Finished

It only took me about 10 years on and off the finally read this classic book. I actually found The Great Gatsby quite entertaining to read and now looking back I am wondering why I never read it before. Maybe it was because I was being forced to read it through school, who knows. I am glad that I did and I encourage and challenge you to read it if you haven't already or re-read it to welcome back this classical book.

My next book is a toss up between The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory which explains itself in the title and Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky about World War II and the invasion of the Nazis in Paris. What do you think?

The Bugs

I have finally been hit by those mean bugs......I have gotten my first cold of the year and I am very sad by it :( I was hoping I could avoid it this winter and I was so close but they got the better of me. Luckily it is a Friday and I can hopefully get rid of it before seeing the little ones who infected me in the first place. Although I am sure she didn't want this either. After finishing with the first family (the sicko group), I ran over to the drugstore to get my new favourite friend........

This is who I rely on during these hard times of mine when I cannot think, breathe and sometimes sleep, it will not leave me when I need it the most and has never let me down before. So I am depending on it to follow through for me again. Good night zzzzzzz

Another One Down

This book, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, was another memoir. It seemed interesting at first but about halfway through I found I was feeling a little depressed reading it. It was about a family of 6 living below the poverty line, how they dealt with their problems and how they saw the world as an adventure. It started out in Phoenix and ended in New York City. The kids eventually moved on and most had very successful lives, which is what helped me to keep reading this book, I was looking for that happy ending and even though not everyone in the family had a "happy" ending they were all happy in the end.

For my next book I've decided to go back to a classic, one that I was supposed to read in High School and never did, one that I've tried to read before and have since put it down......The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Hopefully I won't put it down this time.

27 Dresses

I went to see a movie this afternoon, 27 Dresses starring Katherine Heigl and James Marsden. Katherine plays Jane who has been a bridesmaid for 27 different weddings and has even had to coordinate 2 weddings in the same night taking a taxi back and forth throughout the night. James plays Kevin/Malcolm Doyle who is a writer for the NY Journal, he writes the Commitments Page but is tired of it and doesn't really believe in weddings. He thinks they are just how the government and other businesses can scam money from those "in love". I won't give too much of the movie away, but basically what I got from it was you won't marry the "perfect" person, meaning that you will always have to work on a relationship with whomever you are with and fighting is good. Not all the time, but a relationship is not real until you do have a fight. Plus making up after is always the best part......no?

It was a very funny movie and it had me laughing quite a bit. I know that the ratings to go see this movie were not 5 Stars, sure it probably won't be an Oscar winner or anything but it was certainly a nice light movie, definetly a chick flick.

No More TV?

This strike has been going on for quite some time now and I think it is time for everyone to settle down and fix this. Not only are they losing A LOT of money but they are losing alot of support from us people who watch their shows. I don't know about you but I don't think I can handle much more reality shows with all their dancing and singing. Something must be done! Plus the movies are quite slim in the pickings. I demand that you bring back our tv shows that we have invested our time in.....it's only fair. I just had to vent that out. Maybe if they would show more Toronto hockey games it might not be as bad.

Although, on a positive note about this whole strike issue, I am reading and running more so maybe this isn't such a bad thing, considering how much news coverage there is about USA and Canada's obesity rate. Perhaps this will influence more of us to get out and become more active, or maybe we will just watch more and more reruns who knows. Whatever it is I hope they are able to negotiate and come up with a happy ending. We'll just have to wait some more and see.

Reading

I have just finished reading another book, Eat, Pray, Love this one was a biography of Elizabeth Gilbert. Liss just got a divorce and was quite depressed and so she travelled for a year to find herself again or for the first time depending on how you look at it. She decided to pick three areas to see and divided up her time within those threes countries.

The first country on her list was Italy. She spent four months living in Italy and getting to know some fascinating people (Luca Spaghetti). She not only gained more on her self but she also gained more around her waist and had to get a new wardrobe often. She always found the best places to eat seeing as how that is what Italy is known for, along with everything else they are known for their good food.

The next country she travelled to was India where she stayed in an Ashram. She learned the importance of meditation, prayer and self worth. Taking time to pray everyday, most of the day. It was such a big change for her from being in Italy. She also met some interesting people there too, one man who took to calling her Groceries.

The last country she went to was Indonesia to spend some time with the "Medicine Man" who had asked her to come back to Bali. This is where she fell in love again, the people really took her in and taught her to love again. Again she met a lot of welcoming people and enjoyed her time and saw much of the country.

I don't want to tell you too much about it because I want you to go and read it for yourself. I really enjoyed it and I am now on to my next book.....The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls.

Juno

I finally saw Juno! It was such a good film starring Ellen Page who played Juno MacGuff, a 16 year old pregnant girl looking for a perfect family for her baby. Michael Cera played Paulie Bleeker, the father of the baby. Jennifer Gardner and Jason Bateman played Vanessa and Mark Loring, the supposed perfect family.

The film is about how Juno and Paulie ended up getting pregnant and the decisions that Juno had to encounter after learning of her new status. She took things well and dealt with them very maturely for a girl of her age. Her humour added flavour to the movie and kept people watching. I definetly recommend you seeing it if you haven't already since it has been out in theatres for over a month now.