Amie Stuart ~ On the Back Porch

Kim Killion is our Behind the Book guest this week at SFC!

I made a fairly big (for me) decision yesterday that makes me very happy but a little sad.

Last week the cable broke. We missed Supernatural :(  But the cable guy was cute as a bug and I gave him a signed copy of NAILED!

In other news, I have nothing to report. Life is fairly quiet and slow and I’m liking it.  Okay I have edits coming tomorrow for HITTIN’ IT–hoping she’s got/enclosing a copy of the cover too. I’ve only seen it in B & W and even that made me want to lick it *blink* –and I have a really quick turn-around so that’s my weekend plan.

We had football last night–it was a tie game. Have i mentioned how much I HATE football? And I’m not sure what angry god took autumn but I was really enjoying that cooler weather people!

Today after work I’m going home to get my six or eight pages.  Then I have to return dress shoes and pants for son #2 and get the correct sizes. Son #2 has d-hall this afternoon.  Son #1 has Saturday school for 2 hours. I honestly do NOT understand the point of Saturday school for TWO FRICKEN HOURS. Otherwise, life is quiet and kinda boring so I honestly don’t see a huge point in blogging and boring you with my boringness

On to Wednesday Weirdness

1. Would you rather join the Ghostbusters to hunt ghosts or join the Sesame Street bunch? Why?

Ghostbusters. Sesame Street creeps me out. Muppets are weird–sorry.

2. What is the most you are willing to do to get out of a police officer giving you a ticket?

If he’s hot, I’m game for anything

3. What popular movies do you find to be overrated?

Hmmm I typically skip anything I think is overrated. These are usually chick films or artsy things. And I find that stuff that wins Oscars usually pisses me off so I’ve learned to skip them too.

4. What is in (and/or on) your bedside table?

Books (like that’s a shocker), a magazine that has an article I”m saving for a book (but I don’t remember what article), salt (don’t ask), probably a glass of water from last night, my nail care bag (polish, files etc), a list of doctors that take our health insurance and um books.  (Sorry all the good stuff is NOT kept around my bed)

5. Have you ever had or fantasized about having sex with a boss before? Have you ever acted on that fantasy?

Ew NO! Ok yes, but I was 16 and he was HAWT

6. If you had a personal assistant, what would you have them do?

Freaking EVERYTHING dude. Hellooooooo Personal assistants assist! File, make appointments, copy stuff, go pick up my kids and return those shoes and pants to target for me while you’re at it.

7. Have you ever faked static, loss of cell phone reception or anything else on the telephone line to get out of a conversation?

No……I just don’t answer the phone Frankly, I htink phones are evol not to mention a pain in the ass.

Feel free to play along if you want! 

Copy the list below. Mark in bold the movie titles for which you read the book. Italicize what you’ve watched. Tag 5 people to perpetuate the meme. (You may of course play along anyway.)

1. Jurassic Park
2. War of the Worlds
3. The Lost World: Jurassic Park
4. I, Robot
5. Contact
6. Congo
7. Cocoon
8. The Stepford Wives*
9. The Time Machine
10. Starship Troopers
11. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
12. K-PAX
13. 2010
14. The Running Man
15. Sphere
16. The Mothman Prophecies
17. Dreamcatcher (started the book. never saw the movie)
18. Blade Runner(Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?)
19. Dune
20. The Island of Dr. Moreau
21. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
22. The Iron Giant(The Iron Man)
23. Battlefield Earth
24. The Incredible Shrinking Woman
25. Fire in the Sky
26. Altered States
27. Timeline
28. The Postman
29. Freejack(Immortality, Inc.)
30. Solaris
31. Memoirs of an Invisible Man
32. The Thing(Who Goes There?)
33. The Thirteenth Floor
34. Lifeforce(Space Vampires)
35. Deadly Friend
36. The Puppet Masters
37. 1984
38. A Scanner Darkly
39. Creator
40. Monkey Shines
41. Solo(Weapon)
42. The Handmaid’s Tale
43. Communion
44. Carnosaur
45. From Beyond
46. Nightflyers
47. Watchers
48. Body Snatchers (Guessing this is different from Invasion of the Body Snatchers?)

*I realized last week that the dude who wrote Rosemary’s Baby also wrote The Stepford Wives and they’re both now on my To-Buy list.

For the week of May 29

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):

I love this excerpt from “The Seeker,” a poem by Rilke in his Book of Hours (translated by Robert Bly): “I am circling around God, around the ancient tower, and I have been circling for a thousand years, and I still don’t know if I am a falcon, or a storm, or a great song.” Here’s my own personal variation: “I am circling around love, around the throbbing hum, and I have been circling for thousands of days, and I still don’t know if I am a wounded saint, or a rainy dawn, or a creation story.” Please compose your own version of this poem, Leo. It’s an excellent time to fantasize about what you’re circling around and what force of nature you might be.

Hmmm maybe it’s…THE DRAIN! Oh and Mercury is retrograde until June 19.

Ooooooooo and i almost forgot, Rachel tagged me!

1. Pick up the nearest book.

2. Open to page 123.

3. Find the fifth sentence.

4. Post the next 3 sentences.

5. Tag 5 people.

Since I’m under deadline and not REALLY reading all I have is my Emergency Book (the one you never leave home without). Funny enough it’s CJ Lyons’ Lifelines!

Suicide bombing didn’t quite fit the impression she’d gotten of Matthew Kent earlier that day. But she’d met him for only a few minutes.

They arrived at her room and she unlocked the door, Trey still hovering, watching her every move.

I’m gonna skip #5