Pastel makes me smile

Crap.  There's no denying it now, I'm off to Iraq and/or Afghanistan come June.  I cannot even begin to express the many emotions I'm experiencing right now...fear is a big one, if I'm being honest.  But it also makes me REALLY *not* want to do my job, because in the grand scheme of things, what I do for a living right now is fecking pointless.  I'm an expert paper-shuffler and button pusher, and there was a time in my life that that was great, and I was really proud and happy.  I'm long past that point now, though, and it's a real struggle to stay here - if I had any kind of savings, I would quit and spend my last couple of months state-side having FUN.  Alas, I am poor, so I shall stay. 

The God of Animals: A Novel

I spend a lot of time stuck between Point A and Point B trying to...well, trying to pass the time.  This weekend I spent a few hours at both the Albany and Baltimore airports, and because I haven't had any time to leisure read lately I had nothing to bring from home to keep me occupied (heaven forbid I do school or work-work.  Blech.)  I happened upon a novel by first-time author Aryn Kyle, and...

I haven't been able to stop thinking about this book!  It was disturbing not because of the treatment of animals - I was raised on a ranch, I know how these things work - but nothing really gets resolved, the loose ends don't end up wrapped in a pretty red bow, and you're left wondering what would happen...Kind of like life. I actually cared about these people and was sad that it was over. 

I have no idea how this book was received critically or if was blessed by Oprah,  it was just a thoughtless purchase at the airport gift-shop to pass the time. 

"The Colonel skyrocketed to the top of my all-time favorite performances by freebasing the Beatles from a crack pipe and produced a memorably amazing hot mess."

Television Without Pity's Jacob, on American Idol

If you had one month to live, what five things would you do?
Suggested by Acerebel.

 

1.  QUIT THIS HORRIBLE MEANINGLESS JOB.  Obviously.

2.  Tell everyone that I love that I loved them - even the ones who don't know it yet.

3.  Sit on the beach with my husband and a book and absolutely no sunscreen.

4.  Fly to Japan for some lunch.

5.  One truly terrifying thing - probably jumping off of or out of something very high up (plane, bridge, cliff)