Jan092009
What’s On My Mind
Filed under Uncategorized by Kim at 4:35 pm on Jan 09 2009
Apart from niggling details like my incredibly scratched up glasses lenses (no wonder I have headaches) and the return of my terrible nail-biting habit and my ubiquitous interest in finding more things to hand-write, I just thought I’d share random shit that has been on my mind this week.
1. Pharmaceuticals. No, just the legal ones. Ever since I read this article by Marcia Angell, I’ve been really angry about drug marketing. I mean, I knew there were issues, but the way she describes the drug companies’ influence on the academic research, and the extremely muddy research surrounding psychiatric drugs particularly… well I just want to read every one of those books. And then one of the nursing blogs I follow relates that pens have been banned from being handed out at some conference… really?? Pens?? Is that the problem with the system? Phew, thank goodness you guys got on that pen menace. You think in the field of medicine people would know that treating the symptoms alone are not going to cure the underlying disease. I could go on and on about this, and wish I had more time to read the primary source material.
2. Middle Earth. I have listened to the audiobook version of The Lord of the Rings (narrated by Rob Inglis, who I think is the best narrator ever) about a million times, sort of. I say sort of because for years I used it primarily as a sleep aid. But this time I haven’t been able to fall asleep, and have been focused and hearing all sorts of details I missed the first million times I listened. So I had the local library get me a copy of the Atlas of Middle Earth and now I’m reading that along with my audiobook. I think it was the song about Nimrodel that caught my fancy after years of merely halfhearted and half-awake interest.
3. Zodiac. Not the dubious star reading & newspaper space-taker-upper, but the killer. I’m reading the Graysmith book and hope to catch the film soon. A coworker lent it to me and I’m totally riveted. It’s been a while since I had a true crime reading spree!
4. Ladies Rock Camp, Rock Festivals, etc. I got an email from the Portland Girls/Ladies Rock Camp that they are really keen on signing up more Ladies for rock camps this year. Since I committed to BlogHer, there’s no way I can afford to do that and LRC in Portland, but if any ladies out there still have a hankering to go, DO IT. It was life-changing and awesome. I am also eagerly awaiting news about Nearfest tickets because my favorite band of the new millennium is playing there.
1 SparklieSunShineon 13 Jan 2009 at 2:37 pm
You’re attending Blogher? I consider it every year. I think this is another one I will be sitting out, but hopefully one year I will be able to make it.
I have neither read the LotRs books or watched the movies. Are they really as good as everyone says?
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Kim Reply:
January 13th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Yeah – My friend Genie has been going for two years now and it seemed like so much fun. Once I started my WordPress blog it just made sense as a little mini-vacation for myself.
I tried to actually read the LOTR books before, but always failed. I never got into it until I got the audiobooks, and I highly recommend that approach. Otherwise the whole story may seem a little tedious. I would listen to the whole thing all the way through and not necessarily pay attention the whole time, over and over, until the missing parts began to fill in. I just get new stuff every time. I really love the story and the characters.
But yeah – there are not many ladies.
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2 SparklieSunShineon 13 Jan 2009 at 3:40 pm
Maybe I’ll have to try it like that. I know I can’t get through reading it.
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3 Kendraon 19 Jan 2009 at 9:06 pm
Hey Kim! Thanks for the comment on my blog, I’m glad you appreciated my favorable Finn review! Crowded House are an excellent band, and Split Enz, their predecessor, is one that I like a lot as well…just picked up a couple more albums by them this past weekend. If you’ve not heard it, Neil’s son Liam’s got a great disc out, and I was planning on blogging about it at some point, but a) the spring sem’s just started up, and b) I just got back from a whirlwind trip to Milwaukee to catch TMB. Someday, someday. I will have to check out your blog a bit more extensively at some point, but nevertheless I did want to say thank you for the comment, and also, your Wind & Wuthering tattoo (which I have seen on the forum) is probably the coolest tattoo I have ever seen. I don’t know if I’d ever get one myself, but I can definitely appreciate one (or more!) that is well done.
Glad to connect with another musically-diverse Genesis fan…my collection is pretty insane and baffling. I hopefully will be posting more stuff on the blog soon, especially if I think people are reading it, hahaha…
Cheers!!
Kendra/paperplate
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Kim Reply:
January 20th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
You can pretty much assume I like everything Finn! I haven’t completely explored Tim’s back catalog but I like the new songs he’s come out with lately. But I am really really in love with Liam’s new album. I’ve seen him play live three times. I posted about it back here!
Thank you SO MUCH for the compliment on my tattoo. I am really hoping to get more work done on it in the next month.
I definitely look forward to more stuff on the blog! And you’ll have to tell me more about your diverse musical tastes apart from Genesis.
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