Man, that looks good.

Sushi at 9:40 AM-shudder.

Must go get some breakfast.

As for the sex + driving thing… thank you - that is dangerous and bad!

Oh yeah, and the sex while driving thing? Try American Gods by Neil Gaiman. It causes a crash there.

Minna- I’m a bit amused the author had her hero calling the heroine “woman” as a pet name. I can see randomly using a different language for a pet name - it might be hokey, but then I know a lot of people [whether they can speak all the languages or not] using random “foreign” words. For me, it depends on the person/situation how I feel about it.

Maya- hello As for the hair thing… again, I think we’re talking shades. I guess I’m just more sensitive than most to this. (Is there possible to have “black” and “dark black”? I think I need to create a new category.)
LOL for your rant - I have read certain male characters that had me scratching my head - and wondering where such males were - but, you’re right - I’m often surprised by what my guy friends think (or don’t think) - and try never to rule anything out.

And also, my family? While I have very dark brown almost black hair (when it’s not colored heh), the guys on my dad’s side? Black hair, blue eyes. Both my brother and my father are black haired, blue eyed.

My biggest rant? When it’s assumed that all men or women will act or behave according to a certain world view. Nothing sets my teeth on edge more than hearing someone say “A guy would never say that” or “A guy would never think that.” Not that I wouldn’t like to be tuned into the minds of men everywhere, but since that isn’t possible… ;)

“And for the record, I don’t know any French speaker who would speak English but insert French pet names here and there in the conversation.”

Well, same goes for Finns. Jarl (urgh! Couldn’t she pick an actual FINNISH name?) also kept calling the heroine “kisu”, kitty. Who does that, really? I have never, ever heard some Finnish guy calling his girl friend or wife like that. And way that guy behaved in that book? Ok, it’s fiction, but still. A lot of it seemed so un-natural for a Finn. See, I don’t even have that book anymore, and just thinking about it still makes me mad. Well, the translation I read was about 20 pages shorter than the original text, so I don’t know if there might have been even more annoying things.

Rosario has a great rant on pet names being used randomly or just one or phrase tossed out in spanish or whatever. Again to be annoying *g* it doesn’t bother me that much but it was a good rant .

I think it was on Romancing the Blog two or so years ago.

oddly I can say I rarely pay attention to hair color or eye color… violet eyes use to make me stop and wonder. And when I first started reading romance it would annoy the shit out of me when the hero or heroine were blonde but the cover was different.

I got over it. Of course that could be because I don’t remember it later.

Sex while driving… possible well I guess depending on how you want to define sex. I always thought the whole sex on horseback, I guess possible cuz some have sweared to have done it and lived to tell the tell, just doen’t seem like a ‘good’ idea.

But really that doesn’t matter - sell me on the characters and tell me a good story and I can over look things. It is fiction for a reason and I can’t expect or even want it to reflect me. Just because I can or can’t do something or know something I can’t expect everyone in the world to have the same feelings or knowledge so why would I expect it from a book?

If I am stopping to google things - the author is boring me and that is a whole other issue.

Of course I didn’t know that sophisticate = knowing all about food. So what the hell do I know…

OK, that was my rant. Thank you for listening :-D.

For the hair… I had pictures up but they cluttered this post too much. I know there’s “black Irish,” but the shades still have subtle differences to me. It’s dark, and just black (especially in certain lighting) - but I guess I think of black hair as being black black (like so black it’s almost blue) if that makes sense. I admit to being really nitpicky on this one. [I studied a lot of pictures noting differences.]

Minna- I KNOW WHAT BOOK YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT!!! Sorry - got very excited. What does “nainen” mean then? I meant to look it up (got lazy :X). And you are a woman after my own heart! I once posted a similar rant [different forum] about “getting things right.”

Must disagree as I know a few. ‘Black Irish’ have black hair and blue eyes. It’s the Celt factor. My mother, before she started to gray and hit Miss Clairol was Black Irish. True black hair, blue eyes. She passed it onto two of my brothers.

Welllll, I’m 5’4” and my guy’s 6’7”. We manage pretty well.

Yeah, your shoes are probably too big if you can do that.

For sneakers, you get a bit more room if you tie them skater style. For fit, tie them properly and stand. Feel your big toe. Since you’re done growing, there should be just a smidgen of room between your big toe and the shoe itself.

Lawson-The heighth thing bothers me too, particularly because most of my friends who are extreme heights almost automatically dismiss people who aren’t close to their heighth.

Lawson - very good point. Awwwkkwwwaaarrrd!

Devon - I KNOW! I hate that one - the retiring miss who decides to take charge of her life and messes everything up to prove a point. Sometimes I hope she does get shot :X

I can’t stand it when heroines run out into a dangerous or unfamiliar situation just to prove that she won’t let any overbearing man tell her what to do. Sometimes discretion is the better part of valor. He may be a jerk, but in this case listen! Gunshots=bad!

Historicals where everyone is rich and nobility. But I guess the opposite woudn’t be very good escapist entertainment.

With very few exceptions, nobody ever wears eyeglasses. They all have perfect vision, perfect teeth, perfect skin. *grumble*