January 18, 2010

  • The frosty fog, this morning. So pretty.

    FJ: (b, later than normal) coffee + two pieces of breakfast pizza (thin crust). (s) 150cal gummies + water. (l, late) 150calories of peanuts (no salt) + whole wheat bagel w/jams + water. (s) p.butter mini-bar. (d) ckn tortilla soup (2 cups w/chips, no cheese) + water.

    Started on Augusten's holiday book last night... didn't get through the first chapter (stayed up watching the Globes; I thought Jen Aniston looked smokin' hot.), and, weirdly, in the back of my head was this criticism I'd heard about the book. Or maybe I read it on Amazon.com? Anyhow, the criticism was that this book was tossed together for publication before the holiday season, so it wasn't as thought-through as Augusten's other books? I don't know how true that all is, but that DAMN criticism was in my head. I adore him; I'm trying not to let some critic's thoughts in about it... or, at least, that's what I told my sleepy self last night reading about how he had always gotten Jesus and Santa messed up in his head. Funny, witty stuff, yet I let that critic in. Which stinks. Hopefully, tonight I can focus on the text and not outside influences; I come from the school of thought that the book is as good as the reader says so... not what some critic thought. I mean, how long do they take to read and critique anyhow?

    So, today... MLK Jr. Day. I've accomplished school-based work (creative writing catalog) and health-based work (exercise), so I could slack off today. I think I'll figure out what I need for tomorrow's class and then make a list for the rest of the week. Before Creative Writing tomorrow, I need to grab some stuff that's sitting at the post office... then class, then some strength-training tomorrow afternoon. Before or after sweating, I should look ahead to Wed/Thurs and even next week - plan my copying needs.