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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

 

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Monday's recommendation

The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins

I wish I could just say that I read this book in one day without putting it down one second and am now ravenously flipping through the second book. But that wouldn't be doing it justice.
This book tells the story of Katniss Everdeen, a young girl who lives in District 12 of Panem, a land that used to called North America. Panem is separated into twelve districts and the main city the Capitol. The Capitol, to better exact their power over them, has each district take part in the Hunger Games a battle to the death in which one girl and one boy from each district must take part.
The older a child gets the more chance they have of being sent to the Hunger Games, for Katniss the odds are high but it is her sister's first year.
Katniss's fear is dispelled when she hears her little sister's name get called. It is her love for her sister that pushes her to take her place in the Hunger Games.

Versatile Blogger

 

I've been honored by Rain at Iridescent Rain  with the the Versatile Blogger award and I can't thank you enough Rain! I think this big guy (note: I'm talking about the award) is making a tour of the lovelies that get posted on the Writing on Wednesday prompt at Ink Paper Pen, which I can't agree with more. Such a great group with great energy! I get inspired just by reading one or two so imagine a dozen!

The award rules go like this: I must thank the person who nominated me, let my fellow bloggers know seven things about me, and pass the award on to fifteen newly discovered bloggers and let them know.

Alright so seven things about me.... I'm pretty sure I've said mostly everything about myself on this blog but I'll try to find things I haven't:


I/ All in all I own just about 23 animals. 3 dogs, 2 cats, 6 fish (I believe), 7 birds, 5 horses. Man that sounds like a lot when I write it down. I would go through a list of all their breeds but I think we'll all fall asleep on that one.

II/ When I have a nightmare I have to check that nasty peephole every time I walk by it because the nightmare won't go away for at least a week.

III/ I was once robbed while still in the house, they smashed into the house and started screaming at my mother, my brother and me for money and such things. This happened on Halloween night so to this day I'm still not OK with falling asleep on Halloween.

IV/ I'm an absolute Trekkie. Or just about anything space-like on TV. Star Trek (every single series), Stargate (same comment about the series), Firefly (Joss Whedon could never be wrong about anything), Babylon 5 (unbelievably well structured story with great actors) and so on and so forth.

V/ Food is my way of life. I think of countries by the food I can eat there. Since I've been in Canada, I have constantly been switching between the Space channel and the Food Network (with a little bit of Disney on the side).

VI/ Hmmmmmm.... This is getting difficult. Babies and children love me (which can be a curse) because I am essentially still a child and unlike most 'grown-ups' I will play all their games with them and make up ridiculous stories with funny accents for the characters.
Note: this may lead to parents abandoning their children with you to get some peace and quiet and then you getting no work done whatsoever or
The child never leaving you alone and following you with big round eyes asking to play, same conclusion.

VII/ When I reread my own work (the book I am finishing up) I tend to get lost in my own story and start reading it instead of trying to find things to be fixed. And I absolutely love that.
Loving your own work is one of the most important things about writing, if you love it nothing else matters.

Recommend fifteen blogs! My gosh! Maybe I should add to my above list that I tend to be a very boring, stick with what I know person, it's sometimes perceived as loyalty but I tend to lean more towards simpleness. I don't think I'll reach fifteen but I'll try.


Am I allowed to pick the same person as rain did before me? Ah well I'll do it anyway because this person deserves repetitive honors.
1) Gill and InkPaperPen. Her Write on Wednesday prompts are simply fantastic and I can't stress enough how much I enjoy having people to share writing with and writing to enjoy whenever I sit down for some comfortable alone time.
2) Sheri Bomb this gal is just great. Her blog is like a blast from the past in her Rockabilly style while still staying rooted in the present. A girl with heart and loads of it.
3) Sarah Mac over at People Don't Eat Enough Fudge (I should probably caps lock all of that but Caps locks make me feel like I'm screaming, don't blame me alright Miss Mac?), who recently added a great post about accepting who you are. I can tell you one thing, she has nothing to worry about.
4) Kimberlee at Scraps & Sass who breezes through prompts from many different blogs effortlessly and, need I even say it, successfully.
5) I realize I'm doing a full circle by nominating this darling but I really do love her blog and I don't think she'll have to do a repeat of her seven things and another 15 blogs, if she does I release her of that duty for repetitions sake.
Lillie McFerrin at Lillie McFerrin Writes I was mostly reading her WoW prompts but have recently figured out she has prompts of her own. You never cease to amaze.
6) This blog is great but I'm pretty sure they have moved, the link is in their last post though.
The Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Association by the Watson Sisters.

I'm so sorry I don't have any other ones. In my defense I've been settling in and starting school and haven't had enough time to properly enjoy all the WoW and search around the blog.
Sorry again lovely writers that I still need to discover!

Team Building in Class

Sigh. I have just started at the VFS and of course we have a team building class so we know how to work with a team. Kind of redundant since I think everyone in our class has worked with a group... Or maybe one hasn't but he has been in a pretty good team of hokey players. Ah well. This in itself is not a bad thing but unfortunately one of the exercises was delivering bad information by delivering two good things with it.
You do this because people need to have more good to negate one bad comment. I guess that's a good idea but personally I don't like receiving any bad comments on things I haven't asked someone's opinion on. I don't deal with that kind of stuff very well. I went with it because, hey, it's team building class! But then of course the person I was paired with wasn't really sure what to say and I don't like saying anything bad to people so in the end he just said something I was wearing did not look good on me and apparently was having trouble finding anything good.
Suffice it to say. I did not feel good after receiving one bad comment and no others...

I just have to say I have never been in a position in a professional working position where someone will be faced with the need to tell you you look bad. Silly silly team building class. You are now at the bottom of my classes list.

I'm sorry if this has very closely resembled a rant. It's probably because it is one. I apologize for my negativeness... Nothing much goes on in my life.

Food, food, glorious food

Finally cooked a real meal for the first time in my Canadian kitchen! Alright it was a super simple spaghetti bolognese but whatever, it's the action that counts.
Why haven't I cooked here yet you ask? Well there were almost no kitchen tools, so I was missing almost everything to cook properly (and am still missing quite a bit). I bought a few things, not enough to have a fully running kitchen, but enough to have a decent meal. So..... Yay!!!


The other thing that was bothering me a bit is the stove.

Yes I am not used to gas stoves. I used to have them when I was younger and I did like them but I don't like the smell of the gas, I mean gas leaks are not something to laugh about. Yes paranoia, well I'll still cook on them so not reaaally paranoia, but I was reluctant at the beginning. It's also a lot warmer but that doesn't really bother me in Vancouver.
I miss you home stove.

NOTE: this isn't my home stove just some google one, I don't actually go around and take pictures of my stoves....