Sitting in the Library

I'm back at the library again. There are people around and it's making me self-concious. People. Ugh.

I meant to work more on the Top Ten Disney Heroines list yesterday, but instead I spent the whole day (literally) reading The Girl who Played with Fire. I'm on The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest now, and liking it a lot. I expect I'll finish sometime tonight, but my cousin, Elizabeth, is coming into town tonight so I guess there's no guarantees. She is a year older than me, only a few months really, and we have been very close since childhood. She was supposed to come in last night but ended up having to work so she couldn't. She'll be here tonight though, and I'm looking forward to a break in the monotony of country living. She'll be someone good to talk to.

My cousin Erich's "band" came yesterday to practice. I didn't meet the boys, but according to Elizabeth they leave much to be desired. Their music is interesting, in that there are no lyrics and discernible beat. I spent the time watching the Legend of Korra episode that I had missed, and I think that it was time well spent.

I still haven't explored the library yet. The tables where I sit are right behind the magazines, a surprisingly small YA fiction section, and the manga racks. To the right looks to be a children's section. At least thats what I can gather from all the blonde mothers leading their squabbling children over there. I don't think I'll venture into the children's section--this library is much to busy for such an embarrassing action.

Across from me are movies and cds. No dvds. To the left are glass rooms with desks and I heard the woman at the information desk say the nonfiction section was that way.

From the look of the library you would think it would be two floors, but as far as I can tell it isn't. It makes me wonder what is happening beyond the ceiling above my head though. Is it just a vacuum of empty space? Storage for out of date books? The old, physical card catalogue system? The pickled corpses of unruly children? Who knows.

A family of geese is playing outside of the window I'm looking out of. How charming.

I'm afraid I don't really have much to say. I just wanted to let the world know that the Heroines List was coming soon. Thank you for your patience.

Let's Catch Up

I've been working on a Top Ten Disney Heroines post to get back in the swing of things, but I've decided to do an update-y type post first. I told myself when I started I'm Falling With Style that I wouldn't get to in depth in my personal life, but I think we can all agree that that has gone down the drain.

The Heroines list is taking much longer than I anticipated (How do you judge them, really? They're all so great!) and the fact that my summer abode is without wifi isn't making it go any faster. As I mentioned before I have an internship for the summer. I won't tell you doing what, except that it's for the government, which isn't nearly as exciting as it sounds. I'm living with my aunt and uncle for the summer in Middle of Nowhere, Virginia. I've never thought of myself as being much of a city girl--my biggest fear is crossing streets--but I will admit to being a little flummoxed out here in the country. There are cows everywhere.

Don't get me wrong, it's beautiful. There is so much green, and  I can see the mountains, and there are ever-present popcorn clouds in the sky. It's lovely. But I miss the water, the ocean, and I miss my family. I  won't see them again until August, and then that is only for a week before I go off to Italy. Is this adulthood?

I have about a week and a half before I start my internship, so for right now I'm just...chilling. My aunt works most of the time, my lovely cousin who is the same age as me is spending her summer taking classes at college, and the younger boy cousin is busy studying for his last week of exams as a high school student. My uncle works from home, so I constantly hear him talking about who knows what. Sometimes I think he sells cars, other times cds. I don't really know what he does. The gist is that I'm alone most of the day, which is fine. I'm a naturally introverted person, so I've actually been enjoying the rest. It does lead to awkward situations though.

My aunt worries that I'm bored. I don't know how to politely tell her that she doesn't need to worry and set up play dates and horseback riding lessons without straight up saying that I don't mind not being around people all the time.

Have you ever noticed that the first time you talk after an extended period of silence your voice is scratchy and unintelligible until you cough? Yeah, introvert problems.

So I've been doing a lot of reading. I read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and have since moved on to The Girl who Played with Fire. My mom got me the trilogy for my birthday--20, don't you know. expect a more detailed post on the trilogy as a whole when I'm done, but for now just know that I'm reading them.

I'm at the library right now. I haven't ventured out of the house much, but I went to Walmart on Monday and the library today. It's a beautiful library.  I say that now, but I haven't even explored it yet. I just walked in, found a comfy chair by an open window facing a pond with an outlet close by, and sat. I'm in a corner right behind the magazines and the graphic novels--not much traffic. There's one man at a table close by to me, but he's working, Maybe studying as he's going back to school or something. I don't mind him, and the view is great.

So, what else have I been doing in my extended absence? The answer is: not much. But I've had fun. Here's a little bulleted list. Judge if you want; I'd judge me too.

• I watched seven seasons of The Office. I enjoyed it, but it rarely made me laugh out loud (lol) like Friends still does on the ninth go around. I mainly watched it to procrastinate studying for exams and to make use of my Netflix account. I don't think I'll bother to watch season 8 (not on Netflix) anytime soon.
• I've purged my closet. Half my clothes are now on their way to Goodwill in preparation to make room for more "business appropriate" attire. Am I...growing up?
• I had a lovely, quiet birthday spent mostly with a recalcitrant cat named Tiger.
• Our iguana, Marley, has passed. My father almost immediately replaced him with a ball python whose name is Monty Juan Carlos Javier. My little brother Andrew was in charge of naming him. I've held Monty, and he isn't as scary as you would think until you see him strangle his dinner to death.
• Grady Bubba (my turtle) has also passed. I left him with my roommate, Whitney, over spring break and he died. She replaced him, which I told her afterwards was unnecessary, but now I've grown rather fond of Sadie Lou. She's much more active that Grady ever was, and eats almost twice as much.
• I drove on the highway for the first time ever, and no one died, so I count that as an accomplishment. Driving scares me. Pretty much anything to do with cars scares me. If I wanted to be analytical, I would guess it had something to do with the minor car crash my family and I got in when I was younger. But I don't really want to be analytical.
• I am going to watch Downton Abbey next, followed by Sherlock. Any suggestions after that?
• I am watching The Legend of Korra, the Avatar sequel, as it airs, although I'm behind an episode now that I don't have wifi. I plan to write an in depth post on the show when the season is finished, but for now let's just say that the fact that I'm still watching it speaks for itself...but so does the fact that I haven't gone crazy trying to find wifi to watch the latest episode. Do with that what you will. I watch the reviewer sawyer7mage who reviews every episode. I both agree with his opinions and find him attractive. He also reviews Naruto and other shows like that, but they don't hold my interest. I'm strictly LoK.
• I got all A's last semester. Be proud.

And I believe that is enough for now. I'm sorry for my leave of absence, but then again, I'm not. It was rejuvenating.