Aaron just called one of my annoyed groans a "primordial groan." The groan occurred because he forgot to leave the keyring full of store discount cards in the car, and instead brought it home, where we will surely forget it the next time we need to go to Kroger's.
I have been reading a book called Go Go Girls of the Apocalypse that I got from the library at the same time as my Stephen King books (which I loved. Reading new Stephen King books is like hearing the voice of a familiar person after a long absence.) Go Go Girls of the Apocalypse, however, sort of sucks. I feel like I should have known it would by the catchy, overly-marketable title. But I didn't know. I think the problem is I expected it to describe a dark apocalypse, but the author is pretty upbeat about everything even when describing murders and rapes. I can almost imagine him sitting in front of his computer drinking a whiskey sour and giggling into his hand whenever he writes a paragraph he considers especially tongue-in-cheek. He just thinks he is a little too clever. Too bad he has mostly 5 star ratings on Amazon. Grr.
Aaron and I saw a well-dressed lady at Petsmart today with a really well-muscled female pit mix on a choke chain. We took notice of her because from the way she looked, she did not look like the type of person to own a pit at all. We caught her in the pet clothes aisle putting a hoodie on her dog to see if she should buy it. After she adjusted the hood around the dog's head, she gently took the dog's chin in her hand and looked earnestly in to her eyes, as if she were asking the dog, "Do you like eet?" Since I later saw her trying out another dog jacket, I assume the dog told her, "Thanks mama, but I'm not so sure about eet."
I loved seeing a pit be so spoiled. Other than Dwight, that is.
Other things I have enjoyed this weekend:
1. Rock Star party at a friend's place
2. Going to the salvation army to pick up a comforter for our winter feral cat hideout. Now that the ferals are in the backyard constantly, we weatherproofed a crate for them to stay warm in.
In other dog news, Aaron's dad's dog Lucy passed this last week. It's sad to think about someone having to come home to an empty house after getting used to being greeted by a wet nosicle every day for the past 12 years. R.I.P Lucy
8 comments:
A good thing you got the book out of the library, so you didn't have to waste your cash. But I never drink whiskey sours ... more of a beer guy. I'll be sharing your comments at www.victorgischler.blogspot.com
Victor
Your comments about Go-Go Girls didn't bother me much, even though I liked the book.
What I do disagree with is your comments on Stephen King. Young woman, I've been reading King longer than you've been alive. I always had to have his new book as soon as it came out and I read it as soon as I got my hands on it.
One of my favorite writers.
But something has happened in the last few years. His novels have lost something, disappointing me too many times.
Lisey's Story was okay, not great, and it took me six months after it was out before I bought Duma Key, which I still have yet to read. I am enjoying Just After Sunset though. His short stories still seem to have the zip his novels lack.
I agree w/ you on King a bit, his later books are not amazing as some of his earlier work is (Dolores Claiborne, etc.) But there's something about the way King describes the world that resonates with me, and that is what I keep coming back to in his work that I admire even when the book as a whole may have faults. Buick 8 was pretty terrible, as well as Bag of Bones. If you didn't like Lisey's Story, you probably will hate Duma Key more. Did you feel Lisey's Story was a bit like Gerald's Game? The gradual remembering of repressed memories, etc.
I feel bad about the attention my thoughts on Go-Go Girls have gotten, as it was really an off the hand remark that I expected only a few people to see, and they probably wouldn't even care as I assume most people haven't heard of it. To expand my thoughts on it, I think it's in a style that I typically do not enjoy (crime novels with a lot of action and very little introspective description) and thus, just basically a bad choice for me to check out.
I notice that Victor has a loyal following on Amazon, so I'm sure he's great at what he does.
Back to King, I will have to check out Just After Sunset. Skeleton Crew is one of my favorite of King's short story collections.
I hope I didn't sound to critical of your comments on Go-Go Girls. We are all different people. It would be surprising if we all liked the same thing(and boring for that matter).
And King is still my favorite writer. One can't hit a home run every time out. And just because I don't find a book of his to my liking doesn't necessarily mean the tome in question is bad.He IS one of the best selling writers around.Someone likes those books.
Again, I wasn't being critical of yourself. Your opinion is just as valid as mine or anybody else's.
I would like to join the Beat Up On Gischler bandwagon but I liked the book very much.
I have not read King for years. His constant diversions and sidetracking during the stories got way too annoying for me.
Whatever anyone might think about my writing, IO do sort of deserve a beating. For so many reasons.
Victor
Ugh--go have a conversation on your own blog. Why has mine all of a sudden become a meeting place for fan boys? Victor, your homework assignment is to go ennumerate the many reasons you need a beating, or just want one. Have you ever seen the movie Secretary by the way? If not, please do. I think you want me to take out the red sharpies.
i dont even no how da reed!
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