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Fall Reading List - September 1 to November 31

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie
The Romanovs: The Final Chapter by Robert K. Massie
Rasputin: Rascal Master by Jane Oakley
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
The Mammoth Hunters by Jean M. Auel
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin
Rasputin's Daughter by Robert Alexander
I Have Lived a Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-Jackson
The Tsarina's Daughter by Carolly Erickson
City of Thieves by David Benioff
In My Hands by Irene Gut Opdyke
Tonight We Die as Men by Ian Gardner and Roger Day
The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander
Night by Elie Wiesel
Escape from the Nazis by Benjamin Mandelkern
Salem's Lot by Stephen King
Love Stories of World War II by Larry King
The Rasputin File by Edvard Radzinsky
Rasputin: The Man Behind the Myth by Maria Rasputin

The reading doesn't end with the summer. Now I'm going to see how many books I can rack up this fall.

Summer Reading List

I was just reading about my town on Wikipedia and found out that the Supernatural episode "Wishful Thinking" was mostly filmed in Squamish.

I found some youtube clips and I couldn't believe that Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki were walking right down the main street! And now I do remember back in the spring of 2008 seeing notices about something filming in the area so the street would be shut down, but I just assumed it was something crappy like The Guard.

I'm not a huge fan of the show or the actors or anything, but I still think it would've been cool if I saw Jensen or Jared. Or even Ted Raimi! Oh well, maybe I'll just have to wait around for Joshua Jackson (almost typed Jonathan there, must be a SCC fan) or Anna Torv.

Oh to be a young woman in St. Petersburg at the turn of the century. I read about how he leaned in close to them and caressed them and in his eyes they saw their salvation and from his healing hands they were blessed. I wish I could've been one of them, a loyal devotee.

It hurts to think that people don't know the truth and only listen to the trashy gossip. He's been villified countless times, all by scared, repressed, jealous little men who couldn't stand the thought of their worldview expanding.

He was not a sorceror. He was not a rapist. He was not a drunken lecherous fool. He was not a cult leader. He was not evil.

They didn't understand what he was, who he was. So they spread rumours, crucified him in the papers and then brutally murdered him. And even that story, the one of his death, isn't the whole truth.

He was full of love and life, he healed people, he helped them. But he wasn't celibate like the others and they couldn't accept that. They were so hung up on sin, so preoccupied with their moral objections that they couldn't, wouldn't listen to another viewpoint.

He was the new way of thinking, but their narrow little minds couldn't handle it and so he was executed. And the rumours and the lascivious stories followed for a century, drowning out the truth.

He was a martyr that will never be recognized. He is Saint Rasputin, a holy man doomed to be remembered in a history written by a Judas.

But I believe.

It's been exactly one year since I came hom from Texas.

Last October I weighed 192 lbs. Now I'm 150! I haven't eaten potato chips or cheezies since I came back.

This is the longest I've stayed in one place since graduating and I've had the same job for almost 10 months now.

It doesn't seem like a year has passed. The other night a movie was on tv and I was thinking "Didn't I just see this?" Yes, I had. Last year on Halloween.

Time really does fly.

Sometimes I wonder what it's like to have friends. It's like I can almost remember, but it's been so long it seems like just a distant memory. Did it really happen? Were they real?

I forget what it's like to laugh till you can't breathe. I can't remember the last time the phone rang and it was for me. Do people still hang out together and talk and really listen to each other?

I miss those things.

Title: Dead, But Not Forgotten
Pairing: Sookie/Eric
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Sookie learns the true nature of Malcolm, but at the end of the night finds herself with more questions than answers.
Author's Notes: AU, set after Dead to the World (spoilers). I apologize for the lack of actual Sookie/Eric interaction in the last few chapters, but in my defense I'm trying to write it like one of the books and just let the mystery unravel. But I promise you will not be disappointed in the end!

( Chapter 9 )

Halloween Movie Month - October 1 to 31

Ghostbusters
Night of the Living Dead (1990)
Blade
Blade II
Buffy Season 4 Halloween episode
Zombieland
Poltergeist
Beetlejuice
The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror XX
Buffy Season 2 Halloween episode
The Lost Boys
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
30 Days of Night
Quarantine
Evil Dead II
Scream

Along with my booklist I've decided to also try and watch as many spooky movies as I can this month.

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Title: Dead, But Not Forgotten
Pairing: Sookie/Eric
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Sookie and Sam wait for their salvation, but is it worth the price?
Author's Notes: AU, set after Dead to the World (spoilers). I had the idea for this chapter way back in February so any similiarities between it and 2x10 are strictly coincidental.

( Chapter 8 )

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Title: Dead, But Not Forgotten
Pairing: Sookie/Eric
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Sookie and Sam head to Shreveport to do some investigating.
Author's Notes: AU, set after Dead to the World (spoilers).

( Chapter 7 )

WHOEVER WROTE THAT TRUE BLOOD EPISODE SHOULD BE SHOT

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( what a night for a dance, you know I'm a dancing machine )

Caleb told about how when he was younger he picked up a guitar and started playing and thought how cool it would be if he could do that for a living every night.

Then he said "Thank you for making a boy from Tennessee's dream come true".

Title: Dead, But Not Forgotten
Pairing: Sookie/Eric
Rating: R
Summary: Sookie tries to help Marie and gets much closer to Eric than she expected.
Author's Notes: AU, set after Dead to the World (spoilers). Sorry for the wait! Also, I haven't had much practice writing het, so I apologize in advance if it sucks.

( Chapter 6 )

I am currently baking a pecan pumpkin pie. Why? Just for the hell of it. I figured I should graduate from cookies to pies. I didn't make the crust though, that will be my next step. But I did make the filling myself, it wasn't a premade one. Now we'll just have to see how it tastes.

Also, I have weight news! I decided to measure myself again and I really can't believe the numbers. I think they're lying.

Old Measurements, from December: (181 lbs)
Bust - 42
Waist - 35
Hips - 42
Stomach at the largest point - 39 1/2

Today's Measurements: (152 lbs)
Bust - 39
Waist - 30
Hips - 36 1/2
Stoamch at the largest point - 35 1/2

I can't believe I've lost that much, but the tape measure (and my old clothes) don't lie. The other day I noticed that I could take off my old jeans without undoing them. And my board shorts (that I pretty much lived in when I was in Texas) don't even stay on my body anymore.

So now I've just got to work on my upper arms and back, which is still a bit chunky. But on the plus side, I no longer have side rolls if I scrunch up my body, so yay! :D

I'm sad because we were supposed to be playing baseball tonight, but it's rainy. I've been asking nature to bring out the sun by this afternoon, but I don't think it'll happen. And it was our last game before the tournament too! Boo-urns!

But aside from that minor upset I have to say that I am quite enjoying myself these days. I remember last year when I used to just sit on my computer for hours on end on my days off and do nothing else. Now when I have time to myself I exercise and read and cook and work on my novel and go for walks (if it's nice out).

On Sunday me and my dad went out on our little boat and just puttered around. He says he's going to sell it soon because he never uses it anymore and I realized that I hadn't been on it in over four years so I wanted one last jaunt. It was very pretty on the water, even if it was a bit chilly.

So that's real life for ya. I may be friendless and husbandless, but at least I'm in shape and enjoying reading and cooking and making a little bit of money too. I'm just laying the foundation for future wedded bliss. Learnin' the skills and workin' on the bod. It won't be long till I snag someone. ;)

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( Thoughts on tonight's True Blood )

Arrrrg, a week is too long!

I'm currently reading a book called The Rainbow Chasers that I highly recommend to everyone. It's about three brothers who go from Washington to Alberta to BC with their dad to build the perfect homestead. It's like Little House on the Prairie for grown-ups. :)

And my birthday book came in the mail! I decided to get a book about the 3rd Battalion of the 101st Airbone, called Tonight We Die As Men. I've just started it, so hopefully it'll last me until my other books arrive.

I've been going crazy getting books from Amazon. So far I've ordered: Little Women, Island of the Blue Dolphins (loved it as a kid), Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain 1942, Cold Mountain, Articles of War and A Little Love Song. All for only $40! (Most were used and cost only a penny, plus shipping and handling)

I'm all set for a summer of reading!

In weight loss news, I'm only 13 lbs away from my goal. I'm 153 lbs right now and my new work pants (that I bought in May) are already getting too big for me. I can't wait to buy all new clothes! :D

And I'm well on my way to becoming housewife material. The other day I cooked dinner for my family, a real dinner. I have pictures and everything! I made these sliced baked potatoes with cheese and herbs and I cooked up some ground beef in a frying pan (my first time cooking raw meat) and added some cooked peas. And the other day I made sugar cookies in the shape of hippos.

So now I've got cooking, cleaning, laundry, childcare and I'm getting in shape, the only thing left is sewing. I told my mom that one of these days she has to teach me how to sew clothes and dolls and such.

Then I just need to learn how to milk cows and ride horses and I'll be ready to live on my dream farm with my hard working blue collar husband. Yes, chopping wood, feeding chickens, darning socks, making a nice home cooked meal for my man. These things make me all excited. I would seriously be the bestest little Susie Homemaker ever. Because I love to make the people I like happy. I love to do stuff for them.

I keep saying that it's too bad I didn't grow up in olden times where my parents could just marry me off to some acceptable suitor. Now I'm supposed to be all independant and live on my own and work and if I don't want a career I'm apparently defective.

I think I need a time machine.