Ugh, rough start to the morning, meara. Hate that!
I bought some hair salon alligator clips a month ago -- the kind they use to section hair and hold it out of the way -- because I bought one of those effing FB blowy curling things (it actually works well, but that's not my point).
Those clips are the BEST things I've ever tried for holding a casual twist/bun all day with no pain or slippage! So good, I didn't care that they have some logo printed in them and are so obviously salon clips.
Finally occurred to me that someone probably sells decorative ones. Duh. Just ordered some.
I loved that book Beverly.
What book would you force on random people if you could?
Either
The Night Circus
or
Every Heart a Doorway.
If the Wayward Children series (
Every Heart a Doorway
is the first of it) had existed when I was a child/preteen, I would have felt Very Seen. As it is, there are specific books from the series that still make me feel Very Seen.
ION: I ended up with a new manager late last year; she's someone I've worked with before, and a great person. But I am a little worried that because of her somewhat narrow focus on only the specific pillar she's in, I'm going to have to put a LOT more work in on my "Give Jilli a Promotion!" doc. Because my focus and team management extends to five separate software pillars, and she (and her manager) don't quite grasp what's involved with that.
What book would you force on random people if you could?
I wouldn't, only because I hate when people who I already know foist a book on me unasked-for and say "Read this!!"* So I really wouldn't read a book that a random person forced on me. Therefore, if I wouldn't take a book from a stranger, I wouldn't give a book to a stranger. (I realize I am taking this very literally and possibly too seriously, but hey. If we're talking Give Book To A Stranger Whose Tastes I Don't Know At All, my answer is nah.)
*(Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, I see you.)
. *(Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, I see you.)
I didn't need that repressed memory unlocked, Tep.
I didn't need that repressed memory unlocked, Tep.
I wish I could go back in time and tell 21-year-old me "If a dude harangues you to read this so you can 'understand him,' just go find someone else," because WOW, was that dude (and that book) a waste of time and energy.
Lol yes I feel like most books I’d want people to read would not get read. Though the Murderbot suggestion earlier was good for that. And if I had a way to force them to read something I might be picking a nonfiction book that would open minds (not sure what but some kind of history book maybe?)
If he's trying to make you read THAT you probably already understand him ... and don't think it's worth the time.
