Current Book(s): I recently finished My Life in France by Julia Child and it made me want to visit France and eat. For like, a solid year. I know, not very practical for my life right now. Then I started The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. I saw it as I was searching for a new book to read on my Kindle, and remembered that Liz and Lauren had said they read and liked it. I’m halfway through and really into it; I just read that they’re making a movie and am pretty excited about that, too. It’s definitely a Young Adult type of book, but if you’re looking for some creative easy reading, you’ll probably enjoy it. Current Playlist: [...]

I’m so sporadic with these things. However, I was out last night with my mom for an early Mother’s Day celebration, it’s Friday, & I’m beat. So a meme it is! Current Book(s): The Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery. I love the way she writes. It’s so flowery & old-fashioned. It’s as though she’s trying to cram as much as she can into each sentence. I owe much of my vocabulary to my childhood obsession with Anne of Green Gables. Current Playlist: Battle Studies by John Mayer. I don’t know what it is about him, but when I got Room for Squares in high school, I never looked back. He was & still is one of my top 5 [...]

I haven’t done one of these in awhile, and even though as a general rule I don’t like memes, this weekend/Monday kicked my tail and I need a break. Friday, on the way to my brother/sister-in-law’s house, RIGHT AFTER I posted about my near-death experience(s), an irate driver intentionally tapped into our car on the freeway because Michael wasn’t going as fast as he wanted him to. He sped away & we called the cops, but HONESTLY. How many car-related incidents can happen to a girl in the course of a week before she swears off driving? The rest of the weekend was spent lying low & continuing the work we began on our house the previous weekend. We need [...]

Current Book(s): Right now I am reading a TERRIBLE piece of chick lit. Really, it’s so awful I am embarrassed to say what it is. I am probably violating some Code of the English Majors by reading it, or even having it in my house. Someone gave it to me (I won’t name names), and it’s been on my nightstand for literally forever, and I recently picked it up out of boredom. I wish I were smart enough to spend my reading time more productively, you know, with Chaucer or Faulkner or SOMEONE MORE TALENTED THAN JAMES PATTERSON. I have said too much. Current Playlist: I discovered Lala.com the other day, and I kind of like it. 10 cents for [...]

I’ve decided to start doing this “Currently” survey about once a month, to document my least & most favorite things of the moment. That way, when I am eighty, I’ll be able to look back and see what I liked when I was 23. You know, assuming The Internet still exists. Current Book(s): Baby Proof by Emily Giffin. Yes, I have a degree in English and still I read chick lit. Judge not lest ye be judged. [via] Current Playlist: Pandora Radio. I will TOTALLY pay the 99 cents after the 40 hour mark (which I hit about mid-month) for unlimited listening the rest of the month. I know a few people who won’t. WHY?! It costs more to buy [...]