Fabulous Book

I just finished reading Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas.   It was great!  It's an easy read, funny to boot and really showcases growing up in America - when you're not from America.

I highly recommend it!!  If you need a good book that isn't too heavy and isn't too long and is funny and imparts universal lessons in human behavior - this is it!

Interesting....

I just started reading Super Freakonomics by Levin and Dubner.  Note this passage in the introduction: (as in, I haven't even gotten to the "meat" of the book....)

Indian women also run an out sized risk of unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including a high rate of HIV/ AIDS.  One cause is that Indian men's condoms malfunction more than 15% of the time.  Why such a high fail rate?  According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, some 60% of Indian men have penises too small for the condoms manufactured to fit World Health Organization specs.  That was the conclusion of a two-year study in which more than 1,000 men had their penises measured and photographed by scientists.  "The condom", declared one of the researchers, "is not optimized for India".

Does the book have your attention??  It has mine. 

Although if I were an Indian male I'd be all pissed that someone let the cat out of the bag....  But then again, this is the culture that brought us the Kama Sutra....  I suppose they felt they had to make up for lack-o-size in other respects...

Excuse me while I go back to reading this exceptionally interesting book....

Glamour Girls

I had a photo shoot yesterday.  In case you got some weird mental image of my face inserted on top of some bathinsuit model, you are incorrect.  (because for some reason that's what popped into my head... like Ellen and Oprah...)

We were photographing our products with models to use in our printed materials.  Don't go thinking we were on the beach, fans blowing in the background with hair and make-up artists.  That's way too much (and unnecessary) for us.  Simple studio of our photographer and talent coming in and out to shoot at their appointed times.  But it was fine nonetheless.  The most fun was when the "baby" showed up.  Molly is a 9 month old triplet.  Luckily mom left the other two at home with grandma and grandpa.  Molly is such a cutie!!!

Don't you just want to squeeze the bejesus out of those cheeks!!!

We also had 8 year old Franki.  She was adorable too.  Plus all the adults were great.  Overall it was a fabulous day.  Much better than the last time we did a shot with a 5 year old.  The 5YO was super hyper and quite spoiled.  (because a parent is always there on set with the kid, of course.)  Finally after making myself look stupid on the sidelines to get her to smile on camera (think making goofy faces and such) I had had it.  During a quick break I looked her in the eye.

me:  you don't like me do you?

5YO (in her super bratty voice):  No.

At least they're honest.  Needless to say, we haven't asked her back again.  Not because she said she didn't like me.  I could really care less.  But because she's such a handful.  We allot extra time for kids, especially babies.  We expect them to not be super-cooperative.  But not bratty.  Which is exactly what the 5YO was.  Nope, Franki and Molly were great!  (even though stupid modeling agency booked a 9 month old during her usual nap time.  That's a big no-no!!)

The only thing I really don't like about shoots is that I usually end up standing all day.  And my back is killing me when it's over.  Which it was yesterday.  We had yet ANOTHER!!! great day of sun yesterday so I was looking forward to going on a run when I got home.  But by the time I actually pulled in the drive the thought of being on my feet even longer just didn't appeal to me.  So it ended up an evening of a gin & tonic and Wii.  Not a bad way to spend an hour or so!

Did I mention I'm reading the Count of Monte Cristo??  I'm trying to weave in classics that I have never read.  So far I've covered Pride & Prejudice and Dracula.  However this latest book is LONG!!!  My Nook says it's 1142 pages (at the font I have it set).  I've been reading this book for a few weeks now and I'm only on page 750-something.  I realized a week into reading it that when I hit the "next page" button on my Nook it actually takes me 2 or 3 "turns" before the page number increases.  So a few screens worth of reading constitutes only 1 page.  So really I'm reading almost 3300 pages/ screens when it's all said and done!  Holy cow!  That's quite the undertaking!!  Have any of you read this book??

And can I just say TGIF!!!!