I Wanna Catch Fire

I'm gonna wait until Sunday morning, because that's how we do, but I am so ready to see "Hunger Games: Catching Fire." The first one was just so-so, I gotta admit. The books take place so much in Katniss's head that it seemed unlikely that it would be able to be translated into a movie in a cohesive way. And I was kinda right. There were some big holes in the first one.

But hope springs eternal and the second book is set up more outside the head and in the moment, so it lends itself to being a better movie. Plus the along with the rest of the nation, I have a girl crush on Jennifer Lawrence.

Fingers crossed, it rocks. Or else Chef may boycott the third one. (But he probably would still go because he loves me.)

"He laughed at pretty much everything I said"

The above is a quote from Sara Leal, the 22 year old who reportedly slept with Ashton Kutcher a few weeks back. US Magazine is doing a teaser on the affair and promoted it as "the duo talked astrology (they're both Aquarius), religion, love, even politics. I'm having a hard time wondering why Ashton Kutcher would give two shits about the political affiliations of his latest piece of tail, but maybe that's just me. Maybe I'm not giving him enough credit. Either way, I love that she explains his encounter with her as a way for him to break away from it all and be "real." I'm thinking it might've had something to do wtih you being hot, honey. Just sayin'.

Anyway, I do not have a goal around sleeping with celebrities, but I do have other goals. Here's where I'm at:

• Pages of fiction read: 65% of a 391 page book (Catching Fire). So, that's technically 254 pages.
• Fiction read: Catching Fire. Page turning (or page clicking on the Kindle).
• Fiction listened to via audiobook: FINALLY finished Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner.
• Five pages written: Yes!!! Reworking a new beginning to the book. Am at 16 pages (mostly new) so far. in fact, since I started concentrating on the writing/ revising, I have finished 37 pages of NEW material in three weeks!!!!
• Calorie tracking: Check. a whopping 54 calories lower than my daily goal. 
• Exercise: 345 minutes of exercise in the last week. 
• Friends and family: Done. 
• Weight Loss:0 lb
• One revised section of novel per week:  Check! Got about 16 pages of a new beginning finished and a transition to the main story.

Hungry for The Hunger Games

I started it late and I'm loving it now. The Hunger Games rocks my world. It's throwing my reading into overdrive, for sure. Plus it helps that it's aimed at someone half my age (or less--stop laughing). 

• Pages of fiction read: 41% of a 384 page book (The Hunger Games) and 35% of a 391 page book (Catching Fire). So, that's technically 294 pages.
• Fiction read: The Hunger Games and Catching Fire. Page turning (or page clicking on the Kindle).
• Fiction listened to via audiobook: Trying to finish Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner, which I started over a month ago. It's hard to finish it. It's not really good, but I have the same compulsion to finish fiction on audio as I do on page.
• Five pages written: Yes!!! Reworking a new beginning to the book. Am at 12 pages (mostly new) so far.
• Calorie tracking: Check. 289 calories lower than my daily goal. 
• Exercise: 315 minutes of exercise in the last week. But I missed two work outs because I was sick.
• Friends and family: Done. Called my lovely, remarkable grandmother.
• Weight Loss:-0.8 lb
• One revised section of novel per week:  Check! Got about 12 pages of a new beginning started. Working on finishing that and one more section for next week.