Well the 81st Academy Awards show came and went. My enthusiasm is so tightly locked inside my head, I was a little shocked to lift my head up and find out that I’m known for my Oscar love by my phone messages. 
I guess those who truly know me :-X
It was a wonderful night- I was pleased with everything from the starting number to the winning picture. Hugh Jackman did a spectacular job, I can go on and on but then it would be about *them* and not *ME*. Although I will say Tina Fey and Steve Martin- brilliant 
Books. I’m all about the books this weekend and I want to share my prize findings.
Pilates. It was a tough call with this purchase. My kids and I were standing in line at Borders and they had conveniently placed stacks of discounted books/kits in the line for you to go back and forth with as you await your turn. The first thing I saw was a GIANT Origami kit that I really really really REALLY wanted. Two steps forward and the GIANT Origami kit held in my arms was dropped when Ash mentioned “Pilates book and DVD”. Origami… paper to fold all fancy like which I LOVE- but I have no clue what I’d do with all the fancy folder paper versus the huge thing that is supposed to be GOOD for me. Origami vs. Pilates.
This was not an easy decision. I kept interchanging them and not even I knew what the end result would be until it came time to step up to the register… where I put down one of the kits and handed the cashier… “Authentic Pilates”. Damn it. It’s the better for me choice, but OMG what is better than Origami??? I even passed up the mini-Buddha and mini-Lucky Cat that I wanted oh so bad.
My other purchases? OMG “More Forbidden Knowledge” I now know how take a tasing, disarm a nuclear bomb, maneuver through a mine field AND amputate a limb. HOW COOL IS THAT???
To top it off… “The Art of Seduction” I am going to be SO well rounded! Yes I think I have an *idea* but it’s an art that although at one point in your life came naturally, you worry it fades when you don’t really get a chance to interact much.
When I went to Borders I was seeking “The Idiot’s Guide to Writing a Graphic Novel” (which I ordered through Amazon last night). I’m excited about that one, not to mention the stack of Graphic novels I’m going to be plowing through to make sure MINE is the best EVER- okay… I don’t care about being the best ever, but I do care about my story being told. It’s a freakishly wonderful concept/idea that I really want to breathe life into.
From Amazon I also have en route “Mental Floss Presents Condensed Knowledge: A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again”. At Border’s I was stretching my arm out by carrying in the basket just about every book out there on improving your mind, brain power, useless trivia/knowledge etc. and I couldn’t make up my mind! Being drawn to a buy one get 1/2 off table (that Ash showed me) finally… after 45 minutes of going back and forth, caused me to release the cerebral findings and opt for the treasure trove I came home with… but the thirst for more knowledge of stuff I didn’t need to know continued- and Mental Floss… well I LOVE Mental Floss… ABSOLUTELY love it… so now I’m going to get into the books series that I see it has!
That’s all inside my head that I’m willing to share *for* now.
