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Wednesday, 24 November 2010 10:04 pmThanksgiving is over! I couldn't be happier. (It's probably not over - there are probably going to be phone calls and other unpleasant things. But I can hope, right?) Dinner was great and I realised that I do, actually, take after my dad a bit, temperment-wise - though I think I'm a bit more genuine about it than he is. If tomorrow works out okay then I hope Christmas ends up the same way - I don't care if it's traditional; gathering my family together under the same roof never ends well and I would prefer to avoid it forever.
Meeting with Pride and Prejudice group on Friday - we're watching the film, eating pizza, and allegedly planning project bits. I should probably, then, spend tomorrow alternately reading Pride and Prejudice and working on my Frankenstein project, though I'm betting only one or even neither will get done.
I am convinced that Borders hates me! All I wanted was one of two specific Mercedes Lackey books, but no, we can't have those in stock, that would be too easy! And then, to add insult to injury, I figured that I could probably swing the hardcover I did end up getting, since after all I had five bucks in free money in my Borders account, only to learn that no, that free money that was supposed to expire at the end of the month? Expired yesterday. Which was really useful, because mum only told me about it yesterday! So now I'm out $20 with a book that wasn't actually the book I wanted to read. ...though I'll probably enjoy it anyway, but really, it's the principle of the thing.
Also the one thing I hate more than anything about online fic is that, very often, I'll get into a story and it's totally engaging and awesome... and then I realise I'm stuck at a cliffhanger because the author hasn't updated in #long-period-of-time. And then I get annoyed, because really, how could they?! And then I feel bad, because I of all people should know that writing is most often not anybody's number one priority, and even when it is life can and will get in the way in the worst ways possible. I still feel sad about not being able to read the rest of the story, though.
Meeting with Pride and Prejudice group on Friday - we're watching the film, eating pizza, and allegedly planning project bits. I should probably, then, spend tomorrow alternately reading Pride and Prejudice and working on my Frankenstein project, though I'm betting only one or even neither will get done.
I am convinced that Borders hates me! All I wanted was one of two specific Mercedes Lackey books, but no, we can't have those in stock, that would be too easy! And then, to add insult to injury, I figured that I could probably swing the hardcover I did end up getting, since after all I had five bucks in free money in my Borders account, only to learn that no, that free money that was supposed to expire at the end of the month? Expired yesterday. Which was really useful, because mum only told me about it yesterday! So now I'm out $20 with a book that wasn't actually the book I wanted to read. ...though I'll probably enjoy it anyway, but really, it's the principle of the thing.
Also the one thing I hate more than anything about online fic is that, very often, I'll get into a story and it's totally engaging and awesome... and then I realise I'm stuck at a cliffhanger because the author hasn't updated in #long-period-of-time. And then I get annoyed, because really, how could they?! And then I feel bad, because I of all people should know that writing is most often not anybody's number one priority, and even when it is life can and will get in the way in the worst ways possible. I still feel sad about not being able to read the rest of the story, though.
