<big yawn>  Has it really been so long? Flirting with a blog dedicated to reading and reading alone has kept me occupied for awhile, when I wasn’t spending 30 hours a week learning JavaScript anyway, but I got bored, i.e., I deleted it. It’s no fun to write lit crit on a constant basis. I’d rather just enjoy what I’m reading, and only pick it apart into little bits when I’m in conversation with some other book nerd who loves/hates the book I hate/love.

Here are a few things I’ve done since September 2013, according to my twitter feed (which is far superior to my memory):

• Road trip to a) Disneyland for a shot of pure blissed-out, kid-again stuff, b) Grand Canyon for stellar (get it) stargazing and camping surrounded by mating elk, c) Vegas up-til-morning gaming debauchery, and d) back home magically in one piece.
• Continued revision on my novel-in-progress.
• Ran two races: terrible timing because I quit running in earnest to write term papers for grad school, but a great time because running is fun.
• Batkid came to our fair city and saved the day!
• Adopted an orchid for my birthday, which it took me a full three months to kill: a record for me.
• “Birthday” has officially become my go-to Beatles Karaoke Night song.
• Got my wisdom teeth removed. Tweet from the third day after the surgery: “I’m tired of pudding.”
• A person I love and helped take care of as a newborn (my nephew) graduated from high school — Magna Cum Laude! So proud I could burst, it goes without saying.

<dust> <dust> The bricolagerie is back in business!