Between The Sheets & It's OK!

I finished a fantastic book the other day that I want to tell you guys about.  "Between The Sheets: The Literary Liasons Of Nine 20th-Century Women Writers" by Lesley McDowell.  In "Between The Sheets" McDowell examines letters and diaries to give us rare insight into the minds of the female halves of some very celebrated literary couples, from the superfamous (Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes) to the less well known (Hilda Doolittle and Ezra Pound).  She focuses on how the members of each couple used one another for literary advancement, but she also highlights the ways that love helped these couples blossom and grow. Of Anas Nin and Henry Miller, McDowell writes, "It is unlikely, as narcissistic as she was, as aspirational as she was, that she would have become the kind of writer she did without her relationship with Miller. He was necessary, after all."  McDowell excerpts the women's letters and diary entries, which provide an extra dose of emotion. Suddenly, these feminist-lit figures seem more real and I found myself relating to their internal struggles of being in a relationship without losing their sense of self, fearing that they had to give up their dreams to be with someone. Acclaimed author/war reporter Martha Gellhorn wrote to a friend about her long relationship with Ernest Hemingway: "I weep for the eight years I spent, almost eight (light dawned a little earlier) worshipping his image with him." Sad, yes. But also a reminder not to lose yourself in a relationship, no matter how much fame or potential the guy has.  Then again, would these women have been the amazing writers they were if they hadn't suffered such heartache?  I'm a huge fan of literary gossip and ate this book up.  If you like literary history or sad, love stories, you'll like this book.

It’s Friday and we know what that means….It’s time for It’s OK! I don’t read Glamour because I’m too busy living it, but I do like their “It’s OK…”feature where they assure us that our weird little habits are completely normal. I’m dedicating this post to assuring you it’s okay to do the following this weekend:

• To feel nervous when you feel a bus station vibe when you reach the gate for your airline.
•  To wonder if the people blogging about SOPA the day after the internet blackout had to wait for Wikipedia to return so they could actually learn about SOPA.
•  To watch "She's All That" and only have one question at the end.  Where can I buy that sad clown face painting?!
•  To roll your eyes after reading this article.  I mean, how fabulous of Marky-Mark to take time out of his busy pants-dropping schedule to defeat terrorists.
• To wonder why every time you withdraw money from the bank, the teller gives you an attitude.  Newsflash bank teller, it's not your personal money!
• To have had such a good day yesterday that you want to wear the same clothes today.  They did such a good job!
• To think Pontiac should send Walter White an edible arrangement for making the Aztec seem so badass.
• To want glow in the dark whisker tattoos, so that you look perfectly reasonable most of the time but really weird during client presentations.
• To dance it out:

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