A Midsummer Night's Dream (Summer 2014 Secret Santa) Discussion

[pooteeweet213]

I wish I could ship early! But I'm hardcore procrastinating on my craft. And waiting for something from hautelook, so I'll have to wait. 

 

[meaganola]

Gah. My new favorite book (totally worksafe) (too bad I can't share pages from it): http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9781576876770-1

 

[SOSRedAlertSOS]

I am really intrigued by the idea of sending a book to my FGC, I just don't know what types of books she would read. I love reading, and love nothing more than sitting by the lake and reading a book in the summertime. Great idea @ (I believe you are the one who started that idea, if not, whoops! Whoever did is a smarty!)

 

[SOSRedAlertSOS]

FGC ended up with so many things that ended up being oddly shaped.. Hope this doesn't look like a box of fun colored tampons!!

GAHHHHH! This made me really want some salt water taffy! So precious!

 

[kawaiisofoxy]

I am really intrigued by the idea of sending a book to my FGC, I just don't know what types of books she would read. I love reading, and love nothing more than sitting by the lake and reading a book in the summertime. Great idea @ (I believe you are the one who started that idea, if not, whoops! Whoever did is a smarty!)

I don't know if I'm the one who started it, but I saw something in my stalking (muahaha) that let me know my FGC likes to read. Of course, you can never predict if a person will like the same books (or, in the same vein, already has the books I'm sending!) but I'm willing to take the risk!

 

[SOSRedAlertSOS]

I don't know if I'm the one who started it, but I saw something in my stalking (muahaha) that let me know my FGC likes to read. Of course, you can never predict if a person will like the same books (or, in the same vein, already has the books I'm sending!) but I'm willing to take the risk!

It's a great idea, none the less!

 

[yousoldtheworld]

If my FGM is here and is interested in the book idea, I LOVE TO READ and I love books of all kinds. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[meaganola]

Two words, gang: amazon wishlist!

 

[yousoldtheworld]

And I'd also be up for Kindle books, since you can send those as gifts...I take my kindle with me every day. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[sparklegirl]

Love the idea of sending books! I'm a huge reader and love reading from my iPad on my commute. Also book lists are a great idea!

 

[meaganola]

And if you have an iPhone (I'm not sure about other smartphones), you can get a Kindle reader for free.  I don't have a standalone Kindle, but my iPhone goes everywhere with me, so a Kindle reader goes everywhere with me!

In unrelated news, a story:  This morning at a little after 9am, I was headed to meet a former coworker for brunch in the SE Industrial area of Portland, and I was sitting at a stoplight.  A car pulled up next to me, and I could hear a vaguely familiar beat.  I looked over, and there was a white guy somewhere in his late 40s.  His hair used to be black, and now it's mostly silver and cut in a fairly standard and generic short office-friendly cut.  He was smoking, his car window was down, and his car looked like he probably bought it shortly after college and took good care of it, so it was older but well-kept.  I turned off my stereo and rolled down my window so I could figure out what he was listening to because it was so familiar it was driving me a little crazy.  Answer:  Wu-Tang Clan.  Yup.  That's about right.  Aging hipster, listening to exactly what he was listening to in his 20s after grunge died, driving the car he bought the first time he bought that album.

 

[yousoldtheworld]

And if you have an iPhone (I'm not sure about other smartphones), you can get a Kindle reader for free.  I don't have a standalone Kindle, but my iPhone goes everywhere with me, so a Kindle reader goes everywhere with me!

In unrelated news, a story:  This morning at a little after 9am, I was headed to meet a former coworker for brunch in the SE Industrial area of Portland, and I was sitting at a stoplight.  A car pulled up next to me, and I could hear a vaguely familiar beat.  I looked over, and there was a white guy somewhere in his late 40s.  His hair used to be black, and now it's mostly silver and cut in a fairly standard and generic short office-friendly cut.  He was smoking, his car window was down, and his car looked like he probably bought it shortly after college and took good care of it, so it was older but well-kept.  I turned off my stereo and rolled down my window so I could figure out what he was listening to because it was so familiar it was driving me a little crazy.  Answer:  Wu-Tang Clan.  Yup.  That's about right.  Aging hipster, listening to exactly what he was listening to in his 20s after grunge died, driving the car he bought the first time he bought that album.

I too have an iPhone, but I can confirm that you can get a Kindle reader app for Android, too. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[tweakabell]

And if you have an iPhone (I'm not sure about other smartphones), you can get a Kindle reader for free.  I don't have a standalone Kindle, but my iPhone goes everywhere with me, so a Kindle reader goes everywhere with me!

In unrelated news, a story:  This morning at a little after 9am, I was headed to meet a former coworker for brunch in the SE Industrial area of Portland, and I was sitting at a stoplight.  A car pulled up next to me, and I could hear a vaguely familiar beat.  I looked over, and there was a white guy somewhere in his late 40s.  His hair used to be black, and now it's mostly silver and cut in a fairly standard and generic short office-friendly cut.  He was smoking, his car window was down, and his car looked like he probably bought it shortly after college and took good care of it, so it was older but well-kept.  I turned off my stereo and rolled down my window so I could figure out what he was listening to because it was so familiar it was driving me a little crazy.  Answer:  Wu-Tang Clan.  Yup.  That's about right.  Aging hipster, listening to exactly what he was listening to in his 20s after grunge died, driving the car he bought the first time he bought that album.

Ok completely unrelated but you made me think of it. A couple weekends ago, I was feeling pretty down about where I am at my age. So in my family the tradition is when you're feeling blah you put on music and go for a drive. So I pile Z in the car we put on some music and start cruising. About 10 minutes into our drive we pull up next to a heavily tattooed man in a primered VW Bug, blaring the local rock station. I had this random thought of this is what I'd ended up as if I'd finished college, hadn't gotten married, etc. So for 20 minutes we drove down the same road, same pace, me: daydreaming/living vicariously through his Bug, him: not even paying attention to the SUV next to him. The longer I drove next to him the more content i became with how my life turned out. I'm not saying he has a bad life just different from where I am, and I realized that I was actually quite happy to be where I was, in my SUV with a kid in the back, relatively normal colored hair and 2 small tattoos. While I might not have kept the same kinda grungy/ punk look I used to have and I might have a soccer mom car w/ included 7 yo child, we were both listening to the same station enjoying our Sunday. So thank you VW man for letting me live vicariously through you for a bit, it made my weekend.

TLR I stalked a man in my car until I felt better about my lot in life :laughing:   For those of you that were unsure if I was crazy...

 

[pooteeweet213]

And I'd also be up for Kindle books, since you can send those as gifts...I take my kindle with me every day. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

Really?? How do you do that?

I also loooove my kindle. But I also like phsyical books. If my FGM is listening, I love all books! And you don't need to worry about what to get me, I read basically everything. If you like it, I'm sure I would too /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> So if you want to send a book to me, I'm sure I love it!

 

[meaganola]

Really?? How do you do that?

If you're shopping on amazon, there's a button under the buy-this-now area that says Give as a Gift.  I think all you need is the email address of your recipient!

ETA:  I confess I bought a book off my amazon wishlist today.  In my defense, I've been trying to find a copy of this thing for about a year, and Powell's just happened to have a combo this-book-plus-its-sequel in one physical book for six bucks.  I've been checking that store every time I've been near one, and it was finally there.  I heart corporate oligarchic dystopias.

 

[tulosai]

FGM: Send my gift whenever works for you! 

FGC: Your gift is pretty well ready now.  I just need to wrap up the pretties and figure out my DIY craft /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

Sorry I haven't been posting much lately... between the simultaneous decline of my romantic and work lives I haven't been able to be online much. That sounded more emo than I meant it to but oh well.  Hopefully next week will be better!

 

[puppymomofthree]

FGM: Send my gift whenever works for you!

FGC: Your gift is pretty well ready now. I just need to wrap up the pretties and figure out my DIY craft /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

Sorry I haven't been posting much lately... between the simultaneous decline of my romantic and work lives I haven't been able to be online much. That sounded more emo than I meant it to but oh well. Hopefully next week will be better!

Big hugs! You are amazing and things will get better soon!

 

[tweakabell]

FGM: Send my gift whenever works for you! 

FGC: Your gift is pretty well ready now.  I just need to wrap up the pretties and figure out my DIY craft /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

Sorry I haven't been posting much lately... between the simultaneous decline of my romantic and work lives I haven't been able to be online much. That sounded more emo than I meant it to but oh well.  Hopefully next week will be better!

Big Hugs! I can't say when, but things always get better.

 

[puppymomofthree]

I am a physical book girl--I have a couple hundred in my bedroom shelves right now (all unread--I am a big reader, but I buy in bulk). I love cozy mysteries and royal biographies (or biographical fiction about royals--modern or historical). But no pressure to put a book in--I will have plenty to read this summer. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[meaganola]

You guys. I found a promotional pdf with pictures from my new favorite book. Work-safe as long as your work area is fine with high-pitched cooing.
http://www.powerhousebooks.com/preview/metalcatspreview.pdf

I think the greatest picture is the one of the guy wearing a _Thrasher_ baseball cap and sitting in a red corduroy chair with a kitty… Well, just go look. I read an interview with the photographer where she said that she noticed that all of her punk friends had dogs, and all of her metal friends had cats, and, yup, that's pretty much how my college friends were (grunge died a very hard death my senior year of college before most of us got pet-friendly apartments, so there weren't very many grunge-era pets in my crowd, but of the people who were in that scene, we pretty much all had cats once we had been out of school a few years and could afford pet deposits). I still remember my ex-housemate's boyfriend (now husband) who was the bassist for a metal band named Bone Orchard -- and his big black-and-white kitty named Rambo, who was the sweetest, most laid-back kitty I have *ever* met. (The personality of both the kitty and the person actually matched very nicely. I remember the day Chad brought Julie lunch from Dick's, a fairly legendary Seattle burger joint, and he brought the housemates bags of fries and tarter sauce. I looked at her and told her that I knew they were going to get married some day. She laughed at me. It took about four years, but I was right.)

And it came as no surprise to me to read that most of these kitties were adopted from shelters (and the book is in part a fundraiser for West Coast no-kill shelters) because, again, that's pretty much how most of the metal dudes I hung out with rolled. The few who didn't adopt from a shelter were pretty much adopted by a random kitty that never made it into a shelter but would have if the guys hadn't let them move in with them.