In which Sky obsesses over something new.

OMG. Why did it take me until just now to see Boondock Saints? OMG. SO. GOOD.

In which Sky is really just posting to say: GIP!

AHAHAHA. ICONS. BOOOOOOOOOONDOCK SAAAAAAAINTS.

You know, because of my own prejudices, I really have no appreciation for the beauty of the Christian religion. I mean, yeah, a lot of christians are assholes, but many probably aren't. And the religion itself can be kind of pretty.

...as evidenced by The Boondock Saints. XD

In which Sky is a music whore.

So. Does someone want to hit me with a bunch of Dropkick Murphys songs? And if anyone has any Off Kilter, I'd love some of that too.

Um. And because I should probably give something back to you all, here's some of what I'm currently listening to:

-"Did Anyone Approach You" - A-ha (Kind of got an 80's vibe to it. By the same band that had the hit "Take On Me" way back when.)

-"Smash" - The Murmurs (I think this is a cover... But I have no idea who did the original. Also has an 80's feel to it. In my opinion.)

-"The Teignmouth" - Patrick Wolf (Kind of folkish. Has a violin. Also has great lyrics.)

-"Feed the Tree" - Belly (If you've heard of Tanya Donelly, well this is her band. I like the lyrics.)

-"All I Ever Wanted" - Shinedown (Hard core rock, this is. I like this band. Love the lyrics, once again.)

I think it's interesting that all of these were chosen for lyrics, basically, and that's one of the last things i listen for in music. I'm weird.

Enjoy! :D

Becoming Myself: Reflections on Growing up Female

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Becoming Myself: Reflections on Growing up Female

From Publishers Weekly
"Sculptor and Vagina Monologues producer Shalit asked a group of celebrities and writers to recall a significant memory of growing up female. The result is an uneven collection of 67 short pieces, with unfocused or perfunctory contributions by such notables as J.K. Rowling, Kate Winslet, Vanessa Williams, Brooke Shields and Janis Ian. A few of the pieces, such as those by Patti LaBelle, Rue McClanahan and Lily Tomlin are frustratingly short. Longer and more literary pieces by Joyce Carol Oates, Kitty Carlisle Hart and Tawni O'Dell stand out as moving, thought provoking and completely to the point. Oates writes about her disturbing experiences as a sexually naïve undergraduate in the late 1950s trying to navigate the chaotic rituals of a fraternity party at which her drunken female peers were taking sexual risks. In an affectionately comic piece, actress Hart, born into a comfortable New Orleans family in 1910, describes how she suffered and evolved under a domineering but loving mother, while O'Dell paints a stark picture of herself as a tough, sensitive 10-year-old in the 1970s coal-mining region of western Pennsylvania, coming to grips with the critical difference in girls' and boys' natures."

Today, my mother's book hit the markets. This morning she was on NBC and just a few minutes ago she was on CNN Headline News.

So yes. I'm promoting my mother's book. But also, guys, it's a good book. The essays are emotionally evocative, strong, funny. Go out, get a copy of this book. Read it, love it, and tell your friends.

In which Sky wants to hit her head on the wall.

So, now I have a headache. The headache of doom, apparently. So bad that it makes me think that bashing my head against a wall would actually be an improvement. I kind of just want an ice pack, but we only have one of those hard ones that I used to use in my lunchbox. So does not help.

How is it that I had, like... five RPs going at one point, and am down to one? Booo. (I might mention that, Ben, it really helps if your character talks a bit more. I understand if that's just how he is, but you're really not giving me much to work with.)

I think I've posted four or five times today. Sheezes. They were all damned pointless.