I woke up a bit late this morning.

I skip the shower.

I brush my teeth and wash my face.

I change and head outside.

It’s cold outside. It feels like winter is upon us.

I go to Potbelly’s for my morning bagel. They are out of bagels. I leave and go upstairs to work.

In my cubicle, I work on completing my project.

I chat with some friends in between. I miss them.

I almost miss lunch again. I get Potbelly’s. I eat my sandwich and read my book. I go back to work.

My project is finished. I work on the next one. It involves Ruby. It was a bit of a brain buster. I figure out a vital function. I leave the rest for tomorrow.

I leave and head out to the bus stop on Dearborn and Jackson.

I take the bus north to the Newberry Library. The author of The Time Traveler’s Wife is doing a reading from her new book, Her Fearful Symmetry.

I get in line with my copy of her new book. The lady in front of me has one copy. She wants to get another copy. She asks me to save her spot. I do. She leaves and gets another copy. She comes back.

She soon changes her mind and wants a third copy. She asks me to save her spot. She leaves and gets another copy. She comes back.

I pay for the book. I find a seat in the room. I’m early, so I read The Time Traveler’s Wife some more.

Audrey Niffenegger soon comes. She reads the first chapter. SPOILER: The main character dies in the first chapter.

She does a Q & A. One question is if she follows a writing regiment like Stephen King. Her answer, “Stephen King is a real writer.” LOL. I want to ask her a question, “Was there anything you cut out or rewrote in Time Traveler’s Wife?” I’m not sure if it’s polite to ask such a question, so I don’t ask it.

Another question is what’s her favorite book. She makes a ‘book club recommendation:’ Was by Geoff Ryman. I like anything Oz related, so I wrote it down to add to my list.

Afterwards, I get my copy of Time Traveler’s Wife and Her Tearful Symmetry signed by Ms. Niffenegger. I’m all giddy cuz I get easily starstruck.

I take the bus back home.

I make pizza on naan bread. It is yummy.

Then I write a new blog post. It goes like this…

I’m reading The Time Traveler’s Wife. Good book so far. I’ll probably write more about it when I’m done. I really want to finish it and then catch in the theatre while I can.

That’s it. Better a small post than none at all, right?

I just wanted to post something about my favorite character:

Sandor “The Hound” Clegane

I consider him to be one of the most intriguing if not most well developed character in the series… and he’s not even a POV character! Although I do very much wish he was. At first he seems like a monster, with half his face scarred by burns and his ruthless murdering at the whims of the likes of Joffrey Lannister. But then as I read more and more… he is a saint compared to his nightmare of a brother, the Mountain, Gregor Clegane. And he’s also a bad-ass warrior to win the Hand’s Tourney! And now with Sansa as a captive of the Lannisters, he seems to show more mercy than the rest of the treacherous court. He shuns the hypocrisy of knighthood, and yet he’s part of the Kingsguard. It sucks that he’s relegated to be the “Dog” of Joffrey… I wonder how he really feels about all these things. Come on, George! Give us the Hound POV chapters!!!!

So anyway, I was reading and came across this:

Sansa: “Why do you let people call you a dog? You won’t let anyone call you a knight.”

Sandor: “I like dogs better than knights. My father’s father was kennelmaster at the Rock. One autumn year, Lord Tytos came between a lioness and her prey. The lionness didn’t give a shit that she was Lannister’s own sigil. Bitch tore into my lord’s horse and would have done for my lord too, but my grandfather came up with the hounds. Three of his dogs died running her off. My grandfather lost a leg, so Lannister paid him for it with lands and a towerhouse, and took his son to squire. The three dogs on our banner are the three that died, in the yellow of autumn grass. A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he’ll look you straight in the face.”

I don’t even remember that part, but now I appreciate The Hound even more.

The Little Bird x the Hound 4 evar!!!!

I don’t remember what happens to him (if he died or not… you can never tell who Martin will off next), but I can’t wait to read more about him.

A couple friends and I started to cast the ASoIaF series with our favorite actors. We were thinking Vin Diesel to portray Sandor, but now… I think Sandor is a very complex character and I’m not sure if Vin’s acting abilities can handle it. I’m starting to think more along the lines of this dude:

Josh Holloway, aka ‘James Ford,’ aka ‘Sawyer’ from Lost

What do you think? I think he’s got enough um… ‘gruffness’ to be a good Hound.

Oh yeah, and now whenever I read the Hound, I imagine him with Watchmen’s Rorschach’s voice…

Ok, time to wrap it up… but not before some Hound fanart!