Robo-Reader

Since my last post lots of good stuff has happened, and I've been getting all my books in. First off my boyfriend got a job as a security guard, and the uniform is a big bonus for me. With his little badge and boots all clean cut it just makes me want to eat him up, but the draw back is I got to wake up at five in the morning to make him breakfast. Also I had a great interview at Harry & David in the mall with a women who I can associate with because we are both outgoing gamers. Honestly I hope I get the job so I can work in a place I will enjoy with people who are more relaxed personality-wise. When I worked at Gap Outlet everyone was so impersonal and stuck up, and there were so many people working there I only saw one person twice. Plus I got another interview at Brooks Brothers on Friday so wish me luck so maybe I'll have two jobs this Christmas. As for my recent reads I might have skipped the second book in the Gena Showalter's Alien Huntress series because the third book Savor Me Slowly was kind of unusual. This maybe my first escapade into science fiction romance, but with the female of the story being a bio-engineered biotic humanoid it was a little hard to get used to. She is a really messed up woman emotionally due to all the stuff she is forced to do or die, but you can still understand how she feels. She is put together with human and animal DNA then they modified that with alien technology, and there is a chip in her head that constantly does statistics and other cool stuff. Unfortunately it can double as a torture device and can even kill her if her owner chooses so I was happy when the handsome hero came along (after being tortured himself) to rescue her. There are tons of obstacles to their romance like friends of his who want her dead and a genocidal alien race, but you'll be happy to know there is a great ending. 

 

Baking to Kill Time

I have ordered some new books to be delivered soon, but until then I'm basking in the dull void of purgatory. Luckily for me and everyone else in this house I have come under the spell of the ghost of Betty Crocker. There is this urge to bake pies and cakes that I think is a sign that the holidays are coming. So far I have made a apple pie, peach pie, and two pumpkin spice cakes with great results, but I did mess up the supposedly crumbly crust on my peach pie that turned out chewy. It has given me the interesting idea of opening a little stand at the swap-meet here in town to sell some of my creations, and I might as well make money on this. Now I am looking for new challenges to back, and talking some of my family out of their recipes hasn't been that hard so far, but I think my sister's chocolate pie recipe might not be too easy to get from her. Also I got some five hundred piece puzzles to do to keep my brain busy so I don't go stir crazy waiting on someone to call me back from my application attempts. If I get a job I can't go home to Mississippi to see my mom, and I really want to so if none of them are going to give me a chance they need to just say it. Seasonal jobs are an opportunity to get a steady job that I desperately need, and I can't really risk not taking one. If I can nab a job that lasts more then a few months then not seeing my mom is a sacrifice I will reluctantly have to make. Life and responsibility really suck a good bit of the time, but at least I have pumpkin cake to make me feel like I'm home.

 

Last of my Book Stash

Lately we have been having more money problems then usual, but I have bought all the groceries we needed today. Unfortunately with the lack of spare cash there is also no way for me to acquire more books, and I finished the last on I had the other day. It was the last of the Kitty Norville series in print called Kitty's Big Trouble by Carrie Vaughn, and I liked it alot as I do the rest of the series. This one had weird Chinese magic and gods with Kitty deviling into heroic figures of history to see if they were part of the paranormal. I only regret that I don't have more books to look forward to for a while, but in the mien time I'm thinking about getting one of those Kindel Fires that are coming out. Although the idea of not getting the real life book is pretty intimidating to me because I love my library I've collected, and just don't think reading will be the same. Then there is the thought of the devise getting wet or ruined and loosing all the books on it is scarey as hell. So until then I'm just going to fill up my Amazon.com wish list of all the books I want, and maybe sometime soon I can get them. Now I'm starting to play video games again, and Gears of War 3 is my new favorite game ever made. I met my boyfriend playing the second one so you could say it has become a big part of my life because me and him can play it together. The weather has started to change to the cool fall type, and I'm already craving Halloween candy. Maybe this year I'll dress up my new kitty, but I wonder what he'll be?

Unexpected Aliens

Found out my cat is a boy, and in a way that kind of explains a lot about how he acts. Now he is on the way to being completely spoiled rotten along with his sister who is already a little queen. Unfortunately my Liqourish is a climber, and has woken us up in the middle of the night from knocking things off our nightstands. So I am in the market for a cat tree that he can climb as much as his heart desires, but they are very expensive to buy. Most are at least a hundred dollars with shipping and handling, and I don't think they should be that high. Other then that I've been exercising more because of my recent weight gain and finished another book. This one was a first for me though due to the fact that it was a science fiction romance with aliens and everything. It is called Awaken Me Darkly by Gena Showalter, and absolutely everything she writes is pure gold so I took a chance on it. I was defiantly rewarded for it, and plan to obtain the whole series. I could see tiny similarities to her Lords of the Underworld series, but it stood on it's own two feet with characters and story. Plus the aliens have lots of interesting abilities that can be very wicked if you understand my meaning. *sigh* I got my cat a cheap fuzzy mouse and now him and his sister fight over it so she has to have one. I just had to go take it from his sister who hid it from him then when I brought him to my room decided it was safe to sleep with it. He is currently playing with it happily at my feet in response to it's return. They are as bad as kids.

       

Wayward Kittens

Last night we were visited by a couple of sister kittens, and now it looks like they will be staying with us. There is a gray long haired one with white socks that my boyfriend's sister is going to try to keep, and for the record she is a little fatty. I get her sister who is black with white socks, but she is somewhat skittish until you pet her. We each brought the cats in our rooms, and the first thing mine did was run from my boyfriend. I don't know what it is, but animals run in fear of my boyfriend. We used to feed the ducks together and they all wouldn't go anywhere near him with exception of a fat black duck. I figure the food was just more important to it then self preservation, but it seems my new black kitty doesn't feel the same. Once I got is calmed down and was petting it the little thing went happily to sleep, but not until it made purring sounds and licked my hand. That's when I came up with the name Liquorish for her since she is black and licks things when she is happy. Besides that I started and finished a new book from the Night Huntress series by Jeaniene Frost called One Grave at a Time, and it was a real page turner. A half-vampire turned vampire name Cat hunts down a witch burning ghost who torments women on Halloween when he has a body. The ghost used to be a witch hunter in his previous life, but he would just use that as a cover because he despised women in general. Eventually good triumphs over evil, and looking back it's ironic because she has a black cat too.

   

Werewolves ate my Shoes

I precariously risked my life on a great adventure today riding the public bus to go shopping. To be honest, for some that may not be that much of a journey, but it made me nervous as the flights to California did. All I wanted was to get out of the house mainly, and I did along with buy a bunch of new clothes for job interviews. Unfortunately I chickened out on taking the bus back so we got picked up by my boyfriend's brother. The bounty I acquired though from my little adventure was very rewarding because along with my three new tops I got a pair of shoes and a new book. I am holding off on reading the book though because I still have a few others left to go through, and it seems one of our neighbors actually received a book delivery accidentally. It was given to me when we got home so I felt it was an added bonus to the day's events. I finished that dragon shifter book with tears in my eyes at the happy ended it had, and am grateful to have read it. The stories in that series always keep you pulled in to the end, but now I'm reading a werewolf. It's a book by Carrie Vaughn called Kitty Goes to War, and I happen to have to catch up to this series so I have the next book too. Yeah I know the idea of a werewolf named Kitty is ironic, but it adds a bit of flavor then a name I couldn't possibly pronounce out loud like with dragon shifters. I think they just take alphabet soup and whatever letters are in their spoon they use to make a name, but odds are they use some type of name generator or something like it. Either way I got a cute pair of heels today, and can't wait for my next interview to really wow them.

     

Tediously Not Tenacious

The other night I had a dream about breaking a mirror, and it made me wonder if that would cause me bad luck in real life. With my present position I couldn't really take much more bad mojo, but maybe it symbolizes the opposite. When I apply to some jobs tomorrow I could hold out hope that one will reply. Although with my trip this December not many will be interested in me, and on the other hand I could be a commodity. There was a girl at one of my group interviews who was nice, but she was in school and was moving in a year. With all these issues she was still hired with someone else who couldn't string a sentence together. I might be at a loss financially, but intellectually I have been rewarded with the ending of my last book. It wasn't a pretty or very happy ending, but it was an entertainingly realistic one with a good few twists and turns. Now I'm onto one by G.A. Aiken called The Dragon Who Loved Me, and even though it is the fifth of the series it still has that same feel as the others. The characters are human and dragon shifters from various clans and areas, but all of them are very funny and complex. I love books that contain comedy as well as a great story, but this series also has different stories going at once so it keeps you interested. Well I will go read some more so wish me hopes of good luck. Quick note: the picture of this man's body is insanely sexy :)