And I'm breathing

Well, at least I'm still alive!
I've managed to survive the insanity and I've got the new staff fairly well trained. I've even managed to schedule myself for only about 43 hours a week! Yeah! Now I can concentrate on getting a 2nd job! Wha??? Yup, I want to go visit my mom in Poland, and I can't afford it on my salary so... this sucks, but I've got to look at the big picture, I want to go to POLAND! I haven't been since 1999, which is almost a decade and man am I getting old. SHIT! So, I'm saving VK and any extra cash for the trip. 2 weeks will fly by with jet lag & the such but, I'm really excited! Now where the hell is my passport?

I've had some down time, courtesy of not killing myself at work. I've managed to read a couple of books. I've finished Ghosts in the Snow, which was pretty good. I haven't continued to her 2nd book, but I'll get to it eventually. Still reading Night Watch, since that's my work read. Very good so far. Thinking of watching the movies.

I've read the 1st in Charlaine Harris' Harper Connelly series, Grave Sight, which was good, but I was a bit uncomfortable with some of the relationships in the book. Again, not moving on to the 2nd one just yet, but will read it soon.

Next I was on to Jim Butcher's White Night, book 9 of the Dresden Files. I so love Jim's books! Dresden is the perfect antihero: scarred, sarcastic and looking to save the world. Ok, an antihero wouldn't go for the last one, but you know what I mean. There's some great action, tons of humor and some wicked twists & turns. It's a shame what the Scifi channel did with the series. The tv show sucked ass. And that's putting it nicely. Harry Blackstone was great as Dresden, no question about that. It was an appropriate choice. The actress that played Murphy, just wasn't Murphy. For starters, the physical descriptions were polar opposites. Murphy is supposed to be blonde, very focused on her job, and very capable of her job. The actress played it just like every other cop show out there: you have to be pretty and neurotic to be a good female investigator, with some kind of crutch, in this case they gave her a daughter. First off, I have no problem with Murphy having children, but they randomly put it in the show just to do so. And what happened to being capable without having to prove to everyone over and over again that yes, you can do it! Murphy has proved herself by working her way up the police force, and she is confident in herself, as are her fellow officers. Ughhh. And they played the episodes out of order, with Storm Front being played 8th or something like that. I hate things not chronologically done. Anyways, I'm waiting for Small Favors to come out in MM to read it. Or, maybe I'll be able to borrow it if I end up working at the Bookstore again. Sigh.

Finally, I just finished The Other Boleyn Girl, which is the summer read that I'm doing with Mac. I'm surprised how much I enjoyed it. It focuses on Mary Boleyn, the lesser known sister, who was also Henry VIII's mistress. There seems to be controversy on some of the historical accuracy in the book, but I say it was a great fictional read. Focus on fictional. I think that it serves as way to get the general public interested in the history, even if it's just the sordid details, but whatever it takes. I'm thinking of picking up the movie, ohhhhh, Eric Bana. Even if it didn't do that well, did I mention Eric Bana? I seem to have forgotten my love of historical fiction. I'm thinking of reading another one of her books, her new one about Mary, Queen of Scots.

I've also managed to see 2, count them, 2 movies in the theater this summer. I remember a time where I would go to the movies every weekend, and it was like 5 bucks and we'd walk uphill both ways barefoot. Get Smart, starring one of my many husbands, Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock, was hysterical. Very much worth seeing. Yeah, there were a couple of minor plot issues, but overall, very much enjoyable. There were a bunch of great lines plus the supporting cast was awesome! The other was Wanted, which was fine for what it was. Do not go looking for a plot, because it is not even flimsy, its... one dimensional. But the fight scenes were good, as were the CGI effects. I'd actually wanted to see Indiana Jones, but it was sold out. On Wanted's opening weekend. Does that say anything?