December 12, 2006

Every time I read another news article on James Kim I feel myself blinking back tears. Somebody posted a graphic detailing Kim’s journey through that harsh terrain, and seeing the trail leading back towards his family’s car about breaks my damn heart. I wish like hell we could all spin the earth backwards like Superman, and fly to him, a deus ex machina to pluck his still-living body from the cold ground, and return him to safety and warmth and his family’s arms.

I know this world’s got a million sad stories, but this one just won’t leave my head. I hope for peace and healing for the Kim family.

:::

Boy, I don’t even know how to segue from such a sad topic without sounding like an insensitive asshole, so let’s just…move on, together, to the incredibly shallow topic of concealer. Specifically, I need your advice on a good cover-up for my spectacularly unsexy dark eye circles, because you guys know EVERYTHING. Leave me a comment, or shoot me an email, and help me not spend so much time getting up close and personal with Photoshop’s Dodge tool.

And hey, as long as I’m soliciting advice, I need a good book. I keep picking things up from the library that aren’t very enjoyable, and then I feel resentful about spending my practically nonexistent free time on something that is teh suck, so YO, kick down with the suggestions. What’s the last great thing you read?

Work is incredi-busy lately, what with Macworld and a new product release and Workplace’s upcoming semi-closure for several days in a row over the holidays (would you believe I actually argued against that decision? I really am an asshole). I’m pleased to report, though, that I had time this week to write a very stupid blog post that included a photo of one of our employees in a monkey mask, so the next time I have a mini career crisis and wonder if I’m Really Being All That I Can Be, I will remind myself: monkey mask.

I’ve been posting photos of the various Christmas accouterments scattered around the house, and for those of you with really good memories, here’s an old friend: Porny McSquirrelton, He-Who-Wields-Anal-Beads. Speaking of anal, my ass is going to get really fat if I keep doing this.

In other news, this video is oddly wonderful. Rescue many horses, yes indeed! (Thanks, Jilly.)

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mo from ne
mo from ne
17 years ago

I really enjoyed “The Tender Bar” by J.R. Moehringer. It’s a memoir about someone who grows up near and around a bar on Long Island. Another great memoir is “All the Wrong Men and One Perfect Boy” by Spike Gillespie. I think you would also like her essay collections. If you want something fluffy and light….. Sarah Bird is great. Any of her novels are fun to read in between chasing after the kid….Virgin of the Rodeo, The Boyfriend School, Alamo House, and The Mommy Club.

I loved reading other people’s books suggestions….

Good luck with your holiday season and the concealer thing…

LLL
LLL
17 years ago

Seabiscuit – one of the most well writtn books I have ever read
For juvenile, breezy, humor (think Bridgette Jones at 14) – the Goeria Nicholson series, starting with Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging
Gates of Fire – thought it was a man book, its really good
Walking in Circles Before Lying Down

Eye makeup – for those with bags. Its some sort of lightening in a twist stick by Christian Dior – I really like it. Set it with powder

Diablevert
Diablevert
17 years ago

Well, I’m number 80-bajillion, so you’ll probably never get to this with all the other good stuff up there, yet I must recommend

Fingersmith, by Sarah Waters.

I’ll skip the plot and just say this about that book — it’s divided into three parts, and I picked it up one morning with the intention of reading until the end of the first part and then going to run some errands.

Yeah, that didn’t happen. I was so surprised by the twist that I had to read the second part, and then when I got to the end of that…

I just checked on Amazon — that book’s about 600 pages, and I finished in a day and a half. I cannot guanrantee the same results in your case, but it’s the most page-tunrey good book I’ve read in years, possibly ever.

Beekeebear
17 years ago

For something just downright good, try:
The Bonesetter’s Daughter, by Amy Tan
Blonde, by Joyce Carol Oates

For something a little lighter, insanely funny, but incredibly well-written, and consumable in bite-size chunks (considering that it’s actually a collection of short stories), try:
The Mysterious Secret of the Valuable Treasure, by Jack Pendarvis

For something very light, quick to read, and fun, try:
Ella Minnow Pea, by Mark Dunn

Erin
17 years ago

OH! I have lots of good books that I have read lately, but I think my favorite is P.S., I Love You by Cecelia Ahern – and the good news about it is that they’re currently making a movie out of the book, so by the time you finish it, you can see the movie! :)

Its one of those sappy, make you cry then makes you feel good and then makes you laugh out loud books.

Also, in a completely different category, one of my favorite authors is Bill Bryson and you should definately read “A Walk In The Woods” – its a laugh out loud book all the way telling Bryson’s story of hiking the A.T.

Sarah
17 years ago

That video reduced me to a sniveling twit. Seriously, I couldn’t even drink my tea my lower lip was so jiggly.

As for books, I just read Lamb by Christopher Moore and it was very good/funny as hell/naughty in the name of Jesus. I highly recommend it!

Kim
Kim
17 years ago

The Education of Little Tree is my fave book EVER, though i can’t remember the author off hand. I COULD get up from the couch and look for it…but I am nursing right now, sorry. You’ll love it I am sure, even my HUSBAND cried it was so good.
As for dark circles, I own a day spa and am an esthetician. I can give you the straight poop: Vitamin K will help if they are due to lack of sleep or what not. a good concealer will help (i LOVE bobby brown’s concealer, it even has powder…ATTACHED!!!) but if they are hereditary…you will only get results from concealer. So sorry.

angela
angela
17 years ago

Books!

I also recommend The Time Traveler’s Wife. I disagree with all the Jodi Piccolut recommendations… My Sister’s Keeper left me feelings kinda “Nyeeh.”

I just finished reading, From Baghdad, With Love. I got it thinking it was all about a little puppy stranded in Iraq, and while it is, it’s also very much about the reality of war. The puppy aspect of the story provides a welcome contrast to all the shit. Let’s see… I enjoyed Neuromancer (William Gibson)… Any and everything by Chuck Palaniuk, especially Invisible Monsters… And I also enjoy David Gutterson, especially Snow Falling on Cedars, but I have to be in the mood for something a bit more in-depth than my standard pop-fiction when I pick up his books.

Celine
Celine
17 years ago

Holy crap this post is comment-tastic!! I just wanted to recommend a concealer that is virtually unknown outside the film industry, even though it is the most incredible thing ever. It is the Cinema Secrets concealer/foundation that was designed for medical purposes (cover scars etc) and is amazing. I swear by it as I am also a dark circle queen. http://professionalsecrets.stores.yahoo.net/ulfoun.html

Also, their eyeliner sealer is a dream!!

Chaya
Chaya
17 years ago

I second the recommendations for anything Bill Bryson, Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem, and Middlesex. My whole extended family passed around a copy of The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason, and we all loved it. If you can deal with a somewhat sad book (as in, I cried for hours but in a really cathartic way), I was really blown away by The Lovely Bones (I’m a little behind the times with the reading here).
Another great book is The God of Small Things.

Also, any Barbara Kingsolver. Happy reading.

eva
eva
17 years ago

I think you’d like Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next series. It’s light but interesting, funny and heavy on amazing wordplay. J.G. Ballard is great, he’s who Chuck Palanhuak wishes he was. Nerve.com’s books are funny and informative.

MRW
MRW
17 years ago

OK so I’m late to this post and I only have a few minutes because my work is exploding too. So, just let me recommend World War Z – awesome book – sure, it’s not literature, it’s about zombies, but it’s damned exciting and I burned through it in a week-end. It’s not a snooze.

MRW
MRW
17 years ago

Gah, got totally sucked in by the comments. So now I’m going to spend more time away from work and second the recommendations for Bill Bryson’s work – A Walk in the Woods made me laugh out loud several times as did In A Sunburnt Country – hilarious! Really, I’m done now.

Amie
17 years ago

I’m late to the party, as usual, and didn’t read the whole 108 comments ahead of mine, so if it’s already mentioned, I apologize. I recommend The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon. It’s fiction, but almost reads like a memoir. It’s about an autistic man, and it’s told from his point of view. Aside from that really bland synopsis, all I can really say is it was one of the best books I’ve read in a very long time. I couldn’t put it down, which made me very grumpy at work after getting very little sleep the night before.

kim de kimblahg
17 years ago

such a long list of things to read. if you want something easy & harry potter-esque but with a futuristic twist, try the pendragon series. they are technically kids books but i picked them up and got hooked. nice to take a break from the more serious books every once in awhile. i noticed someone up there said “a prayer for owen meaney” which is the other book i’m reading right now. i don’t know if everyone is like this but i usually read one to four books at once. okay, not at once but in the same time span.

jessica
jessica
17 years ago

Hi! I know this is late but no one mentioned The Red Tent by Anita Diamont, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, and The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan. These are my fav’s, I could read them all a hundred times over!

jessica
jessica
17 years ago

Me again, I forgot, To Kill a Mockingbird is awesome and someone mentioned The Handmaid’s Tale -which is also very good.

Catherine
Catherine
17 years ago

Hello,

May I recommend “The Time Traveler’s Wife”, “The Lovely Bones” and “Black Swan Green” ?

Have a nice day.

Best,

Catherine

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