I can't remember exactly what we were talking about, but Fiona was saying that something was impossible and I was saying that she couldn't really know that for sure because she hadn't tried it.
"Mom, you just need to face the facts."
"Well, I agree Fiona, but I also think that sometimes people decide something is a fact before they really know."
"You are so naive, Mommy."
I love it. :)
Friday, April 16, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Hour 24!
Hour # (actual time): #24 (5:28 a.m.)
Finished:
When Someone You Love Is Depressed by Laura Epstein Rosen, Ph.D. and Xavier Franciso Amador, Ph.D.,
The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving
Young Goodman Brown by Nathanial Hawthorne
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut by Samuel L. Clemens
The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte
Reading now:
School of Fear
100 Ways America Is Screwing Up the World
While I Was Gone
Up Next:
Chickamauga by Ambrose Bierce
Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, Gun-loving Organic Gardeners, Evangelical Free-Range Farmers, Hip Homeschooling Mamas, Right-Wing Nature Lovers, and Their Diverse Tribe of Countercultural Conservatives Plan to Save America (or at Least the Republican Party) by Rod Dreher
Feeling/Doing/Eating: body sore, ready to crawl in bed with my daughter. Want to drink more water but don't want to get up to pee 20 minutes after I get warm in bed. :) Enjoying While I Was Gone
Pages read since last update: 37
Running total of pages read since you started: 712
Mini-challenges completed: Jehara's Get Up and Move Challenge, Midnight Book Girl's Drabble, Where In the World Have You Read Today? Go INDIE
Finished:
When Someone You Love Is Depressed by Laura Epstein Rosen, Ph.D. and Xavier Franciso Amador, Ph.D.,
The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving
Young Goodman Brown by Nathanial Hawthorne
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut by Samuel L. Clemens
The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte
Reading now:
School of Fear
100 Ways America Is Screwing Up the World
While I Was Gone
Up Next:
Chickamauga by Ambrose Bierce
Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, Gun-loving Organic Gardeners, Evangelical Free-Range Farmers, Hip Homeschooling Mamas, Right-Wing Nature Lovers, and Their Diverse Tribe of Countercultural Conservatives Plan to Save America (or at Least the Republican Party) by Rod Dreher
Feeling/Doing/Eating: body sore, ready to crawl in bed with my daughter. Want to drink more water but don't want to get up to pee 20 minutes after I get warm in bed. :) Enjoying While I Was Gone
Pages read since last update: 37
Running total of pages read since you started: 712
Mini-challenges completed: Jehara's Get Up and Move Challenge, Midnight Book Girl's Drabble, Where In the World Have You Read Today? Go INDIE
End of Event Meme
1. Which hour was most daunting for you?
right about 1-2 a.m. -- I'm often asleep by 10!
2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year?
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Charles Todd's historical mysteries
3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?
I'm sure I'll think of some after I post. :)
4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon?
I liked the odd sense of community that builds so quickly here.
5. How many books did you read?
one full book, parts of three others, five short stories
6. What were the names of the books you read?
When Someone You Love Is Depressed by Laura Epstein Rosen, Ph.D. and Xavier Franciso Amador, Ph.D.,
The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving
Young Goodman Brown by Nathanial Hawthorne
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut by Samuel L. Clemens
The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte
and portions of:
School of Fear
100 Ways America Is Screwing Up the World
While I Was Gone
7. Which book did you enjoy most?
While I Was Gone by Sue Miller
8. Which did you enjoy least?
When Someone You Love Is Depressed -- but mostly because it's not meant to be a page-turner, you know? Also, it's a bit dated.
9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders?
10. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time?
Oh definitely! I think I might like to do one more as a commoner before I start experimenting with the other roles.
right about 1-2 a.m. -- I'm often asleep by 10!
2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year?
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Charles Todd's historical mysteries
3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?
I'm sure I'll think of some after I post. :)
4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon?
I liked the odd sense of community that builds so quickly here.
5. How many books did you read?
one full book, parts of three others, five short stories
6. What were the names of the books you read?
When Someone You Love Is Depressed by Laura Epstein Rosen, Ph.D. and Xavier Franciso Amador, Ph.D.,
The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving
Young Goodman Brown by Nathanial Hawthorne
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut by Samuel L. Clemens
The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte
and portions of:
School of Fear
100 Ways America Is Screwing Up the World
While I Was Gone
7. Which book did you enjoy most?
While I Was Gone by Sue Miller
8. Which did you enjoy least?
When Someone You Love Is Depressed -- but mostly because it's not meant to be a page-turner, you know? Also, it's a bit dated.
9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders?
10. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time?
Oh definitely! I think I might like to do one more as a commoner before I start experimenting with the other roles.
Hour 23
Hour # (actual time): #23 (4:23 a.m.)
Finished:
When Someone You Love Is Depressed by Laura Epstein Rosen, Ph.D. and Xavier Franciso Amador, Ph.D.,
The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving
Young Goodman Brown by Nathanial Hawthorne
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut by Samuel L. Clemens
The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte
Reading now:
School of Fear
100 Ways America Is Screwing Up the World
While I Was Gone
Up Next:
Chickamauga by Ambrose Bierce
Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, Gun-loving Organic Gardeners, Evangelical Free-Range Farmers, Hip Homeschooling Mamas, Right-Wing Nature Lovers, and Their Diverse Tribe of Countercultural Conservatives Plan to Save America (or at Least the Republican Party) by Rod Dreher
Feeling/Doing/Eating: Feeling like I've gotten my second wind. Need more water. :)
Pages read since last update: 56
Running total of pages read since you started: 675
Mini-challenges completed: Jehara's Get Up and Move Challenge, Midnight Book Girl's Drabble, Where In the World Have You Read Today? Go INDIE
Finished:
When Someone You Love Is Depressed by Laura Epstein Rosen, Ph.D. and Xavier Franciso Amador, Ph.D.,
The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving
Young Goodman Brown by Nathanial Hawthorne
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut by Samuel L. Clemens
The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte
Reading now:
School of Fear
100 Ways America Is Screwing Up the World
While I Was Gone
Up Next:
Chickamauga by Ambrose Bierce
Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, Gun-loving Organic Gardeners, Evangelical Free-Range Farmers, Hip Homeschooling Mamas, Right-Wing Nature Lovers, and Their Diverse Tribe of Countercultural Conservatives Plan to Save America (or at Least the Republican Party) by Rod Dreher
Feeling/Doing/Eating: Feeling like I've gotten my second wind. Need more water. :)
Pages read since last update: 56
Running total of pages read since you started: 675
Mini-challenges completed: Jehara's Get Up and Move Challenge, Midnight Book Girl's Drabble, Where In the World Have You Read Today? Go INDIE
Hour 22
Hour # (actual time): #22 (3:19 a.m.)
Finished:
When Someone You Love Is Depressed by Laura Epstein Rosen, Ph.D. and Xavier Franciso Amador, Ph.D.,
The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving
Young Goodman Brown by Nathanial Hawthorne
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut by Samuel L. Clemens
The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte
Reading now:
School of Fear
100 Ways America Is Screwing Up the World
While I Was Gone
Up Next:
Chickamauga by Ambrose Bierce
Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, Gun-loving Organic Gardeners, Evangelical Free-Range Farmers, Hip Homeschooling Mamas, Right-Wing Nature Lovers, and Their Diverse Tribe of Countercultural Conservatives Plan to Save America (or at Least the Republican Party) by Rod Dreher
Feeling/Doing/Eating: Inspired to keep reading -- brushing my teeth helped. :)
Pages read since last update: 19
Running total of pages read since you started: 619
Mini-challenges completed: Jehara's Get Up and Move Challenge, Midnight Book Girl's Drabble, Where In the World Have You Read Today? Go INDIE
Finished:
When Someone You Love Is Depressed by Laura Epstein Rosen, Ph.D. and Xavier Franciso Amador, Ph.D.,
The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving
Young Goodman Brown by Nathanial Hawthorne
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut by Samuel L. Clemens
The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte
Reading now:
School of Fear
100 Ways America Is Screwing Up the World
While I Was Gone
Up Next:
Chickamauga by Ambrose Bierce
Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, Gun-loving Organic Gardeners, Evangelical Free-Range Farmers, Hip Homeschooling Mamas, Right-Wing Nature Lovers, and Their Diverse Tribe of Countercultural Conservatives Plan to Save America (or at Least the Republican Party) by Rod Dreher
Feeling/Doing/Eating: Inspired to keep reading -- brushing my teeth helped. :)
Pages read since last update: 19
Running total of pages read since you started: 619
Mini-challenges completed: Jehara's Get Up and Move Challenge, Midnight Book Girl's Drabble, Where In the World Have You Read Today? Go INDIE
Hour 21 -- Throwing in the Towel?
Hour # (actual time): #21
Finished: When Someone You Love Is Depressed by Laura Epstein Rosen, Ph.D. and Xavier Franciso Amador, Ph.D., The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving, Young Goodman Brown by Nathanial Hawthorne, The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut, by Samuel L. Clemens The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte
Reading now: School of Fear, 100 Ways America Is Screwing Up the World, While I Was Gone
Up Next: Chickamauga by Ambrose Bierce, Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, Gun-loving Organic Gardeners, Evangelical Free-Range Farmers, Hip Homeschooling Mamas, Right-Wing Nature Lovers, and Their Diverse Tribe of Countercultural Conservatives Plan to Save America (or at Least the Republican Party) by Rod Dreher
Feeling/Doing/Eating: drinking Kombucha, everyone asleep but me, loved Twain's take on the conscience, working my way through 100 Ways
Pages read since last update: 27 -- guess I'm slowing down more than I'm aware of
Running total of pages read since you started: 566
Mini-challenges completed: Jehara's Get Up and Move Challenge, Midnight Book Girl's Drabble, Where In the World Have You Read Today? Go INDIE
Finished: When Someone You Love Is Depressed by Laura Epstein Rosen, Ph.D. and Xavier Franciso Amador, Ph.D., The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving, Young Goodman Brown by Nathanial Hawthorne, The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut, by Samuel L. Clemens The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte
Reading now: School of Fear, 100 Ways America Is Screwing Up the World, While I Was Gone
Up Next: Chickamauga by Ambrose Bierce, Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, Gun-loving Organic Gardeners, Evangelical Free-Range Farmers, Hip Homeschooling Mamas, Right-Wing Nature Lovers, and Their Diverse Tribe of Countercultural Conservatives Plan to Save America (or at Least the Republican Party) by Rod Dreher
Feeling/Doing/Eating: drinking Kombucha, everyone asleep but me, loved Twain's take on the conscience, working my way through 100 Ways
Pages read since last update: 27 -- guess I'm slowing down more than I'm aware of
Running total of pages read since you started: 566
Mini-challenges completed: Jehara's Get Up and Move Challenge, Midnight Book Girl's Drabble, Where In the World Have You Read Today? Go INDIE
Hour 20
Hour # (actual time): #20 (1:41 a.m.)
Finished: When Someone You Love Is Depressed by Laura Epstein Rosen, Ph.D. and Xavier Franciso Amador, Ph.D., The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving, Young Goodman Brown by Nathanial Hawthorne, The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut, by Samuel L. Clemens, The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte
Reading now: School of Fear, 100 Ways America Is Screwing Up the World, While I Was Gone
Up Next: Chickamauga by Ambrose Bierce, Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, Gun-loving Organic Gardeners, Evangelical Free-Range Farmers, Hip Homeschooling Mamas, Right-Wing Nature Lovers, and Their Diverse Tribe of Countercultural Conservatives Plan to Save America (or at Least the Republican Party) by Rod Dreher
Feeling/Doing/Eating: Very sleepy. Keep realizing I'm just staring at the page. Switched into While I Was Gone -- maybe a longer and more recent narrative will hole my attention span better.
Pages read since last update: 34
Running total of pages read since you started:625
Mini-challenges completed: Jehara's Get Up and Move Challenge, Midnight Book Girl's Drabble, Where In the World Have You Read Today? Go INDIE
Finished: When Someone You Love Is Depressed by Laura Epstein Rosen, Ph.D. and Xavier Franciso Amador, Ph.D., The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving, Young Goodman Brown by Nathanial Hawthorne, The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut, by Samuel L. Clemens, The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte
Reading now: School of Fear, 100 Ways America Is Screwing Up the World, While I Was Gone
Up Next: Chickamauga by Ambrose Bierce, Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, Gun-loving Organic Gardeners, Evangelical Free-Range Farmers, Hip Homeschooling Mamas, Right-Wing Nature Lovers, and Their Diverse Tribe of Countercultural Conservatives Plan to Save America (or at Least the Republican Party) by Rod Dreher
Feeling/Doing/Eating: Very sleepy. Keep realizing I'm just staring at the page. Switched into While I Was Gone -- maybe a longer and more recent narrative will hole my attention span better.
Pages read since last update: 34
Running total of pages read since you started:625
Mini-challenges completed: Jehara's Get Up and Move Challenge, Midnight Book Girl's Drabble, Where In the World Have You Read Today? Go INDIE
Hour 19
Hour # (actual time): #19 (12:37 a.m.)
Finished: When Someone You Love Is Depressed by Laura Epstein Rosen, Ph.D. and Xavier Franciso Amador, Ph.D., The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving, Young Goodman Brown by Nathanial Hawthorne, The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut, by Samuel L. Clemens
Reading now: School of Fear, 100 Ways America Is Screwing Up the WorldThe Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte
Up Next: While I Was Gone, Chickamauga by Ambrose Bierce, Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, Gun-loving Organic Gardeners, Evangelical Free-Range Farmers, Hip Homeschooling Mamas, Right-Wing Nature Lovers, and Their Diverse Tribe of Countercultural Conservatives Plan to Save America (or at Least the Republican Party) by Rod Dreher
Feeling/Doing/Eating: Definitely getting sleepy. Sore. Again, wish I had a butler to bring me water.
Pages read since last update: 25
Running total of pages read since you started: 591
Mini-challenges completed: Jehara's Get Up and Move Challenge, Midnight Book Girl's Drabble, Where In the World Have You Read Today?, Go INDIE
Finished: When Someone You Love Is Depressed by Laura Epstein Rosen, Ph.D. and Xavier Franciso Amador, Ph.D., The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving, Young Goodman Brown by Nathanial Hawthorne, The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut, by Samuel L. Clemens
Reading now: School of Fear, 100 Ways America Is Screwing Up the WorldThe Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte
Up Next: While I Was Gone, Chickamauga by Ambrose Bierce, Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, Gun-loving Organic Gardeners, Evangelical Free-Range Farmers, Hip Homeschooling Mamas, Right-Wing Nature Lovers, and Their Diverse Tribe of Countercultural Conservatives Plan to Save America (or at Least the Republican Party) by Rod Dreher
Feeling/Doing/Eating: Definitely getting sleepy. Sore. Again, wish I had a butler to bring me water.
Pages read since last update: 25
Running total of pages read since you started: 591
Mini-challenges completed: Jehara's Get Up and Move Challenge, Midnight Book Girl's Drabble, Where In the World Have You Read Today?, Go INDIE
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