 1.This week on Totes Awesome Channel, we talk boy bands. Youtube Link I wasn’t endearingly boy band crazed as my Totes Awesome Channel cohorts. 2.In my TAC vlog, I mentioned how my friend Kim sent me a link recently of one of my biggest celebrity crushes as a kid crooning in a boy band. To see who I’m talking about, refer to 1:35 of this video. Youtube Link 3.I’ve been on a Nick Hornby craze ever since I finished reading Polysyllabic Spree. I’ve read two of his fictional books before, but wasn’t as enamored with him as I was after Polysyllabic Spree (his columns on reading). Since then, I’ve read his second collection of his columns, (Housekeeping vs. the Dirt), have his third installment checked out (Shakespeare Wrote for Money), and am now also adding more of his fiction to my reading queue. I’ve enjoyed two of his movies without knowing it was adapted from his books (High Fidelity and About a Boy). Well, as I perused listings of his fiction, I discovered he wrote one of my favorite movies from last year. I even blogged about it here. I think I’m going to add it to my never-ending “to read” list. 4.Speaking of movies adapted from books. I love watching movies adapted from the books I read, but I don’t like doing it in the reverse order, reading books of the movies I’ve watched. I’ve done it a few times (Waiting to Exhale, Forrest Gump, Curious Case of Benjamin Button), but it doesn’t feel natural. Feels backwards. Book first, movie second. Right? 5.I’ve been on Google+ for over a week now and it still has the new and shiny appeal. Only, I’m not quite sure what I’m supposed to do with it. Yes, I get it’s Google’s version of Facebook and you share stuff. What I’m confused about is what am I personally going to do with it? I have two blogs. A Facebook account namely to keep in touch with people, see what’s going on with their lives, and archive some photos. I have TWO twitter accounts to catch the mundane thoughts and share interesting links. How should I use Google+ where I’m not just cross feeding content? Ah, first world problems. 6.I’ve seen a lot of sad things at bars through the years. This one was the saddest sight yet.  No wagging of the tail. When strangers walked by and petted him, he didn’t lift his head or twitch his tail. He just followed you with his sad, sad eyes. 7.This week’s moments of bliss: ♥ lunch date with Naz at Madam Mams (only my favorite Thai restaurant for 10 years now) ♥ having someone to occasionally exercise with ♥ nerdy cheesy jokes ♥ Vietnamese cooking and movie date with Davey ♥ pillow talk & prattle ♥ postcard received from Europe ♥ cleaning up newsfeeds and email subscriptions ♥ funny shopping trip with Alan (boys have no shopping stamina!) ♥ juicy ripe mangoes ♥ Google+ Questions: Are you on Google+? How are you using it? What are you sharing? |