Completed:
1. Infected by Scott Sigler
2. The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir
3. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
4. The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
5. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
6. Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
7. Th1rteen R3asons Why by Jay Asher
8. Howl's Moving Castle by Dianna Wynn Jones (L)
9. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
10. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
11. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
12. A Separate Peace by John Knowles
13. Obsession by Ted Dekker (L)
14. Night by Elie Weisel
15. The Human Predator: A Historical Chronicle of Serial Murder and Forensic Investigation by Katherine Ramsland, PhD
16. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (L)
17. The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
18. A Slow Death: 83 Days of Radiation Sickness by NHK-TV "Tokaimura Criticality Accident" Crew (L)
19. Breakfast At Tiffany's by Truman Capote (L)
20. CSI: Binding Ties by Max Allan Collins (L)
21. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (L)
22. Songbird by Walter Zacharius (L)
23. Hot Dish Heaven: Classic Casseroles from Midwest Kitchens by Ann L. Burckhardt (L)
24. Apocalypse Dawn by Mel Odom (L)
25. The Casebook of Forensic Detection: How Science Solved 100 of the World's Most Baffling Crimes by Colin Evans (L)
26. Sima's Undergarments For Women by Ilana Stanger-Ross (L)
27. Death Was In The Picture by Linda L. Richards (L)
28. Apocalypse Crucible by Mel Odom (L)
29. Futureland by Walter Mosley (L)
30. Girl Meets God: A Memoir by Lauren F. Winner
31. Jewish Ritual: A Brief Intro for Christians by Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky & Rabbi Daniel Judson (L)
32. Columbine by Dave Cullen (L)
33. The Prosecution Rests: New Stories About Courtrooms, Criminals, and the Law Edited by Linda Fairstein (L)
34. Special Topics In Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl (L) [SRS]
35. Fault Lines by Nancy Huston (L)
36. A Survival Guide for Paralegals: Tips from the Trenches by Alan Gelb & Karen Levine
37. The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
38. Secret Lives of Great Authors by Robert Schnakenberg (L)
39. Double Indemnity by James M. Cain (L)
40. Ender In Exile by Orson Scott Card (L)
41. Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum (L)
42. The Winter Of Her Discontent by Kathryn Miller Haines (L)
43. Winter In June by Kathryn Miller Haines (L)
44. The Tales of Beedle The Bard by J.K. Rowling
45. Feeling Sorry For Celia by Jaclyn Moriarty (L) [SRS]
46. 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson (L)
47. The Last Jihad by Joel C. Rosenberg (L)
48. The Ezekiel Option by Joel C. Rosenberg (L)
49. The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty (L)
50. Darker Than Night: The True Story of a Brutal Double Homicide and an 18-Year-Long Quest for Justice by Tom Henderson
51. Bee Season by Myla Goldberg (L)
52. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (L)
53. Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery (L)
54. Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery (L)
55. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (L) [SRS]
56. Looking for Alaska by John Green (L)
57. The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif Larsen (L)
58. How To Buy A Love Of Reading by Tanya Egan Gibson (L)
59. This Will Kill You: A Guide To The Ways In Which We Go by HP Newquist & Rich Maloof (L)
60. Singularity's Ring by Paul Melko (L)
61. The Plutonium Blonde by John Zakour & Lawrence Ganem
62. The Rapture by Liz Jensen (L)
63. Charity Girl by Michael Lowenthal (L)
64. Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay (L)
65. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (L)
66. Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay (L)
67. When You Are Engulfed In Flames by David Sedaris (L)
68. The Day The Falls Stood Still by Cathy Marie Buchanan (L)
69. Disgusting Things {A Miscellany} by Don Voorhees (L)
70. The Morgue and Me by John C. Ford (L)
71. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach (L)
72. The Blue Notebook by James A. Levine (L)
73. Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters by Major Dick Winters, Commander, Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment with Colonel Cole C. Kingseed
74. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
75. Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson (L)
76. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (L)
77. An Echo In The Bone by Diana Gabaldon
78. Panic In Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science by Richard Preston
79. Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life by Neil Strauss
80. Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci (L)
81. The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood (L)
82. Cuban Missile Crisis: In The Shadow of Nuclear War by R. Conrad Stein (L)
83. War Dances by Sherman Alexie (L)
84. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson [SRS]

So I was at Target yesterday to buy contact solution, and once again I found myself browsing through all of the chapsticks/lipsticks/lip glosses on display.  I managed to tear myself away without buying yet another lip product, but it was definitely a close thing!  I decided to go through my purse and document all of the lip stuff I carry around with me, in the hopes of discouraging that inner voice that goads me to obsessively hoard chapstick and the like.

In my purse, I currently have:

1 - Vickery & Clarke Intensive Moisture Cocoa Butter Lip Balm
1 - EOS chapstick in Honeysuckle Honeydew
1 - Cover Girl Lipslicks in Demure Pink
1 - Cover Girl Outlast Lipstain in Mauve 
1 - Cover Girl Outlast Lipstain in Petal Pink
1 - Jordana Lipshine Natural Glaze in Pink Grapefruit
1 - Jordana Lipshine Natural Glaze in Pina Colada
1 - Wet n'Wild Mega Slicks in Plum Pudding
1 - Sally Hansen Gentle Plumping Lip Treatment in Playful
1 - Soap & Glory Sexy Motherpucker Lipgloss in Plum Juice

Hello, my name is Jen, and I have a lip product addiction.

(On the bright side, at least I'll look good for the Zombie Apocalypse, when it comes).

Hello my little chickadees... it's that time again... the time for me to list all the wonderful new music I've discovered this month. Soooo, without further ado.... 

( What if I'm a snowstorm burning? )

That's it for this month, my cupcakes... tune in next month for more musical adventures!

Song for Kara/Sam = A Thread Cut With A Carving Knife - Stars (especially after the events of "Blood on the Scales). 

After a lovely Christmas break, which coincided with losing my internet connection for the month of December and consequently being unable to download any new music, I am back with new stuff.  Here's some of what caught my ear during this cold, cold January.

( I tried to do handstands for you... )

My Political Views
I am a center-left moderate social authoritarian
Left: 1.9, Authoritarian: 1.99

Political Spectrum Quiz


My Foreign Policy Views
Score: -0.06

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My Culture War Stance
Score: 2.26

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(Sung to the tune of "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" from Mary Poppins)

Paracetomoxyfrusebendroneomycin,
It’s our brand new wonder drug we think you’ll find enticing,
Paracetamoxyfrusebendroneomycin!

Um-diddle-iddle-iddle-um-diddle-ay
Um-diddle-iddle-iddle-um-diddle-ay
Um-diddle-iddle-iddle-um-diddle-ay

The BNF has twenty thousand different drugs to take,
So we thought, “What could we produce to give you all a break?”
A drug that could treat anything from leprosy to SARS,
And you can give it in the mouth, IV or up the arse.

It’s Paracetomoxyfrusebendroneomycin,
Paracetomoxyfrusebendroneomycin,
It can cure the common cold and being struck by lightning.
Paracetomoxyfrusebendroneomycin!

Um-diddle-iddle-iddle-um-diddle-ay
Um-diddle-iddle-iddle-um-diddle-ay
Um-diddle-iddle-iddle-um-diddle-ay

We tested it on animals and none of them survived,
But that’s OK cos when we wrote the paper up we lied.
It first choice for MI, MS and even for ME and COPD, HIV, PD and DVT

Paracetomoxyfrusebendroneomycin,
Paracetomoxyfrusebendroneomycin,
It reverses impotence and makes you good at fighting,
Paracetomoxyfrusebendroneomycin!

Um-diddle-iddle-iddle-um-diddle-ay
Um-diddle-iddle-iddle-um-diddle-ay
Um-diddle-iddle-iddle-um-diddle-ay

There are some minor side effects and some are not that rare,
Like nausea, vomiting and losing all your hair,
And heart attacks, becoming gay and growing extra breasts,
But it’s f****** cheap, and hey, this is the NHS.

Paracetomoxyfrusebendroneomycin,
Paracetomoxyfrusebendroneomycin,
There are cures for everything from AIDS to pubic lice in
Paracetomoxyfrusebendroneomycin!

Um-diddle-iddle-iddle-um-diddle-ay
Um-diddle-iddle-iddle-um-diddle-ay

Paracetomoxyfrusebendroneomycin,
We make it from the cerebellar cortex of a bison.
After that it undergoes some polygenic splicing,
Paracetomoxyfrusebendroneomycin!

Um-diddle-iddle-iddle-um-diddle-ay
Um-diddle-iddle-iddle-um-diddle-ay

Paracetomoxyfrusebendroneomycin,
It makes you smart as Einstein and as muscular as Tyson.
It brings an end to all that pharmacology revising,
Paracetomoxyfrusebendroneomycin!

Um-diddle-iddle-iddle-um-diddle-ay
Um-diddle-iddle-iddle-um-diddle-ay

Paracetomoxyfrusebendroneomycin,
We sell lots in Japan cos it’s the antidote to ricin.
The minister of health we hear will shortly be advising
Take Paracetomoxyfrusebendroneomycin!

(By Adam Kay and Suman Biswas)

The perfect way to spend a winter evening. Bagel and cream cheese, Earl Grey au lait tea in my lovely owl teaset, and writing material. Only thing missing is the kitty.

I've been dragging my feet on scheduling my practical exam for EMT basic, and now the state doesn't administer the exam anymore, so I have to go back to my training program and take the test with this term's newbies. The test isn't until December, so I have a bit of time to study and refresh all of my skills. I made a CD of medical related music in an attempt to motivate myself, and also as an avoidance to studying one night. :) On to the playlist!

*I'm No Superman - Laslo Bane
*Mandy Goes to Med School - Dresden Dolls
*A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left - Andrew Bird
*Blood and Peanut Butter - BC Camplight
*Hospital Beds - Cold War Kids
*It's Not A Side Effect of the Cocaine, I Am Thinking It Might Be Love - Fall Out Boy
*How We Operate - Gomez
*Fake Palindromes - Andrew Bird
*Lipstick and Aspirin - Lo-Ball
*Mole - The Mountain Goats
*Breathe In Breathe Out - Mat Kearney
*Tell Me Where It Hurts - Garbages
*Accident & Emergency - Patrick Wolf
*Accidental Deth - Rilo Kiley
*How to Save a Life - The Fray
*Ordinary Day - Great Big Sea

If anyone wants any of these tracks, leave me a comment and I'll try to figure out how to upload them (I'm kinda a n00b at the whole file sharing thing).

Trying to decide whether to try and go on to Medic school starting in January, or wait until the next class starts in September 08. Decisions, decisions.

Today's Outfit:
-Black a-line skirt with sparkly hem
-pink sleeveless sweater
-pink tie-front cardigan
-black platform sandals
-Swarovski crystal drop earrings

Today's BPAL scent:
-Black Pearl

There are no guarantees in life
Not for the present,
Nor for the future.
All I know is
That I'm here;
Don't know for how long.
I love the way
You live so intensely
Enjoy every minute of life
With space to swing
Your arms around
Laughing loudly

Unlike me
Unlike me
Do you think I'm strange?
Unlike you
Unlike you
I am not pretending

There is no time,
There is no time,
There is no time,
Time doesn't really exist.

The past, the present,
And the future,
Are all side by side,
Hand in hand.
You move and change,
Yet you go nowhere:
Everything stays the same.
You stare at me,
And ask me questions,
Makes me nervous,
This room it keeps a constant tone
While I'm on a roller coaster

Unlike me
Unlike me
Do you think I'm strange
Unlike you
Unlike you
I am not pretending

There is no time
There is no time
There is no time
Time doesn't really exist

There is no time
There is no time
There is no time
Time doesn't really exist

~"Unlike Me" - Kate Havnevik

That's Entertainment!

1. What is your all time favorite book? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

2. What is your all time favorite movie? A tie between The Princess Bride and Swing Kids.

3. What are you reading right now? Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach.

4. What is your favorite show on tv? Another tie - Grey's Anatomy and Battlestar Galactica.

5. What is the last movie you saw in the theater? It's been so long that I can't remember... I'm not big on movies in theaters, anyway. I always get stuck in front of the kid who won't stop kicking the back of my chair.

Get Up Stand Up!

1. Turn your head to the right -- what do you see? The wall of post-it notes with case names and numbers on it, a list of contact information for all the employees of the firm, a yearly calendar, and a list of location codes for the Michigan Department of Corrections prisons.

2. Stand-up -- do you like how tall you are? I'm used to being short, but I can be tall if I wear the right shoes.

3. Do you believe in heaven or hell? Yes, I believe in both.

4. What is your favorite piece of jewelry? My Star of Life necklace.

5. What is the last thing you took from someone else? A pack of Altoids from my auntie - she didn't want them anymore.

Musical Initials

1. Have your music library ready.

2. Choose one (1) song from your music library whose title starts with the first letter (or number) of your screen name.

3. Repeat this process with each successive letter (or number) in your screen name until you run out of letters (or numbers).

4. Post up your results.

E - Ender Will Save Us All - Dashboard Confessional
M - Maybe You Can Owe Me - Architecture in Helsinki
T - Tiny Vessels - Death Cab for Cutie
G - Girlshaped Lovedrug - Gomez
I - I'm Your Villain - Franz Ferdinand
R - Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast) - Lostprophets
L - Lipstick & Aspirin - Lo-Ball
J - Jenny, You're Barely Alive - Rilo Kiley
E - Ecci Mundi Gaudium - Medieval Baebes
N - Ne Me Quitte Pas - Regina Spektor

TEN FAVORITES
1. show - Battlestar Galactica
2. flower - stargazer lilies
3. color – purple
4. sport - hockey
5. mall – one where I can spend money.
6. music – almost anything
7. food – Thai, or pizza
8. animal - Cat
9. day – Friday
10. state – bliss. :)

TEN FACTS
1. hometown – Waterford
2. hair color – Brown
3. hair length - short, but growing out
4. hair style – hard to describe, almost chin length, with bangs.
5. eye color- Blue
6. shoe size - 8.5
7. mood – stressed
8. smell – a mix of Neroli Jasmine lotion and Burberry Brit perfume
9. hobby – watching TV, learning new stuff.
10. lefty/righty - lefty for eating and driving, righty for everything else


TEN THINGS ABOUT YOUR LOVE LIFE
1. have you ever been in love – yes
2. do you believe in love – yes
3. why did your last relationship fail – I outgrew him, and there was no future for us.
4. have you ever been heartbroken – yes
5. have you ever broken someone's heart – yes (see last relationship question).
6. have you ever fallen for your best friend – Not that I know of.
7. have you ever loved someone but never told them – yes.
8. are you afraid of commitment - nope, as long as it's with the right person.
9. have you ever had a secret admirer – No
10. do you believe in love at first sight – Love, no. Lust, yes.

TEN THINGS: THIS OR THAT
1. love or money – Love
2. hard liquor or beer - Depends on the situation - beer if I have to drive afterward, hard liquor if I don't.
3. hot or cold - Cold.
4. one night stands or relationships – relationships
6. pepsi or coke – Coke
7. wild night out or romantic night in – Romantic night in
8. colored or black and white pictures – colored
9. dogs or cats – Cats.
10. winter or summer - summer

TEN HAVE YOU EVERS
1. have you ever been caught sneaking out - I've never snuck out.
2. have you ever skinny dipped – nope
3. have you ever done something you regret – yes
4. have you ever bungee jumped – this would be a hell no.
5. have you ever been on a house boat - nope
6. have you ever finished an entire jaw breaker – yes, and I had no skin left on my tongue afterward.
7. have you ever wanted someone so badly it hurt – Yes
8. have you ever been streaking – Nope, no one wants to see that.
9. have you ever ran away – No
10. have you ever been sky diving – that would be another hell no.

TEN MORE
1. are you missing someone right now – my sister
2. are you happy - for the most part.
3. are you bored – Yes, this transcript must go away now.
4. are you German – Yes
5. are you Irish - No
6. are you French – Yes
7. are you Italian - Yes
8. are you Canadian - No
9. are you Dutch – No
10. are you open to the idea of same sex relationships - for me, no. But you're free to do what you want to do.

1. Do you have any pets? If so, how many, and what are their names?
Yes, 2 cats (Max and Blossom), 1 bunny (Bubba)

2. What was your very first pet? Do you remember its name?
A black cat named Spooky.

3. Is there an animal you would never have as a pet?
A tarantula.

4. What common pet have you always wanted but never had? Why not?
I've had all sorts of common pets, I don't think there's one that I've not had.

5. What wild animal (extinct or not) would you own if you didn't have to worry about its adjustment or the cost of captivity?
A penguin.

Thanks for the memories, Stevie Y! You are truly a class act, and you deserve to have your jersey in the rafters with the other Red Wings greats.

bunnies aren't just cute like everybody supposes.
they've got those hoppy legs and twitchy little noses.
and what's with all the carrots?
what do they need such good eyesight for anyway?

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