Life is a Cabaret

I have to read the first half of Great Expectations...sometime before Monday. Gah. I "read" (for a given value of read, meaning a few chapters here and there) it my senior year of high school and didn't like what I read, so I've been putting it off and putting it off. But I'm going to actually try and read it this time.

In my theatre class we've been reading Christopher Marlowe's Dr. Faustus, which has been interesting. My only previous exposure to the Faust myth was actually the Wishbone episode about Faust, so I've been getting all nostalgic about Wishbone. Ah, Wishbone. Half my exposure to great literature like Faust or Cyrano de Bergerac or Red Badge of Courage has been through Wishbone. That was such a great show.

This Friday the entire group is going to Birmingham, mostly for the Cadbury's factory. God, I hope the entire place doesn't smell like chocolate. We're supposed to spend several hours there, and I might well be sick if I have to spend hours in a place that smells like chocolate. Ugh. Everyone else is talking about eating themselves sick, but if I do get sick, it will be because I find the smell of chocolate nauseating.

I had a very full day. Very much fun.

A couple friends and I went downtown to hang around the river since it was nice outside. Apparently everyone else in the city agrees, because it was packed there. And there were lots of people with tattoos, including one guy with one on his throat. Dude, I cannot even imagine getting a tattoo there.

We also went into this antique store, and I? Found a first edition Goblet of Fire, wand order mistake included. This made me ridiculously happy because GoF had been the only HP book where I didn't have the first edition hardcover. I used to have one, but then my younger sister lost it several years ago and eventually I bought a paperback version of GoF, but I had always been very sad because it rather ruined things. But now I have a complete set of first edition hardcover Harry Potter books, so go me!

Then we hung around Borders for awhile, because that is what my friends and I do: hang around bookstores for fun. But there was nothing new that I wanted, so I was sad, except not really because first edition GoF! Then we went to World Market, which is hiring! For some position having to do with wine! If I have to work, I'd love to have a job working in World Market with wines.

We went out to sushi for dinner, and mmmmm, sushi. I love sushi.

And then we watched Star Trek.

( Some spoilers for Star Trek )

Also, I applied to work at the theater. Since one of the managers is my best friend's boyfriend, and I've known him for like eight years, I'm hoping I have an edge. Though it was sorta weird, 'cause it was a computer application that I did right in the theater. They didn't ask me for any references, and also on the page with school, apparently they were just asking for high school because they wanted to know my last completed grade and only accepted numbers, so I could only tell them that I'd graduated high school, not that I was now a senior in college. They apparently didn't want to know about college at all. Very odd.

It is also the Glorious 25th of May, which is quite appropriate for being Memorial Day. I need to go reread Night Watch now.

Today I slept in, played a lot of computer backgammon (which is somehow SO ADDICTIVE), and then watched Return of the King, the extended edition.

First, the extended edition is effing long. I've never watched it all the way through before. Wow.

But that didn't matter because oh I love it. When the movies first started being made I was dubious, and when I watched them the first time I kept nitpicking at the things they changed, but now when I rewatch I'm still aware of the changes but I don't really care because I still see the spirit of my books here.

I love Lord of the Rings so much. SO MUCH. As in, I am so completely satisfied with it that I have no interest in the fandom. There is no way that these books could be improved for me, and I can't think of anything else I can say that about. Oh, Tolkien.

♥

Also? It's made things even better because I am now inspired to write more in the "With a Little Help from My Friends" universe.

So now I'm going to go do that.

Today has been a somewhat shippy day. I decided to check out the local Borders and see if there was anything new, but what I actually found was a nice collection of Doctor Who books--including The Stone Rose, which I couldn't find in any store in Reno. So now I have that, hurrah!

Then this evening heart_of_man and I watched Rise of the Cybermen through The Satan Pit. I love TIP/TSP so much. So much. ♥ There were a few little squees at the mortgage conversation and "Oh, she knows" and "I believe in her". :D

I...have technically signed up for NaNoWriMo, but I don't think I'll be doing much with it. I'd originally decided to just write a fic every day of November rather than trying to get to 50,000 words, but I'm not sure it's going to happen. I haven't done today, and I'm not sure I feel like writing.

I suppose I can still try, though. I've still got half an hour left, and more if I set my clock back right now. I have been wanting to write more often.

*gets to work*

ETA: So I wrote something that could probably stand alone but feels more like the first chapter of a short chaptered fic. I'm a bit eh because it's only about 1100 words and normally I like chapters that are much longer, but it still feels complete. And like a chapter. So I think for my fic tomorrow I'll write the second part of this, which will probably be longer.

I just got back from seeing Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood, from Whose Line Is It Anyway?

OMG SO BRILLIANT. Just, absolutely hilarious. I kept hurting from all the laughing. :D

I have a bunch of homework to do this weekend (not all of it due Monday, but extensive enough that I shouldn't just start the night before), but today I went to the library. I remembered mrv3000's brilliant fic with Doctor/Rose in the style of Dorothy L. Sayers, which piqued my interest enough to check a few of her books out. I started Gaudy Night today, and Lord Peter's interactions with Harriet keep making me go AWWW. :D

Haven't finished it yet, though, because then heart_of_man came over and we watched The Unquiet Dead and Aliens of London/World War III. That was fun, and she didn't seem to object to my squeeing over how cute Nine and Rose were together. XD

So today was a good day, and now I'm going to finish the book. :D

Sorry I disappeared for a bit. I got some books I've never read before from the library, which will pretty much always hold my attention until I finish them. :p I am finally getting around to answering all my backlog of comments, though.

I'm watching The Two Doctors right now. Currently I'm amused at Six's confusion with pronouns. Also the plot is revolving around the Doctor's relationship with the TARDIS, described as symbiotic, which is cool. And I'm still fond of Two/Jamie. *g*

OMG Two just said "Oh, crumbs." OH CRUMBS. I am so going to incorporate this into my vocabulary! I am so totally in love with the Doctor's idiosyncrasies, no matter what they are. Including Six's clothes. :p

Though I have spent the past several days reading new books, I also haven't posted because I haven't had much to say. So... goodnight. XD

ETA: Six: When you travel around as much as I do, it's almost inevitable that you run into yourself at some point.

Good justification for more multi-Doctor fics, y/y? That's one of my favorite genres, and I am always on the lookout for good multi-Doctor stories.

Today I read The Time Traveler's Wife. I don't have that many thoughts, except that it was an awesome book, with a really neat idea. Also, it rather reminded of me of At Swim, Two Boys, though more in general tone than any specifics.

Now, have some predictions for tomorrow's Doctor Who. :p

( Serious predictions )

Now for some not-so-serious predictions. I was going to say "I mock because I love", but given that it's Moffat, that's...not really true. :p But I'd rather mock than be nervous, so.

( Not-so-serious predictions )

Anyone else have any predictions, serious or not, that you'd like to share?

I bought The Stone Rose audiobook from iTunes.

This is a bit odd for me, because normally I hate audiobooks. Seriously, I hate them. My reading comprehension is so far above my listening comprehension that it's not even funny. I am not a fan of all-lecture classes, but when I do have them, I have to take copious notes to make sure information doesn't fly in one ear and out the other. And with books I read for fun, I'm always wanting to go back and reread parts and linger over my favorite bits and imagine my own voices for the characters and all that stuff.

But I still bought this audiobook. Part of it is because I can't get a hold of a paper copy of it. :p There are no Doctor Who books in my library system, and I've only found four in the bookstores, one of which is an Eight book and the others are Ten and Martha. I am sort of perplexed that Reno has a B&N warehouse and yet it has not a single Doctor Who book. Why are British things so difficult to find in America? Gah. And I really wanted to read this book because I've heard it's fairly Doctor/Rose shippy, which makes me...shallow, but consistent in my shippiness. :p

The other part of me buying this book is that David Tennant is narrating it. *g* I may not be a fan of audiobooks, but I could totally listen to David Tennant talk for two and a half hours. TOTALLY. Especially since the actual narrative is in his native accent, which is...pure guh.

Happy New Year!

yuletide authors have been revealed, and I can finally claim the three stories I wrote. I'll post them here later, but for now, here's what I wrote. All of them are rated G, and I have no idea how that happened. :p

Shards of Truth, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. This was my assignment, and I loved it, though I didn't/don't expect much feedback, considering it's a video game.

Homecoming, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. My first stocking stuffer, and I'm fond of it, though other HDM fic totally outshone it.

Merry Meet Again, Stardust. The other stocking stuffer. I did like it, but I was surprised by how much feedback it got, especially compared to the other two. :p

1. I've been getting House from Netflix. Such a good show! Does anyone have any fic recs? I love House, though I have no pairing preferences, and het, slash, and gen are all great. :D

2. In a few days, I'll probably be posting Kingdom Hearts fic of a pairing I have depressingly never seen yet: Mickey/Minnie! Poor Disney characters, doomed to fandom obscurity despite kicking ass.... Also, I want to write fic with Goofy and Max in Disney Castle, except it's been so long since I've seen Goof Troop that I don't remember many details apart from basic personality. (Like, what happened to Goofy's wife/Max's mother, etc. Also, the name of Pete's kid.)

3. Last night, velesia and I organized my books. I have a lot, and they weren't very organized, so it took two and a half hours. :p Also, I didn't find a few books I was hoping to, so a trip to the bookstore is probably in order. Though where The Amber Spyglass could have gotten, I don't know...especially since I wanted to write post-AS fic, about Lyra. Wanted to make sure of details.

4. Huge-ass meme, most recently seen on krabapple's LJ. *shrugs* What can I say? I'm a sheep.

(Click here to post your own answers for this meme.)

✓ I miss somebody right now.	✓ I don't watch much TV these days.	✓ I own lots of books.
✓ I wear glasses or contact lenses.	✓ I love to play video games.	× I've tried marijuana.
× I've watched porn movies.	× I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship.	✓ I believe honesty is usually the best policy.
✓ I curse sometimes.	× I have changed a lot mentally over the last year.	× I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me.

( it goes on... )