I really have nothing to report. Baby M is still kicking away, and has developed an annoying habit of somehow scooching one of his limbs right up under my ribs. Heartburn gets a little worse every day. My husband lovingly refers to me as his African land mammal. My natural loathing for my fellow humans increases daily at an exponential rate. Sometimes I think this is some sort of instinctive protective mama-instinct, so that I keep my slow-moving self and (eventually) the newborn babe away from others who would either throw us to various wild predators or eat us themselves. But mostly I think it's because I'm a terrible person.
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Annie Dillard: The Living: A Novel
Currently reading.Azar Nafisi: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Part feminist outcry against the Islamic regime in Iran, but mostly a love letter to books. Nafisi looks at Lolita, Daisy Miller, The Great Gatsby, and Pride and Prejudice not only as works of literature themselves, but through the lens of students during the heyday of the Islamic revolution. My only caveat? It helps to have read the books she discusses.Lauren Weisberger: Everyone Worth Knowing
I picked this up at the airport. After hearing about my grandmother's death I just couldn't deal with "Silent Spring," and this seemed less objectionable than Nora Roberts or Michael Crichton. I finished it, mainly to see if it could really keep up the flow of utter awfulness and banality right up until the end. Easily the worst book I've read since that romance novel about the Corgi. Avoid at all costs.Amy Stewart: Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers
One of the most interesting nonfiction books I've read recently. Stewart examines the cut-flower industry, and you'll never look at flowers the same way again. A must-read for anyone who buys flowers.
Listening
She moved through the fair
Jean Redpath: First Flight
Redpath does the most evocative version of this song I've ever heard.I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell II- Queen Jane
Custer LaRue: Custer LaRue Sings The Daemon Lover Funeral Ikos
Christopher Robinson: Tavener: Song for Athene/Svyati
One of the most starkly beautiful melodies I've ever heard, this meditative chant on death and the afterlife stuns me anew every time I hear it.
You're not a terrible person, I rather like you, and I won't eat you I promise.
Posted by: Yvonne | September 04, 2007 at 10:24 AM
Ok, can't R come up with a better pet name?
Posted by: Michelle | September 10, 2007 at 08:02 PM
To be fair, I actually came up with the name and R just adopted it.
Posted by: wealhtheow | September 17, 2007 at 10:07 AM