Evil Wrapped in a Fangirl Disguise

( Quiz Results )

I should not read Joe Hill's Heart-Shaped Box while watching Ghost Hunters. This is a recipe for disaster.

Apparently admitting that I'm mopey to the world in general helps me feel better.

Meanwhile, I'm a little over 200 pages in to Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. It's been slow, but in all honesty the last couple of months haven't been the most productive reading months for me. I'm really enjoying it so far.

After quickly glancing at the reviews at Amazon, I'm wondering at the readers who said that the book is too slow and difficult to finish. Is this merely a matter of taste? Of reading ability? Or is it also a reflection of the modern mind-set that faster is better? Where we want everything and we want it now? Have we gotten so used to television and movies (my most recent example being the adaptation of The Golden Compass) and books being about instant gratification and a surprise in every scene that more and more people can't appreciate a story that takes its time?

Who knows what I'll say about the book when I finally finish it. And I definitely won't be able to say it was a quick read, but I don't mind that. I like that I have to stop and read it, instead of consuming in like snack food. But maybe after another hundred pages I'll change my tune.

Also, randomly, on Sunday we sang "The First Noel." Except it was "The First Nowell." I did a double-take. And then pointed it out to Dad, who checked his book. I'm standing there going, "Who's Nowell?" and quietly laughing at Dad because, seriously, what? When did we change the spelling? We asked the pianist afterward and she said she noticed the same thing and checked several places to make sure it was the right song. Apparently someone has decided we have to use the English spelling now, at least in those books. Weird.

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( What Age Do You Act? quiz. 'Cause it's been awhile and the results made me laugh. )

( Which Mix of the Hogwarts Houses Are You? )

Finished writing my myth. I think it's kind of iffy and I did end up playing with the format a little. Which might get me into trouble. But, darn it, quotation marks didn't seem right. And, in my opinion, don't really work for the way I told the story. Oh well. Natasha'll read it and let me know what she thinks. Besides that, I just need a title. Woo.

Still really hope she doesn't make us share these. I've got a bad feeling though.

Meanwhile, I don't feel like doing anything else today. No more Paradise Lost; no more Kant. I just quit for the week. Except that I do have that Ethics paper to write. And I really should be reading.

I don't know what the hell's wrong with me this week.

Mom says there's a possibility Tom will sell me his Nintendo DS. Then I can play the Sims2 on that whenever I want! I've kind of taken over Callie's. It's kind of addictive. Of course, if I owned my own DS, I'd really never get anything done.

Also, there's a good possibility I'll get my new computer at the beginning of next week. If I were *really* lucky, I'd get it by the end of this week. Finally.

Damn straight!


how jedi are you? :: by lawrie malen

Why are we watching Blind Date? ::stares:: You kind of can't look away...

Quiz. 'Cause I'm mildly bored.

( What Stargate SG-1 Character Am I? )

New SGA mood theme by goldie_gal. For some reason this is the first time I can get all the pictures to work. Anyway. It's shiny and I heart it.

Got Tom into Lost. Go me!

Actually, I'm really looking forward to this coming quarter. Mostly just to get back to Seattle and school and civilization and people.

So I'm looking at my class schedule for this upcoming fall quarter and it now occurs to me that I only have five minutes to get from Bannon to the library. And, while they are right next to each other, what am I going to do if Astronomy runs over? I always feel bad about getting up and leaving, but I guess I may actually have to do it if that happens. Because I don't want Dr. Berry to get all...snippy at me. I like and respect her.

Guess I'll just be booking it with the elevator on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

On the other hand, no class for me on Wednesdays! How'd I arrange that?

( And speaking of Seattle and civilization, a couple of You Know You're From [city/state] When... )

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Dyed my hair the other day. It's a bit darker than we expected it to be, but still very nice. Sort of a dark auburn-y red.

Neesha is coming over today and we're going to go out to lunch at her place of work. Finally. :) I almost wish I had a camera, because the Gorge is gorgeous. (hee.) And then we will come back here and watch Sci-fi Friday. Yea.

Maybe it's just my viewing of season seven of SG-1 at the same time as season nine, but I'm starting to miss old SG-1. I mean Jack, Daniel, Sam, and Teal'c and the dynamic they had. I don't necessarily miss Jack *now*, because I don't think he would fit in the same way that he did and it wouldn't feel right. But I miss the old team. Don't really know how to explain it. Oh well. Did get to see Major Lorne in "Enemy Mine." Obviously the stargate thing was old hat to him by the time he went to Atlantis. I love it that they carry people over and bring people back. Even really random ones.

::points:: How come some of my mood icons won't load?

( Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith meme )

Should I be worried about that result? ::shrug:: I need to see the new Star Wars movie, but I think it can wait a week or two.

Last night Natasha and I rented White Noise. Overall, it was disappointing. Not bad, just diappointing. I felt like there wasn't enough development of charaters or their relationships as well as a lack of real development in the plot department. Nothing was ever really elaborated, like why or what or how, etc. I mean, they went into it, but not quite enough I felt. In a way, it reminded me of Dragonfly, which I actually really liked.

Anyway, am now watching Angel season five and it's the ep where Adam Baldwin shows up for the first time. Jayne! He's so great. And really tall.

All of my finals are written, completed, and turned in. I wash my hands of them.

Last night Natasha and I rented Vanity Fair. I enjoyed seeing it again. It's still a very pretty movie. Natasha liked it, so that's good. And we agreed about poor Dobbin and had fun laughing at the elephant at the end. I don't remember why it was funny, but it was a little. Possibly just because, hey! elephant.

It was late, what can I say?

Have bought all but one book for next quarter. Dad should be here in an hour or so. I still need to pack. The SGs are on tonight and I get to see family and Neesha again sometime in the near future.

Life, right now, is good.

( ETA: Fun Buffy Quiz Spam )