It's been a while

Holla!

Happy 53rd Independence Day, Nigerians!

What do we have to be happy about? Life and Hope. At all, at all, na winch!

Anyway, this is what I've been up to:

2013 Reading Challenge

Timendu has
read 225 books toward her goal of 300 books.

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225 of 300 (75%)

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This is what I'm reading now:

Timendu's bookshelf: currently-reading

Surprised by Joy

by C.S. Lewis

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Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy

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currently-reading

Amplified Bible

by Anonymous

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The Message Remix

by Anonymous

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On Black Sisters Street: A Novel

by Chika Unigwe

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And this is my current playlist:
Once More With Feeling

• Dog days are over - Florence and The Machine
• When it gets down to it - Fred Hammond
• What the water gave me - Florence and The Machine
• Ring a bell - Late Night Alumni
• Hope is rising - Downhere
• The sun is shining - Third Day
• Breathe slow - Alesha Dixon
•  Love song - Third Day
• Supermassive black hole - Muse
• Loved on me - Fred Hammond
• Till it happens to you - Corrine Bailey Rae
• Automatic - Tokio Hotel
• Atmosphere (remix) - DC Talk
• Reformation - GS Megaphone
• Sing, sing, sing - Chris Tomlin
• A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
• Stronger - Mary J. Blige
• In my place - Coldplay
• Don't wait - Kaskade feat. Haley
• Letters from the sky - Civil Twilight
• Poison and Wine - The Civil Wars
• We are hungry/I will not be silent - Jesus Culture

I've also been writing but I won't be sharing it with you yet. Let's just say it's some kind of weird, not totally made up Ijaw mythology. So if you've got stories of any unusual weird occurrences by the waterside, drop me a line.

Thanks.

Oh, and Papa Goo's movie TABLOID for EbonyLife TV (Channel 165 on DSTV) will be airing on the 6th of October. That's in 4 days. Make sure you watch it!

Conversations with Myself

Me: I want a coke.

Myself: Take water.

Me: But I really want a coke.

Myself: Water is better.

Me: Cooooke!

Myself: How about fruit juice? Or fruit?

Me: Fruit juice? Hmm.

Myself: Better than a coke.

Me: Hmm. Coke.

Myself: How about a malt?

Me: Hmm. Maaalt.

Myself: Yup. Malt.

Me: I'd rather have a coke.

Myself: Why don't you just get yourself a coke?

I am now drinking a coke.

In other news, Hey! It's been a while. No, I have not been avoiding you. I've just been mostly knackered. All I had energy for after taking care of The Goo and Papa Goo was to read.

 

   

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        Timendu has
             read 138 books toward her goal of 300 books.
     

     

       

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        138 of 300 (46%)
     

       

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So that's what I've been up to.

Oh yeah, and I've upped my challenge goal back to 300. Fun times!

I know I should say something about my writing but honestly, I don't want to. I will say, I ALWAYS expect things to be easy - school, marriage, childbirth (no words!), writing a book, but they NEVER are.

So...that's all folks!

The 200 Book Reading Challenge

2013 Reading Challenge

Timendu has
read 37 books toward her goal of 200 books.

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37 of 200 (18%)

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Yes, I changed my goal again. Let's face it, if I'm going to be reading all those romance novels (and I will), then the tally is going to go up rather quickly. Romance novels are definitely smack dab in the middle of my comfort zone, and since I'm trying not to over indulge with chocolate, cake, or chocolate cake, then well...hello Nora!

Also, this past week I was kinda sorta under the weather - nauseous, poor appetite, insomnia, headaches - bring on the comforting. That's not to say, I won't try to expand my horizon and read things I would normally not read. However, I won't lie...I really like my comfort zone.

In other news, work has resumed. I've started on the wrong foot and am behind schedule, but that should be sorted out by tomorrow. I've decided to put my personal feelings aside, and be a disciplined professional. Yup. A Disciplined Professional.

I'm not entirely happy with my prep work for Good Intentions, but I have to start. Writing is rewriting, I've been told, so I suppose I should just jump to it.

Wish me luck. I'm actually a little nervous.

PS. I write the weekly column Rita's Road for Poise Finishing School's insert in Business Day newspaper (every Tuesday). If you could check it out, and let me know what you think, I would really appreciate it. Muchos Gracias, and have a great week.