And the Amazon Commercial...

for 50 shades...er, I mean for Kindle. (capitalising on the 50 shades bandwagon)

enjoy :)

50 Shades of Grey

So apparently there's this book - 50 Shades of Grey. It's fan fiction. A term I only knew in passing till one of my besties (he'll kill me for using this word to describe him I'm sure) explained it to me last night, along with some of the terms / slang associated with it. Like "slash" which I find is kind of a cute way to associate the characters the author might want to throw together in a hot, steamy scene. The word itself brings to mind blades and bloodshed. But I digress.

Anyhow, I was reading some other blogs and sites on totally unrelated topics (not books, not fan fiction, not Twilight *groan*) and I came across a discussion on 50 shades. From what I read, this is the impression I have:

It's taking the world by storm;
Its audience is mainly (house/)wives;
There are explicit BDSM-related sex scenes in it;
AND IT'S STILL A BETTER LOVE STORY THAN TWILIGHT!

Mwahahaha.

Ok sorry, had to put that in.

Since I have a warped brain AND I enjoy books, I've gotten hold of the trilogy (yes there are 3 books!!) and will get to reading it soon.

Let's see if it really is all that it's cracked up to be.

You Asked!

So you ring and say you want to push back your class by half hour. I say ok because I happen to know the kid that takes up that slot is always eager to come in earlier.

So I go ahead and swop your class times. What does this mean? This means you don't get to call me 15 minutes before your original lesson time and say you'll be able to make it after all and you're on the way. Well, you can CALL. But I may not be able to accommodate you.

Sorry. That slot is no longer available to u. 'Cos I've given it away.

De-Cluttering

And by the way, I've deleted Around the Bibik's Kitchen and merged all the posts from that blog with this one.

This Thing we call Life

I took this from a friend's wall on FB. It's true though, isn't it?

There'll be times when you wonder if this is all life is ever going to be, because nothing's really happening... no one's doing anything out of the ordinary, there's no crisis, no job changes, everything's just the same ol, same ol.

And then BAM! The shit hits the fan. You feel as if you cannot breathe, you don't have enough hours in a day, you're running out of time, you have a million things to get done and your nerves are shot!

When I saw the quote I asked myself which state I was in. BOTH. That's how I'm feeling right now. Things at work are good. Uneventful. Or rather, there are things going on that I'm dealing with, I'm stressing about. But that's BEING handled. So it's not really panic stations there  yet. 

My personal life is stable but within that stability there are so many changes happening in my head that it's almost like I'm a different person every time I start a new day. I'm seeing things differently, reacting differently, trying on new behaviours and patterns almost on a daily basis. I don't know if this is self-discovery or neurosis. But whatever it is, this push and pull of the two existing in the same space kinda balances everything out in the end. The turmoil within the mundane.