friday couldn't come soon enough...

What a week! Two things I dug up off my phone camera that make me incredibly happy:

These lovely people!



One of the pretty flowers in a bouquet from my boyfriend. What a guy.



Happy weekend!

books.

This is the lovely, lonely pile of books on my nightstand, waiting patiently to be read. Every night lately, I come home with work in hand and gaze longingly at my stack of books to read. I'm incapable of going into a bookstore and walking out empty handed. There is always a wonderful book that needs to be in my life.

Intensity - Dean Koontz
Just got this book from a good friend of mine, and I've been told it will ruin sleep for me. Apparently it's about serial killers or something? I'm interested...and scared.

New Moon - Stephenie Meyer
I already read this, but it is my goal to re-read it before the movie comes out. I have 17 days. We'll see how that works out.

The Case for Christ - Lee Strobel
Been on my list for awhile and it will get read eventually, for sure.

The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
Borrowed this book from a friend sometime last year. Maybe admitting that will get me reading it finally!

Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison
To be read for a literature class that I enrolled in when things were slower. A class I very much want to finish, but am not sure will be able to. I plan to read this book regardless.

Public Enemies - Bryan Burrough
Factual and not as thrilling as the movie wanted to be (I didn't like the movie, which is another discussion). I love anything U.S. History so this is right up my alley.

Dear the hills...

I'm taking a break from The Hills this week, due to an overwhelming workload. I think if I tried to watch underachieving, overpaid reality fauxlebrities this week, I'd throw things at my TV (or computer) and have another broken electronic on my hands.

Dear The Hills,

It's not me, it's you.

Love, Shannyn




PS: I'm saving my trashy reality tv this week for this...tomorrow...

Blog-o-versary.

I didn't realize it, but I have officially been a blogger for 2 years, as of last Friday. I'm never very good at dates unless I write them down.

I initially started this blog as a joke with my friends, because we would email back and forth about all the ridiculous antics on The Hills, and it was more fun to put everything in a central place. In my opinion, everyone needs at least one silly TV show to watch, to put the world in perspective. I continue those reviews for the few friends who care to read them, they are silly and fun and I love to hate that show. But secretly I can't wait until it's off the air - it is past it's prime.

I started blogging about other things in my life because a friend from the bay recommended it when I moved down here, so she could read about life in Los Angeles. This blog has grown with that idea, and I have come to love blogging and feel like it's an amazing way for me to catalog little pieces of my life as they happen. Most of my friends don't even know this blog exists...I still hesitate to admit that I blog at all. I'm not very active in the blogging community but maybe I can make that my resolution for this new blog year for me. There are so many fascinating blogs out there and I love each window into a person's outlook on life, as I so readily admit!

(photo via flickr)

November.

It's November! Or so my calendar and daylight savings tell me. Here in Los Angeles, it's still 80 degrees with no cool down (or storm front) in sight. Fall daylight savings always makes me a little sad. Getting out of work in the pitch black makes me feel like my day is already over. Time to countdown til the spring time change!

A few things I'm hoping November can bring into my life:

*Planning my holiday season and trips through the new year (a bay area trip is definitely in the works!)

*Buying all my Christmas presents before the December rush (I am horrible at this and then get so frustrated last minute)

*Re-read New Moon before the movie comes out (please please please be better than Twilight the movie)

*Pick a few new thanksgiving recipes to reinvent old favorites

*Sanity through three birthdays, two major holidays and one anniversary...and the end of the fiscal year for most of our clients at work

Happy November!

(photo via flickr)