Gravity

Her face looks pained and sorrowful. Her brows pinched together in pain or concentration. Her straightened red hair is partially tucked behind her ears, the rest of it hanging over them to mostly hide them from view. She has white ear buds in and her mouth is down-turned. Every part over her face seems to…

Dreadnought

Here we go! 7/100! Do be aware that I spoil things so if you have any plans of reading this book YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Title: Dreadnought Author: Cherie Priest The third book in the Clockwork Century Series! This book is told solely through Mercy Lynch’s point of view, a young recently widowed nurse who travels west to see her…

Yeah, Really, Present Michelle

Yeah, Really, Present Michelle, Get over yourself and how about you put that doughnut down and think about Future Michelle? She’s going to be yelling at you for it soon! Unrepentant, Past Michelle

This Week Ten Years Ago

The Week of 4/16/2006 Witty one liner: My parents almost lost me as a child, but they didn’t take me far enough into the woods. Quote of the week: “Never squat with your spurs on.” – Anonymous Offbeat oddity (courtesy of the planner): A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves…

An Artist

Her jeans are caked in paint, the left knee ripped open, the bottom cuffs frayed from use. She has a black pea coat on and has a fabric Trader Joe’s bag and a teal leather purse sitting in her lap as she texts on her phone. Her shoes were once black, her right one faded…

Clementine

Here we go! 6/100! Do be aware that I spoil things so if you have any plans of reading this book YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Title: Clementine Author: Cherie Priest Okay, so book number two, but really book 1.2? It was a short read, but really good! Our main characters are Captain Croggon Hainey and Maria Boyd. We met Hainey in…

Really Past Michelle?

Really!? Reaaaaaally, Past Michelle? Do you know what the scale said this morning? Do you? I am up two pounds because of you and your cinnamon buns and molten lava cakes and homemade whipped cream! Could you please think about me before you stuff your face with every sugary thing in sight!? Heavier than last week,…

This Week Ten Years Ago

The Week of 4/9/2006 Witty one liner: “Veni, vidi, velcro” – I came, I saw, I stuck around Quote of the week: “He who hesitates is a damn fool.” – Mae West Planner Quote: “Three rules of work: Out of clutter find simplicity; from discord find harmony; in the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein Offbeat…

Gone to Seed

She reminds me of a high powered woman who works in my building, if she had gone to seed. She is wearing turquoise satin pants and has a backpack with technicolor cats on it. Her hair is poofy and her bangs fall into her face while the rest is pulled back into a high bun….

#18 – You Won’t Let Me Help You

I am so sorry for the hiatus on this. Things have just been hectic and weird, but WE ARE BACK! This is number eighteen of the top 30 reasons for why normal people should not date a superhero(ine). Remember supers! This is all in good fun, BUT if you see yourself in these reasons you should…

Boneshaker

Here we go! 5/100! Do be aware that I spoil things so if you have any plans of reading this book YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Title: Boneshaker Author: Cherie Priest Do you remember when you were young and you had all the time in the world to read? You would burn through a book a day or at least multiple…

Sleeping and Pouting

He looks like he is sleeping and pouting, not reading on his tablet which I can clearly see him fiddling with, flipping through articles of the Economist. Head tilted down to look at the screen, his eyes lowered to read, he appears asleep, but his lips slightly pushed out giving him a resting pout face….