Meghan G
Tuesday October 13: And nobody in all of Oz, no wizard that there is or was, is ever gonna bring me down.
Friday May 29: EEEEE!! My cousin's book is going to be a MOVIE! And I bet I know who the "major Hollywood director" is too. :) http://www.petervbrett.com/2009/05/28/soon-to-be-a-major-motion-picture/
Sunday March 15: ... more »
Friday May 29: EEEEE!! My cousin's book is going to be a MOVIE! And I bet I know who the "major Hollywood director" is too. :) http://www.petervbrett.com/2009/05/28/soon-to-be-a-major-motion-picture/
Sunday March 15: ... more »
Tuesday October 13: And nobody in all of Oz, no wizard that there is or was, is ever gonna bring me down.
Friday May 29: EEEEE!! My cousin's book is going to be a MOVIE! And I bet I know who the "major Hollywood director" is too. :) http://www.petervbrett.com/2009/05/28/soon-to-be-a-major-motion-picture/
Sunday March 15: Remember how I was bugging everyone last fall that my cousin wrote a book and it's so great? It finally came to US bookstores this week! Check it out: The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett... www.petervbrett.com. Amazon Reviews: http://tinyurl.com/d7fbgc
Friday 2-06-09: Notes from an Incomplete Revolution: Real Life Since Feminism by Meredith Maran. Read it three years ago, LOVED it, could not for my life remember either the name or the author, and one day Frieda T comes along and figures it out. Thanks Frieda! You're a lifesaver!
Monday 1-19-09: Will be in the crowd at Inauguration tomorrow! Follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/MeghanJG...I'll be updating throughout the day.
Monday 1-05-09: Happy New Year everyone! Got an excellent copy of Curtis Sittenfeld's American Wife for...guess how much? $0.00. Thanks Freecycle!
Sunday 12-14-08: Thank you to all the wonderful women on Shelfari who sent me holiday cards and well wishes. They really touched my heart.
Tuesday 11-19-08: New avatar! Angel by Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1887. The Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Thursday 11-13-08: Thinking of changing my avatar. I love my Orange Dress Lady but am sort of in the mood for something new. Any ideas?
Wednesday 11-05-08: If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference.
It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled – Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America...
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America – I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you – we as a people will get there.
There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as President, and we know that government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it's been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years – block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other. Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers – in this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people.
Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House – a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty, and national unity. Those are values we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, "We are not enemies, but friends…though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection." And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn – I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your President too.
And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world – our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. To those who would tear this world down – we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security – we support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright – tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from our the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope.
For that is the true genius of America – that America can change. Our union can be perfected. And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow...
America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves – if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?
This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time – to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth – that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people:
Yes We Can. Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.
(and by the way, I cried.)
Friday 9-19-08: Guess what everybody?? My cousin wrote a sci-fi/fantasy book and it's a huge hit in England! His name is Peter V. Brett ( www.petervbrett.com ) and the book is called The Warded Man (The Painted Man in England and Australia). North American release will be March 2009. Everybody check it out! I'm so proud of him!
Thursday 9-04-08: Got Under the Banner of Heaven from PBS, a book I've been DYING to read for months. And now that I have it, I can't seem to muster any enthusiasm to read it. Tell me I'm not the only one who goes through this?
Monday 8-31-08: OK, DC Book Lover Group will start soon (only with a better title)! Anyone who PM'd me about it will get an invite this week!
Sunday 8-17-08: ATTENTION DC BOOK LOVERS! I am interested in starting a new Shelfari group that focuses on book events in and around the District. If you live in the DC area, please PM me. I'm trying to make sure there is enough interest out there before I start another group that becomes dead in the water (seriously! Do a search in groups for DC and all the groups are either private or inactive.) Contact me if you are interested!
Tuesday 8-12-08: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. Read it! It's like nothing you've ever read before in your life!
Sunday 8-10-08: My TBR list is getting frightfully long.
OK, I hate doing this part because I feel like I have to be all witty and clever but when I start to fill these out I am attacked by a sudden flood of self-doubt and self-consciousness so witty and funny turns into trying-to-hard. Also I'm tired right now, but I can change it later if I think of it. Anyway, I live in Maryland and I love reading, especially non-fiction, but I'm not one of these people who reads anything with five words strung together so I can brag online about how many books I've read this week/month/year. I'm really, really picky about reading yet I read all the time so there's no rush that I'm missing out somehow. Right now I'm trying to get enough money together to go for my Master's in American Studies, but so far that's not working out so well. One of my favorite activities is going to author readings at bookstores and (geek alert!) I really love BookTV on C-Span 2, except they have to give equal time to Jonah Goldberg and Phyllis Schlafly...hmm, maybe now's the time to point out that I'm an Al Gore liberal, as opposed to a Michael Moore liberal or ]cough[ John McCain liberal (he's NOT LIBERAL! He wants to take away a woman's right to choose! Open your eyes, people!) I really like museums too, especially art museums, especially art museums where I can "get" the art. And I LOVE movies, possibly more than books, but the jury's still out on that one. Yeah, I'm dorky, but I like to think of myself as a good kind of dorky. I'll own it.
Anyway, go ahead and e-mail me, ping me, do whatever it is you want and I'll chat with you, as long as you're nice about it. Peace to all. « less
Friday May 29: EEEEE!! My cousin's book is going to be a MOVIE! And I bet I know who the "major Hollywood director" is too. :) http://www.petervbrett.com/2009/05/28/soon-to-be-a-major-motion-picture/
Sunday March 15: Remember how I was bugging everyone last fall that my cousin wrote a book and it's so great? It finally came to US bookstores this week! Check it out: The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett... www.petervbrett.com. Amazon Reviews: http://tinyurl.com/d7fbgc
Friday 2-06-09: Notes from an Incomplete Revolution: Real Life Since Feminism by Meredith Maran. Read it three years ago, LOVED it, could not for my life remember either the name or the author, and one day Frieda T comes along and figures it out. Thanks Frieda! You're a lifesaver!
Monday 1-19-09: Will be in the crowd at Inauguration tomorrow! Follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/MeghanJG...I'll be updating throughout the day.
Monday 1-05-09: Happy New Year everyone! Got an excellent copy of Curtis Sittenfeld's American Wife for...guess how much? $0.00. Thanks Freecycle!
Sunday 12-14-08: Thank you to all the wonderful women on Shelfari who sent me holiday cards and well wishes. They really touched my heart.
Tuesday 11-19-08: New avatar! Angel by Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1887. The Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Thursday 11-13-08: Thinking of changing my avatar. I love my Orange Dress Lady but am sort of in the mood for something new. Any ideas?
Wednesday 11-05-08: If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference.
It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled – Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America...
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America – I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you – we as a people will get there.
There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as President, and we know that government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it's been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years – block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other. Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers – in this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people.
Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House – a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty, and national unity. Those are values we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, "We are not enemies, but friends…though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection." And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn – I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your President too.
And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world – our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. To those who would tear this world down – we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security – we support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright – tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from our the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope.
For that is the true genius of America – that America can change. Our union can be perfected. And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow...
America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves – if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?
This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time – to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth – that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people:
Yes We Can. Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.
(and by the way, I cried.)
Friday 9-19-08: Guess what everybody?? My cousin wrote a sci-fi/fantasy book and it's a huge hit in England! His name is Peter V. Brett ( www.petervbrett.com ) and the book is called The Warded Man (The Painted Man in England and Australia). North American release will be March 2009. Everybody check it out! I'm so proud of him!
Thursday 9-04-08: Got Under the Banner of Heaven from PBS, a book I've been DYING to read for months. And now that I have it, I can't seem to muster any enthusiasm to read it. Tell me I'm not the only one who goes through this?
Monday 8-31-08: OK, DC Book Lover Group will start soon (only with a better title)! Anyone who PM'd me about it will get an invite this week!
Sunday 8-17-08: ATTENTION DC BOOK LOVERS! I am interested in starting a new Shelfari group that focuses on book events in and around the District. If you live in the DC area, please PM me. I'm trying to make sure there is enough interest out there before I start another group that becomes dead in the water (seriously! Do a search in groups for DC and all the groups are either private or inactive.) Contact me if you are interested!
Tuesday 8-12-08: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. Read it! It's like nothing you've ever read before in your life!
Sunday 8-10-08: My TBR list is getting frightfully long.
OK, I hate doing this part because I feel like I have to be all witty and clever but when I start to fill these out I am attacked by a sudden flood of self-doubt and self-consciousness so witty and funny turns into trying-to-hard. Also I'm tired right now, but I can change it later if I think of it. Anyway, I live in Maryland and I love reading, especially non-fiction, but I'm not one of these people who reads anything with five words strung together so I can brag online about how many books I've read this week/month/year. I'm really, really picky about reading yet I read all the time so there's no rush that I'm missing out somehow. Right now I'm trying to get enough money together to go for my Master's in American Studies, but so far that's not working out so well. One of my favorite activities is going to author readings at bookstores and (geek alert!) I really love BookTV on C-Span 2, except they have to give equal time to Jonah Goldberg and Phyllis Schlafly...hmm, maybe now's the time to point out that I'm an Al Gore liberal, as opposed to a Michael Moore liberal or ]cough[ John McCain liberal (he's NOT LIBERAL! He wants to take away a woman's right to choose! Open your eyes, people!) I really like museums too, especially art museums, especially art museums where I can "get" the art. And I LOVE movies, possibly more than books, but the jury's still out on that one. Yeah, I'm dorky, but I like to think of myself as a good kind of dorky. I'll own it.
Anyway, go ahead and e-mail me, ping me, do whatever it is you want and I'll chat with you, as long as you're nice about it. Peace to all. « less
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