Walking in a Winter Wonderland

Thanksgiving was pretty weird.  Well, all holidays are weird for my family but this one was a little bit weirder.  It was weird because me and my sister spent the night before Thanksgiving trying to bake mac and cheese.  We had no clue what we were doing and on top of that we kept trying to light a gas stove with wet newspaper.  I bet you’re thinking, “Why didn’t you find dry paper?”  Look, I didn’t even know it was wet until I took it from my sister because she was taking a long time to light a stove.  I even commented on it being wet…and then proceeded to light the stove with wet newspaper.  It worked which was cool.  We also kept my mom up, who’s in the hospital, until about midnight trying to figure out what goes in what at what stage and so on and so forth.  All in all, it turned out okay.  I guess.  My sister made potato salad and I swear it made me ill, but whatever.

I never think to update this thing until I’m at work.  This time I am not bored because I have a ton of work to do, including school and people to help.  College students are idiots when it comes to finding the simplest thing for themselves, but I guess I should include myself in that equation.  I am a college student, for another two weeks and I have been known to go stupid when I didn’t feel like trying.  It’s all part of being the ultimate college student.  Graduating in five years, cramming for exams, going to classes in your pjs, the walk of shame…I could go on but I’m too lazy to continue.

I’ve decided to give “The Shack” by W. Young another week before I decided to return it back to the library.  I just can’t pull myself into reading that book.  I don’t know why.  I’m reading two other books along with that one.  Home School by C. Webb and The Solitaire Mystery by J.Gaarder.  I love J. Gaarder.  I’ve only read one other book by him, Sophie’s Choice.  It was amazing.  The way it told the birth of philosophy up to the present.  It also was the inspiration for my tattoo, memento mori…well, that and jumping out of an airplane.

Oh yeah, my reason for posting.  I’ve decided to do a book challenge.  I plan on reading 100 books by the end of next year.  I know I’ll probably do more, what with this new found freedom of mine, but I’m going to limit it at 100.  One year, I kept track of all the books I read and I think I reached 150.  Yeah, I read like it’s going out of style tomorrow.

I’ve traveled the world once over

Met the famous; saints and sinners,

Poets and artists, kings and queens,

Old stars and hopeful beginners,

I’ve been where no-one’s been before,

Learned secrets from writers and cooks,

All with one library ticket

To the wonderful world of books.

-Anonymous

p.s. I’m learning to sign (NOT SING) “Walking in a Winter Wonderland.”  I have to perform it, along with two others in front of my class Thursday night.  Wish me luck!