The day after I post about why I love social networks, I get an email from Goodreads saying that I’ve won a book about social networks!
Coincidence???
I am pretty psyched to be getting a first copy to review. Hope I like it. It’s doubtful that they would give me more first reads if I’m not kind. Going to be checking my mail box every day for awhile. hehe
It recently occurred to me that something I personally like about online social networks is part of their widespread popularity.
Every so often I get an interesting shot and decide to update my Facebook page with a new profile picture. So, of course I end up flipping through all of my old ones. Don’t you? That got me thinking.
Hey, these photos are a little online scrapbook of me. As are my goodreads profile and Xbox gamer card and my blog, etc. Granted those are all in different places for different audiences, but I connect them all as much as I possibility can. I think it’s important.
And they are all little puzzles pieces of my life. And collecting them and showing them off online is my public and proud trophy case. Only, said trophy case doesn’t really need to have blue ribbons and gold medals. It just needs to have bits of me. And that’s enough. That’s special.
Just don’t forget to wash the glass on your case, so I can see inside, ok?
Happy Birthday to ME!
We went out on the town last night. Took the kids too.
The show was enchanting and I didn’t want it to end.
SOO thrilled that I got to see this story alive
and moving right in front of my eyes.
Highly recommended for anyone
visiting Toronto in the near future!
spoiler alert! though i don’t care all that much if your mind is pre-blown. ender’s game BLEW my mind. go. read. it. it’s the best sci-fi i’ve read so far.
one of my favorite quotes:
“… the seed of doubt was there, and it stayed, and every now and then sent out a little root. It changed everything, to have that seed growing. It made Ender listen more carefully to what people meant, instead of what they said. It made him wise.”
about halfway through this book, my mind kept trying to wrap itself around where this thing was going. i was trying to prepare myself for disappointment. instead i got the deepest most lovely multi-layered chocolate cake of an ending. nyah bad metaphor. that makes it sound like a bed of roses. it is harsh and shocking and yet human and real and somehow… yes, lovely.
probably i’ll write more later. fifteen minutes of soaking in after turning the last page isn’t enough.
“ @SimcoeNorth snap a shot of them when you get a chance. :) in reply to SimcoeNorth 23 hrs ago
cecilia: "just omit the meat from your bean meals, like meatless chilli and spaghetti. we love lentils here, lentil soup, lentil curry over rice… I’ll put some more thought into this." (read)
Kalanna: "Amazing, eh?! I’m going to have to read up on what to do with them next. hehe But it is lovely to have a bouquet of lavender on my kitchen table in late November. They kept blooming!" (read)
Holli
