Musings

I re-read some of my recent posts... and realized they have all been a little heavy. So here are some random, lighthearted thoughts/confessions for you all:

- I'm addicted to watching the World Cup. When I am home alone, I watch the games on the Spanish channel because the announcers are more passionate. Fact.

- I can't find a better fiction book than Harry Potter. I read all seven books last summer and resent being a "Harry hater" for so many years. In fact, reading fiction post Harry has been a really struggle. If you haven't picked up the books, you should. Oh, and I think I am the only female on earth to dislike both The Help and Time Traveler's Wife.

- My recent music obsessions include Rosie Thomas, Mumford & Sons, Marc Scibilia, and Justin Bieber (don't hate).

- I want to learn how to make chocolate croissants.

- New favorite quote, learned from a Frenchman: "pourquoi être simple, quand vous pouvez être compliqués?"

Translation: "Why be simple, when you can be complicated?"

- I have a vine growing up through the floorboard in my room named Voo doo Mama JuJu Jr; she's the spawn of Voo doo Mama JuJu, who found a way in through the window in our den.

- The Hampton Inn in Montgomery, AL leaves me cookies and milk in my room. I asked for it once and received the royal treatment ever since. The joys of travel.

- 2 things I really dislike: Nickelback and initials on the back windshield of a car.