Books, books, lovely books!

A book unread
Waiting
The pages expectant
Word upon word
Line upon line
Pages formed
Chapters brought forth
A new tale
A new story
Unlike any before it
Waiting
Wanting to be told
Wanting to be read
Needing to be opened
The writer created
But without a reader
It is meaningless, only
Waiting
For the characters to breathe
To feel
To live
Lives waiting to be told
But for now
Waiting
Someone to come
Daring to believe
Daring to try
Bringing them to life

"Expectant" - 2/27/2017

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A new year means new book goals!  Last year I was able to read to read 118 books and I set a new goal for 100 books this year.  I primarily read young adult books with an emphasis on the fantasy, sci-fi and dystopian sub-genres.  This year I'm attempting to branch out a bit more and I'm using a reading challenge to help me get some more variety.

I have a large stack of books that are still unread in my room (books are my weakness) that I want to work through in addition to the challenge off to the right.  In a separate blog entry I will keep track of the books I read as well as the ones that fulfill the various challenges.  For now, I want to be able to explore new worlds, discover new friends, and reacquaint myself with old ones.

SF Giants!

I've had the chance to go to several SF Giants games the last few years (it helps that my dad is able to get a tickets to several a games a year--that means that I can often attend at least two games a season).

I love going to games!  Our seats are on the club level, which is always a great experience.  AT&T park has a lot of really great food that you can purchase and a lot that is really tasty.  Plus, since it's San Francisco, Ghiradelli Sundaes are a must have (and that's saying something, since I'm really not a huge fan of chocolate syrip, hot fudge sundaes, but I love Ghiradelli's hot fudge!)

The most recent game I attended was the  Giants/Cubs game that went into the 13th inning with the Giants finally winning.  That was a crazy night and pretty intense sitting in the crowd.  Even though the Giants did not end up continuing on, it was a great experience.  Long night as well since we actually drove back to Fresno after the game ended near midnight and we did not get home until after 3 a.m.

Attending games for me just mean some great family time in a very fun atmosphere!

The one time I really dyed my hair

This picture was about a few days into it.

Going through the pictures on my phone, I was reminded of this one time.  Back in May 2015, I decided to experiment a little.  I went ahead and dyed my hair with a temporary dye.  The idea was something I had been playing around with for years (the most I had ever done before was some highlights, back in the 2008-2010 era) and since I had finished school for the year I had decided to just go for it.

I also learned the hard way that having natural blonde hair can make it so that temporary dyes are not so temporary.  The dye was supposed to last 2-3 washes, roughly 2-6 days.  I still had red in my hair over a month later.   Just make sure you know what you're getting into!  I had timed it well so that I had over a month before I started working again and I had just finished school, so there was plenty of playing room. Reactions were definitely varied, since I hadn't really warned anyone that I was going to do so beforehand haha.

But it was fun!  I wouldn't say no to dying my hair a bold color again, though I would go a different route in doing so and switch it up with a different color.