5 things not related to an 800 pound gorilla

[pjthompson]

1. I accidentally locked Min out of the house last night. For two hours! And after dark! She was scared and pretty glad to get back inside. I felt terrible. She probably thought she’d been abandoned/lost again. I’ll be extra careful from now on.

2. I finally finished Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris. I liked it okay, but you can sure tell the series is winding down. And this one seemed to peeter out just like the last one. I love Ms. Harris dearly but she can’t write action scenes worth beans. I’ve had a pathetic reading year this year. I think I’ve only managed to finished 17 books.

3. We’ve started calling the hummingbirds who frequent our yard “Nazi Buzz Bombs.” They are quite insistent when you’ve let their feeders go dry. They buzz around in the kitchen window giving out malevolent stares until they’re filled, and buzz your head when you go outside.

4. I still love reading Post Secrets, even when it makes me cry.

5. I actually find myself liking Pan Am. It’s not the T&A show I feared it would be. It’s actually about the nascent “New Woman” of the early sixties who rejected the idea that marriage and 2.5 kids were the only options for a woman’s life. There were painfully few career options for women back then: nurse, teacher, homemaker, dental hygienist, secretary/clerk, stewardess. The stewardesses were always considered the more adventurous women.

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Comments

[marshallpayne1.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm finding Pan Am to be different that the trailer ads suggested, and finding myself enjoying it.

[pjthompson.livejournal.com]

A pleasant surprise. And I had no idea until I watched the first episode that Christina Ricci was in it.

[marshallpayne1.livejournal.com]

Me neither. She's quite good.

[pjthompson.livejournal.com]

Yes. If I'd known up front I might have had more faith in the show.

[marshallpayne1.livejournal.com]

And I loved her line last night, "If I have to be a certain weight to serve drinks, I wanna know what weight you have to be to look down your nose." Ha! *g*

[pjthompson.livejournal.com]

I'm watching on tape delay, so I'll look forward to that. ;-)

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

I agree about the last Sookie book. It just sort of fizzled out, and didn't have a whole lot of plot. I guess there are going to be two more, then she's done. I wonder if she'll turn Sookie into a vampire?

How are you doing? I miss seeing your posts!

[pjthompson.livejournal.com]

I'd be surprised if she turned Sookie into a vampire. I do think she'll end up with Sam, though. I think he's the best match for her, the only one who hasn't used her, who has been her friend throughout.

And we're moving forward, one day at a time. I hope to work nearly a 40 hour week this week.

[bogwitch64.livejournal.com]

I feed crows. If I forget to throw something out for them, they squawk at my back patio until I do.

Cheeky things. ;)

[pjthompson.livejournal.com]

They are cheeky things! I feed them, too, and get the same harassment.

Speaking of which, I've been meaning to ask you about your icon, where it's from. It reminds me of some critters I created for one of my novels.

[bogwitch64.livejournal.com]

That's Krahe, artwork by Rudy Herzlmeier. He has this thing for birds wearing shoes. It's become somewhat of an identity for me here on LJ!

http://www.fatfinch.com/pages/notecards.html
I love the owl dropping a boot. :)

[pjthompson.livejournal.com]

Very cute!

[frigg.livejournal.com]

Heh, poor Min. It's funny how different cats react. When the indoor kitties accidentally escapes, Murph came sauntering in cool as a cucumber when we opened the door, but we had to search for a frightened Orlando who was hiding in the shed.

[pjthompson.livejournal.com]

Min's a scaredy girl. Min likes to go outside, but having lived on the streets for a couple of months before I adopted her, she no longer cares for the experience.

[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

Post Secrets is amazing, and thsi is one of the few positive reviews I've read of Pan Am. I doubt I'll get to see it any time soon given baseball playoffs and football season, but it's good to know it's not unredeemable.

As far as the hummingbirds go, that's what happens when you're too dependable for too long...

[pjthompson.livejournal.com]

Pan Am may turn out to be a guilty pleasure, but...

And yes, dependability has a downside.