A Gentle Reminder

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Frankenstein, MD

I recently found this fantastic video series on YouTube (produced by PBS) that modernizes the story of Frankenstein by Mary Shelly with modern medical science and a female protagonist. The series is currently on it's fifth episode and they are all fantastic. I am very excited to see how the series develops in the future and see how they adapt the story of Frankenstein to modern medicine.

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I can't not share this with you....

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I have a confession to make...

I judge books by their covers. I know that everyone says you shouldn't because you never know what will be on the inside; but there is something about a book that is as beautiful on the outside as the words on the inside that I just can't get enough of. In fact I have on more than one occasion bought a new copy of a book I already own just because this new version is more visually appealing and it will make my book shelves prettier. I have also intentionally not bought a book because I didn't like the cover design (even if I really want to read that book) because I know there are more visually appealing copies in existence. This is exactly the reason why I do not own How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown, all the copies of it I can find have a truly, fantastically hideous cover that I refuse to put on my book shelves.

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In honor of missing word of the week for most of the weeks since I started this blog....

Here are a few truly spectacular words:

Cattywampus (adj): in disarray or disorder.

• Fun fact: catawampus and kittywampus are also appropriate substitutes. 
• I had to add all three to my computer's dictionary because it has an insufficient vocabulary for my needs. 

Crapulent (adj). Of or related to drinking or drunkenness.

• Fun Fact: my computer knows this world.

Widdershins (adj): in a left-handed or wrong direction; counterclockwise.

***Image Credit: Behondentertainmentblog. Unfortunately the book seems to be a concept, not a real thing.

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This makes me feel a little better about myself...

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On Finding Balance...

I know it's been a while since I last posted anything and a lot of that has to do with the craziness that is my life and also not having a good balance in my life of work vs. things I enjoy. Not that I don't enjoy my job, because I have a very good job; but just that I spend a disproportionate amount of my time at work. There are so many other things I want to do in my life other than eat, sleep and work that sometimes it is incredibly frustrating and it feels like I spend so much of my time not sleeping, eating or working trying to catch up on the things that have piled up while I was trying to survive. Things like maintaining my home; cleaning and fixing thing, things that have to get done and usually by me or they will just sit and fester. I have to remind myself every day that I can do anything, but I can't do everything. Because I always feel like I am not doing enough, like I am not enough. Like I am not good enough. I often cannot sleep because I am making lists of things that I need to do, things I could be doing other than trying (unsuccessfully) to sleep. I am trying to find balance in my life, it is something that I struggle with daily, something that I am quite certain that I will continue to struggle with.

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