Massage.

So I am sitting here at work, relaxing after my first massage in years. I used to have this theory that massages actually made me really, really depressed. I would be in this blissful, relaxed place and then BOOM! I would be transported to reality and it would suck. Because of this theory, I have avoided getting a massage for years. However, my shoulder blade had a huge knot that wasn't going away and I was having trouble moving my neck so I decided that I would give it another shot. Now, I don't really feel that sad..but I hurt pretty bad. She worked some deeper muscle in my shoulder area and I feel like she may have started working on that stupid knot. We shall see...

I also wanted to share that I finally finished the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy that American Women are going goo-goo, ga-ga (is that how you write that?) over. I am sad to say that I blew through them pretty fast and for the most part, enjoyed reading them. At times they could become monotonous and slow because there was a lot of "I love you," "I love you too," "I will never leave you" "etc.etc.," but when the story picked it, I enjoyed it as an easy, semi-dirty read. If you secretly liked twilight, you will probably secretly like this book series(unless you have trouble openly reading about sex...then don't read this book!). Anyways, I am now back to reading some books worth merit. Right now, I just started Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche. She was just at Benaroya Hall in Seattle speaking, and while I didn't get to hear her speak personally a lot of the students that I work with went. So, it was a nice surpise that I was going to read this book next anyways. This will be just one more thing I can talk to them about when the going is slow.

I didn't actually take any pictures of my pita bread so I figured that it would be boring to discuss more baking without any pictures to skim through. In fact, I have been pretty bad at taking pictures so that's why I just googled "cute bunny" and put that picture up instead. I really do love bunnies. I cannot figure out if its because they are REALLY cute animals or if its because they are reminiscent of my childhood. I grew up with bunnies as pets, so now I tend to equate any comfort object with 'bunnies.' My remaining two stuffed animals (yes, two now-two are in the goodwill bag and so technically already given away) are bunnies, and sometimes i call my boyfriend Bunny. :). I dunno. Bunnies are just a source of love, and comfort.

Santa Evita

Aww...shoot--another weekend has come and gone. This weekend was pretty action-packed with lots of activities and sunbathing. However, I still feel unfulfilled because it was Cinco De Mayo weekend and I couldn't get my butt out at night to celebrate! Friday night I didn't get out because I had to wake up early to run the Fiesta 5k Ole (which I did, came in 12th in my division! yay. My pace was 8min41seconds a mile). Saturday, Dustin and I laid down after dinner to talk and relax before heading out to Fremont but we both fell asleep. I woke up in a panic at 11pm, but the night was a bust. Blah. Oh well, besides that minor disappointment I ran my first 5k race since I was a kid, ate some killer street tacos, saw Avengers 3D (it was entertaining), and today I made pita bread and attended book club. More on my pita bread later, I just wanted to share my thoughts on this book that I just finished. 

This is going to be a pretty quick review as I am super tired and need to head to bed. Essentially, this book was about Eva Peron and primarily, what happened to her corpse after she died. First, if you are not familiar with Eva Peron and her rise from rags to riches, you should probably do some background research on her before pursuing this book. You could get by with just watching the Madonna musical, but maybe some quick reading would do you good as well. Anyways, Eva's corpse holds some mysterious power, but in a ghostly sense but also in the sense that she was a really powerful women when she was alive; who holds her corpse ultimately yields more power. The book follows both of these power struggles as her corpse engages with many different characters. Sound Confusing? It was.

I found this book to be interesting at times, but mostly so disjointed that I couldn't really connect with any of the characters. The author inserts himself in and out of the book sporadically, so I had a hard time whether I should be reading it as a non-fiction book, where the author knows all truths, or as a mystery fiction book allowing me to come up with my own hypotheses. He also inserted different documents, such as transcripts and written notes. I felt like I could follow each individual chapters, but not the story as a whole. I would tell people about the book because the subject matter is very interesting, but I did not find this to be a favorite of mine.

Tomas Eloy Martinez actually wrote another book about Eva Peron's life. I want to read more about her, so I might give his other book a try. He clearly is skilled in researching-I just wish that I could have followed his musings better.


Super late for work because I couldn't find my bus pass. (It was in my coat pocket from Friday...duh)

Rachel.