tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50950380052787894292024-03-13T09:53:09.120-07:00When the Dog BitesMostly a place to organize books I've read. Occasional pictures and thoughts when the mood strikes. michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588696469699715092noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095038005278789429.post-87289528735375371402021-06-29T14:15:00.001-07:002021-06-29T14:15:20.422-07:00Book Reviews 2020<p> This list will likely be incomplete because, unlike years past, I cannot relied on my library hold history because most books were bought or borrowed. Nevertheless, in no particular order: </p><p><br /></p><p>I Will Teach You To Be Rich: </p><p>The Count of Monte Cristo</p><p>Running Home</p><p>The White Coat Investor</p><p>Invisible Women <br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In progress: </p><p>The Shadow King</p><p><br /></p>michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729172365029020784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095038005278789429.post-45602691444786094122019-12-14T20:48:00.000-08:002019-12-14T20:48:09.590-08:00Book Reviews 2019<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I don't remember as much about this book as I probably should, although I read it close to one year ago. It piqued my interest because any story about women challenging the status quo is worth remembering. The story centers around 5 women, Florence Klingensmith, Ruth Elder, Amelia Earhart, Ruth Nichols, and Louise Thaden. Each came from wildly different backgrounds and made her mark in the the aviation scene of the early 20th century. They all competed in the 1936 air race and one of them won, beating the male rivals and cementing 1936 as an astonishing year for American sports history alongside the UW Olympic men's rowing team winning gold and others whom historians have yet to chronicle in books similar to this. </span><br />
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T<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">his book was originally selected for the Rainier Book Club and sparked an in-depth discussion. This book imagines an actual underground railroad, complete with stops maintained by true sympathizers assisting slaves in escaping to freedom during the strife before the Civil War. We follow Cora, an escaped slave from a Georgian plantation, as she embarks on a tragic and perilous journey north, toward freedom. Caesar is her male companion for parts of the story, in a world where Cora wrestles with what it means to trust and to rely on anyone. The physical train track and the rickety cars and the human beings forced to travel in secrec<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">y make the reader question all our safety and security of white privilege and 21st century wealth. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In our book club, all readers agreed that this unique take on the underground railroad<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">made the book more readable and was a creative and imaginative way to remember the stories and tragedies of people who risked everything for freedom. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>This 2016 book reimagined a world where women are more powerful, literally, than men. Women discover a secret organ, the skein, which enables them to dominate others using electrical force. Predictably, some worship the power, others hide it away, some use it to overthrow countries, and others try to exploit and harvest the skeins so that men don't miss out on the fun. What struck me most reading this book was how freeing I felt reading a world where the tables were turned and women felt free. The girls walking down streets at night alone, practicing martial arts to use their powers for good, and women connecting, empowering, uplifting each other recognizing this new common identity was achingingly desirable. It was an interesting dichotomy to both recognize the power as an evil force and also wish this world could exist. The story follows several main characters who discover they have the power as well as one male journalist covering political unrest related to the power. Their stories all intertwine in such an imaginative and rich narrative that the author stands on much more than a creative science fiction idea alone. This was one of my favorite books of the year and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys sci fi and stretching their thinking. </span><br />
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most surprising part of this book was how masterfully the translation
conveys subtly and lyricism. Each word and phrase came across clearly,
or as clearly as a book about the unsolvable physics of 3 orbiting
bodies could be. This was another book club pick and the only reason I
started or finished this book. The writing was heavily scientific and
rarely used emotion-based language, despite the content dealing with
murder, neglect, and an impending apocalypse. However, the plot unfolds
elegantly and the author does a nice job of intertwining seemingly
separate stories and plot character arcs which span decades and
realities. The end of the book was so mind-bending and other-worldly
that in my mind, the dense lengthy scientific discourse spanning page
after page kind of redeemed itself. This is the first of a trilogy. I
will not be reading the next books. </span><br />
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is one of my all-time favorite novels, so when I read the Economist
review of Machines Like Me I was already highly inclined to read this
book. It was thoughtful and deliberate, like Atonement, but lacked the
true heart-wrenching connection for me. The subject itself is
fascinating, a love-triangle between Charlie, a drifting writer,
Miranda, his flat neighbor who is in every way too good for him, and
Adam, an artificial intelligence being he buys on a whim hoping to raise
him with Miranda thereby winning her affection. The book creates an
alternate universe in which Alan Turing successfully creates AI in the
1980s and re-imagines various historical events. The book wades deeply
into the ethics of AI and beinghood. It is simultaneously calm and
domestic as well as unsettling like touching cold steel to your stomach.
The ending strikes a discordant resolution that leaves the reader
questioning how much we really know about connection. </span><br />
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of the draw of this book is you know immediately how it will end. LPP
becomes the first female as well as youngest finisher and and then
remains a 19 year old girl looking for the next thing to do. Reading
this book made me understand how people who are not feelings-based
thinkers operate. Her writing is lyrical and poetic which is suprising
for so young an author with no previous writing experience. The way she
sees the world is refreshing and unusual. Her words masterfully paint
the picture of the Mongolian steppe and what she experienced. In a way,
her account is so easy to read because she spends no time complaining
and she, for the most part, seems immune to discomfort. Her capacity to
rapidly adapt without forming connections or getting bogged down by
emotions makes this self-piloted endurance race exhilarating. We step
into her shoes and feel free of worry, logistics, planning, and simply
ride from one stop to the next. Some critics criticize her immaturity
and poor sportsmanship. To an extent, I agree. But the book is entitled
"rough" with good reason: she is not a typical protagonist, and we meet
her very much in an unfinished part of her life, where her personality
and spirit are still being formed and her thinking can be irrational and
immature. All in all, I would read this book again, and highly
recommend it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another
book club read, and an instant classic from the moment it was
published. Flowers for Algernon is a short story which was novelized and
tells the waxing and waning story of a mentally delayed boy named
Charlie Gordon who agrees to an experimental procedure to raise his IQ.
His progress is preceeded by Algernon, a white mouse who has
successfully undergone the same surgical procedure. One of the strengths
of the story is how the author writes at the comprehension level of
Charlie, starting slowly, simply, with many spelling mistakes, and
gradually improves, adding vocabulary and depth of thought as Charlie's
mind improves. The most complex story lines are also the simpliest,
another reason this book is a classic. Boy loves girl. Charlie wrestles
with his family. He mentally matures through turbulent adolescent
self-definition and full circle realization of the gravity of his
experiment. The parallel, slightly-ahead trajectory of Algernon adds a
companion to this maze giving Charlie the only other being whom he can
relate to. His painful, turbulent, heart-wrenching experience mesmerizes
the reader and leaves them devastated. A good book spells out a truth
about life, a great book presents an entire story guiding the reader
toward realizing life truths themselves upon it's completion. The life
truth from Flowers for Algernon is this: Love one another. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another
book club book. Aiden Bishop wakes up one day running through the woods
screaming for Anna. He knows as much as the reader. Gradually, the
intricate interwoven plotline of the story reveals itself in bits and
pieces transcending time, geography, and realities as the astonishing
quest to uncover Evelyn Hardcastle's murderer. This book stretched the
reader's thinking and proved time and time again that Mr. Turton's first
book is a classic and will stand the test of time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Initially
I saw this book synopsis and thought "Yet another book about physicians
finding the humanity of their patients" and in some ways I was right.
But she also addresses other themes, like how our bedside language
matters, and how healthcare providers process the traumas of work
together. She unflinchingly delivers the story of her lost pregnancy and
experience as a critical care physician who rapidly descends into shock
one night and dies without any plausible explanation. The ensuing year
test the limits of her physical health as well as her meaning and sense
of the world. Eventually the experience is pinned on two vascular
hepatic masses and the second, unruptured mass is removed. Each step
along the way seems to be complicated in one way or another.
Interestingly, the author never seems to accept fault, or show real
vulnerability. Many points throughout the book I wondered if her
narrative was truly honest, or if she was still trying to present her
best appearance. In the end, I chose to trust that this story is her
real self, and was instead fascinated by the rational way she sees the
entire world, including the world of feelings, emotion, and human
connection. I recommend this book hesitatingly to healthcare providers
looking for a fresh take on patient-physician connection, but
unwaveringly to readers who want to read a doctor's incredible journey
as a patient. My biggest takeaway: I will never say a patient tried to
die on me again, and always think through twice what I say in front of a
patient and how it could be perceived. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This
book was recommended by a friend. It chronicles the unbelievable
quadruple rescue of two T2 tankers that split apart off the coast of
Chatham Bay in 1954 during one of the worst nor'easters. The authors
painstakingly recreate conditions as close to exactly as they happened
including multiple eyewitness accounts for details with differing
stories. The rescues are completely heroic and courageous and leave the
reader with a sense of awe at these brave young men. The authors follow
the story all the way to the end, recounting as many involved parties
ultimate life paths as well as the saga of the CG36500 36 foot lifeboat
responsible for rescuing and transporting 36 men from the wreck to
safety. My brother being in the Coast Guard provided connection to this
book and a sense of pride at the training and commitment he has
undertaken. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729172365029020784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095038005278789429.post-90268397451887763002019-01-02T10:10:00.001-08:002019-01-02T10:10:15.679-08:00ProgressI wanted to say a few words in light of the past 3 weeks. I was in a serious car accident and broke my back and wrist. At first I was incredibly worried about lifelong low back pain as this is a common mechanism for chronic problems. However, now I am grateful to be alive and walking. Had any of the factors been different, I could be much more badly hurt. As is, I can walk, the pain is lessening every day, and I have the assurances right now that I will return to many of the activities I love like running, swimming, and hiking. I'm optimistic about backpacking and climbing as well.<br />
But I haven't touched social media yet. I don't know what to say. How I couldn't even stand I was in so much pain, or how I literally couldn't walk without a walker for 2-3 days. I couldn't wipe myself. My life revolved around 3 hour increments between pain meds. I cried in my pajamas at 10am on a tuesday trying to crack an egg. I have considered each action I do for the last 3 weeks and how to ergonomically perform it and if it will hurt.<br />
Now that we are in 2019 I want to focus on what I can do. I will fiercely and bitterly fight with every ounce of strength I have to return to where I was. My goal is to not let these injuries limit or define who I am for the rest of my life. It also bothers me how so many people only use social media for the positive moments in their lives. I don't want to vomit too much personal information all over, but it's damaging to only see these one-sided portrayals of life. I haven't posted anything, because I don't know what to say. We all need to each and every day how incredibly fortunate we are. How important it is for everyone to have a safety buffer and how quickly everything can change.<br />
There's a lot I don't know about how 2019 will go. But I know more than ever how loved I am and how amazing and compassionate my community is. My friends and family came together to help me in ways I will spend repaying for a long time. It's one thing to say you would do anything for someone: it's another thing to actually see that proven.<br />
So 2019 will be better. I'm not the same person I was 3 weeks ago. Nothing will make it go back. But I am resilient and tough and what I can't do others will help with. I will get through this and in the end I will be okay. michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729172365029020784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095038005278789429.post-66680962322337312022018-12-12T09:46:00.003-08:002018-12-12T09:46:34.686-08:002018 Book Reviews<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<b>Steinbeck: A Life in Letters </b><br />
Edited by: Elaine Steinbeck & Robert Wallsten<br />
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This anthology should not be read cover to cover. Steinbeck had plenty to say and was never shy or reserved about saying it. He maintained an impressively high level of correspondence and built time into each day for writing letters. His style changes as he does, succeeding professionally and riding a roller coaster of personal triumphs and disasters. He also frequently traveled, and insights about his numerous locations pepper his letters from those times. I enjoyed his book by leafing through and reading letters from various points, sometimes out of order, and following self-contained events in his life. My favorite letters were written when he reclused himself to a cottage by the sea and recovered from a failed relationship, slept with a bunch of women, then began corresponding with an attractive wife whom he eventually seduced away from her husband.<br />
However, he may have said it best later in life in a letter to his son counseling him on falling in love.<br />
"If it is right, it will happen - the main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away." <br />
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<b>A Man Called Ove</b><br />
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My team selected this book for book club and it was delightfully charming. Ove is the European version of the old man from Up: stubborn, recluse, prideful, but resolute in his moral convictions. Early in the book he begins a never ending conflict with a stray cat whom he eventually fails to drive away and dejectedly tends to. His past is shrouded in mystery which we uncover bit by bit as the book progresses. His neighbors wind up his unlikely lifesavers. The woman is loud, warm, and full of life and laughter and befriends Ove in what ultimately becomes a symbiotic relationship. I took fault with the end of the book which I won't spoil but which I don't think accurately honored the spirit of his wishes. But maybe that is what life is all about anyway: doing what is best for others. Five stars, definitely a book worth reading and excellent for discussion.<br />
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<b>The Night Circus</b><br />
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Utterly magic. This story transcended time, space, constrains of normal life and expectation and possibility. When you open the cover, you ascend into a world of limitless possibility, unnatural beauty and elegance, and pure magic. As with the best stories, an undefined conflict promising enormous sadness anchors the plot, but the main characters are not ordinary, so nor should their story. Vivid descriptions, intricate characters, and setting where anything is possible make this book compelling and hard to put down. I may have cried at the end, nobody can prove either way, but the ability of this book to engage every sense while remaining black words on white paper speaks to the skill of the author and the strength of her story.<br />
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<b>If Our Bodies Could Talk</b><br />
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When your celebrity crush writes a book of course you have to read it. James Hamblin takes some of the most common health-related questions he gets asked and answers them in ways both obvious and circuitous. While some of his answers stray from the original question, it's his way of politely re-writing the assumptions behind the original question and giving context to the subject. He also loves to tell stories and his favorite way to begin an answer is wildly unrelated to the subject at all: drawing the reader in and gradually coming full-circle to the original topic. I learned a lot, both in obscure knowledge but also in where non-medical people's minds linger and puzzle. The first time a patient asks me a question answered in this book, I will happily recommend it and bless the man who took the time to research and publish the disconnect between ivory-towered medicine and every day human curiosity.<br />
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<b>The Automatic Millionaire</b><br />
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This guide to saving money smartly and efficiently was recommended to me by one of the hospitalists where I work. He is on track to retire before age 50, so I figured he must be well-informed. The book is full of cheesy personal anecdotes from the author which makes it read kind of like an infomercial, but once you drill down to the core message, his advice is strong. The book breaks down how to save money in easy, manageable chunks. In a world full of electronics, it is impressive, too, how writing a book on automating investing is so relevant. Most importantly, he helps you, the reader, identify why saving is so important and discover the motivation to make change. Even as a grad student with tens of thousands of dollars of debt right now, I still got excited about investing and managed to increase my retirement deduction. Find the time to read this book, and your financial stability will thank you.<br />
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<b>Hidden Figures</b><br />
By: Margot Lee Shetterly<br />
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This author begins her book early by telling the reader why this story is important to her. She has ties to these women on numerous levels, and was compelled by their humility and obsolescence to bring their untold accomplishments forward. She primarily follows Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson, three African American computer scientists who helped win WWII and propel humankind to the moon. Their brilliance is impressive, but coupled by the racism and systemic oppression and contempt society placed upon them for simply being women, and being black, is monumental. The US government believed in these women at a time nobody else would, and their sacrifices and exceptional hard work paved the way for women of color to be acknowledged and respected in these fields. Over and over, their accomplishments were misattributed, minimized, or stonewalled, but as they were pushed against the glass ceiling, they never stopped pushing back. I found this book hugely inspiring and can't find basis to complain when women like these walked the earth and accomplished as much as they did in the same 24 hours a day we all are given.<br />
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<b>Endurance</b><br />
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In keeping with the theme of reading books about subjects I know nothing, Scott Kelly's year in space stood out to me on the library shelf, and I'm so glad I acted spontaneously. Another immensely inspiring figure, Scott Kelly paints the picture of his life leading up to this mission in the context of his year aboard ISS. He jumps between space and childhood for most of the book until the timeline catches up to his astronaut years where he focuses more on his earth time and less in space. The window he gives ordinary earth-bound humans into the immense pressure and precision of NASA's space missions is fascinating. I loved his descriptions of everything aboard the ISS, and his deadpan humor when you least expect it. The triumph of a truly international collaborative project is a breath of fresh air in a time when partisan and isolationist agendas are becoming the norm. Scott Kelly reminds us that NASA, and space exploration, is a shining example of what collaboration can accomplish, and how the biggest challenge, the reason he spent a year in space, remains for humankind to accept: putting a human on Mars. <b></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A classic sports tale regaling the 1932-1936 University of Washington men's rowing club and quest for Olympic gold. The story begins with Joe Rantz quest for education and a better life after being abandoned and abused on the Olympic penninsula. The author masterfully draws the reader in with vivid imagery, exciting action, and sympathy-inducing backstories. You root for the home team, knowing full well they will win, they must win, but following along each step of the way. The author builds suspense and draws the reader in with each rowing season, until the final, dramatic 1936 season. The last race is nothing short of epic, and you feel the significance of their task, the rippling magnitude of their performance, and the emotional roller coaster of preparation for the obsessive quest to be the very best. It's a Cinderella story in its purest form, a thrilling read, and a heart-warming story. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Continuing on the vein of harrowing quests, Unbroken follows Louis Zamperini's unbelievable service in WWII, including his unfathomable airplane crash and Japanese imprisonment. The author paints stark, riveting images spanning years while never allowing the reader to lose interest or hope. Zamperini endured unspeakable torture during his service, drafted from the brink of being the first person in history to break the 4 minute mile. In a matter of months, his goal changes from shaving miliseconds off his mile time to surviving, unbroken. His story inspires and challenges the reader to examine her own drive and determination, drawing strength from his grit as we ponder the extreme measures his tormenters went through to break him. He seems almost super human at times in his fierce determination not to yield, but life eventually catches up to him and we glimpse the true effects of the horrors of the war. The book's ending is perhaps the most personifying aspect of his story: after gale-force storm of war and the still calm of it's end came the wreckage and aftermath, which he stumbles through and emerges a better, more sustainable man. Louis Zamperini was, in the truest sense, unbreakable. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This book was very short, but I found myself stopping after each chapter to let the layered meanings sink in. For 23 years, a man lived in the North Woods in total solitude less than 2 minutes from civilization. The book begins with his discovery, and pieces together his life as the author searches for understanding, understanding of the man and his motive, and understanding of why society views his the way it does. The hermits direct quotes are my favorite part: he did not speak for 23 years except to say "Hi" once to a hiker who encountered him on a trail. His primary source of knowledge were books he stole, so his sentences are sparce and pregnant with meaning. It is unclear how much he intended, but very clear he doesn't care at all. He had no filter and no emotion for many of his interviews, and his sentence structure and choice of words are so foreign from the way we generally communicate. He begs the question why. His perspective on life and existence is so radical, and diametrically opposed to the rest of civilization, that one cannot help but rethink their own opinions on how to live. A fascinating story, though only 3-4 years old, already disappearing into the past like everything this man had built his life around. A bit haunting, never dull, a strong recommendation for everyone who wants to be challenged. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">By: Dean King </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A fascinating glimpse into a little-known political maneuver with international implications which would reshape the face of history forever. I loved the emphasis on the women of the trip, but found the story excessively depressing. The long march is nothing more than brutal, and the author never lets you forget it. The political perspective was interesting, but there exists so little information on the individuals themselves that it was difficult to form attachments to the characters, or even sometimes keep them all straight. It hardly matters though, because so many of them end up dying. </span></div>
michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729172365029020784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095038005278789429.post-58493767785423284362017-04-12T19:23:00.001-07:002017-04-12T20:11:25.247-07:00Spring Book Reviews<br />
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<b><u>Catching Homelessness </u></b><br />
by: Josephine Ensign <br />
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Dr. Ensign taught my community health undergraduate nursing class, and this book was selected as the Health Sciences book of the year. She is such as creative, descriptive writer and paints a relentlessly driven, frustrated, young woman struggling to find meaning and follow her purpose. She doesn't spend much of the book talking about her homelessness, but paints it as stark and real as it must have felt to her. Her transition out of homelessness occurs very quickly as well, but I appreciated the drawn-out backstory. Too often we see our homeless patients as a name or for their current situation, and Dr. Ensign reminds her reader that there are rich backstories, if only we have the courage, kindness, and time to ask, and to listen. Highly recommended.<br />
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style="margin-top: 0px;" /></a> Full disclosure: This book was only on my radar because a boy I liked told me it was one of his favorites. This was one of the most enjoyable pieces of fiction I have read in years. The story centers around a family dynasty of loggers in costal Oregon named the Stampers. Kesey starts several generations back filling in the genealogy and history of this family and most of the town, gradually making his way westward to the current story. He weaves in rich side character stories who play pivotal or incidental parts in the book, so that when a main character walks into The Snag, Wakonda's local bar, you feel connected to each local just like the characters do. The climactic main conflict hinges around the Stampers logging industry vs the town's logging strike. Hank Stamper is the dictionary definition of stubborn, and unyieldingly refuses to support the strike, instead striving to fill the mill's request almost single-handedly, with the help of only a few loyal family members. His brother also returns from the East Coast during this pivotal time, partly to see his old home, mostly to avenge his mother and destroy his brother. This plot ebbs and flows, and Hank's beautiful wife seems to grace both conflicts. She remains a beautiful, Stamper-defying enigma throughout the story, supporting her husband physically while you always wish to know more about her hopes and dreams. The climax is thrilling, devastating, and senseless, and everything about the story mirrors the aftermath for the rest of the book. It is hard to pick a favorite part, but the author's absolute mastery of descriptive writing at times made me smile simply reading his descriptions. Scenes came to live in front of my eyes, painting themselves with the words he arranged with ease page after page. Definitely a book I will re-read, and a timeless classic. Some say this was Ken Kesey's magnum opus, and they wouldn't be wrong.<br />
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<u><b>Dear Data</b></u><br />
by: Giorgia Lupi& Stefanie Posavec <br />
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<u><b>Zig Zag: The Surprising Path to Greater Creativity</b></u><br />
by: Keith Sawyer <br />
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This was also an impulse read, and part of my attempt to expand my thinking. I ended up outlining each chapter because, unlike many books with lofty promises, Sawyer rolled up his sleeves and got busy objectively summarizing research-proven ways to be more creative. He divides the creative process up into 8 parts, then breaks down each part into steps with tools to accomplish each objective. I learned a lot, and certainly gained more insight into my own strengths and shortcomings. My biggest takeaways were to not be afraid to think broadly and absurdly about problems, narrowing the scope only after approaching the problem from every conceivable angle and solution. Sometimes in healthcare we are encouraged to follow uniform, streamlined approaches which doesn't exactly leave much room for the creative process. Nevertheless, innovation is everywhere, and I have already found myself applying concepts learned in this book. <br />
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<u><b>Extreme Measures: Finding a Better Path to the End of Life</b></u><br />
by: Jessica Zitter <br />
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style="margin-top: 0px;" /></a><span class="rg_ilmn">Written by an ICU attending turned Palliative specialist, this book should be read far and wide. Dr. Zitter describes her change of heart while placing a central one day and being castigated by the Palliative ARNP in front of her med student. While initially angry and resistant, she examines her motives and realizes there is more to patient care than preserving life at all costs. She honestly discusses holes in the medical education system which focuses more on saving, and less on transitioning. Knowing when can be an incredibly emotionally difficult, ethically ambiguous decision to make, and Dr. Zitter provides excellent language and resources for starting difficult conversations and topics which should be covered. Her own hesitance to write her advanced health care directives really resonated with me, and I ended up writing me own shortly after finishing this book. She provides so much food for thought, and intersperses patient stories with thoughts and discussion points. She doesn't lecture, but rather discusses, and sometimes leaves stories and thoughts without answers. One of her great strengths is being comfortable with uncomfortable questions, situations, or solution-less problems. Her Netflix short, Extremis, is critically acclaimed and a great easy way to start thinking about what it really means to make these decisions. Her strength comes from spending time on how unnecessarily so many people suffer at the end of their lives, but also acknowledging stories of patient's wishes respected, and families making decisions which lead to closure and peaceful deaths. </span></div>
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<br />michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729172365029020784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095038005278789429.post-89477758559448935192017-02-01T13:55:00.001-08:002017-02-01T13:55:08.496-08:00Book Reviews from Last Time to...Now <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>Brain on Fire</b></u></span></span><br />
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Occupational Therapist at work recommended this book to me and it was a
stirring, visceral read. The author was roughly my age when her brain
rebelled against her body, regressing her to a wall-staring zombie
incapable of taking care of herself or remembering the month of her life
she almost died. She does a remarkable job of piecing together those
days off of hospital records, fragmented, fuzzy memories, eyewitness
accounts, and faithful diary entries from her parents. Susannah pulls
you down the descent into madness with her, blindfolding you to reason,
sense, and sharing every intimate detail of her deterioration. The
reader gains the benefit of a healthy brain to hear the myriad of
medical tests and theories, but stays in the dark as she and her parents
do until the real culprit is unmasked: <span class="_Xbe kno-fv">Anti-NMDA
receptor encephalitis. You feel exhausted and relieved as she begins to
recover, and feel a satisfying sense of closure as she resumes her life
a changed woman, but a recovered mind. </span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Paul Kalanithi </span><br />
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disclosure: this book does not have a happy ending. We start toward the
end of Dr. Kalanithi's story - he is sick, but the gravity and
prognosis is unknown. As a health care professional, and daughter to a
man who also died from cancer, this book hit close to home many times.
It was a beautiful, heartfelt read. The author manages to take a
heartbreaking, joyless topic and keep a positive slant throughout most
of the story. He speaks to what he loves in his life cut short:
learning, neuroscience and neurosurgery, writing, his background, his
wife, and his family. The story draws the reader along even as the
apprehension of disease progression lurks in the background. I found
myself wanting to read faster because of his masterful writing style,
but dreading the relapse. His writing style waxes faintly melancholy and
philosophical and when it becomes evident that he is facing an
insidious, terminal disease. His book was left unfinished as he suddenly
took a turn for the worse. The transcript was edited as minimally as
possible, but left the reader with a sense of transition, not end. His
wife, Lucy, writes the epilogue recounting his final days and hours,
passing out of this life in the very place he spent so many thousands of
hours saving others. I cried freely and extensively reading the final
pages of this book, but his wife's strength in finishing what her
husband could not stands as a testament to the profound impact he made
on people's lives in all facets. This is the mark of a great doctor and a
great man: a well-rounded, strong character who, even in his final
months of life shares his experience for the benefits of others. </span></span></div>
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didn't see the movie: this isn't my normal genre of interest. However,
the fluid timeline of the book bore merit for investigation. Overall
this book held my interest. However, I wouldn't count it as a classic,
nor as a book I would read again. I enjoyed scenery descriptions and the
idea of their life in time more than the actual plot. I found the
twists dramatic and over-emotional, and although I cried like a little
girl at the ending, it was because of the father daughter dynamics fresh
on my own father's passing, not at the authenticity of the story. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">The History of Love</span></b></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span data-ved="0ahUKEwikkr3Yve_RAhWmwVQKHQfCDqUQ2koIgAEoAjAL">Nicole Krauss</span></span><br />
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upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a
question he wanted to spend his whole life answering." </span></span></div>
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sentiment from the prologue charmed me from the first pages, and kept
me reading, pondering, wishing, and connected with the book's characters
throughout its packed intertwined story. The book is actually three
separate stories, tightly braided together, which the reader at first
knows no connection between, and gradually begins to draw inferences
about as the book progresses. These are my favorite kinds of novels: the
author is completely in control the entire time, but starts from a
seemingly arbitrary place in the story to in fact complete a full circle
by the book's end. Each story feels real, grounded, and tangible. I
could picture myself in Leo's horder apartment, kitchen littered with
baking supplies covered in a powdery flour dust. I could hear the
radiator clanking of his upstairs neighbor, and picture his face when
the door is opened. I could see the pre-pubescent girl, Alma, bored and
curious, sneakily opening letters and innocently missing romantic
undertones from her lone male friend. I let go of time and space and
reality when the stories began to come together, and let myself be wrapt
up in the author's oddly satisfying, but completely heartbreaking
crescendo and felt simultaneously completely let down and at peace when I
read the final page. I do not expect to reread this book looking for a
feel-good nothing to kill time, but rather to again appreciate the work
of an author comfortable with illuminating the hidden magic of the
ordinary and forgotten. </span></span></div>
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style="height: 224px; margin-top: -7px; width: 149px;" /></a><span class="rg_ilmn">This
book was a total impulse pick off the shelf at the library. I was
instantly drawn in to the author's deep south upbringing. The
introduction was quick and fiery and I wondered at where the rest of the
book was headed. However, Charles takes a step back after the
introduction, going back all the way to his first memory, and gradually
recounting his life from there. The story was full of lovely
descriptions of his deep south upbringing, peppered with character
descriptions, mouth-watering meals, and places seen with significance
that changed as his world expanded. He grew up in abject poverty, but he
never complained or victimized his upbringing. Instead, he openly,
vulnerably presented himself and his perception of life in Gibsland. I
found myself rooting for him, inwardly bracing myself for the trauma I
knew from the introduction was coming, but taking delight in hearing his
story. His tone reflected the setting of each phase of his story. I
could hear his voice in my mind, sitting beside me on a rocking chair on
a hot July day, sipping sweet tea, the sound of children playing in the
background and old women rocking and gossiping beside me. I ached for
him when his innocence was taken, silently, in the night. I waited as
his character was questioned, forged, and tested time and time again,
and willed his story to be one of success, not defeat. It is, and then
some. Highly recommended. </span></span></div>
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<br />michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729172365029020784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095038005278789429.post-31204258227573488662016-08-18T10:57:00.001-07:002016-08-18T10:57:34.079-07:00Rivers with My Dad <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XGBtmQ6P_S8/V7X2_1-vFeI/AAAAAAAAAwU/mFtb9z6XSgg/s1600/20160818_103929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XGBtmQ6P_S8/V7X2_1-vFeI/AAAAAAAAAwU/mFtb9z6XSgg/s640/20160818_103929.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gU9YZLVV2wA/V7X3AiSyqwI/AAAAAAAAAwY/4YJD_RApNp8/s1600/20160818_103817.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gU9YZLVV2wA/V7X3AiSyqwI/AAAAAAAAAwY/4YJD_RApNp8/s640/20160818_103817.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-15mPnfrAqj0/V7X3BPWRSCI/AAAAAAAAAwc/zfqVUpW7tXE/s1600/20160818_103750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-15mPnfrAqj0/V7X3BPWRSCI/AAAAAAAAAwc/zfqVUpW7tXE/s640/20160818_103750.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Uadju4P3cnQ/V7X3BrcSXUI/AAAAAAAAAwg/pu7jDokuL4M/s1600/20160818_103736.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Uadju4P3cnQ/V7X3BrcSXUI/AAAAAAAAAwg/pu7jDokuL4M/s640/20160818_103736.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jzt6_tISvaU/V7X3CNQQDcI/AAAAAAAAAwk/rn2VS3ORExA/s1600/20160818_103724.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jzt6_tISvaU/V7X3CNQQDcI/AAAAAAAAAwk/rn2VS3ORExA/s640/20160818_103724.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zFYdA_guQMA/V7X3CyM53SI/AAAAAAAAAwo/rSBj35dMRYc/s1600/20160818_103613.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zFYdA_guQMA/V7X3CyM53SI/AAAAAAAAAwo/rSBj35dMRYc/s640/20160818_103613.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Z5yVLreJbL8/V7X3DaLi49I/AAAAAAAAAws/1WtXFyvzWMA/s1600/20160818_103438.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Z5yVLreJbL8/V7X3DaLi49I/AAAAAAAAAws/1WtXFyvzWMA/s640/20160818_103438.jpg"> </a> </div>michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729172365029020784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095038005278789429.post-65602024338071801822016-06-30T13:51:00.004-07:002016-06-30T13:51:23.267-07:00Epitaph - Merrit Malloy<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
When I die<br />
Give what’s left of me away<br />
To children<br />
And old me that wait to die.<br />
<br />
And if you need to cry,<br />
Cry for your brother<br />
Walking the street beside you.<br />
And when you need me,<br />
Put your arms<br />
Around anyone<br />
And give them<br />
What you need to give to me.<br />
<br />
I want to leave you something,<br />
Something better<br />
Than words<br />
Or sounds.<br />
<br />
Look for me<br />
In the people I’ve known<br />
Or loved,<br />
And if you cannot give me away,<br />
At least let me live on in your eyes<br />
And not your mind.<br />
<br />
You can love me most<br />
By letting<br />
Hands touch hands,<br />
By letting bodies touch bodies,<br />
And by letting go<br />
Of children<br />
That need to be free.<br />
<br />
Love doesn’t die,<br />
People do.<br />
So, when all that’s left of me<br />
Is love,<br />
Give me away.</span>michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729172365029020784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095038005278789429.post-7869669223635170952016-06-13T22:59:00.000-07:002016-06-13T22:59:02.210-07:00How My Dad DiesI didn't picture it like this.<br />
I pictured a darkened room, shades half-drawn, subdued sunlight negating the need for anything artificial. A neatly made hospital bed, with a single IV line connecting my dad to a single IV pole with a single IV pump and a small, clear bag.<br />
I imagined him sleeping comfortably, and, if he stirred, pushing IV morphine myself and watching him settle back into a satisfying slumber until his breaths rattled thin and irregular and eventually stopped altogether. He would not be awake. He would not be present. He would not be in pain. <br />
<br />
Memorial Day at 2pm my mother called me at work, never a good sign. She said he had been in so much pain all weekend he was crying. She wasn't wrong. I left work at 7:30 to come home and immediately call the on-call hospice doctor, at 9pm at the end of a 3-day weekend. My dad has always had a way with good timing. We upped his pain medicine strength and dosing schedule. I woke him up throughout the night to make sure he took his pain medicine. I eventually slept around 10 or 11 and set my alarm for 4:30am for pain medicine. By the time I woke him up, he was in a different place. He was relaxed, awakened easily, aware, and wanted to talk. So we did. For 50 minutes. He smoked a bowl, we watched the sun rise, he ate breakfast, and at last, he took his pain medicine.<br />
It was an incredibly pleasant memory because it was impromptu and genuine. He was himself. So completely unexpected timing, but we take the memories we get whenever they happen. Life never fits neatly into perfect boxes. Sometimes the most lucid, peaceful moments come after 18 hour days and 5 hours of sleep.<br />
<br />
I never pictured it like this.<br />
<br />
2 weeks later, he is even thinner, if that is possible. His right leg is large and red and his right arm is small and white. DVTs. His skin would be pale if it wasn't yellow. Inconceivably, he still has a watch tan. We match. He twitches a lot, but his pain is better managed. His Hospice RN, and he, surprisingly, too, articulated that his pain is as much emotional as it is physical. When were we supposed to learn that? Because of that, we give him pain medicine for both. I never knew. Our kitchen table has been transformed into a home-cooked controlled substance cocktail lab. Blue morphine, crushed pills, and small syringes lined up methodically, with detailed recipes at the side for each time and dose we administer. The opposite of a locked pyxis requiring a fingerprint, accurate count, and audits for appropriate use. Here we leave large doses of potent opioids in unmarked syringes mixed with ativan and haldol, in whichever concentration is best, whenever we deem best. It is both strictly regimented, ever 3 hours, but also totally up to my dad - whenever he needs it. Today I gave him a morphine syringe and then my mom and I realized we didn't even know who had mixed it or what specifically it contained. This morning, he was crying from pain again, so I unflinchingly doubled his liquid morphine dose, without consulting anyone. Then I stopped to marvel at this foreign system. While polar opposite of the regimented, heavily regulated hospital system, this is no less effective. The nurse sat cross legged in my dad's bedroom on his bed in the dark and stroked his stomach in the direction of his bowels to relieve gas. Bedside nursing indeed.<br />
<br />
I never imagined the dark humor. A close childhood friend, whom he's known for 15 years, asked me to tell him she loved him, as he is no longer receiving visitors. I joked to my brother I'd tell her my dad said "Who?"<br />
<br />
He has begun dreaming of deceased loved ones, and speaking with people who are not physically present. I woke him up this morning and he looked behind him, mentioning he thought he heard someone. He told my mom this morning, "But I have so many places to go." The hospice RN told us she sees this commonly in people passing on to the next life, and that people from his past have come to keep him company and ease his way. This was a part I did not expect, having never seen the dying process this intimately. It's cathartic, and seems to bring a closure to this life and an invitation to the next. It is as beautiful as it is heartbreaking. A journey set in motion, and he is moving on to places where I cannot go with him.<br />
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I never imagined letting go would be so difficult. I have always loved him, and I have always wanted a peaceful death for my dad. But after spending so much time and effort on his care, it is difficult to finally see that he is transitioning, and that my part will be less needed, and will end. It is more pushing a boat away from a dock than it is scuttling a tumor-ridden dingy. This does not feel like an end, because he will not be gone. His network of loved ones lives on, as will his memories and impact on so many people. I did not imagine death would feel like a transition, instead of the end.<br />
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In one of his last sustained, present moments, he dictated part of a post to family and friends. He ended it with,<br />
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"The river's getting rougher, and the support that I am so honored by can only help so much. When you're swimming through a class 4 rapid, it's really just you and the river."<br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Perhaps the most inspiring story I've read in some time, this WWII POW does the unthinkable: convinces 2 other people to fashion their own mountaineering tools, break out of their camp, and climb a 17,000' mountain using only a picture from a magazine and a can of spam as their maps. His writing style is equally delightful, descriptive, and engaging. I never imagined myself alongside them, but felt clearly his style of climbing and genuine love of mountaineering, despite the adversity which they inevitably encountered. A hidden gem. </span><br />
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<p dir="ltr">One of my great humble thanks from this terminal diagnosis is that I have had enough time to grow my relationship further, deeper, and stronger, and that I have time to say goodbye. I know the end is coming, we're two months in and things have mostly settled into a routine, but times like this remind me that he is not somewhere normal or stable and that the way I remember him gradually becomes farther and farther away from where he is now. </p>
<p dir="ltr">So take the time, now, to love the people important to you. Love them and be grateful for your relationships. You never know when they could change. </p>
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It's been kind of an exhausting day, even though I didn't do a whole lot. I spent about 4 hours with my dad at his 3rd chemotherapy appointment. He had labs drawn (his WBCs and neutrophils were low...just above cutoff for chemo so yay), talked with the oncologist, then finally started his chemo. He's getting two drugs, Abraxane and Gemcitabine (totally had to look that spelling up) which together have been shown in preliminary studies to increase life expectancy by 2 months, compared with just Gemcitabine. No studies against that chemo cocktail vs. nothing yet, it is a therapy combination less than 5 years old.<br />
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I wasn't sure how I was going to feel seeing my dad have liquid poison pumped into him. After all, my emotions have been all over the place for the last month. The nurses were both older, incredibly nice and one of them even took me aside when my dad left to use the bathroom to say he was doing really well and give me some nurse-to-nurse information about symptoms and labs which was really comforting to me. The infusion center also, by the way, is posh. Rentable iPads, recliner chairs, a fully-stocked snack/juice bar, as well as volunteers who walk around and give out chocolate. The other patients, I noticed, were mostly older, and sedate. My dad and I talked, laughed, he sang a little, but maybe the walls were just thick because I didn't hear anyone else really at all. They read, or knit, or just sat in patient silence with their support person. The unit had a long-term feel which I both loved and hated. The nurses remembered my dad, the social worker already knew I was an RN and the volunteer remembered my dad liked peppermint patties. I appreciated the little touches, but at the same time, wanted to be a nobody, fading out into the land of discharge like the people who aren't sick enough to be memorable.<br />
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He was tired, afterward, so I went on a run to let him nap and eat some food. We watched some OITNB and talked some more afterward. I was really able to open up about Matt and religion and morality with him, something I haven't really talked to my family a lot about lately because I've been going through a lot of mental changes, so that was really nice. He has become so calm, collected, and peaceful throughout all of this, trying to "eliminate stress" (a phrase I heard about 15 times today...the man loves to talk to anyone who'll listen.) He strikes me as almost a curious child again. This strange alien environment is something he has become familiar with, but is still new and he bites off new pieces of information about this experience to chew on and accept each time I see him.<br />
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Today's word I heard him mention several times was Dignity. He spoke enough times for me to take note about the elderly patients and how they are set in their ways and want to preserve dignity. It seemed almost like projection to me, and something I definitely want to keep an eye on as this continues. Thinking about his experience this far, he's had to wear his share of butt-showing hospital gowns, been reduced to a barcode and a name/number (he greeted the co-signing RN today with his rattled-off name and birthday instead of hello so he's obviously been asked to say it more in the last month than probably in the last decade. He's been poked, prodded, injected, ascultated, palpated, asked about a million times about his bowels, and it sounds like something he's starting to notice more and more.<br />
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My goal for him, throughout all of this, is that he have the highest quality of life possible. The time he has left has been cut decades shorter than it should, but with the time he has left I want him to live the fullest life possible. I love this man more than any other man I've ever known. He taught me how to walk, how to wipe my bottom, how to roof a house, change the oil in a car, and tell the truth even when it was hard. He's taught me so, so much, through the good and the bad, but this loss is still something I feel acutely. The whirlwind of emotions I feel thinking about all the things we have left unfinished makes me cry every time, still. And I don't cry for much. I love this man, I love my family, and seeing him slowly waste away into a shell of a man, as this tumor literally eats his body away, is so, so hard. I find myself wondering if a car accident would have been better, but at least this way I have warning, and I will have closure. I get to hug him, and tell him I love him every time I see him from now until he dies. And that is a treasure. That is a gift. Our time with each other is so precious, and I think about how often I take for granted the important people in my life. I have no regrets about how I have lived as his daughter so far, and I am truly grateful for that. We have a loving, healthy relationship, and I am truly lucky that our relationship is something we can continue to grow, instead of try to heal after this horrible diagnosis came shattering down around our lives.<br />
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So this is all I have to write for now. I'm going to sleep because I have to work bright and early tomorrow.<br />
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And such is life. michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588696469699715092noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095038005278789429.post-8635707913112952112013-04-22T20:47:00.000-07:002013-04-22T20:47:58.734-07:00Procrastination StationWell it's not even half-way through the year yet but I've had some pretty cool stuff happen to me already so I decided I'd start a list of awesome things here for shiz and giggles:<br />
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<li>Jumped in Lake Washington on New Year's Day </li>
<li>Watched a beating human heart be stopped and started again </li>
<li>Pulled a catheter out of a person's heart via their superior vena cava. Literally the coolest thing I've done all year. </li>
<li>Witnessed an avalanche</li>
<li>Won a boat race</li>
<li>Presented about syphilis at a homeless shelter</li>
<li>Played 98 points of ultimate in 36 hours</li>
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michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588696469699715092noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095038005278789429.post-32051827517318600862013-01-01T14:03:00.001-08:002013-01-01T14:03:21.282-08:00Bang2013! Wow, what a start!<br />
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Currently 13:24 hours into the new year and I've already gotten more done off my to-do list than in the last 2 1/2 weeks. Also just got back from an exhilarating plunge into Lake Washington on a clear, sunny, frost-laced morning crowded in on every side by old men in speedos, hula girls, Waldo (found him), Elvis, and a bunch of Vikings. Seattle does its holidays right! And no polar dive would be complete without cocoa, coffee, and hot Tang! (seriously. WTF.) <br />
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Ok, so 2013 goals:<br />
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<li>Layout. I know I got this checked off last year but then my collarbone decided it was too solid and cracked in two so I'm a little scared about throwing my body on the ground anytime soon. </li>
<li>Layout and catch a disc</li>
<li>Layout D</li>
<li>Callaghan</li>
<li>Nurse Tech type job</li>
<li>Keep crossing stuff off the Bucket List! </li>
<li>Kickass, memorable 21st. Memorable in that it will be worth remember and also I will keep the capacity to remember it. </li>
<li> POTLATCH. If I say it enough it has to happen eventually, right? </li>
<li>Seaplastic? Beach Ulty sounds fun! </li>
<li>21 & Over slated to come out. Between my cameo and Rise Up I'll be a household name, right? </li>
<li>Completely finish a crossword in pen on my own with no help. </li>
<li>Be someone I am proud of every day. </li>
<li>Be generous. Be humble. Be selfless. </li>
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Not quite as many life-changing moments coming down the pike this year. Find a new place to live next year. Survive the rest of this year of nursing school and the first quarter of the next. I would really love to go somewhere this summer but realistically I might just have to stay home and work.<br />
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For the first time I'm also saluting notable moments from 2012. A lot happened, both expected and surprising:<br />
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<li>Move out on my own</li>
<li>Get into nursing school</li>
<li>Start nursing school</li>
<li> Layout #1 (and 2 and...)</li>
<li> Broke my collarbone</li>
<li> DiscNW Elementary Coordinator</li>
<li>Picked my first lock</li>
<li>Picked & cooked approx. 5 gallons of basil into pesto. </li>
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Well...I just got distracted then acutely tired so I'm going to nap up. Happy 2013!! michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588696469699715092noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095038005278789429.post-84318224294346413612012-11-30T17:13:00.001-08:002012-11-30T17:13:30.823-08:00Favorite PoemJust had to dust off the cobwebs to share quite possibly my favorite poem of all-time:<br />
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Whose woods these are I think I know.<br />
His house is in the village though;<br />
He will not see me stopping here<br />
To watch his woods fill up with snow.<br />
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My little horse must think it queer<br />
To stop without a farmhouse near<br />
Between the woods and frozen lake<br />
The darkest evening of the year.<br />
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He gives his harness bells a shake<br />
To ask if there is some mistake.<br />
The only other sound's the sweep<br />
Of easy wind and downy flake.<br />
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The woods are lovely, dark and deep.<br />
But I have promises to keep,<br />
And miles to go before I sleep,<br />
And miles to go before I sleep.<br />
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--Robert Frost michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588696469699715092noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095038005278789429.post-41688413456579465862012-08-20T11:15:00.000-07:002012-08-20T11:15:49.741-07:00Summer AgainToday is very possibly the last day in months if not years that I have absolutely nothing to do so why not update my blog?<br />
Spawnfest was this past weekend so I'm still a little hazy while trying to readjust to regular life right now. Luke, Louie, and I were talking about how unique and fantastic ultimate is and just how difficult it would be for anyone else to believe the things that happen through this sport. After yesterday I would have to agree. Ultimate is unique and in my opinion a satisfying pastime. But it is so much more than just another sport like basketball or soccer. While playing Ultimate <i>anything</i> can happen. It's a place where someone you've never met before will trade you a unicorn horn and lei for a superman cape and become your best friend. It's a place where it doesn't matter who you are or what you do because you just skied a guy in the endzone and that was pretty freaking sick. It's a place where strangers will heckle you for eating pancakes in the beer garden at 8:30am but 20 yards away a team is already cracking open the pbrs. It's a place where my number gets disseminated (involuntarily) and I end up having an epic 2-hour texting showdown with a random team we played comprised entirely of ultimate pick-up lines. It's a place where a cat gets tied to a kite and almost becomes lunch. It's a place where massive on-field dance parties simply materialize. It's a place where the best teams in the world will be playing on one field and some total amateurs play the same game 5 yards over. It's a place where people who have never met each other, people who might not even speak the same language, come together and work hard for a common goal in a language which transcends words.<br />
One of my absolute favorite parts of Ultimate, which is pretty difficult to single out because I pretty much love everything about playing, is what sets us apart from other sports: Spirit of the Game. It's a mix of self-officiating (Ultimate doesn't use referees and instead relies on players to settle our own disputes) and good sportsmanship. It means crashing into your defender and being helped up by the other team with a pat on the back. It means stopping play and clapping for a player who gets injured and has to step off the field. It means cheering for the other team after every game no matter how many poor sports they had or bs calls they made. It's a fraternity of friendship and comradery built around a shared love for an amazing game. Elitism is extremely rare and almost every single professional and club (elite) player I know specifically devotes time to mentoring programs, youth programs, and coaching because we all love to give back to our community. I've played games with some of the best players in the world because they simply happened to be throwing nearby, we needed extra players, and they love to play. Ok, that's enough about Ultimate for now: point being - I just really love my sport.<br />
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Other things I've done this summer include playing on 4 ultimate teams, winning the IMA ultimate championship, taking 10 credits (5 credits of Nursing School!!), working part-time, and getting my orchid to bloom <i>again</i>. Despite being extremely busy with school and work and having to turn down many really fun opportunities, I still managed to make some great memories. Whether I was canoeing and playing fliers up in Lake Washington with Swill and her roommates followed by a bbq and chalk twister on their driveway, or going skinnny-dipping off of a random person's houseboat at 1am after Bing and Greg's wedding with some crazy awesome people, or stargazing behind the shellhouse at UW after running through the drumheller sprinklers, or skying a riot player, or spending a week with my best friend in the entire world, or baking a beast mode raspberry tart, or making 38 cups of pesto from basil I picked myself (yes, that's about a 5 gallon bucket worth of basil) 2012 has been a great summer. I have 6 weeks of 'summer' (re: no school), a mini vacation down to Ocean Shores with my uncles and cousins this weekend and one of the biggest transitions of my entire life: moving out to fill these weeks. Then: Junior Year and starting Nursing School! I am so incredibly, unbelievably excited to start nursing, and even more excited for fall quarter since I took one class over the summer to lighten my course load. :)<br />
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I created my next 5 year plan a few weeks ago as well because my first 5 year plan I created when I was 15 and it ended with getting into UWSON. My next 5 year plan has me just as excited and I can't wait to see where I am and what life has in store for me in the next 5 years. Throughout everything I have placed my trust in God and my life has been so incredibly blessed through Him. With His guidance I know my next 5 years will be spectacular and no matter what big and life-changing (or little and sweet) moments He has in store I am absolutely positive it will be built of experiences I will remember for the rest of my life. It seems that each year I grow older I love life a little more, which I suppose is exactly as it should be. I can't wait to find out what turning 100 will be like. :) <br />
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<br />michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588696469699715092noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095038005278789429.post-87129381030578828652012-04-10T10:08:00.003-07:002012-04-15T20:44:41.532-07:00Alleluia!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.delegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/spring1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 448px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.delegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/spring1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Springtime has finally arrived!!<br /><br />I do not think it is possible for me to adequately describe how happy I am right now and how much I love this time of the year. So much is happening for me right now and it is resulting in the culmination of years of hard work finally paying off in ways that still seem to good to be true. God has always blessed me and I have always been a happy person, but right now I just have so much to be thankful for and so much to be happy about!! Ok...so you get it...I'm happy. :)<br />A few of the myriad of amazing things in my life right now include the fact that I received admission into the University of Washington's School of Nursing - the #1 School of Nursing in the nation. Out of 475 applicants this year, only 96 were admitted. You are reading the blog of one of those 96. :) My aunt gave me a nursing school regulation stethoscope at Easter along with a really beautiful card and those little things are what make this seem so real and exciting!! I just cannot believe after literally almost 6 years of hard work, careful planning, dedication, tough decisions and often times the neglect of more age-appropriate pasttimes, I finally am able to follow my dream. I realize the hard work has only just begun - nursing schools grueling and I don't forsee having much of a life outside of academia for the next two years, but I am so prepared to work hard at this. :)<br />The downside of receiving admittance on March 30th is that this quarter is basically BS for me. I'm only taking one class (and one summer quarter) and all I need is a 2.0 to retain my offer of admissions. Obviously I'll try for something higher than that, but I don't need to because my gpa is now irrelevant. Even for grad school - I've been told that graduating from UW SON is prestigious enough by itself that grades aren't really that important. I'll still try to get decent grades, but it's nice knowing that the school on my diploma will speak for itself. :)<br />On the heels of my nursing school admittance came my first layout in my ultimate-playing history. Technically speaking, a layout is when a player dives headfirst for the disc and it's pretty damn epic. However, the thought of diving headfirst for anything, especially when I know people who have broken bones, sustained concussions, or at the very least received BA turf burns, turned me off for years. However, I kept telling myself I would layout, and that conviction finally paid off at OnionFest 2012 in Walla Walla. I actually laid out twice and in full disclosure did not catch the disc either time, but now that I have overcome the mental block associated with laying out, I am confident that this summer will be a summer for the layout books. :)<br />In addition to laying out, I am really jelling with my UW team and can feel myself improving, even though the process is very gradual. It's the little things - like reaching out to catch something behind my back just out of instinct, or throwing a disc with exactly the right amount of spin exactly where I wanted it to go, or reading someone's hip positioning and poaching the hell out of their shoddy d. I even threw a hammer yesterday during scrimmage! (Again full disclosure: it was uncatchable. But I had the presence of mind and confidence to at least try it!)<br /><br />I have always considered myself a confident person, and never really had an issue with self-image or insecurity or caring too much about other people judging me. When I started at UW, I got kind of a reality check because being 1 in 40,000 students leads to a very public sort of isolation. People kind of put on this hard, impersonal exterior and basically pretend like no one else exists. It's really weird, but I felt myself being sucked into that mindsent a little. I think part of it was my crippling insecurity and doubt about nursing school and what I would do with my life if I didn't get in. However, now that I'm in, and that it's Spring and that I am so happy, I just feel my self-confidence bubbling back and I am surprised at how contagious a good mood is! I know I won't be this happy forever, but I am <span style="font-style: italic;">loving</span> life right now and damn well want to make the most of it.<br /><br /><br />Well, I think this post has gone on quite long enough. As always, I could write for pages more, but I will refrain out of respect for the time of anyone who chances to read this, although, let's be honest, probably no one does. :)<br /><br />Alleluia! He is risen! He is risen indeed!!michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588696469699715092noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095038005278789429.post-28661908791176628362012-03-08T18:02:00.005-08:002012-03-09T15:35:08.630-08:00I may have a vocabulary of 150,000 words but the only title I can come up with is the one you just read<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kingofpeace.org/images/HolyLent.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 393px; height: 253px;" src="http://www.kingofpeace.org/images/HolyLent.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a> In honor of this most holy and solemn season, I have decided to publish a list of my very favorite, inspiring quotes. These aren't simply phrases my friends accidentally uttered or witty sayings I poached from someone's facebook account, these are, in your author's humble opinion, the work of great minds who have summarized vast truths or concepts in one or two sentences. I love them so much because I think they are the product of wise minds with more knowledge than I may ever know. They are not necessarily religious, but all present food for thought.<br /><br /><span style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >Michelle's Lenten Quotes:</span><br /><br />"To live without faith, without a patrimony to defend, without a steady struggle for the truth, that is not living, but existing."<br />- Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati<br /><br /><br />"You ask me whether I am in good spirits, how could I not be so? As long as faith gives me strength I will always be joyful."<br />- Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati<br /><br /><br />"Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing." - Mother Teresa<br /><br /><br />"The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either - but right through every human heart."<br />-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn<br /><br /><br />"Great minds have purposes; little minds have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; great minds rise above them."<br />-Washington Irving<br /><br /><br />"Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at."<br />-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<br /><br /><br />"...that they may arrive at their desires...not of inevitable necessity but of culpable will."<br />-St. Augustine, <span style="font-style: italic;">On Patience</span><br /><br /><br />"What benefits the body is called medicine; what benefits the soul, discipline."<br />-St. Augustine, <span style="font-style: italic;">Of the Morals of the Catholic Church</span><br /><br /><br />"I am happy because I am alive and now I know it."<br />-One of the most incredible women I've ever met<br /><br /><br />"When we were lost and could not find the way to You, You loved us more than ever."<br />- Eucharistic Prayer for Reconciliation Imichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588696469699715092noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095038005278789429.post-79312109172309921662012-01-01T12:59:00.000-08:002012-01-01T13:11:27.831-08:00#themayanswererightIt's 2012, Bitches! The world ends this year!<br /><br />With that apocalyptic foresight fully disclosed, I now present my annual goals and aspirations for this year. I have a feeling this will be a great and amazing year full of new and exciting opportunities, lots of fun, and lots of hard work. Even though the world will be ending, I think it's going to be a year for adventure, a year for trying new things, pushing boundaries, and reaffirming everything that I think is great about life. So, without further ado, my list of goals for 2012:<br /><br /><ul><li>Get into Nursing School!!!!</li><li>Start Nursing School<br /></li><li>Move out (I say this every year...it might actually happen this time)</li><li>Get a job </li><li>Cross something (or many things) off of my bucket list</li><li>Layout<br /></li><li>Callahan? Bookends? Layout D? Anything and everything is possible!<br /></li><li>Potlatch with a kickass team</li><li>Do lots more hiking and cross off a lot of trails off my list</li><li>Kayaking with my dad</li><li>Put in a Grand Canyon permit bid</li><li>21 & Over comes out - hopefully they kept some/all of the scenes I'm in!<br /></li><li>CLUB RUST<br /></li><li>And finally, complete my New Year's Dare<br /></li></ul>I'm sure I'll think of other things I wish I could have put on there, but right now that is my 2012 Goals List and I have 355 days and counting to accomplish it all! Let's go!michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588696469699715092noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095038005278789429.post-92212715391730547262011-12-02T10:42:00.001-08:002011-12-02T10:48:52.405-08:00You know you're a frisbee player when...<span style="font-weight: bold;">Places I have found turf:</span><br /><br /><ul><li>Shoes (all pairs, regardless of whether I wear them to practice or not)<br /></li><li>Backpack</li><li>Car</li><li>Bedroom floor</li><li>Hair<br /></li><li>Lip balm</li><li>Under fingernails</li><li>Eye</li></ul>I'm quite sure there are more, but I've lost track. I'm sure I've ingested it as well multiple times. Point being: turf and I are tight.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.frassfakegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/artificial-turf-8.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://www.frassfakegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/artificial-turf-8.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588696469699715092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095038005278789429.post-70117367810744634062011-09-11T21:16:00.001-07:002011-12-14T15:46:49.603-08:00Book Reviews 2011 Continued<span style="font-family:arial;">Well, now that I am, for all practical purposes, done with Autumn quarter, I think it is time to finish, or at least continue, my 2011 book reviews. Again, I am not expecting my readers to actually want reviews, but more try to catalog the books I've read for future perusal and reminiscence. I think at some point down the line I will also post a general re-cap of 2011 and goals for 2012 because I love looking back at the end of the year to see what I've actually done that I said I would do.<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:180%;">Michelle's Reading List 2011 (Part 2):<br /><br /><br /></span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://larchmontgazette.com/2004/books/graphics/kiterunner.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 358px; height: 475px;" src="http://larchmontgazette.com/2004/books/graphics/kiterunner.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">The Kite Runner </span><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">by: </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >Khaled Hosseini</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >The friends whom I have </span><span style="font-family:arial;">discussed this book with all have very differing views so know that the book elicits a wide range of opinions. Mine, for the most part, were pretty favorable. The story is heart-wrenching, make no mistake about it. It also contains graphic material so I wouldn't recommend it for the faint of heart or as a bedtime reading (although that's what I did and I turned out just fine.) The story follows Amir, who at the beginning of the story is a little boy growing up in Kabul. He has a close friendship with his peer servant, Hassan, but one day witnesses a horrible event involving Hassan which scars him deeply. He deliberately drives Hassan and his father out of the house and lives with guilt and cowardice for decades. Eventually once he is settled in America with a new wife he decides to confront this unresolved issue of his past and journeys to Afghanistan for what turns out to be a difficult, violent, painful, yet redemptive quest. The story line definitely was written to elicit emotional responses from the reader, but what I most loved about the book was the imagery and descriptions of the Middle East. At the end of the book, I felt as though I had been there beside Amir, smelling the stale air and feeling the grit of dust in my sandals as I walked the long roads weak from hunger and grief. Anyway, not to wax poetic, but I enjoyed the book and it would certainly be a great book for a discussion.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /></span></span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1f/Lovely_Bones_cover.jpg/200px-Lovely_Bones_cover.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 306px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1f/Lovely_Bones_cover.jpg/200px-Lovely_Bones_cover.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Lovely Bones</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />by: Alice Seybold</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />This was one of the first books I read after beginning my resolution so it isn't particularly fresh in my mind. That being said, I remember it being a nice, mild sort of book. I had read Seybold before, for my memoir class in Running Start. Her memoir </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family:arial;" >Lucky</span><span style="font-family:arial;">, is the story of her rape and recovery in college and I found it a powerful and reflective book. This one, however, contains no trace of her past, and instead focuses on a fictional town reeling from the murder of a teen girl, Susie. The story is told from Susie's perspective, however, from Heaven. The plot wasn't particularly inspiring or original, but the perspective was refreshing. Seybold guides the reader through her work with a sort of gentle complacence. I always felt the story contained direction, but at the same time felt suspended in the clouds alongside Susie, watching events unfold from a sort of timeless reflection. Seybold also gets props for her depiction of Heaven. From my recollection, I doubt she is religious, but she paints a very interesting idea of Heaven being comprised of all the things on earth we consciously or subconsciously found happiness in and which gradually expands as our capacity for curiosity does. I'm not sure I would re-read this book, but I would definitely read more Seybold. </span><br /><br /><br /> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qd82jV4pZO8/TLtdno7MG6I/AAAAAAAAAlk/kKXCupJEgQE/s1600/AA+Emma.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 569px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qd82jV4pZO8/TLtdno7MG6I/AAAAAAAAAlk/kKXCupJEgQE/s1600/AA+Emma.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Emma</span></span> by: Jane Austen<br /><br />Again, another work I read toward the beginning of the year. This is the fourth Austen to grace the BBC's list of 100 Greatest Books. Unfortunately, I had already seen the play (fabulous) and the movie (witty) before reading the book, so it lacked the same suspense as her other works. I wouldn't have read the book at all, but in keeping with my resolution I decided to read it anyway so I could mark it off my list. The story is delightful and definitely more humorous than some of Austen's other work. Essentially Emma plays matchmaker with any and every of the other young men and women around her, but fails to take into account their own affections and desires when pairing them. This leads to unhappiness, confusion, and drama! When Emma starts to become intertwined in her webs of matchmaking she realizes it might not be the best idea and as she steps back all falls into place and everyone ends up happily ever after. The movie, in this case, was not the BBC version, but a 1996 film starring Gwenyth Paltrow who plays a fabulous Emma. Don't waste your time with BBC as this is where it's at. I think reading multiple Austen novels besides the great Pride & Prejudice really gives the reader a respect for her writing and allows us to appreciate how she always takes the same formula but book after book twists it into a fresh and intriguing storyline that has captivated audiences for centuries. <span style="font-style: italic;">That </span>is the mark of great author.<br /><br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.thoughtaudio.com/titlelist/TA0077-HeartofDarkness/heartofdarkness.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://www.thoughtaudio.com/titlelist/TA0077-HeartofDarkness/heartofdarkness.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Heart of Darkness </span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">by: Joseph Conrad</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >I actually ended up writing my final paper for South Asian Comparative Literature on this book and 1001 Arabian Nights so I studied it much more than I would have otherwise. Though only 38,000 words, Heart of Darkness is a dense and difficult text. The introductory author describes it as "unrelenting," a term which is quite appropriate. However, the book is quite powerful as well. The story centers around Marlow, who tells his fellow seamen the story of his expedition up the Congo River one night as they relax on board their trawler and wait for the tides to change. What makes Conrad's work so powerful and great, in this writer's opinion, is his vocabulary and word choice. It is vivid, provocative, and integral to his story. The entire text is built on a haunting, ominous undertone which increases as his tale goes on climaxing in both figurative and literal darkness. This is the sort of book which must be read 3 or 4 times to really begin to understand it and glean all the meaning and richness. His work is fantastic and it is definitely NOT light bedtime reading. Or bus reading. Or lunch break reading. So basically it's a school book. But such a great school book. </span><br /></span></span></span></span>michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588696469699715092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095038005278789429.post-20877379583249341512011-09-02T10:08:00.000-07:002011-09-11T22:19:04.110-07:00"A Good Book Has No Ending"This delightful quote is attributed to R.D. Cummings.<br /><br />Another of my favorites:<br /><br />"<span style="font-family:georgia, bookman old style, palatino linotype, book antiqua, palatino, trebuchet ms, helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, avante garde, century gothic, comic sans ms, times, times new roman, serif;">The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it." ~James Bryce<br /><br />I now find myself with time to recap my reading exploits from the past year or so, not so much because I think people read them (because blogs are so 2000s the only people who seem to frequent them are spambots and declasse </span><span style="font-family:georgia, bookman old style, palatino linotype, book antiqua, palatino, trebuchet ms, helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, avante garde, century gothic, comic sans ms, times, times new roman, serif;">salesmen) but that I might create a catalog of reading material to revisit later. The first few are from the BBC's list of 100 Greatest Books and the later ones are my personal forte, investigative journalism.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Michelle's Reading List 2011<br />(Part 1):</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia, bookman old style, palatino linotype, book antiqua, palatino, trebuchet ms, helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, avante garde, century gothic, comic sans ms, times, times new roman, serif;"><br /><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Catch-22 </span></span>by: Joseph Heller<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gkGhMJWUKCE/SjBTa7E_1RI/AAAAAAAAARI/TX8hLZiV1rk/s400/200px-Catch22.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 299px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gkGhMJWUKCE/SjBTa7E_1RI/AAAAAAAAARI/TX8hLZiV1rk/s400/200px-Catch22.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This book thoroughly captivated and fascinated me, both with a superb and sobering plot and vivid and intelligent vocabulary. Word choice more than once brought a smile to my face and Mr. Heller taught me my current favorite word: infundibuliform (funnel-shaped.) His superior knowledge and application of the English language gave me faith in humanity and repleted the book with sophistication. However, the story itself was nothing short of an epic. Based during World War II, Catch-22 loosely follows Yossarian, a dissatisfied soldier with endlessly-increasing mission assignments. However, the story is told by all the characters and about all the characters. Heller peppers his entire story with catch-22s, adding a certain richness to the plot. The story is long; Heller is in no hurry to further his plot but instead relishes to stock it with descriptions, narrative, and witty and absurd banter. More than once I found myself laughing at the utter ridiculous absurdity of situations within his book which not only increased my admiration of the author but also gave a serious topic a backhanded humor. I highly, highly recommend this book. It is one of the best books I've ever read.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Persuasion</span></span> by: Jane Austen<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Cz0Vh-EzrOg/SmPpaWhmysI/AAAAAAAAAO8/ApnjFB3V-Hs/s400/Persuasion.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Cz0Vh-EzrOg/SmPpaWhmysI/AAAAAAAAAO8/ApnjFB3V-Hs/s400/Persuasion.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I am no stranger to Austen having greedily devoured Pride & Prejudice, P&P&Zombies, Sense & Sensibility and S&S&Sea Monsters. So since Persuasion (as well as 3 other Austens; I believe she ranked 3rd highest book count from a single author behind Shakespeare and Dickens) appeared on the list, I dutifully began it as well. Having come from Austen's two arguably greatest masterpieces, I had rather high expectations. While Persuasion does not equal P&P or S&S in literary excellence, I do recommend the book highly. Austen paints an all too familiar yet tantalizingly fresh dilemma of a beautiful, young woman tangled in a romance with an eligible, handsome gentleman. She throws in financial misfortune, additional females vying for the prize, geographical limitations, disapproving family members, unexpected tragedy, and finally, the climax of madly professed love and the resolution of living happily ever after. While Persuasion is distinctly Austen and thus a cut above other romance, I would have preferred a bit more romance and less of Austen drawing the reader along. She narrows the romance scope to only one main couple where both P&P and S&S had two and also writes a much, much shorter climax and resolution. She draws her reader along for so long and then, so suddenly, it's all over. I had to re-read the end twice because her story resolves itself so suddenly after so many twists and turns and elongation that it didn't fully register the first time around. However, all in all, Persuasion is an excellent book, a fine example of Austen, and a timeless romance.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165522328l/5472.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 315px; height: 475px;" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165522328l/5472.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Animal Farm</span></span><br />by: George Orwell<br /></div><br /></div></div>I managed to escape reading Animal Farm during High School so I appreciated this opportunity to supplement my literary breadth. However, I was unprepared for how eerie and chilling the story would be. Orwell is a phenomenal storyteller, drawing the reader in slowly, like the unsuspecting animals, so that the reader, like the animals, hardly realizes when Animal Farm first crosses a moral boundary. Although a quick read, (I finished the book in 1.5 hours) Orwell relays an ocean of caution and warning. This is a book I would highly recommend everyone read (an opinion backed up by the majority of high school English teachers) because his cautionary tale is timeless and will never be rendered obsolete.<br />Note: 1984 is also on the BBC's 100 list. However, I have yet to read thus review it.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gkGhMJWUKCE/SjBTa7E_1RI/AAAAAAAAARI/TX8hLZiV1rk/s400/200px-Catch22.jpg"><br /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mWANs2Hluo0/TmEUyl0td9I/AAAAAAAAA4A/c-Et8CiohpU/s1600/tenniel-john-the-shower-of-cards-illustration-from-alice-in-wonderland-by-lewis-carroll.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mWANs2Hluo0/TmEUyl0td9I/AAAAAAAAA4A/c-Et8CiohpU/s400/tenniel-john-the-shower-of-cards-illustration-from-alice-in-wonderland-by-lewis-carroll.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647818267078522834" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alice in Wonderland</span></span><br />by: Lewis Carroll<br /><br />Alice in Wonderland, along with Through the Looking Glass, had both managed to elude my childhood bedtime stories so unfortunately I saw the Disney movie before I read the books. My strongest memory of both, particularly the former, was a strengthening belief that Mr. Carroll must have been on LSD while writing his books. While I enjoyed his colorful scenes and characters, the entire story read something very much like an acid trip or LSD high. The story lacked cohesion, which is explainable due to the fact it is all a dream, but at the same time I struggled to follow the progression and development. Maybe I expected too much out of a child's story, but at any rate I spent a good deal of my time reading hoping that the story would make more sense. I would definitely recommend both books, as they are literary classics written by a very distinguished author but at the same time try to remember that the book is not a usual story, but child's dream which may or may not (but definitely was) the product of hard drugs.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnlq4cBqOK1qaouh8o1_250.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 244px; height: 400px;" src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnlq4cBqOK1qaouh8o1_250.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Atonement</span></span> by: Ian McEwan<br /><br />In a world where the greatest most epic love stories were written hundreds of years ago, graced by such names as Romeo & Juliet and Pride & Prejudice, 20th century author<br />Ian McEwan has given the world a new epic love story. Atonement's greatness comes from its simplicity: it is beautiful and heartbreaking. But in order to become a viable counterpart to society's timeless classics, Atonement also brings a meticulously crafted twist to the timeless Boy Meets Girl; a lattice of misunderstanding and heartbreak woven between the lines of a pure, youthful love story. The story begins from the eyes of a little girl, Briony. An exuberant, naive aspiring writer, Briony one day sees an encounter between her sister and the gardener's son and rushes to conclusions which would carry devastating criminal repercussions. The story then abruptly shifts to the story of the gardener's son, Robbie, exactly in keeping with the reader's changing sympathies. The author paints the next few years through Robbie and Cecilia (Briony's sister), their lives, love, and stations in life. Robbie is sent to war and the book becomes a bond of love stretching across decades, oceans, enemy lines, and reality. Briony eventually enters the story again, and Mr. McEwan continues the narrative, finally coming to an end which leaves the reader perplexed yet with a sense of completion, almost as though just waking up from a dream. What makes this book great is that, above all, it is a <span style="font-style: italic;">story</span>. As the reader, I could very much picture myself sitting in the English country side by a lake with a cool breeze blowing hearing Briony and Robbie and Cecilia tell me their life. The meticulous touches, such as McEwan's superior command of the English language, careful attention to each detail of character and plot development, and unique approach cement his innovative and rich approach to young love as a masterpiece worthy of any reader's bookshelf. I loved this story.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.lonestar.edu/departments/libraries/kingwood-library/catcher.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 215px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.lonestar.edu/departments/libraries/kingwood-library/catcher.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Catcher in the Rye </span><span style="font-size:100%;">by J.D. Selinger </span></span><br /><br />The Catcher in the Rye was about as diametrically opposed to my preconceived assumption as possible. Within the first page my senses were assaulted. I expected refinement; I was met with vulgarity and coarse language. I expected finely crafted melodic sentences; I found short, choppy, painfully blunt scraps of dialog that were pushed together to create a scene. I expected <span style="font-style: italic;">something </span>about Rye; I was met with an American schoolboy. The Catcher in the Rye is a very upforward book. If you don't like the book, you'll know that in about half a page. The dialog is far beneath an of the other books in this list, and the story centers around the exploits of a suspended New York boarding schoolboy. I struggled with my expectations for the book, and even debated whether I would finish it, but a small thread kept me with it. The story is coarse and vulgar and seemingly plotless for about the first two-thirds, but when I considered the main character, I realized it had to be. The book is authentic: Selinger writes as though he is his character, which is why the book feels so low and unrefined. But Selinger's literary prowess is present, in such subtle ways I was only aware of it upon my completion and subsequent reflection. He allows the reader to think the book is trash, but all the while he is completely in control and developing all the literary basics needed in any good book. By the end, I found I had actually enjoyed the book, feeling both that I had lived the life of a delinquent teen boy, but also that I had read the work of a great author.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Jane_Eyre_title_page.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 341px; height: 551px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Jane_Eyre_title_page.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jane Eyre</span> <span style="font-size:100%;">by Charlotte Bronte</span></span><br /><br />You have probably realized by now I inordinately prefer romantic novels. This is both because I am a girl and because the BBC's list is heavily weighted with romances. At any rate, Jane Eyre has become perhaps my all-time favorite love story. The story captivated me from the beginning. Jane grows up in an abusive, oppressive, stark, and unloving childhood. Though this upbringing sounds depressing and horrible, Jane maintains herself through a quiet strength of character, a trait, I feel, we as a society largely undervalue. The story then jumps to her first position as a tutor to the ward of a man who can only be described as exceptional. Their romance at first is so veiled the reader is hardly conscious of it, yet bit by bit it becomes more apparent until the reader is tantalized and cannot bear the thought of anything else until suddenly it is gone. At Jane's departure I had become so absorbed by the story that I read for 6 1/2 straight hours until I had finished the book. The true strength of this story lies in the unresolved conflict which persists for over half the book. Bronte does a masterful job of abruptly breaking off a blossoming romance, leaving the reader ambushed and affronted, then gradually wins the reader back over through Jane's trials, all the while sewing tiny seeds which prick and continue the reader's interest in the underlying conflict. The reader is allowed to find some solace in Jane's new life, even becoming mildly interested in her friends, yet when their older brother becomes too much a fixture of Jane's life the warning bells begin to sound again. Bronte expertly strings the reader along, toying with various deviations and detours, promising nothing, but knowing all the while that eventually she would bring Jane back to confront love. The resolution which Bronte allows would let any other story down as being less than "picture-perfect" but because Jane is such an unusual character Bronte's ending is perhaps the best complement to Jane possible.<br />Note: I haven't seen any of the Jane Eyre movies, but I cannot think of a better actress to portray her than Mia Wasikowska, who appears in the 2011 version. Definitely on my list of movies to watch.<br /><span style="font-family:georgia, bookman old style, palatino linotype, book antiqua, palatino, trebuchet ms, helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, avante garde, century gothic, comic sans ms, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span>michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588696469699715092noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095038005278789429.post-79212163239118652592011-06-10T23:07:00.000-07:002011-06-10T23:42:49.805-07:00Why I Do The Things I DoIt is 11:07 pm, and if you know anything about me, you know I usually don't stay up past 9pm. For a very good reason.<br /><br />However, good reasons be damned, I am up, and I have decided to pour forth my life blood. I am sick of people making fun of me for going to bed when I do, explaining my job for the hundredth time, or just generally being perceived as an outsider, or a little off.<br /><br />First of all, I do everything that I do for love of God. If I didn't believe 110% in God and his infinite love and wisdom, I'd be out trying to cheat the system, getting rich doing so, and finding a hot guy to hook up with. I know sometimes it seems like I am the way I am because that is how I was raised, and to a certain extent that is true, but I have reached an age where I make conscious decisions to live the way I do now, not merely follow in the ruts my upbringing has provided me.<br /><br />When I was 14 or 15 or so, I decided one day to map out the rest of my life. I decided to figure out what I wanted to do and how I was going to get there. Well, I love God and want to spend my life serving him and by doing so gain Heaven. The first question in the Baltimore Catechism is: What does one need to do to gain Heaven? And the answer: To know, love, and serve God in this life and the next. So, being the black-and-white thinker I am, I decided to figure out how to know, love, and serve God. I could know God (or at least grow in knowledge, because one can never fully know God) by refining my spiritual life, which I may talk about more later. I realized that one can love God purely only when one first knows God and second serves God. I then sought to determine how I might serve God. The Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy came to mind, so I pondered them all and tried to decide how I might best fulfill them all, or at least as many as possible.<br /><br />At about the same time I had also decided to pursue a career, from a purely secular standpoint, fixing something I had the hardest time dealing with myself. At the time, I came to the conclusion that I couldn't deal with physical pain, so a career in healthcare was the logical next step. Since my grandfather was a trauma surgeon and my mother spent 23 years in the UW Surgery Department, I realized doctors, specifically surgeons, were insane and I would die rather than complete residency. That left nursing.<br /><br />As I was contemplating the Corporal Works of Mercy, I realized the one profession that could fulfill the most of them was healthcare and per my other line of reasoning, I now had two lines of logic converging on nursing. Since nursing is also lucrative and boasts inherent job security, especially with the Baby Boomers growing older every year, I decided upon it as a career.<br /><br />I then mapped out how I would achieve my goal, which included running start, extensive volunteer work, the UW and eventually becoming a nurse practitioner specializing in adult rural practice. Each of these details was worked out following a similar chain of logic, which I will not digress into because I'm quite sure no one cares.<br /><br />The point to these ramblings is this: I do everything I do because I love God and I want to serve God in order to foster a love of God. I have stayed with my AmeriCorps position getting paid close to nothing working harder than people getting paid 2.5x my 'living stipend' giving up the typical 19 year-old lifestyle because I love God and I honestly feel deeply, and with all my heart, that this is what I am being called to do.<br /><br />I know it is atypical for a teenager to feel a deep, spiritual connection with social work involving helping a man with cerebral palsy eat, or helping a man with a tbi perform basic acts of hygiene, or being a shoulder for people four times my age to cry on, or counseling the developmentally disabled, or working on an intimate level with my elders, except I am the person of authority. It is a strange, very strange feeling, because almost all the clients I work with could be either my parents or grandparents (or in one case great grand-parents) but this is what I am feeling called to do. And if my work with these people means going to bed at 9pm so I have energy to function during the day, or forgoing parties because I don't have the energy, or growing weary of friends gushing about their superfluous boy craze when I feel miles beyond anything even remotely similar because I know people who have cheated death, then so be it.<br /><br />I love my friends, I really do, but I really don't think they realize just how strongly I feel I am being called to this radical life of service. How I want to spend a year after college in Calcutta, India, working along side Mother Teresa's Sisters of Charity serving the poorest of the poor. How I feel a deep, firm connection with people whom society has forgotten about, or never even knew. How lately I feel more at home with these vulnerable adults than regular adults because they are filled with an appreciation for life, inspire me each and every day, and lack the bull shit that people with no real problems spout. It's great that my friends are doing artsy things, or partying, or doing normal things, because it's good to be normal. And sometimes I wish I did normal things. But I grew up homeschooled, so I never really figured out what being normal is all about. Point being: it's fucking late, and I really wanted to get that out. Do not chide me or make fun of me for my strange habits or forfeit of social occasions. I completely understand that you may not, and probably do not, understand my drive. I don't expect you to, I just expect you to respect my decisions and not give me shit for being different and sometimes not caring about the same things you do.<br /><br />Anyway, this is kind of a weird post, so sorry for being one of those people who vomit their personal feelings all over the internet, but I just wanted to get that out there.michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588696469699715092noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095038005278789429.post-39723166629014639692011-02-15T20:29:00.001-08:002011-02-15T20:45:13.152-08:00Bucket ListI made one about 2 years ago but I lost it so here's the new and improved version incapable of being lost:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bucket List circa 2011</span><br /><ul><li>Take fencing lessons</li><li>Tap dancing</li><li>Learn how to drive a stick (completed!)</li><li>Drive a super car</li><li>Kiss in the rain</li><li>Bake a cheesecake (completed!)</li><li>Bake the perfect pie</li><li>Go paintballing</li><li>Go backpacking</li><li>See a bear (completed!)</li><li>Visit the East Coast</li><li>Visit New York</li><li>Visit South America</li><li>Mosh pit</li><li>Write a memoir</li><li>Get a college degree</li><li>Go to a sporting event</li><li>Go snorkeling (somewhere tropical)<br /></li><li>Push myself (skydiving, bungee jumping, or a roller coaster)</li><li>Go polar dipping on New Years</li><li>Go skinny dipping</li><li>Get in a whipped cream fight</li><li>Eat rabbit</li><li>Run a 5k</li><li>Run a marathon without removing my spleen</li><li>Watch a horror movie<br /></li></ul><br />I'm sure it will grow and change as I grow and change and I'm sure I'll think of more as soon as I publish this post, but this is what I could think of right now. It's a good start.michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588696469699715092noreply@blogger.com7