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Books

Before Lilith was born I read an absurd amount of books, up to 500 books a year. I have no real problem with reading 7 books in one day if I have the day to myself. After she was born I haven’t had as much time, but that changes as she gets older. My favorite authors are:

• Kathy Reichs
• Jeffery Deaver
• Agatha Christie
• Sue Grafton
• Dorothy L. Sayers
• Stephen King
• Dean Koontz
• Margit Sandemo
• Jean M. Auel
• Terry Pratchett

Music

I listen to Metal, in general, and sometimes Hard Rock and other genres. Some of the bands I listen to are (in alphabetical order, not ordered by preference):

• Crematory
• Deathstars
• Disturbed
• Godsmack
• Guns ‘n’ Roses
• Marilyn Manson
• Metallica
• Oomph!
• Ozzy Osbourne
• Rammstein
• Týr
• Wardruna

Movies

I mostly watch crime, horror, sci-fi and thrillers. But I also enjoy movies like Ice Age and I’ve probably seen almost all Vampire movies that are worth watching. I never, ever willingly watch drama. There’s too much drama in real life, so why would I want to watch it when I try to relax and enjoy myself?

TV

I rarely watch TV, but when I do, these are the TV-shows I prefer to watch:

• Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries
• Poirot
• CSI
• CSI Miami
• NCIS
• Bones
• Lucifer

Quotes

“Goddesses do NOT cook and clean – being a goddess is a full-time job”
~ Helga Hlaðgerður Lúthersdóttir

“We’re Vikings. We’ve got stubbornness issues.”
~ How to train your dragon

“I watched the Moon and the Moon watched me. Together we rode, cackling with glee!”
~ HamletKeeper on Twitter

“Some would sooner die than think. In fact, they often do”
~ Bertrand Russell

“My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage!”
~ Aunt Frances Owens, Practical Magic

“The quickest way for a parent to get a child’s attention is to sit down and look comfortable.”
~ Lane Olinghouse (borrowed from The Single Mommy Blog)

“Beware the god who cannot laugh.”
~ Alain de Benoist

“Everything is energy and that’s all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics.”
~ Albert Einstein

“Improvidus, Apto, quod Victum”
~ Found on Scoutie Girl

“Time you enjoy wasting, is not wasted time”
~ John Lennon

“Never be bullied into silence.  Never allow yourself to be made a victim.  Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself”
~Harvey Fierstein

“You were born an original. Don’t die a copy”
~John Mason

“Grasp your opportunities, no matter how poor your health; nothing is worse for your health than boredom”
~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic’s Notebook, 1966

“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity”
~Dorothy Parker

“Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.”
~Groucho Marx

“Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.”
~ Brendan Gill