What are You Reading Wednesday?
Sep. 20th, 2017 08:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lydamorehouse Did I read anything this week? I'm actually not sure. I _do_ have a pile of things that I'm planning on reading, however. Does that count?
What did I do INSTEAD of reading? I wish I knew. Part of this, I think, is getting back into the "Back to School" mode. Mason was sick with a cold late last week (he missed school on Friday), and then Shawn promptly caught it. So I've been doing a lot of nursemaiding.
Ugh. Work just called. They wanted me to go into New Brighton's' branch tonight and work 5 to 8. I probably should have said yes, but I work both tomorrow and Friday.
Also? It's MasterChef's finale tonight.
I know this sounds stupid, but ever since Mason was very small we have, as a family, been fans of MasterChef. It's the one network TV show we actually tune in for. All three of us gather in the TV room upstairs and adjust the rabbit ears so that we can watch the show. It's not even all that great. Most people would probably prefer The Great British Baking Show or Iron Chef. Not us. We're faithful to Gordon Ramsey and his disappointed looks and rants about things that are "rawr."
For once, too, the contestants left standing at the end are all weirdos. There's one white guy, but he's fully tattooed, bleach blond, and heroin-addict skinny... and a super-odd, with very Italian-American from Brooklyn accent. Currently, I'm rooting for Jason, an Asian-American guy who comes with a male partner, kind of BECAUSE he's gay (though he is one of the most cheerful people they've had on). The other contestant is Eboni, a black woman from Chicago. We like them all. This is one of the few times where we won't be disappointed with whoever wins.
Skipping work for TV, though? Probably I'm going to hell.
What did I do INSTEAD of reading? I wish I knew. Part of this, I think, is getting back into the "Back to School" mode. Mason was sick with a cold late last week (he missed school on Friday), and then Shawn promptly caught it. So I've been doing a lot of nursemaiding.
Ugh. Work just called. They wanted me to go into New Brighton's' branch tonight and work 5 to 8. I probably should have said yes, but I work both tomorrow and Friday.
Also? It's MasterChef's finale tonight.
I know this sounds stupid, but ever since Mason was very small we have, as a family, been fans of MasterChef. It's the one network TV show we actually tune in for. All three of us gather in the TV room upstairs and adjust the rabbit ears so that we can watch the show. It's not even all that great. Most people would probably prefer The Great British Baking Show or Iron Chef. Not us. We're faithful to Gordon Ramsey and his disappointed looks and rants about things that are "rawr."
For once, too, the contestants left standing at the end are all weirdos. There's one white guy, but he's fully tattooed, bleach blond, and heroin-addict skinny... and a super-odd, with very Italian-American from Brooklyn accent. Currently, I'm rooting for Jason, an Asian-American guy who comes with a male partner, kind of BECAUSE he's gay (though he is one of the most cheerful people they've had on). The other contestant is Eboni, a black woman from Chicago. We like them all. This is one of the few times where we won't be disappointed with whoever wins.
Skipping work for TV, though? Probably I'm going to hell.