Guestlist: Things I Have Learned about Police Officers/Detectives from Watching Movies

By Click (Daily)

1. He does the wrong things for the right reasons
2. He is a loner, but needs a savior
3. Grizzly exterior, heart of gold
4. Something in his past is very painful
5. Holds a grudge
6. He is either fairly ugly or very handsome
7. Quick with the come backs, but not verbose
8. Despite major character flaws, he gets the job done

Good Things During a Bad Week

1. Bookclub, of course. We discussed Water for Elephants and voted in a new member.
2. Visiting with the Z-girls.
3. Roma Pizza at 22 N. 3rd St.
4. Seeing Sputnik.
5. Free Indian tea while I waited for my take-out meal.
6. There Is No Me Without You by Melissa Fay Greene.
7. Yogurt + granola.
8. Camilla Engman guest blogging on Design*Sponge.
9. Getting a haircut because it's nice to be reminded that even during bad times my hair looks good.

Good January Music

1. The Police, Outlandos d'Amour
2. The Police, Zenyatta Mondatta
3. The Police, Regatta de Blanc
4. Spoon, A Series of Sneaks
5. Spoon, Girls Can Tell
6. Spoon, Kill the Moonlight
7. Nina Simone, In Concert (1964)
8. Nina Simone, I Put a Spell on You
   

What We Discussed at Book Club Last Night

1. Ayurveda body types
2. parasitic twins
3. elephants
4. counting calories
5. crying at work
6. dry counties
7. raucous office parties
8. organizing!
9. dwarf anatomy
10. nursing homes
11. tapirs
12. hotel parties
13. Frankenfurter
14. cute old men
15. happy endings

Travel 2007

1. Ft. Lauderdale for Katherine's baby shower












2. Las Vegas for a public art conference









3. Atlanta for my cousin Cara's wedding









4. New York City









5. Drummonds, TN, for my cousin Heather's wedding












6. Ft. Lauderdale again to meet Harper









7. Eureka Springs, AR, for Greg & Luz's wedding












8. Tallahassee for Robin's wedding












9. Philadelphia for Thanksgiving









10. Atlanta and North Florida for post-Christmas visiting

The Movie Version of the Book Water for Elephants by Elizabeth Alley

or... The lengths to which I will go to put off getting ready for bed when I know I just have to get up and go to work tomorrow...

Starring...
1. Rachel Bilson as Marlena









2. Ryan Gosling as Jacob








3. Gerard Butler as August








4. Alfred Molina as Uncle Al







5. Peter Dinklage as Walter








6. Orson Bean as Camel






7. Alyssa Milano as Barbara








8. Christopher Lee as Older Jacob

Books I Read in 2007

1. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (bookclub)
   
2. Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh (lent by Mimi - just realized I haven't returned it yet)
3. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer (bookclub - I highly recommend this one if you can take sad books)
4. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (2nd reading, bookclub - we didn't have much to discuss, just all agreed that it is a great book)
5. Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut (at least my 5th reading...sigh)
6. Sleeping with the Devil by Robert Baer (bookclub)
7. The Soccer War by Ryszard Kapuscinski (bookclub)
8. Hotel World by Ali Smith
9. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
10. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (bookclub)
    
11. Storm Rider by Akira Yoshimura
12. The Lord and the General Din of the World by Jane Mead (bookclub)
13. The Known World by Edward P. Jones (bookclub)
14. Emma by Jane Austen
    
15. Sin in the Second City by Karen Abbott (bookclub)
16. God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens (more non-fiction for bookclub)
17. The Sleeping Beauty by Elizabeth Taylor (the writer, not the actress)
18. The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler (not as good as her book Sarah Canary)
19. Half of Thomas Eakins: Art, Medicine, and Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia by Amy Werbel (because I am a dork)