So shoot me

So shoot me

Monday, January 9, 2012

Resolutions 2012

1—Read 60 books
2—Lose 20 pounds before my wedding
3—write something real; a project just for me, unrelated to my graduate degree
4—write something philosophically worthwhile, even if it’s just an idea that’ll take me into the future
5—be a better friend; more attentive, particularly, despite my tendencies to disappear into projects
6—start playing piano again, starting with Beautiful Maladies

Monday, January 2, 2012

Doctor Rafa Completed Last Year's New Year's Resolution

BOOKS READ-2011 (goal: 50)

After Graceland--Charles Spencer
Hunger Games--Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire--Suzanne Collins
Maledicte--Lane Robbins
The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales--Oliver Sacks
Mockingjay--Suzanne Collins
Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol--Iain McKelley
Fragile Eternity--Melissa Marr
The Magicians--Lev Grossman
I Like You: Hospitality under the Influence--Amy Sedaris
City of Glass--Cassandra Clare
Freedom and Neurobiology: Reflections on Free WIll, Language, and Political Power--John R. Searle
Bayou Moon--Ilona Andrews
White Noise--Don Delillo
Vampire Academy--Richelle Mead
Frostbite--Richelle Mead
Dreamtigers--Jorge Luis Borges
Squirrel seeks Chipmunk--David Sedaris
Shadow Kiss--Richelle Mead
Blood Promise--Richelle Mead
Shadow Dance--Robin Wayne Bailey
Warped--Maurissa Guibard
Anansi Boys--Neil Gaiman
River Marked--Patricia Briggs
The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Neuroscience--assorted authors
A World Without Time--Palle Yourgrau
Spirit Bound--Richelle Mead
Blue Bloods--Melissa De La Cruz
The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul--Douglas R. Hoffstadter and Daniel C. Dennett
The Enchantress of Florence--Salman Rushdie
Masquerade--Melissa De La Cruz
Art In Three Dimensions--Noel Carroll
Paranormalcy--Kiersten White
Lamplighter--DM Cornish
Philosophy and Neuroscience--Bennett, Hacker, Dennett, Searle
Foundling--DM Cornish
Bossypants--Tina Fey
Divergent--Veronica Roth
I Am America(And So Can You!)--Stephen Colbert
Earth (the Book!)--Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Long for this world--Jonathan Weiner
Zombie Spaceship Wasteland--Patton Oswalt
The World In Six Songs--Daniel Levitan
Shit My Dad Says--Justin Halpern
The Moral Psychology Handbook--John M. Doris and the Moral Psychology Research Group
Spindle's End--Robin McKinley
Better--Atul Gawande
Darkfever--Karen Marie Moning
Pathfinder--Orson Scott Card
Bones of Faerie--Janni Lee Simner
Bonk--Mary Roach
Bloodfever--Karen Marie Moning
The Origin of Satan--Elaine Pagels
The Colour of Magic--Terry Pratchett
The Hob's Bargain--Patricia Briggs
Faefever--Karen Marie Moning
Infinite Jest--David Foster Wallace
Dreamfever--Karen Marie Moning
The Iceman Cometh--Eugene O'Neil
The Maze Runner--James Dashner
The Scorch Trials--James Dashner
The Poisoner's Handbook--Deborah Blum
Brave New World--Aldous Huxley
The Whale's Companion--edited by Adriana Klepac
Logicomix--Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos H. Papadimitriou, Alecos Papadatos, Annie Di Donna
The Witches of East End--Melissa de la Cruz
A Discovery of Witches--Deborah Harkness
Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of A Reluctant Chef--Gabrielle Hamilton
Huntress--Malinda Lo
Incarceron--Catherine Fisher
Basic Rights:Subsistence, Affluence, and US Foreign Policy--Henry Shue
A Visit From the Goon Squad--Jennifer Egan
Foundation--Mercedes Lackey
Intrigues--Mercedes Lackey
What is this thing called love--Kim Addonizio
Dearest Creature--Amy Gerstler