On random things:

[mrsronweasley]

Thank you all for yesterday. All has worked out - I promise! - and is much better. I'm going shopping today to get some actual food, because I don't think I've ever seen my fridge supplies quite that appalling - except for the first semester of sophomore year, when I susbsisted on Ramen. And only Ramen. When I got home for Thanksgiving, my dad looked at me and said: "My God, we need to feed you!" I must have lost something like ten pounds - and with my height, it showed. Blech. Anyway, yeah, all is better and I can concentrate on doing my work, instead of worrying about my next "meal".

Although, this whole ordeal made me realize that my inner sister can berate me all she wants, but this time, it was she who'd been irresponsible - hello, she sent a refund check overseas, she should have used registered mail! That way at least we could track it, and whatnot, but no, she sent it just like that. Thanks, hon. < /sarcasm >

ANYWAY, wow, that was bitter, moving on -

I was rereading a scene from "At Swim" yesterday, in my new lovely signed book, and all was good and dandy until I read something and practically heard tires screeching in my head - they'd changed the U.S. edition! Heads up, Yanks -


The scene I was rereading was the Muglins (altogether now - awwwww...) and after Jim finishes telling Doyler (I am so tempted to call him Danny for some reason...) about Gordie, Doyler says: "I'm sorry, Jim."

All is fine. What does he say in the U.S. edition?

"I'm sorry for you, Jim."

Read that again. It SUCKS. WTF?! Why would he say that?! "I'm sorry for you, Jim"? Why is he sorry for him? Why isn't he just sad and wants to say something somewhat meaningful? Why does he have to come out with an almost demeaning and condescending "I'm sorry for you"? ARGH. I don't know if they changed anything else, but I just remembered that scene so well, I knew that was different. I compared it with my old copy, and sure enough. Those editors suck.


Oh, and by the way - another book rec (me? nevah!): Leonard Cohen's "The Favourite Game". It is gorgeous. I'm reading it right now, rather slowly - for some reason I just can't race through it, I like to leave it for a while, and then come back - and I love it. Up next on my list is his "Beautiful Losers". Such lovely, lyrical prose. Wow.

And, finally, that LJ meme that's been going around.

Person that introduced you to LJ? - sekhmet2

Still friends with this person? - of course!

List everyone on your friends list that you've met in person: aneli8, arborealis, cokerry, dinosaurcostume, firelocks, lizzieluthor, magoo42, prettyannamoon, sekhmet2, spin1978.

List everyone on your friends list you plan to meet this year: Well, let's see. I still haven't had a chance to see stereo_m, dammit all to hell and back, but am obviously planning to; soupytwist (EEE!), akela, perceval - lovely Geekmoot people; also, in two weeks (!!), jadis31 is flying in to see me and Ireland; at some point, I'm hoping that canis_m and I can work out a time when we can meet up when she's over here, and also that rochefort will be able to join us (and drink us both under the table). And maybe zsenya and I can finally meet up and howl when I get back to the States. Oh! And percy_weatherby and I are planning on NYC this summer, along with cabari. Let's hope it all works out...

List everyone on your friends list you've not met BUT with whom you've spoken on the phone: At first I thought that hasn't happened yet, but I completely forgot the howling match zsenya and I had, during the last December NY GAL summit. That was way too much fun.

Anyone on LJ you can't stand? Not falling for that one.

Name one person on your friends list you would most like to meet: Well, I'd love to finally meet rochefort, also remuslover, as well as canis_m,cabari and percy_weatherby, voxmaille, and hell, a bunch of other people. Oh, and soupytwist, of course, but that isn't even a question. It's going to happen. Oh, right. And croupier. Want to meet that crazy wench, too.

Last person you added? Hmmm...lemme see...I'm planning on getting around to adding more people, but the last person I actually added was the only person that I met in RL first, and that would be dinosaurcostume.

Ever banned someone from commenting in your journal? Nope. I don't even know how to do it.

Biggest pet peeve about LJ? Not knowing how to use all the features. But that's my own lack of knowledge, I suppose.


And that's it. I shall now go and sit outside in this beautiful weather and read for my essays. Argh, essays.

Again, thank you guys. You're all wonderful.