feeling a little goth

maybe it's the vampires, but today i felt the need to paint my nails red & black.  : )  i don't think i have any true "gothic" tendencies, other than the vampires.  but i'm picky about my vampires.  i prefer the modern to the "dracula" genre.  


anyway.  i cleaned up some stuff in the library today, got a couple shelves organized - or, more organized than they were, altho once i figure out exactly where i want everything, they'll be reorganized again!  along the way, i found the beautiful dark maroony-red nail polish, and my dad's tiger-eye ring that i wore along w/ his class ring all thru HS.  idk where the class ring disappeared to, but it must be in there somewhere...i put the tiger-eye ring on & wore it all day & it brought tears and smiles and memories galore!  


i also rediscovered a whole box of books my friend laura had sent me once upon a time (mysteries galore, love it!!), so i'll add those into the rotation.  i've been re-reading a lot of favorites lately... i found part of my futuristic romance collection & read a story of a djinni & the human summoner he finds to love.  : )  next up is a space adventure of The Great Healer, who must fall in love w/ a particular man in order to fulfill the prophecy & unlock her healing powers.  except everyone has the identity of the particular man all wrong!  *laugh*  it's funny, sometimes when i re-read a book, i'll recognize a scene or a line & it takes me back to the first time i read it.  some books are just so intrinsically associated w/ that time or place... : )  there are a few books i read while in texas w/ daddy & phil that i think i'll pull out again to re-read sometime!  


and then there are the scenes from various stories that are stuck in my head, have become so much a part of me that occasionally, for seemingly no reason at all, they pop into my head & i relive them, so to speak.  then, of course, i have to pull them out for a read!  *laugh*  


anyway!!  it's no wonder no one reads this anymore, all i ever do is gush about books.  somehow, i've stopped caring.  the books make me happy... :D  


i was able to hang out w/ erin tonight - my tummy wasn't sure what it would do 1/2 of today, but it was feeling much better by 4 or so.  despite the over 100 degree temperatures outside - yuck!!!  i picked erin up around 6 & we went to rudy's for dinner.  tacos...mmmm!  had a nice catch up & all that, and made plans to hang out while the olympics are going on so we can get our gymnastics/swimming/whatever else is at the summer games fix.  : )  can you tell which two events i'm most interested in?  LOL  i'm hoping to be able to watch the opening ceremonies online... 


bret brought home a pizza from work & i tried a slice - pretty tasty!  


what else?  reading, reading, reading!  more reading tomorrow.  i wanted to watch Rigoletto, too, but cannot find my dvd.  :(  i can't even find my VHS tape of it, so idk where they could possibly have gotten off to!  i know i've watched the DVD here, because i remember playing the soundtrack that's on it... *sigh*  if i have to buy it again, i will, but i'd rather just find my copy!!  *laugh*  


for now, sleep beckons.  i might try to read one more chapter before it claims me... ; )  


ttfn!

nancy cane 

i just love the old-school (tasteful) romance novel covers!

(some of them are not quite so clothed...LOL  which, call me chauvinistic, but i'm okay w/ it when it's the guy baring his chest.  ; )  )

Also, oh my heck!  when looking for this image, i discovered that - surprise! - kathleen nance has a series of djinn books, along w/ an Olympus series i must check out!  LOVE IT!

: ) 

ttfn!