am just finishing re-reading GOT, mainly because I watch the series and wanted to remember some of the story lines. I like the way Martin creates a world, but his character development leaves something to be desired for me.
For character development George Eliot's Middlemarch is the best there is. One of my all-time favorites.
If you like Charlotte Bronte you should read Jane Austen. They're all great but my favorites are Pride&Prejudice, Sense&Sensibility, and Persuasion.
My favorite Dickens is Bleak House so totally read that if you haven't.
If you like Kate Chopin (wrote the Awakening) you might also like Edith Wharton. Skip Ethan Frome and try starting with The Age of Innocence.
If you like complicated plots I might check out Umberto Eco. His most famous book, The Name of the Rose, is a murder mystery, but the intricacy of the plot might make it for you. I'm reading Foucalt's pendulum right now and like it so far.
For philosophy in general you might try Sophie's World. It's a bizarre and fictionalized overview of Western philosophy.
I mostly read Christian theology, but a book I love re: Buddhism is Thomas Merton's Mystics and Zen Masters, about the similarities between Christian mystics and, well, Zen Masters.
Finally, I heartily recommend almost anything Karen Armstrong has ever written. She is a religious historian and I know she has written on Buddhism.
Good luck!
::goes to make her B&N list::
Edited (now that I have 2 hands) to say:
I have read Jane Austen, but I don't think I read persuasion. I think I read Bleak House, but if I did it was in HS, oh so long ago. Definitely worth a re read if I did.
I have heard of Wharton but don't think I have read her. Will start there for the classics.
Will pick up Sophie's World first for the philosophical. I like the bizarre.
Henry lost it in the car today (damn growth spurt) and I stopped at bru to feed him. Now I feel obligated to buy something. Clever clever
I tried it for the first time a week before A was due. It lasted almost 3 weeks before I removed it. Only small chips.
I just looked and you can buy it on amazon.
It is important that you only use their top coat and not something else. According to my manicurist the top coat becomes harder with regular exposure to UV (so it gets harder over time when you are in the sun). This is what makes it last so long.