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Lizzie
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Mar 02, 2015 03:14AM
I have to go job centre in two hours :(
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Best of luck, Lizzie. Hope it goes well.
Thank you Carol, usually everything is ok, I just don't like going there lol.
Speaking of Leonard Nimoy,I had a big crush on Spock while I was still in elementary school. My adult daughter also thinks he's wonderful. It seems kind of odd when a mother and daughter both have a crush on the same actor/character. What about other cross-generational crushes?
Cathy, does she have a crush on the new (second) Spock or the first one?
Hi everyone. It was sunny here, but now grey and raining. Son moved to Maryland yesterday, so looking forward to hearing about another part of the US. Have been looking it up.
High in the 80s forecast for today. #lifeinFlorida
I haven't been here for a while...It's after midnight and our neighbour's cat just came for his daily visit. He insists on walking through our house every day instead of around it, but it was so late tonight I actually had to wake someone up because he wouldn't leave until he checked on them! I wasn't a cat person in the past, and now I think they're hilarious.
I hope anybody having a lot of snow at the moment is coping!We've just hit the start of autumn here.
Has anybody here been to a romance convention/conference before? The Australian one is on fifteen minutes from here starting Friday, with authors like Sylvia Day, Kelley Armstrong, Sarah Mayberry and Anne Gracie attending. It's exciting, but I have no idea what to expect!
Sonya Heaney wrote: "I haven't been here for a while...It's after midnight and our neighbour's cat just came for his daily visit. He insists on walking through our house every day instead of around it, but it was so ..."
lol
Sonya Heaney wrote: "I hope anybody having a lot of snow at the moment is coping!We've just hit the start of autumn here.
Has anybody here been to a romance convention/conference before? The Australian one is on fift..."
No snow today but we are expecting winter weather tomorrow. (Snow, sleet, etc...)
Sonya Heaney wrote: "...I actually had to wake someone up because he wouldn't leave until he checked on them!"LOL! Oh, dear.
It rained last night, but it is clear and sunny today. 43 degrees here (San Jose) and 36 where I'm thinking of moving (Grass Valley) and 42 in the other (Rio Vista).
Sonya, I've gone to writer conferences, but not reader ones. Lots of people, great workshops, and I hope you're an extrovert. :)
Lisa Kay wrote: "Cathy, does she have a crush on the new (second) Spock or the first one?"Definitely on the first Spock, but I think she likes the new Spock too. I wasn't so sure when I watched the new Star Trek movie because the old Spock would not have gone for the emotional displays the new Spock exhibits - not to mention the kissing with Uhura - but I think they find a nice balance with him in the new series. So you can teach an old dog new tricks!
Got caught in the middle of hail, not fun.
Abigail wrote: "Sonya, I've gone to writer conferences, but not reader ones. Lots of people, great workshops, and I hope you're an extrovert. :)"Hmm. I'm skipping a couple of activities for that very reason! No trivia games or fashion parades for me! But it's the reason I'm attending the extra welcome drinks thingy. I figure at least I'll have met some people by the time all the other stuff starts...
Yeah, Cathy, I have not complaints over the new Spock.
I don't get fashion parades. Unless it's like, dress as a character or steampunk stuff or something. I do love trivia, though. ;)Drinks are always good.
There's a new Poldark series starting on Sunday here, with Aidan Turner in the lead role. Will you be seeing it over in the US, or is it only us for the moment? Loved the books and loved the first series many years ago. Can't wait.
The original Ross is in it but playing another character, so I hear. Oh, he was lovely, yummy!
We're scheduled to get Poldark on Masterpiece Theater in June, 2015.
Something to look forward to, Lisa Kay.
Yup. Have you read the books, Elaine?
Is Masterpiece Theater a TV channel? It's a shame we will be seeing Poldark before you. Will have to make sure I don't write a spoiler. Really looking forward to it. Struggled through the first 3 episodes of Wolf Hall, then had to give up. It was too slow, and although I really like historical films or novels, it was just not my taste. Disappointed by it.
Abigail wrote: "Drinks are always good."In the end I managed to escape anything embarrassing! The drinks on the first night... I was on drink #2 when Kelley Armstrong appeared next to me and we talked for ages. I had a few fangirl moments like that. Anne Gracie was another one I stumbled upon for no particular reason!
I'm guessing I talked to some authors I should have had more appreciation for - many were Canadian or American, so I guess they were VERY important if someone paid for them to come here! Sylvia Day gave some brilliant speeches this afternoon.
Jami wrote: "HELP!!! I need help finding a book that I read a few years back. Basically, a women, who is a ghost, is living in a home that a man buys and begins to renovate. The women (ghost) begins a relations..."Have you tried the Romance Novel Book Sleuth group?
That is so neat, Sonya! I'm excited for you.
It is 53 degrees and foggy this a.m. In the two places I'm thinking of moving to the temps are both 47.
Sonya, that sounds fantastic. Now you can breathe.
Hi everyone. Saw Poldark last night. Wonderfully dramatic Cornish scenery. Lovely.
Neat, Carol. Looking forward to seeing it in June.
Happy National Barbie Day! For a chuckle or head shake, check out this link about some of their stranger marketing SNAFUs.
Lisa Kay wrote: "Happy National Barbie Day! For a chuckle or head shake, check out this link about some of their stranger marketing SNAFUs."OH that's so funny.
Sometimes you just have to wonder who 'approves' or 'calendarizes' all these national holidays.
Jonel wrote: "Lisa Kay wrote: "Happy National Barbie Day! For a chuckle or head shake, check out this link about some of their stranger marketing SNAFUs."OH that's so funny.
Sometimes you just have to wonder..."
lol Yep! Some people have too much time on their hands.
We're really lucky that they've redone the Poldark series. It was also very understandable, not like the mumbling in Jamaica Inn. I gather the cast went to great lengths to make sure it was, after all the criticism of J.I.
Must see Poldark! I'm so out of touch with TV at the moment.I just got back from the opening race of the 2015 Formula One season. We have tickets right on the start-finish line, and Arnold Schwarzenegger randomly appeared in front of us! (Click for a picture.)
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He did interviews at the end and said: "I'll be back" and I cringed a bit!
Poldark was wonderful last night. Hope you saw it as well, Lizzie. The scenery is just so beautiful and dramatic. Ross was swimming naked in the sea yesterday! What more can I say! Can't wait for next Sunday.
I missed that last night, was at my aunts house.
Lizzie wrote: "I missed that last night, was at my aunts house."Oh dear. Well I hope you will be able to catch up with it.
I just got back from the opening race of the 2015 Formula One season. We have tickets right on the start-finish line, and Arnold Schwar..."Hi Sonya,
Was Arnold Schwarzenegger as big in person as he seems in the movies?
Really enjoying Poldark on TV, particularly the Cornish scenery. Robin Ellis who played Ross in the original series played a cameo role as a judge last Sunday. He didn't look at all like his old self!
Do you ever stop reading a highly-acclaimed, well-written book because it leaves you feeling depressed? How important is mood to a story?
Cathy wrote: "Do you ever stop reading a highly-acclaimed, well-written book because it leaves you feeling depressed? How important is mood to a story?"I hate reading books which make me sad, so on the whole I don't. Read The Stranger (L'etranger) by Camus yesterday. Not a happy ending, but because he seemed so detached from life it didn't seem to matter. Sorry folks, I know this is not the right site for this book!
Cathy wrote: "Do you ever stop reading a highly-acclaimed, well-written book because it leaves you feeling depressed? How important is mood to a story?"I find that the mood of the story is very important to me. If I can't get into it, or if it makes me feel down then I'm not likely to finish it. That said, I'm not opposed to a book that makes me cry. It's the ones with an oppressive, depressing feeling.
Although Frenchman's Creek is one of my favorite books, the ending has always disappointed me, and has never seemed quite in keeping with the rest of the story.
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