Saturday, March 08, 2008

Good Reads

They just opened up a Starbucks next to my house which I'm eternally thankful for. I always feel slightly guilty for loving Starbucks so much, like any minute God will storm out of his beach hut, wearing dreads and a sweater knit with pure organic wool and strike me down for enjoying a good cup of coffee from a faceless corporation. Unfortunately I am weak for caramel macchiato's, and their Vanilla latte pretty much makes me want to whip off my top and fling my breasts about like a personal, caffeinated Girls Gone Wild mardi gras.

So I walked to and from there, which was lovely. I find that I'm not walking as much as I did on the Island, which is bad news for my ass, and I'm trying real hard to get back into the swing of regular exercise. I have even started Tae-bo, which is great, because Billy Blanks is inspiring. It's like the DVD version of Billy Blanks knows exactly when I figure out and correctly execute his helicopter move, because it's at that moment that he turns, the sweat from his forehead dripping down his skin and INTO HIS MOUTH, and tells me, "That's it... you got it... don't quit on me now." I won't quit you, Billy Blanks.

I then sat outside on my little patio and read for a good hour, sipping on a semi-warm White Chocolate Mocha and listening to music. I have been listening to a ton of Cocoon lately. They have a cover version of "Hey Ya", which is great, and "Hummingbird" is wonderful. I've also started listening to Tilly and the Wall, and I am rocking a pretty firm girl crush on Sia.

Searching randomly through google, I found this website that looks really interesting: Good Reads, which lets you review and recommend books you're reading, while getting recommendations from other people. All sorts of wonderful considering I need some new reading material. If any of you sign up, add me - my username is sarahthepirate.

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posted by sarah, the pirate at 5:11 PM

2 Comments:

Blogger futurecatlady said...

i signed up for good reads. thanks for pimping it out.

it seems like it will be a good way to find books for myself and parker(...oh yeah, i read all the time now and i love that children's books are on here) but i can see myself annoyed by the book snots already.

i hate books snots. i like real reviews for real people. such as:

"i loved this book. it was funny. if you like this book or author, you might like this book too."

i don't need big words or how it relates to your own work. i can read the summary online or on the back of the bloody book. if the book snots are so bloody perfect, where are their books so i can review them?

...i think i need to lay off the caffeine.

March 8, 2008 8:55 PM  
Blogger Amy Nieto said...

Did you just describe The Dude?

:P

March 10, 2008 9:32 PM  

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