Saturday, August 9, 2014

Christianity vs. Kindness

You know what really bothers me? The fact that we (Christian's) seem to be living in an age of having to choose between religion and morals. That just sounds wrong, doesn't it? Yeah, that's because it is.  I'm so sick of feeling as though I have to choose between having a Christian community of friends and fellowship;  and being a tolerant, loving, open minded person to the rest of the world. Now don't get me wrong-- I love the bible, church, fellowship, all that jazz. However,  I'm so sick of feeling like being a good Christian has to mean being the judgement police to the outside world.  News flash: IT DOESN'T. On the contrary my God taught me to love thy neighbor,  not love thy neighbor who thinks and believes exactly as you do. Personally, I'm so sick of feeling like I have to choose between raising my brother in the church, and raising him to be a kind, understanding, accepting person. The change starts with each one of us, and it needs to start now. Please remember that as you head out to church tomorrow (or sleep in, do what you do).

In Omnia Peratus. ♥

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Get To Know Me Tag!

1. Are you named after anyone? Uhmm..yes, and no, technically no. My dad is the third for his name (W. Chris) and naturally one of my brothers is the fourth. But the rest of my siblings and I just have a middle name with “Chris” in it. Mine, for example, is Christine. So yeah kind of, but not really.

2. When was the last time you cried? Hmm. I’m not much of a crier, so honestly I don’t remember.

3. Do you have kids? No.

4. If you were another person, would you be a friend of yourself? I feel like that’s kind of an odd question, because you’ll either sound conceded or self-deprecating. But sure why not. Not within like the first two hours of me waking up though, just saying.

5. Do you use sarcasm a lot? ALL. THE. TIME. To the point where sometimes my friends think I’m being sarcastic when I’m not (because me not being sarcastic happens so rarely). And then something like, we get off at the wrong exit when I’m giving them serious directions, so they yell at me for not warning them I wasn’t being sarcastic (true story).

6. Will you ever bungee-jump? If it was over water then yeah, probably.  Other than that no way!

7. What’s your favorite cereal? FRUITY PEBBLES. It’s a problem.

8. What’s the first thing you notice about people? Depends… If you’re talking like cute boys, height; for sure.  Just people in general…I’m not sure. I’m only 5’2, so I’m usually not eye level with people to notice things about their face unless I’m specifically focusing on it. For that reason I’d say body language and/or the way they are dressed. You can tell a lot about how people want to convey themselves through nonverbal cues.
9. What is your eye color? Brown.

10. Scary movie or happy endings? Well I love comedies, so happy endings I suppose.

11. Favorite smells? I like the smell of outside during seasons, particularly fall and winter…if that makes sense. Also a dance studio, it smells like home. J

12. Summer or winter? Winter. For sure. I hate being too hot, however you can bundle up in the cold. Plus, winter fashion is better, snow is beautiful, nutcracker season, skiing, ice skating, Christmas lights. Okay, I’ll stop now. But yeah, winter.

13. Computer or television? Computer. I can multitask on the computer, I feel lazy just staring at the tv without doing anything else. …I’m bad at being unproductive.

14. What’s the furthest you’ve ever been from home? Uhm I guess the Virgin islands when I was like 9...Maybe. I think? …Moving on.

15. Do you have any special talents? I was a dancer (ballet and lyrical) for 14 years (ages 2-16). I still dance now, but just for fun and because it’s how I express myself best; a passion you know. I’m not very good any more in the realm of the dance world; injuries, time off, and being 20 something makes my body too old to do most things I used to be able to. But compared to the general population, yeah dance is my special talent.

16. Where were you born? ‘Merica .

17. What are your hobbies? Dance, Learning French and all things French, Skiing, Writing, Listening to music, Watching Gilmore Girls and Gossip Girl, Environmental/Wildlife conservation efforts, Seeing musicals, Running, Making collages out of magazine pages, Organizing anything and everything, Reading, Researching nutrition and fitness topics, Hanging out with friends.

18. Do you have any pets? No. I wish! But I’m still in college, too much moving around. I want a dog though!


19. Favorite movie? Like I said before, I’m really bad at being unproductive so sitting and watching movies is a challenge for me. But there are some I can sit through because I love them so much; Center stage (a cult favorite of ballerinas, present and former, the world over), La Haine, Intouchables, Remember the Titans, First Position (another ballet movie), Friends with benefits, MEAN GIRLS (typical white girl status), Devil Wears Prada, The Hangover, and The Wild Thornberry’s Movie (judge me).  

20. Do you have any siblings? Yes… 5 brothers. 2 older, 3 younger.

21. What do you want to be when you grow up? Happy. If I were to sum it up in one word, finding happiness in my life however that may come about is my biggest goal when I grow up. However career wise, I have known since I was five I want to work in wildlife conservation, I’ve always hoped to work in direct contact with the animals. But now that I’m getting closer to really starting my career, I’m seeing that doing my part might mean working in ad campaigns for an organization spreading the message or something like that; and I’m coming to terms with that. I have always liked creative thinking, and idea pitching with teams; and I’m rather good at getting a point across, so it could be great to be involved on that end. As long as I’m happy and working for the cause, I’m game!

Okay so I guess that’s it! I hope you enjoyed getting to know me a bit more. Feel free to leave a response with your answers to the questions.  I’d love to learn something new about you all as well!

Until next time, In Omnia!

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Rory Gilmore's Style

Okay so! As I briefly stated in my introduction I am OBSESSED with Gilmore Girls. So much so that I am wary to watch other things with Alexis Bledel in them simply because I don't want to ruin my personally acknowledged delusion that the entire Gilmore world is real. Too much I know. However one thing we can probably all agree on is Rory Gilmore has enviable style. And no I don't mean in her high school where she was a bit awkward and childlike with her style and rightfully so for her character at the time. I'm talking about her style at Yale in seasons 4-7 it was conservative, girly, classic, preppy and understated; while still managing to be chic, laid back and trendy.

"60 Classes and 20 More I'd Like to Try":


Camille Sweater
Dixon Lake Shirt











To Go Cup



American Eagle Skinny Jeans



Steve Madden 'Jazie' Oxford









We all know how much Rory loves to learn and being late for class or missing a chance to study because she's spending 3 hours to pick out an outfit just wouldn't happen. Her looks for class are usually preppy, conservative and put together but with very little effort because learning comes first. As with any classic Connecticut girl, sweaters are a major part of Rory Gilmore's' wardrobe and she loves to pair them with oxford style colors so this blue round necked sweater with the oxford style button up collar sticking out is a great staple piece of Rory's wardrobe. Now while the skinny jean oxford trend had yet to break onto the scene during Rory's days at Yale, I could definitely see her jumping onto this trend. The classically tailored yet laid back look of this current trend just screams Rory Gilmore to me; and lets be honest she rocked those saddle shoes during her years at Chilton. Last but certainly not least  while this to go cup is titled "tea lovers" I think the soft blue colors and floral pattern channel Rory perfectly; and it will certainly be fit to fill the infamous coffee addiction, during a long day of classes, studying, and dealing with Paris, Logan, and Doyle at the Yale Daily News.



Snownap Hoodie


  






Reading is Sexy Shirt

"Meet me at Luke's!":

American Eagle Skinny Kick Jeans



   






When Rory is back at home in Stars Hallow, or even just lounging around the dorms at Yale her style is much more reminiscent of young seasons 1-3 Rory and therefore reminiscent of Lorelai. The witty t-shirt is something that is very Gilmore-esque; and the "Reading Is Sexy" caption is a perfect fit for Rory; (in fact she wore this exact shirt design in yellow in a scene in an episode of season 4). The jeans are American Eagles new "Skinny Kick" style. The Skinny Kick jeans are a new more tailored version of the classic Boot-cut style jeans; and considering the polished look of Rory Gilmore I think this would be a perfect current look for her. And of course a zip up hoodie and a pair of converse two staple pieces Rory wears in every season of the show so they were a must for this outfit and this article.   




"Friday Night Dinner.."

Poppy Festival Dress




Erin Patent Mary Jane



                 


White Pearl Necklace Set
Of course there cannot be a Rory Gilmore style article without talking about the fashion of Friday night dinners. Dinner at Richard and Emily's house is anything but casual; dinner must be served exactly on time and you MUST be dressed properly. I love this floral print Poppy Festival Dress its formal without being to stuck up and it's feminine airy floral look is a perfect look for Rory's style and the burnt red cardigan is not only a staple element of the Rory Gilmore wardrobe it brings out the accent colors of the dress wonderfully. And last but not least the shoes and jewelry; the Pearl set channeling Emily compliments the outfit while pleasing her ever difficult grandmother and the Mary Jane heals just scream Rory Gilmore this is a look she has been known to rock and of course she would! These Mary Janes have a sensible heal height while remaining feminine, conservative, and classic while staying laid back and understated which is exactly what Rory is all about; and of course that's why we love her!


I hope you enjoyed my post on the style of the most sensible Gilmore girl. Now tell me....How do you channel Rory Gilmore? 
until then .....Tata for now but not forever :)




The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge Book List

If you're a Gilmore Girls Fanatic like me; or even if you are just mildly familiar with the show you probably know about Rory Gilmore's addiction to literature. So in honor of Rory Gilmore an amazing reading challenged has surfaced; this reading challenge consists of every book Rory ever talked about reading or was spotted reading throughout the seven amazing seasons of Gilmore Girls (yes even Mencken's Chrestomathy).  I first heard about this challenge on tumblr; and being my slightly unhealthy obsession with Rory and GG in general decided as soon as I'm finished with the current book I'm reading (Always Something There to Remind Me by Beth Harbinson; fantastic book by the way!)  I am going to start on this beast of a literary challenge myself. So being I'm going to take it on I thought why not share the challenge and post on it; now without further a due here it is: 


The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge:

  • 1984 by George Orwell
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
  • Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 
  • The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
  • An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
  • Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
  • Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
  • Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
  • Archidamian War by Donald Kagan
  • The Art of Fiction by Henry James
  • The Art of War by Sun Tzu
  • As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
  • Atonement by Ian McEwan
  • Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
  • The Awakening by Kate Chopin
  • Babe by Dick King-Smith
  • Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women by Susan Faludi
  • Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
  • Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
  • The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 
  • Beloved by Toni Morrison
  • Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney
  • The Bhagava Gita
  • The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 Jews by Peter Duffy
  • Bitch in Praise of Difficult Women by Elizabeth Wurtzel
  • A Bolt from the Blue and Other Essays by Mary McCarthy
  • Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
  • Brick Lane by Monica Ali
  • Bridgadoon by Alan Jay Lerner
  • Candide by Voltaire 
  • The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer
  • Carrie by Stephen King
  • Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
  • The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger 
  • Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
  • The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman
  • Christine by Stephen King
  • A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 
  • A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
  • The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse
  • The Collected Short Stories by Eudora Welty
  • The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty by Eudora Welty
  • A Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
  • Complete Novels by Dawn Powell
  • The Complete Poems by Anne Sexton
  • Complete Stories by Dorothy Parker
  • A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
  • The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père
  • Cousin Bette by Honor’e de Balzac
  • Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
  • The Crucible by Arthur Miller
  • Cujo by Stephen King
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
  • Daisy Miller by Henry James
  • Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
  • David and Lisa by Dr Theodore Issac Rubin M.D
  • David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
  • The Da Vinci -Code by Dan Brown
  • Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
  • Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  • Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
  • Deenie by Judy Blume
  • The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
  • The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band by Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars and Nikki Sixx
  • The Divine Comedy by Dante
  • The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
  • Don Quijote by Cervantes
  • Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhrv
  • Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 
  • Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
  • Eleanor Roosevelt by Blanche Wiesen Cook
  • The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
  • Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn
  • Eloise by Kay Thompson
  • Emily the Strange by Roger Reger
  • Emma by Jane Austen 
  • Empire Falls by Richard Russo
  • Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol
  • Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
  • Ethics by Spinoza
  • Europe through the Back Door, 2003 by Rick Steves
  • Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
  • Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
  • Extravagance by Gary Krist
  • Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  • Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore
  • The Fall of the Athenian Empire by Donald Kagan
  • Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World by Greg Critser
  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
  • The Fellowship of the Ring: Book 1 of The Lord of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien 
  • Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein
  • The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
  • Finnegan’s Wake by James Joyce
  • Fletch by Gregory McDonald
  • Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
  • The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
  • The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
  • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
  • Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger
  • Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers
  • Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut
  • Gender Trouble by Judith Butler
  • George W. Bushism: The Slate Book of the Accidental Wit and Wisdom of our 43rd President by Jacob Weisberg
  • Gidget by Fredrick Kohner
  • Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
  • The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
  • The Godfather: Book 1 by Mario Puzo
  • The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Alvin Granowsky
  • Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 
  • The Good Soldier by Ford Maddox Ford
  • The Gospel According to Judy Bloom
  • The Graduate by Charles Webb
  • The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
  • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 
  • Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
  • The Group by Mary McCarthy
  • Hamlet by William Shakespeare
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling 
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling 
  • A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
  • Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (TBR)
  • Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry (TBR)
  • Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare
  • Henry IV, part II by William Shakespeare
  • Henry V by William Shakespeare
  • High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
  • The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
  • Holidays on Ice: Stories by David Sedaris
  • The Holy Barbarians by Lawrence Lipton
  • House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III (Lpr)
  • The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
  • How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
  • How the Light Gets in by M. J. Hyland
  • Howl by Allen Gingsburg
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
  • The Iliad by Homer
  • I’m with the Band by Pamela des Barres
  • In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
  • Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
  • Iron Weed by William J. Kennedy
  • It Takes a Village by Hillary Clinton
  • Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 
  • The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
  • Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
  • The Jumping Frog by Mark Twain
  • The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
  • Just a Couple of Days by Tony Vigorito
  • The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander
  • The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 
  • Lady Chatterleys’ Lover by D. H. Lawrence
  • The Last Empire: Essays 1992-2000 by Gore Vidal
  • Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
  • The Legend of Bagger Vance by Steven Pressfield
  • Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
  • Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
  • Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al Franken
  • Life of Pi by Yann Martel
  • The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
  • Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
  • The Little Locksmith by Katharine Butler Hathaway
  • The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen
  • Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 
  • Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton
  • Lord of the Flies by William Golding
  • The Lottery: And Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
  • The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
  • The Love Story by Erich Segal
  • Macbeth by William Shakespeare
  • Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
  • The Manticore by Robertson Davies
  • Marathon Man by William Goldman
  • The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
  • Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir
  • Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman by William Tecumseh Sherman
  • Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
  • The Meaning of Consuelo by Judith Ortiz Cofer
  • Mencken’s Chrestomathy by H. R. Mencken
  • The Merry Wives of Windsro by William Shakespeare
  • The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
  • Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
  • The Miracle Worker by William Gibson
  • Moby Dick by Herman Melville
  • The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion by Jim Irvin
  • Moliere: A Biography by Hobart Chatfield Taylor
  • A Monetary History of the United States by Milton Friedman
  • Monsieur Proust by Celeste Albaret
  • A Month Of Sundays: Searching For The Spirit And My Sister by Julie Mars
  • A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
  • Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
  • Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
  • My Lai 4: A Report on the Massacre and It’s Aftermath by Seymour M. Hersh
  • My Life as Author and Editor by H. R. Mencken
  • My Life in Orange: Growing Up with the Guru by Tim Guest
  • My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult 
  • The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
  • The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
  • The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
  • The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin
  • Nervous System: Or, Losing My Mind in Literature by Jan Lars Jensen
  • New Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
  • The New Way Things Work by David Macaulay
  • Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
  • Night by Elie Wiesel
  • Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 
  • The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism by William E. Cain, Laurie A. Finke, Barbara E. Johnson, John P. McGowan
  • Novels 1930-1942: Dance Night/Come Back to Sorrento, Turn, Magic Wheel/Angels on Toast/A Time to be Born by Dawn Powell
  • Notes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski
  • Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
  • Old School by Tobias Wolff
  • Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
  • On the Road by Jack Kerouac
  • One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
  • One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life by Amy Tan
  • Oracle Night by Paul Auster
  • Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
  • Othello by Shakespeare 
  • Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
  • The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War by Donald Kagan
  • Out of Africa by Isac Dineson
  • The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
  • A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
  • The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition by Donald Kagan
  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
  • Peyton Place by Grace Metalious
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
  • Pigs at the Trough by Arianna Huffington
  • Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
  • Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain
  • The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
  • The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker
  • The Portable Nietzche by Fredrich Nietzche
  • The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O’Neill by Ron Suskind
  • Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
  • Property by Valerie Martin
  • Pushkin: A Biography by T. J. Binyon
  • Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
  • Quattrocento by James Mckean
  • A Quiet Storm by Rachel Howzell Hall
  • Rapunzel by Grimm Brothers 
  • The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
  • The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
  • Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
  • Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 
  • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin
  • The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
  • Rescuing Patty Hearst: Memories From a Decade Gone Mad by Virginia Holman
  • The Return of the King: The Lord of the Rings Book 3 by J. R. R. Tolkien 
  • R Is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton
  • Rita Hayworth by Stephen King
  • Robert’s Rules of Order by Henry Robert
  • Roman Fever by Edith Wharton
  • Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
  • A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
  • A Room with a View by E. M. Forster
  • Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
  • Sacred Time by Ursula Hegi
  • Sanctuary by William Faulkner
  • Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Nancy Milford
  • The Scarecrow of Oz by Frank L. Baum
  • The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
  • The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
  • The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
  • Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette by Judith Thurman
  • Selected Letters of Dawn Powell: 1913-1965 by Dawn Powell
  • Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
  • A Separate Peace by John Knowles
  • Several Biographies of Winston Churchill
  • Sexus by Henry Miller
  • The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
  • Shane by Jack Shaefer
  • The Shining by Stephen King
  • Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
  • S Is for Silence by Sue Grafton
  • Slaughter-house Five by Kurt Vonnegut
  • Small Island by Andrea Levy
  • Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway
  • Snow White and Rose Red by Grimm Brothers
  • Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World by Barrington Moore
  • The Song of Names by Norman Lebrecht
  • Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos by Julia de Burgos
  • The Song Reader by Lisa Tucker
  • Songbook by Nick Hornby
  • The Sonnets by William Shakespeare
  • Sonnets from the Portuegese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
  • Sophie’s Choice by William Styron
  • The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
  • Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov
  • Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
  • The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
  • A Streetcar Named Desiree by Tennessee Williams
  • Stuart Little by E. B. White
  • Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
  • Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust
  • Swimming with Giants: My Encounters with Whales, Dolphins and Seals by Anne Collett
  • Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber
  • A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
  • Tender Is The Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Term of Endearment by Larry McMurtry
  • Time and Again by Jack Finney
  • The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
  • To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway
  • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  • The Tragedy of Richard III by William Shakespeare
  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
  • The Trial by Franz Kafka
  • The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters by Elisabeth Robinson
  • Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett
  • Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom 
  • The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath 1950-1962 by Sylvia Plath
  • Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe 
  • Unless by Carol Shields
  • Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
  • The Vanishing Newspaper by Philip Meyers
  • Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray 
  • Velvet Underground’s The Velvet Underground and Nico (Thirty Three and a Third series) by Joe Harvard
  • The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
  • Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
  • Walden by Henry David Thoreau
  • Walt Disney’s Bambi by Felix Salten
  • War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
  • We Owe You Nothing – Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews edited by Daniel Sinker
  • What Colour is Your Parachute? 2005 by Richard Nelson Bolles
  • What Happened to Baby Jane by Henry Farrell
  • When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
  • Who Moved My Cheese? Spencer Johnson
  • Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee 
  • Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire 
  • The Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum
  • Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
  • The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
  • The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

So Tell Me; Are You Up For The Challenge?


Think on that and I'm going to go ahead and get started soo... Tata for now but not forever :)


Sunday, August 5, 2012

My Rant On The Chik-Fil-A Gay Rights Protest

  To everyone who went to chik-fil-a in support of their opposition on same sex marriage, you disgust me. The only persons love life you have the right to judge and take a "stance" on is your own. Chik-fil-A saying this is there stance because they are a Christian company makes me sicker than anything. I am very Christian but my religion does NOT give me the right to pass judgments on anybody else's beliefs or lifestyles. If you really want to pull the religion card on this though if anything as a Christian the example set by my God is love and acceptance & the fundamentalist conservative Christians that use religion as an excuse for hatred and bigotry is disgusting. But more to the point gay rights are NOT A RELIGIOUS ISSUE they are a human rights issue and Conservatives need to get that. A persons sexuality, religion, political party or anything else along those lines does not determine a persons worth the way you treat other people and what you do with your time here on earth determines your worth as a person, and people need to stop being so afraid of an unconventional lifestyle. Being "different" then what society says is "Normal" doesn't make you a bad person or your lifestyle wrong. Differences are what makes our world diverse and I personally think that's a great thing; for everyone. People just need to learn to keep their lifestyle judgments to their own lives.The LBGT community is not harming anybody by living the life they do and loving the ones they love and they should be allowed to share that love in marriage just as much as any same sex couple. Those who oppose the rights of the LBGT community however are causing harm, to the younger generations by teaching them to lead a life of hate, close mindedness, and intolerance of differences. Please remember that the next time you decide to take a "stance" on the way perfectly good people live their own lives.




tata for now but not forever! :)