So, by "relax", what I really mean is "run around doing a bunch of fun things". Yesterday, we cooked a big breakfast like we always do - eggs, toast and bacon. After that, we went to The Fruit Center, our favorite place to get specialty foods and really good fruit and made huge bowls of fruit salad. Following that, we went down to the Thomas Crane Library in Quincy Center and got a few books. Going to the library and not finding some of the books we wanted inspired us to actually go to the bookstore.
The bookstore we go to happens to be right next to The Apple Store, so we couldn't help but pop in quickly to play with the new iPad, which is awesome but something we agree we can't really afford right now and something that we don't even have a need for between our desktop computers, my Macbook and my iPhone.
The first stop once at bookstore was obviously the Starbucks, where we got to enjoy a delicious piece of raspberry-white chocolate cheesecake and frozen drinks before ambling around the bookstore shamelessly admiring everything we saw. We both left with a small stack of books each. I ended up with Columbine by David Cullen, Little Bee by Chris Cleave, and The Lost Men by Kelly Tyler-Lexis. I randomly grabbed the first two on impulse, as I so often do, and the last one was recommended to me. We'll see how they go.
After we left the bookstore, we went home and spent the rest of the day relaxing, reading, and playing video games. It was very nice to not have to worry about anything, really.
This morning, I had promised blueberry pancakes after picking up all that fruit at the store yesterday, so here's me making good on my promise. I don't have the kind of flour you need to make really good pancakes, so... thanks, Jiffy Baking Mix!
And one more good thing! GameStop and Amazon are offering Starcraft II beta keys with pre-orders of Starcraft II (regular or collector's edition), so we have a beta key, too! I'll get to see it more than just that one time at PAX!
4 comments:
Is that fake syrup? Really Angela, I expected better.
Funny story about that! You see, I LOVE real maple syrup... and so does Ben. Except, Ben pours practically an entire bottle of syrup on his food every time we eat pancakes/french toast, so we can't afford to use real maple syrup, and therefore we buy the fake stuff!
Thanks for mentioning my book, and the pic. I really do appreciate that. I hope you like it. Let me know what you think.
Because of the interest from students and teachers/profs, we’ve created lesson plans and I’m doing phone-ins or skype to book clubs.
An expanded paperback edition is just out. I spent a lot of time on the new material, so I hope it's OK to mention what I added:
— A 12-page afterword: “Forgiveness.” It includes startling new revelations on the killers' parents. The purpose, though, was to look at three victims in very different places 11 years later, and how forgiving played a pivotal role in their grief. I discovered the secret meetings with the killers' parents in the process.
— Actual journal pages from Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold.
— Book Club Discussion Questions (also available at Oprah.com).
— Diagram of Columbine High School and environs.
— A large-print edition is also now available.
There's lots more info at my Columbine site.
Thanks again. Sorry I'm so tardy.
Dave -
Thanks for the comment! I do, indeed, have the expanded paperback version and although I haven't reached the end yet, I did check out the journal entry pages, which I think were a very strong addition to the rest of the work.
The convoluted time-line of the narrative (breaking it up between the events on the day of the shooting and background/historical information and post-shooting information) was extremely well-chosen and made what might have been a boring chronological story far more compelling. I am extremely impressed with the amount of research that went into the work (10 years - wow!), and also with the very fair and detailed manner in which you addressed all persons and events.
I plan to do more in-depth reviews of the three books in this post (which I mention very briefly because I had only just picked them up). If you get the chance, keep an eye out for that.
Thank you again for visiting my blog and for the comment, and I'll be on the lookout for future material written by you!
Cheers,
Angela
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